Warriors Suffer 53-Pt Loss to Raptors
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ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021 16 Tampa Bay relief pitcher Diego Castillo throws to end a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, in Miami. Rays won 6-4. (AP) — See Page 14 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Warriors suffer 53-pt loss to Raptors Jazz beat Bulls for record 21st straight at home TAMPA, Fla, April 3, (AP): Pascal Siakam scored 36 points in three quarters on his 27th birthday, and the Toronto Raptors rout- ed the Golden State Warriors 130-77 Friday night, with the largest mar- gin of victory in the NBA this season. Toronto shot 53.4% in the game and won for just the second time in 15 games. The Raptors pushed their lead to 61 points when Malachi Flynn hit a short jump shot with 6:29 remaining. Gary Trent Jr. who posted a career- high 31 points Wednesday in his fourth game with the Raptors, finished with 24 points and OG Anunoby added 21. Flynn put up 16 points, five rebounds and five assists in 31 min- utes. The 53-point win was the biggest in the NBA this season, two points wider than the final margin of Dallas’ 124-73 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec 27. The last time an NBA game was decided by more: Dec 8, 2018, when Boston beat Chicago 133-57. And the numbers of note didn’t stop there. The 61-point lead was the largest in the NBA since Charlotte led Memphis by 65 points on March 22, 2018. The only other game in the last 25 years to see a lead exceed 60 points was Feb 27, 1998, when Indiana beat Portland by 65 points. BASKETBALL The 53-point margin of victory was the largest in Raptors history, the pre- vious being a 46-point win over Indiana last season. It was the third- biggest loss in Warriors history; they lost by 63 points to the Los Angeles Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, (center), goes to the basket as Chicago Bulls’ Daniel Theis, (rear), and Patrick Williams (44) defend in the second half during an NBA basketball game in Lakers in 1972, then lost a playoff Salt Lake City. (AP) game to the Lakers by 56 points the following season. Jazz 113, Bulls 106 ‘Within the month there may be some changing circumstances’ In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points and the Utah Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls 113-106 for their 21st straight victory at home, a ‘No decision yet on Osaka torch relay’ franchise record. TOKYO, April 3, (AP): A decision Hashimoto has said repeatedly that we would be able to make that direc- Rudy Gobert had 19 points and 13 has not yet been reached on rerouting a decision would be announced this tion, I am not able to say right now. rebounds as Utah (37-11) won its the Olympic torch relay later this We are in the middle of discussions eighth in a row overall despite getting month on maximum capacities at month around the city of Osaka, the indoor and outdoor venues. On Friday, right now.” outscored 68-40 in the paint. Jordan president of the Tokyo Games orga- Organizers are hoping to fill venues Clarkson scored 19 off the bench. she hinted that decision might be nizing committee said . as much as possible with local fans. Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points delayed. They had budgeted $800 million for and a season-high eight rebounds. “We are discussing with the Osaka “Within the month of April there Thaddeus Young scored 25 points prefectural government as well as the may be some changing circumstanc- income from ticket sales, but will be to lead the Bulls. Zach LaVine added executive committee so we can come es,” she said. “But we would like to millions short because of the ban on 23 and Nikola Vucevic had 16 points to a conclusion at our earliest conve- fans from abroad. nience,” Seiko Hashimoto said in an come out with an overall direction Any shortfall will have to be made up and eight rebounds. within this month. But at which point Chicago (19-28) dropped its sixth online briefing. by Japanese government entities. The consecutive game, with losses to Utah The mayor of Osaka and the gover- official cost of the Olympics is $15.4 bookending the streak. nor of the prefecture said Thursday billion, but several government audits they wanted relay legs through the city suggest it may be twice that much. All After trailing by 11 late in the sec- In this March 25, 2021, file photo, the celebration cauldron is seen lit on the ond quarter, the Bulls tied