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NEW ORLEANS: guard Jeff Teague (0) loses the ball as he drives to the basket between New Orleans Pelicans guard Eric Gordon (10) and guard (1) in the second half of an NBA game. — AP Hawks fall to Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS: The Atlanta Hawks’ club- without the injured Kevin Brandon Knight was ruled out before the of-14 shooting, but had the first and last final 1:35 to beat the Phoenix Suns for the record 19-game winning streak was Durant. Westbrook, an All-Star point guard, game with a sore right quadriceps muscle, field goals by Dallas along with two free seventh straight time. snapped Monday night in a 115-100 loss to had 25 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds. Milwaukee lost another body when guard throws with 17 seconds left to help hold off Marc Gasol blocked Markieff Morris’ shot the New Orleans Pelicans. Durant sat out with a sprained big toe on his O.J. Mayo was ejected after picking up a a comeback try by Minnesota. at the finish to preserve the victory. The Anthony Davis had 29 points and 13 left foot. He has played in just 22 games this double technical at 4:07 of the second. Rubio, sidelined since severely spraining Grizzlies, who won their seventh in a row rebounds to help New Orleans win for the season, having missed time earlier in the Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and 13 his left ankle Nov. 7, had 10 points on 4-of-9 overall and 11th in the last 12 games, sixth time in seven games, a stint which season with a sprained right ankle and a rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 16 and shooting with four assists in 21 minutes. scored the final eight points after Isaiah includes victories over several contending broken bone in his right foot. Victor Oladipo Lou Williams 12 for the Raptors, who had Thomas’ 3-pointer put Phoenix up 101-94 squads including Dallas and the Los Angeles scored 22 points and Nikola Vucevic scored won six straight overall. GRIZZLIES 102, SUNS 101 with 1:49 to play. Thomas scored all 24 of Clippers. Jeff Teague scored 21 for Atlanta, 20 points for the Magic, who lost their ninth Jeff Green converted a three-point play his points in the second half, 16 in the but the Hawks fell behind by double digits in straight. NETS 102, CLIPPERS 100 with 4.5 seconds to play as the Memphis fourth quarter. Mike Conley led Memphis the first quarter and failed to even tie it. Jarrett Jack made a tiebreaking jumper Grizzlies rallied from seven down in the with 23 points. — AP Eric Gordon scored 20 points for New HORNETS 92, WIZARDS 88 with 1.3 seconds left, and the Orleans, while Tyreke Evans scored 15 points Al Jefferson had 18 points and 12 used a late rally to beat the Los Angeles and tied a season high with 12 assists for the rebounds Monday night, leading the Clippers. NBA results/standings fourth time in five games. past the Washington The Nets ended a seven-game home los- Cleveland 97, Philadelphia 84; Charlotte 92, Washington 88; Brooklyn 102, LA Clippers 100; Milwaukee 82, Wizards. ing streak by erasing a nine-point deficit in Toronto 75; New Orleans 115, Atlanta 100; Oklahoma City 104, Orlando 97; Dallas 100, Minnesota 94; Memphis CAVALIERS 97, 76ERS 84 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 13 points the final 1:35, getting two 3-pointers from 102, Phoenix 101. scored 24 points, LeBron and 13 rebounds, Brian Roberts scored 18 Alan Anderson - one a four-point play - one Eastern Conference Western Conference James added 18 points and 11 assists, and points, and Gerald Henderson put in 17 for from Joe Johnson and another from Deron Atlantic Division Northwest Division the staggered to their the Hornets, who have won six of eight. They Williams in his return from an 11-game W L PCT GB Portland 32 16 .667 - 11th straight win. went 10-4 in January despite losing Kemba absence. Toronto 33 16 .673 - Oklahoma City 24 24 .500 8 The winning streak is Cleveland’s longest Walker to a knee injury that will keep him After ’s layup tied it at 100 with Brooklyn 19 28 .404 13 Denver 19 29 .396 13 since reeling off 13 in a row - a franchise sidelined at least six more weeks. 