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SPORTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 2015 World Cup Heat scorch Bucks targets families MIAMI: LeBron James scored 33 points and sat out the fourth SYDNEY: Cricket fans will be able to pick up tickets for quarter, while Michael Beasley scored 19 off the bench as the the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand for Miami Heat had little trouble in beating the Milwaukee Bucks as little as A$5 ($4.66) for children and $20 for adults 118-95 Tuesday. as organisers bid to get more than 1 million people Mario Chalmers finished with 15 points and seven assists through the gates. for the Heat, whose previous biggest victory margin was a 12- Having learned the lessons of the 2007 tourna- point triumph over Chicago on opening night. Chris Bosh ment in the Caribbean, where high ticket prices meant scored 10 for Miami (5-3). many of the matches were played in front of sparse John Henson and Gary Neal each scored 18 points and crowds, organisers have made affordability for families Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 11 for Milwaukee - all three of a key consideration. them putting up those points off the Bucks’ bench. Caron Children’s tickets costing A$60 will be available Butler was the only double-digit-scoring starter for the Bucks even for the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (2-4), finishing with 10. Miami played without Udonis Haslem (MCG), where the most expensive adult ticket will cost (back) and Ray Allen (ill). Shane Battier started in Haslem’s A$395. place. “We want to put on an event which makes every- one who loves the game feel included,” Cricket World MAVERICKS 105, WIZARDS 95 Cup chief executive John Harnden told a news confer- Dirk Nowitzki had 19 points to pass Jerry West on the NBA’s ence at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. “Cricket career scoring list and help Dallas beat Washington. Nowitzki is a family game and like any sport, we want to inspire hit consecutive 3-pointers late in the third quarter, the second one putting him at 25,194 points for 16th place, two ahead of the next generation. We want kids to keep playing West. cricket, or if they are not currently playing cricket, to Trevor Ariza led the Wizards with 27 points, including five start. 3-pointers. He also had seven rebounds and four steals. Monta “With $5 children’s tickets for every pool match, Ellis started slowly from the field before scoring 10 in the and adult tickets from $20, we believe we will attract fourth quarter to help the Mavericks improve to 4-0 at home people from around the corner and around the globe.” this season. Ellis matched Nowitzki with 19. Organisers are also hoping to engage immigrant Nowitzki ended up 8 of 19 from the field with eight communities in the 14 host cities to help fill the rebounds, two assists and steals. He has 25,197 points for his grounds and provide what they hope will be a carnival career. Reggie Miller is 15th on the scoring list with 25,279 atmosphere, particularly at the 42 pool matches. “It’s points. about 14 teams, if Australia and New Zealand do well, MIAMI: Milwaukee Bucks’ Gary Neal (12) drives to the basket as Miami Heat’s Chris Andersen (right) defends dur- that’s the icing on the cake,” Harnden added. LAKERS 116, PELICANS 95 ing the second half of an NBA basketball game. — AP “We’ve got a community engagement programme Jordan Hill had a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds in and we are working very, very hard to effectively make his first start of the season, and Pau Gasol added 14 points every match for every team a home match. and eight rebounds in Los Angeles’ victory over New Orleans. NBA results/standings “We need to capture the hearts and minds of all Nick Young scored 17 points for Los Angeles, which lost the communities and populations in those 14 cities five of its last seven before trouncing the Pelicans, who beat and, if we get that right, I really do think a lot of the them handily last week in New Orleans. Miami 118, Milwaukee 95; Dallas 105, Washington 95; Golden State 113, Detroit 95; LA Lakers 116, New Orleans 95. rest of it looks after itself.” Jodie Meeks and Xavier Henry scored 15 points apiece for Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Feb. the Lakers, who led by 20 points in the first half before coast- Eastern Conference Western Conference 14 next year but fans can pre-register their interest ing to their 12th win in their last 13 