18 Monday, December 24, 2018 Sports Bordeaux Jerebko shines in Warriors win, impress as champs Bryant lifts Wizards in OT thriller Castres lose afp The Swede scores a career-high 23 points in 21 minutes for GSW; 76ers down injury-hit Raptors in Eastern Conference showdown Paris Bordeaux-Begles notched afp of his shots from the field and a third straight Top 14 win de- Los Angeles three of three from the free spite playing a man down for throw line on the way to a ca- 50 minutes on Sunday with Jonas Jerebko was an unlikely reer-high 31 points. a 32-13 thrashing of flailing catalyst as the two-time defend- It was just the seventh game champions Castres, who suf- ing NBA champions Golden in NBA history in which a player fered a rare second consecutive State held off the Dallas Mav- made at least 14 baskets without home defeat. ericks 120-116 in Oakland, Cali- a miss and the first since Gary This was a mouthwater- fornia, on Saturday. Payton did it almost 24 years ing warm-up for the big clash On a team that features the ago. later on Saturday when leaders superstar quartet of Stephen “He was the MVP of the Clermont host second-placed Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay game,” Beal said of Bryant. Toulouse. Thompson and Draymond “Everybody wants to talk about And yet this match may Green, it was Sweden’s Jerebko my triple-double... TB was by prove just as important in the receiving a massive ovation as far the MVP tonight.” long run, with Bordeaux scrum- he departed in the fourth quar- Elsewhere, the Philadelphia half Baptiste Serin putting in ter having scored 23 points in 21 Washington Wizards center Thomas Bryant goes to the basket past 76ers wore down injury-deplet- a ruthless man-of-the-match minutes with three assists and Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton during overtime of an NBA game, ed Toronto, beating the league- performance with two conver- six rebounds. Saturday in Washington on Saturday. leading Raptors 126-101. The sions and six penalties to lift his Durant led the Warriors Raptors arrived in Philadelphia team to fifth, seven points from with 29 points, 12 rebounds the same dominance they dis- ceived two quick technicals for minus three of their top players the summit. and eight assists, but Jerebko’s played in their past two champi- arguing a foul call. in all-star Kawhi Leonard, Serge Jean-Baptiste Dubie relentless energy was crucial to onship seasons, improve to 22- Jamal Murray added 18 Ibaka and Jonas Valanciunas, touched down for the visitors the Warriors victory. 11, just a shade off the Western points and Monte Morris and the Sixers took full advan- after seven minutes and French “He shot the ball really well, Conference lead shared at 21- chipped in 15 for the Nuggets, tage. international prop Jefferson but he got a lot of offensive 10 by the Denver Nuggets and who hadn’t lost by more than 10 Joel Embiid scored 27 Poirot crossed 10 minutes after boards, too,” Warriors coach Oklahoma City Thunder. points this season. points and pulled down 11 re- half-time. Steve Kerr said. “He had several Denver had a one-game It came down to the wire bounds. Ben Simmons added Bordeaux are now well- plays that got the crowd into it lead heading into the day, but in Salt Lake City, where Paul 26 points with 12 rebounds and placed for a tilt at the play-offs, with his hustle. He gave us a suffered their biggest defeat of George scored 43 points to lead eight assists, while Jimmy But- with the final to be played at the huge lift.” the season in a 132-111 loss to the Thunder in a 107-106 vic- ler contributed 12 points, seven Stade de France in June. Jerebko scored nine points the Los Angeles Clippers. tory over the . rebounds, seven assists and The away side eased to vic- in the fourth quarter -- con- Danilo Gallinari and Tobias Bradley Beal’s first career three steals. tory despite seeing Mahama- tributing a tip-in, a dunk and a Harris scored 21 points apiece triple-double and an historic The Houston Rockets held dou Diaby sent off after 29 three-pointer as the Warriors for the Clippers, who snapped night for center Thomas Bryant off the San Antonio Spurs 108- minutes for a dangerous tackle powered to a 111-96 lead. the Nuggets’ four-game win- propelled the Washington Wiz- 101 with the help of 39 points on Yannick Caballero. He was back on the bench as ning streak. ards to a 149-146 victory over from reigning NBA Most Valu- Bordeaux’s position in the Golden State saw their lead cut “I just thought our tempo the Phoenix Suns in a triple- able Player . table marks a swift turnaround to one point. set the tone,” Clippers coach overtime thriller. Houston used a big third since former England World Dallas forward Harrison Doc Rivers said. “Our pace to- Beal’s 40 points included 10 quarter to take a 17-point lead, Cup-winner Joe Worsley was Barnes’ three-pointer with 33.5 night, maybe as good as I’ve in the third overtime. He added but San Antonio battled back. promoted to caretaker coach seconds left bounced off the rim seen. We never stopped.” 15 assists and 11 rebounds for Undaunted, the Rockets when Rory Teague was fired in and Durant drained a three- Serbian forward Nikola his first triple-double -- reach- kept firing from three-point mid-November. forward Jonas Jerebko makes a lay up against pointer to seal the win. Jokic led the Nuggets with 19 ing double digits in three key range, retaking the lead on a But Castres coach Chris- centre DeAndre Jordan in the second half of their The victory saw the Warri- points before he was tossed in statistical categories. three-pointer from Harden and tophe Urios will take over Bor- 120-116 win at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on Saturday. ors, who have struggled to find the third quarter when he re- Bryant connected on all 14 pulling away for the victory. deaux next season. Solskjaer smile boosting Wolfsburg edge lowly Augsburg United already, says Young to move up to fifth in Bundesliga afp Cardiff, United Kingdom dpa Berlin Manchester United cap- tain Ashley Young admitted the Yannick Gerhardt scored a mood around Old Trafford has late winner as Wolfsburg pre- been instantly lifted by care- vailed 3-2 at lowly Augsburg taker manager Ole Gunnar Sol- despite blowing a two-goal lead skjaer’s