8.6 seconds to go, Jack lofted a jumper over Boston 16 30 .34815.5 Utah 17 30 .36214.5 NY Knicks 10 38 .20822.5 Minnesota 8 40 .167 24 record - in 2010, the last season of James’ John Wall, who continues to battle a 6-foot-11 center DeAndre Jordan. Brook Philadelphia 10 39 .204 23 first stint with the club. The Cavs had trouble sprained right ankle and migraine like Lopez scored 24 points and Johnson had 22 Pacific Division putting away the young Philadelphia Sixers, headaches, scored 16 points with 10 assists for the Nets, who snapped an overall four- Central Division Golden State 37 8 .822 - who did all they could to stay close but don’t for the Wizards, who have dropped three game skid and won at home for the first Chicago 30 19 .612 - LA Clippers 33 16 .673 6 have the firepower to keep up with Irving, straight. Bradley Beal led Washington with time since beating Sacramento on Dec. 29. Cleveland 30 20 .600 0.5 Phoenix 28 22 .56011.5 James and one of the NBA’s hottest teams. 18 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. Milwaukee 26 22 .542 3.5 Sacramento 17 29 .37020.5 Detroit 18 30 .37511.5 LA Lakers 13 35 .27125.5 Atlanta entered the week on a 19-game win MAVERICKS 100, TIMBERWOLVES 94 Indiana 17 32 .347 13 streak. Jerami Grant and Robert Covington BUCKS 82, RAPTORS 75 Monta Ellis scored 23 points and the Southwest Division scored 18 apiece for the Sixers. scored 25 points, Giannis won their first game with- Southeast Division Memphis 36 12 .750 - Antetokounmpo had 12 points and 12 out injured point guard Rajon Rondo, beat- Atlanta 40 9 .816 - Houston 33 15 .688 3 THUNDER 104, MAGIC 97 rebounds, and the short-handed Milwaukee ing Minnesota in the first game in nearly Washington 31 18 .633 9 Dallas 33 17 .660 4 Russell Westbrook’s second triple-double Bucks snapped a six-game losing streak three months for Timberwolves point guard Miami 21 26 .447 18 San Antonio 30 18 .625 6 Charlotte 21 27 .43818.5 New Orleans 26 22 .542 10 of the season and 10th of his career helped against the . . JJ Barea had 10 points while Orlando 15 36 .294 26 the defeat the Reduced to nine players when guard starting in Rondo’s place. Barea was only 4- American ski fans hope for Vonn-derful start

BEAVER CREEK: American ski queen Lindsey Vonn will onship crown to her Olympic title. be the headliner and gold medal favorite when the The field will also include the last three world cham- alpine world championships open with the women’s pions in the event, Vonn taking the gold in 2009 with Super-G lte yesterday. Austrian Elisabeth Goergl the winner in 2011 and With the worlds back at the posh Colorado resorts of Slovenia’s Tina Maze in 2013. Vail and Beaver Creek for the first time in 16 years, While Vonn has plenty of World Cup crystal and a American ski fans will have reason to cheer as Vonn, world championship gold to show for her work in the who last month became the most successful women’s discipline, the Super-G has not always been kind to the skier of all time with 64 career World Cup wins, looks to 30-year-old American. add to a sparkling resume on home snow. The spotlight At the 2013 championships in Schladming, Vonn left is unlikely to stray far from Vonn during two weeks of the course on a stretcher dangling beneath a helicop- racing, prompting the skier to keep a low profile in the ter after a devastating high speed crash left her with buildup to her first event on the Raptor racecourse. shredded knee ligaments, a broken leg and her racing “Windy out there today for the first downhill training future in doubt. run but still had fun,” tweeted Vonn on Monday. When Vonn pushes out of the start hut late yester- “Looking forward to the super-g race tomorrow!!” day on to a Raptor course described as one of the Vonn has been in sizzling form after topping the steepest in the sport, it will be her first race at the podium at the last two World Cup Super-Gs in St. worlds since the Schladming crash put her on the side- Moritz and Cortina, crossing just ahead of Austrian rival lines for almost two seasons, costing her a chance to BEAVER CREEK: Lindsey Vonn of the United States practices during the Ladies’ Downhill Training on the Anna Fenninger, who will bid to add the world champi- race at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. — Reuters Raptor course of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. — AFP