it at 62 on a first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima on April 14 to be canceled because of but $6.7 billion is public money. pull-up 3-pointer from LaVine early in prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP) rising cases of COVID-19. Hashimoto said organizers had filed the third. LaVine’s basket finished off a “protest” with the weekly magazine a 13-4 surge to open the period. Shukan Bunshun, which published OLYMPICS 280 pages of leaked documents this Bucks 127, Trail Blazers 109 NBA Results/Standings week about planning for the opening In Portland, Giannis Antetokounmpo The relay started from northeastern and closing ceremonies. had 47 points and 12 rebounds, and the Japan a week ago and is crisscrossing Organizers asked that the material Milwaukee Bucks snapped the the country with 10,000 runners. It is be removed from the “online version” Portland Trail Blazers’ four-game WASHINGTON, April 3, (AP): NBA results and standings on Friday. to end on July 23 at the opening cere- of the magazine. winning streak with a 127-109 victory. Toronto 130 Golden State 77 Atlanta 126 New Orleans 103 mony. Hashimoto said the leaked docu- Jrue Holiday added 22 points and 10 Dallas 99 New York 86 Utah 113 Chicago 106 The relay is a test to see if organiz- ments “contain secret information that assists for the Bucks, who led by 24 Boston 118 Houston 102 Phoenix 140 Oklahoma City 103 ers can pull off a large-scale event needs to stay inside the organizing Memphis 120 Minnesota 108 LA Lakers 115 Sacramento 94 points during the third quarter. Charlotte 114 Indiana 97 Milwaukee 127 Portland 109 during the pandemic. Any failures will committee, which could eventually The game featured two of the Eastern Conference Western Conference prompt more questions about the risks hinder the effective management of league’s best scorers: Damian Lillard Atlantic Division Southwest Division of holding the Olympics and the organizing committee.” W L Pct GB W L Pct GB was averaging 29.8 points, second in Brooklyn 34 15 .694 - Dallas 26 21 .553 - Paralympics with 15,400 athletes Most of the documents seem to deal the NBA, while Antetokounmpo Philadelphia 33 15 .688 -1/2 San Antonio 24 22 .522 1-1/2 entering Japan, accompanied by tens with internal communication and not entered fifth with 28.3. New York 24 25 .490 10 Memphis 23 23 .500 2-1/2 of thousands of officials, judges, Toronto Raptors forward Pascal with concrete plans for the ceremo- Lillard finished with 32 points for Boston 24 25 .490 10 New Orleans 21 27 .438 5-1/2 coaches and media. Siakam (43) shoots over Golden nies. the Blazers, who have dropped six Toronto 19 30 .388 15 Houston 13 35 .271 13-1/2 Organizers said last month that fans State Warriors forward Juan The magazine, in a statement on straight against the Bucks. Southeast Division Northwest Division from abroad would be barred from Toscano-Anderson (95) during the Friday, said it was operating in the Antetokounmpo’s 47 points W L Pct GB W L Pct GB attending the Olympics and first half of an NBA basketball public interest because taxpayer Charlotte 25 23 .521 - Utah 37 11 .771 - game in Tampa, Fla. (AP) matched his season high but fell short Atlanta 25 24 .510 -1/2 Denver 30 18 .625 7 Paralympics. money was involved. of his career high of 52. Miami 25 24 .510 -1/2 Portland 29 19 .604 8 Washington 17 30 .362 7-1/2 Oklahoma City 20 28 .417 17 Jeff Teague, signed by the Bucks on And it was exactly the spark Boston 60-49 lead at halftime. Timberwolves with 30 points and 16 Wednesday after he was waived by the Orlando 17 31 .354 8 Minnesota 12 37 .245 25-1/2 Central Division Pacific Division needed to break out of a recent slump. Cody Zeller scored 17 points and rebounds, while rookie Anthony Orlando Magic, made his debut and Williams had a career-high 20 Terry Rozier 15 for Charlotte, which Edwards added 22 points and six assists, played 10 minutes. Bobby Portis, who W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Milwaukee 31 17 .646 - Phoenix 34 14 .708 - points, nine rebounds and eight assists, has won five of seven. while shooting 9 of 14 from the field. missed the previous four games Indiana 21 26 .447 9-1/2 LA Clippers 32 18 .640 3 Jayson Tatum scored 26 and the because of health and safety protocols, Hayward got the Hornets off to a Hawks 126 Pelicans 103 Chicago 19 28 .404 11-1/2 LA Lakers 31 18 .633 3-1/2 Celtics rolled to a 118-102 win over fast start with 12 points, six rebounds also returned for Milwaukee.