HH the Amir’s Lindsey Vonn Fifth Annual ends early Grand Prix because of knee awarding injury ceremony today THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 201615 16 Leicester are up for the fight: Ranieri Page 18 OAKLAND: Atlanta Hawks’ Al Horford (15) dunks over Golden State Warriors’ Brandon Rush, left, Shaun Livingston (34), Harrison Barnes (40) and Anderson Varejao (18) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, in Oakland,Warriors Calif. — AP edge Hawks in OT OAKLAND: Draymond Green hit an off-bal- 21-9 run. No team had shot better in an NBA points and seven rebounds for Charlotte, which ance 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with game this season than the 61.8 percent posted has won nine of 12. Nicolas Batum and reserve NBA results/standings 40.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and the by San Antonio against Philadelphia on Dec. 7. Jeremy Lamb scored 15 points apiece. The Suns Golden State Warriors escaped with a 109-105 Derrick Rose returned from a three-game had five players score in double figures in their Golden State 109, Atlanta 105 (OT); LA Lakers 107, Brooklyn 101; Dallas 121, Orlando 108; Miami 129, Chicago win against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday absence because of injury and scored 17 points 16th consecutive road loss. Alex Len had 18 111; New York 85, Portland 104; Charlotte 126, Phoenix 92. night while Stephen Curry watched in street for Chicago, which lost for the 17th time in 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Mirza Teletovic Eastern Conference Western Conference clothes with an injured ankle. Andrew Bogut games and fell to the No. 9 spot in the Eastern scored 17 points. Charlotte led by 26 points at Atlantic Division Northwest Division saved the ball from going out of bounds, and Conference race. Pau Gasol had 15 points, nine halftime and opened its biggest lead at 115-72 W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 42 18 .700 — then Green got the shot off just in time while rebounds and six assists. on Troy Daniels’ 3-pointer with 7:56 left in the Toronto 39 19 .672 — Portland 33 28 .541 9.5 avoiding Kent Bazemore’s diving steal attempt. fourth quarter. Boston 36 25 .590 4.5 Utah 28 31 .475 13.5 Klay Thompson made a go-ahead 3 with 2:54 TRAIL BLAZERS 104, KNICKS 85 New York 25 37 .403 16 Denver 23 37 .383 19 left and another big basket at the 11.4-second Damian Lillard scored 30 points, CJ MAVERICKS 121, MAGIC 108 Brooklyn 17 44 .279 23.5 Minnesota 19 41 .317 23 mark. He finished with 26 points. The Warriors McCollum had 21 of his 25 in the second half Wesley Matthews scored 21 points, and Philadelphia 8 52 .133 32 Pacific Division Central Division won their second straight overtime game and and Portland earned its sixth straight road victo- Dallas beat Orlando for its third straight win. The Golden State 54 5 .915 — Cleveland 42 17 .712 — got a franchise-best 43rd straight regular-sea- ry.The Blazers followed a fantastic February with Mavericks made a season-high 56 percent of LA Clippers 39 20 .661 15 Indiana 31 29 .517 11.5 Sacramento 24 34 .414 29.5 son home victory and 25th in a row this sea- a blistering start to March, winning for the 18th their field goal attempts (43 for 77). Zaza Detroit 31 29 .517 11.5 son.Golden State (54-5) can tie the Bulls’ 44- time in their last 22 games. Lillard reached the Pachulia had his 24th double-double of the sea- Chicago 30 29 .508 12 Phoenix 15 45 .250 39.5 game unbeaten mark at home from March 30, 30-point mark for the eighth time in nine games son with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Dirk Milwaukee 25 35 .417 17.5 LA Lakers 12 49 .197 43 1995, to April 4, 1996, when the Warriors host and had 14, nearly half of them, in the final 4:25 Nowitzki scored 19 points, and Chandler Southeast Division Southwest Division Oklahoma City today. of the first half. Carmelo Anthony had 23 points Parsons and J.J. Barea each had 17. Ersan Miami 34 26 .567 — San Antonio 50 9 .847 — and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, so hopeless in Ilyasova scored 22 points for the Magic. Nikola Atlanta 33 28 .541 1.5 Memphis 35 24 .59315 HEAT 129, BULLS 111 their 15th loss in 18 games that fans spent much Vucevic had 18, all in the first half, and Elfrid Charlotte 31 28 .525 2.5 Dallas 33 28 .541 18 Hassan Whiteside