smile, but denied there on Sunday - a result that lifted were any celebrations in the them to fifth in the Bundesliga. dressing room at news of Jose Gerhardt tapped home a Mourinho’s sacking. right-wing cross from Renato Solskjaer was put in charge Steffen in the 89th - after a long until the end of the season after kick from goalkeeper Koen Cas- Mourinho was dismissed on teels - to give the 2009 champi- Tuesday with United 19 points Manchester United’s Norwegian caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solsk- ons Wolfsburg their fifth win in off the top of the table. jaer celebrates with his players after their match against Cardiff City six unbeaten games. That change paid instant on Saturday. (afp) Josuha Guilavogui had dividends as United scored five opened the scoring at the far goals in a Premier League match dia post of him smiling with Peter Schmeichel right post in the 33rd after John for the first time since Alex Fer- the message “caption this” in considering director Anthony Brooks headed on guson’s last game in charge the hours after Mourinho’s of football role a corner kick. Eight minutes back in May 2013, thrashing departure. later William fired into the bot- Wolfsburg’s Swiss striker Admir Mehmedi (left) vies for the ball with Augsburg’s Michael Gregoritsch and Cardiff 5-1 on Saturday. Restored to the starting London: Former Manches- tom right corner after Augsburg Rani Khedira during a Bundesliga match in Augsburg on Sunday. (afp) “I don’t think he (Solsk- line-up for the first time in four ter United goalkeeper Peter failed to clear on several occa- jaer) has stopped smiling,” league games, Pogba was in- Schmeichel says he may put sions on a wet afternoon. bottom left corner. very nice to have such a streak.” beaten on the counter in such Young said after victory in the strumental in setting up four of his name forward to become Augsburg battled back af- But Wolfsburg had the last Augsburg, winless in eight fashion shortly before the end,” Welsh capital. United’s five goals on Saturday. the club’s director of football. ter the restart and were level laugh as match-winner Ger- games and just one point above forward Andre Hahn lamented. “He was like that as a play- “No celebration at all. Abso- Schmeichel told BBC Radio 5 within 14 minutes. Rani Khedira hardt observed on Sky television the danger zone in 15th, were Hoffenheim-Mainz com- er. He always has a smile on lute lies,” Young said at the sug- Live that if United, as expected, was on target in a 49th-minute that “we more than deserved it upset about not being awarded pletes the first half of the season his face and I think that can gestion players were delighted appoint a director of football, he scramble and substitute Sergio through the games in the first for their fightback. with a four-week winter break reflect down on to the team, to see the back of Mourinho. might well be interested. Cordova then headed into the half of the season. Of course it is “It can not be that we are following. which is a good thing. “Obviously it was disap- “I’m actually thinking about “Ole has come in and we pointing for the manager to putting my name in there,” were preparing in the right way get sacked. Schmeichel said. “It’s a tough for a game, even though it’s “In his two-and-a-half years thing to find out about yourself, Quick read been a crazy week.” he won trophies. We have to everyone looks at you; the Mourinho clashed with a take some responsibility for scrutiny, and I’m not afraid of Captain Thiago Silva becomes latest PSG robbery victim number of senior figures in that as we are on the pitch. that. I really want to get involved the United dressing room over “But we have to move on in football again at some point.” Paris: Thiago Silva became the latest Paris Saint-Germain player to have his property robbed during a match, police confirmed on Sunday. Rob- his two-and-a-half seasons in from that. As professional Schmeichel said whoever bers broke into the Brazilian’s home in the upmarket 16th arrondissement of Paris while he was playing in PSG’s Ligue 1 match against Nantes charge. players we have to get on with becomes the director of football at the nearby Parc des Princes. The thieves are believed to have got away with items worth hundreds of thousands of euros. Last month, burglars Paul Pogba quickly delet- the job in hand, and that is at United needed to get their “cul- broke into the apartment of striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting while he was in action for PSG against Liverpool in the Champions League. On that ed a controversial social me- what we did here.” ture and identity back”. (dpa) occasion, a police source said, the thieves escaped with loot worth around 600,000 euros, mostly in jewels and handbags. (AFP) Jose Mourinho back home in Setubal Harrison tops Charlo in shocker for WBC super welterweight title afp New York

Tony Harrison dethroned World Boxing Council super welterweight world cham- pion Jermell Charlo with a controversial unanimous decision on Saturday that brought jeers from the Bar- clays Center crowd. Previously unbeaten Charlo was the aggressor throughout, Tony Harrison punches Jermell Charlo during their WBC Super Welter- but neither fighter landed any weight Championship bout at Barclays Center, New York on Saturday. (AFP) devastating blows and the judg- es gave the all-American show- to the jab, one or two punches. “I grinded. I grinded and I down to Harrison. He didn’t win that fight.” grinded,” he said. “You know they took that But the new champion, who “I showed championship Jose Mourinho during a match between Vitoria de Setubal and Santa Clara held at Bonfim Stadium in Setubal on Saturday. According to re- fight from me,” said Charlo, who improved to 28-2 with 21 wins composure. I didn’t have to ports in Portuguese media, the ‘Special One’ will stay in Portugal for the start of 2019 to decide on his footballing future. The Setubal-born fell to 31-1. “I was there, pushing inside the distance, insisted do much. I used my jab. I tactician was pictured with his son and former Man United scout Ricardo Formosinho. (EPA-EFE) the action the whole time. He there should be no doubt about used my ring generalship. I was moving around just going the outcome. kept him at bay.”