regular-season meetings Atlantic Division Northwest Division online at www.cricketworldcup.com. with New Orleans. Eric Gordon scored 17 points for the W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 5 1 .833 - The 2011 World Cup in Bangladesh, India and Sri Pelicans, who have lost on the first two stops of their three- Philadelphia 4 4 .500 - Portland 5 2 .714 0.5 Lanka set an imposing standard for ticket sales with game West Coast road trip. Boston 4 4 .500 - Minnesota 5 3 .625 1 1.2 million spectators attending matches, but Toronto 3 5 .375 1 Denver 2 4 .333 3 Harnden was confident at least two thirds of the 1.5 WARRIORS 113, PISTONS 95 NY Knicks 2 4 .333 1 Utah 0 8 0 6 million available for next year would be taken up. Stephen Curry had 25 points and eight assists to help Brooklyn 2 4 .333 1 Pacific Division “We believe over a million people will attend,” Golden State build a 19-point first-quarter lead before sitting Central Division Phoenix 5 2 .714 - Harnden said. “At the start of the journey, more than a out the final 12 minutes of the win over Detroit. Indiana 8 0 1.000 - LA Clippers 5 3 .625 0.5 million is realistic but we’re not going to get ahead of David Lee added 17 points and nine rebounds, while Klay Chicago 3 3 .500 4 Golden State 5 3 .625 0.5 ourselves.” Thompson had 14 points for the Warriors, who have won five Cleveland 3 5 .375 5 LA Lakers 4 5 .444 2 The 10 full member nations of the International straight over the Pistons. Milwaukee 2 4 .333 5 Sacramento 1 5 .167 3.5 Detroit 2 5 .286 5.5 Cricket Council (ICC) will take part in the Feb. 14- Curry scored 12 points as part of a 19-4 run in the third Southwest Division Southeast Division March 29 tournament along with Ireland, debutants quarter then sat out the entire fourth quarter when Golden San Antonio 7 1 .875 - Afghanistan and two other qualifiers. The final two Miami 5 3 .625 - State coach Mark Jackson emptied his bench. Houston 5 3 .625 2 teams will be decided in a qualifying tournament in Atlanta 4 3 .571 0.5 Detroit’s Andre Drummond had 16 points and 14 rebounds Dallas 5 3 .625 2 New Zealand early next year. — Reuters Charlotte 3 4 .429 1.5 for his second straight double-double and fourth in seven Memphis 3 4 .429 3.5 games. — AP Orlando 3 5 .375 2 Washington 2 5 .286 2.5 New Orleans 3 5 .375 4 McCullum fires NZ to victory HAMBANTOTA: Nathan McCullum smashed 22 runs off the final four balls to lift New Zealand to a thrilling four- SCOREBOARD wicket win over Sri Lanka in the rain-hit second one-day international in Hambantota on Tuesday. The Black Caps, set a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of HAMBANTOTA: Scoreboard from the second one-day 198 in 23 overs, replied with 203-6 as McCullum hit spinner international between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Rangana Herath for three sixes and a four to seal a last-ball Hambantota on Tuesday: win. The victory was set up by a superb 86 off 68 balls from Sri Lanka: opener Tom Latham and a quickfire 49 by Luke Ronchi, the D. Karunaratne c Neesham b Mills 4 pair adding 93 from 57 deliveries for the fifth wicket. T. Dilshan not out 55 Both batsmen fell in the 21st over bowled by Nuwan K. Sangakkara not out 71 Kulasekara, but McCullum steered the Black Caps home Extras: (b1, lb2, w4, nb1) 8 with an unbeaten 32 off nine balls. Latham’s knock con- Total (for one wicket, 23 overs) 138 tained 12 boundaries and a six, while Ronchi hit seven fours and a six. Fall of wicket: 1-12 (Karunaratne) Earlier, Sri Lanka made 138-1 from 23 overs in between Bowling: Mills 5-2-16-1 (nb1), Milne 3-0-20-0, a rain interruption of more than four hours. Sri Lanka, who Neesham 3-0-25-0 (w1), N. McCullum 4-0-23-0, won the toss and elected to bat, were 117-1 in 20.4 overs Devcich 5-0-31-0 (w1), Nicol 2-0-12-0 (w1), Ellis 1-0-8-0 when bad weather hit the southern coastal town. (w1) When the game resumed, it was curtailed to 23 overs which allowed Sri Lanka to add a further 21 runs in the New Zealand (revised target of 198 runs): remaining 14 deliveries. T. Latham c Senanayake b Kulasekara 86 Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 55 not out and Kumar A. Devcich c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 1 Sangakkara hit an unbeaten 71 off 59 balls, the duo adding R. Nicol c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 0 126 for the unbroken second wicket after opener Dimuth SYDNEY: England Ashes Test cricketer Ian Bell (right) fields close in as batsman Ryan Carters (left) plays a shot during the G.