scored a career-high 26 of the fourth quarter chanting for Jimmer Payton and Dewayne Dedmon added 12 apiece. Washington 29 30 .492 4.5 Houston 29 31 .483 21.5 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Miami Fredette, who is nearing the end of his 10-day Orlando 26 33 .441 7.5 New Orleans 23 35 .397 26.5 set a franchise record by shooting 67.5 percent contract. The former college player of the year LAKERS 107, NETS 101 while rolling past Chicago. Joe Johnson added finally got in for the final 3:13 and finished with D’Angelo Russell scored 39 points and hit Russell, who scored 16 points in the fourth seconds left and another with 30 seconds to 24 points in his Miami home debut. The previ- four points. two of his eight 3-pointers in the final minute to quarter and went 14 for 21 from the field.Brook play, capping a spectacular night for the No. 2 ous Heat record for shooting percentage in a lead Los Angeles over Brooklyn. While Kobe Lopez had 23 points before fouling out with overall pick in the draft. His 39 points were the regular-season game was 63.4 percent on Dec. HORNETS 126, SUNS 92 Bryant sat out with a sore right shoulder, the 2:43 left for the Nets, who fell to 2-3 on their most by a rookie this season. Los Angeles hung 16, 2013, against Utah. Chicago was within 108- Kemba Walker scored 26 points, leading the Lakers snapped their eight-game losing streak nine-game trip with back-to-back losses at on for its first victory since Feb. 4 and just its 102 with 5:14 left, before Miami finished on a Hornets to the runaway win. Al Jefferson had 19 with a spectacular game from the 20-year-old Staples Center. Russell hit a 3-pointer with 53 fourth win in 26 games since Jan. 3. —AP Bangladesh beat Pakistan SCOREBOARD DHAKA: Scoreboard of the Asia Cup Twenty20 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday: to reach Asia Cup final Pakistan Bangladesh Khurram Manzoor c Rahim b Al-Amin 1 Tamim Iqbal lbw b Irfan 7 Sharjeel Khan b Sunny 10 DHAKA: Bangladesh qualified for the final of Soumya Sarkar b Amir 48 the Asia Cup after beating Pakistan by five Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Mortaza 2 Sabbir Rahman b Afridi 14 wickets yesterday. Sarfraz Ahmed not out 58 Mushfiqur Rahim lbw b Malik 12 Pakistan recovered from 28-4 to post 129-7, Umar Akmal c Shakib b Taskin 4 Shakib Al Hasan b Amir 8 before Bangladesh reached a winning total of Shoaib Malik c Sabbir b Sunny 41 Mahmudullah not out 22 Shahid Afridi c Sabbir b Al-Amin 0 131-5 in 19.1 overs. Mahmudullah secured vic- Mashrafe Mortaza not 12 Anwar Ali c Sabbir b Al-Amin 13 tory, and a place in Sunday’s final against Extras (lb 4 w2 nb2) 8 India, with a deep mid-wicket boundary. Extras 0 Total (five wickets; 19.1 overs) 131 Mahmudullah was unbeaten on 22, but Total (seven wickets; 20 over) 129 Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tamim) 2-46 (Sabbir), 3-83 Soumya Sarkar (48) provided the platform for Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Manzoor), 2-12 (Sharjeel), 3-18 (Soumya), 4-88 ( Rahim), 5-104 ( Shakib). the victory. Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad (Hafeez), 4-28 (Akmal), 5-98 (Malik), 6-102 (Afridi), 7- Amir had figures 2-26 and kept his side’s 129 (Ali). Did not bat: Mohammad Mithun, Al-Amin Hossain, hopes alive until Did not bat: Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Amir, Arafat Sunny, Taskin Ahmed. Mashrafe Mortaza (12 not out) hit him for Mohammad Irfan Bowling: Amir 4-0-26-2(w1), Irfan 4-0-23-1, Sami 4-0- two consecutive boundaries in the 18th over. Bowling: Taskin 4-1-14-1, Al-Amin 4-0-25-3, Sunny 4- 30-0 (nb2), Afridi 4-0-20-1, Ali 2.1-0-25-0 (w1) Those two boundaries off a searing yorker and 0-35-2, Mortaza 4-0-29-1, Shakib 4-0-26-0. Result: Bangladesh won by five wickets. a bouncer came after Shakib Al Hasan per- ished to a reverse sweep shot, piling the pres- sure on Pakistan. the 2012 Asia Cup final, then hit a boundary to ship for the fifth wicket. Electing to bat first, With 18 runs needed in the last two overs, the wild delight of the home crowd. However, Pakistan was 28-4 after 10 overs, before the fast bowler Mohammad Sami conceded two Sarkar’s run-a-ball 48 against a high-quality duo counterattacked to give the bowlers a no-balls, one of which Mahmudullah cut past Pakistan attack, despite losing Tamim Iqbal for decent total to defend.