6 February 14, 2018 Real Madrid, PSG to Meet for Jazz Beat Spurs, 101-99, for Decisive Champions League Tie 10th Straight Win SALT LAKE CITY (Dispatches) - With nine minutes left in the game, the Jazz were dead. They were out of energy, playing their third game in four nights. They were out of answers to San Antonio’s disciplined, consistent execution. And, down by 13 points, they were running out of time against the best fourth- quarter team in the NBA. But then the improbable happened. Behind the inspired play of Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, Derrick Favors and Royce O’Neale, Utah came roaring back to life to claim a thrilling 101-99 victory over the Spurs Monday night in Salt Lake City. Jazz come back to beat Spurs for 10th straight win The Jazz (29-28) have now won 10 straight games. Mitchell didn’t have his most efficient two tough buckets in the lane to give Mitchell once again led the way game (he shot 9-for-28 from the field), the Jazz a 12-point lead. with a game-high 25 points, while but he came up huge down the stretch The Spurs, though, closed the second Joe Ingles’ reign of terror over Utah’s for the Jazz. The rookie scored 13 of quarter on a 7-0 run and then opened opponents continued. Ingles finished his 25 points in the fourth quarter— the third quarter on an 18-7 run to take with 20 points on 7-for-13 shooting— including 11 in the final five minutes. a five-point lead. They extended that Real Madrid versus Paris Saint-Germain. Cristiano Ronaldo versus Neymar including 4-for-6 from 3-point range— He hit a 3-pointer to tie the game, and lead to 13 early in the fourth quarter and added seven rebounds, five assists two of his buckets—a layup off a steal, before Utah came back to life. The Jazz MADRID (Dispatches) - Real and there are only the two doubts in Europe. and a steal. then a pull-up jumper—each reclaimed went on an 18-4 run to turn a 13-point Madrid face their most important game his starting 11. PSG will have to contend with an Rudy Gobert (10 points, 12 rebounds, the lead for the Jazz in the final minute. deficit into a one-point lead. O’Neale so far this season when they entertain The first of those is who will replace atmosphere in the Santiago Bernabeu two assists, two steals, two blocks) San Antonio scored eight straight converted a three-point play in traffic, Paris Saint Germain in the Champions the suspended Dani Carvajal at right that Real Madrid has been trying and Derrick Favors (19 points, eight points to take a 38-34 lead before an and then Mitchell canned a pretty League on Wednesday night in a game back, with Nacho Fernandez likely to build for several days, but their rebounds, one assist, one steal, four 18-2 Jazz run changed the momentum. stepback jumper. Gobert slammed which could well determine the rest to get the unenviable task of stopping firepower gives them every chance of blocks) stuffed the stat sheet in the win. Jonas Jerebko hit a long three from the home an alley-oop dunk (off a pass of their season and the future of both Neymar, while there is a slight chance an away goal to take into the return Jae Crowder, playing his first home wing, and then Crowder scored five from Mitchell) and then drilled a 20- coaches. that Marcos Asensio or Isco could leg in three weeks. game as a member of the Jazz, scored straight points—on a tough reverse foot “jumper”. Back-to-back threes by With the club trailing Barcelona in replace Karim Benzema, who was Two of the most expensive sides 14 points in 33 minutes off the bench. layup and then a 3-pointer. Gobert then Ingles and Mitchell, followed by five the Liga Santander by 17 points and booed off the pitch over the weekend. in the world go to head, and Kyle Anderson (16 points) led six grabbed a steal, led the fast break, and straight points by Favors, gave Utah knocked out of the quarterfinals of PSG travel to Madrid with a depending on the result, one of the players in double figures in the loss for found Ingles in the corner for a three. a one-point lead and set up a frantic the King’s Cup by Leganes, Madrid’s fearsome array of attacking talent two coaches will not keep his job at the Spurs (35-23). Ingles hit a runner, and Mitchell scored finish. season will effectively be over unless with Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and the end of the season. they are able to get past the big- Edinson Cavani a major threat to the spending French side. Madrid defense. Failure to progress would certainly Nobody at the French club has Red Bull to Present New Car Ahead of F1 Rivals mean the end for Zidane in the Madrid forgotten how last season they LONDON (Reuters) - Former a row with Sebastian Vettel between cars on Feb. 22. last year that Red Bull aimed to dugout at the end of the campaign, if defeated FC Barcelona 4-0 in the world champions Red Bull will be 2010 and 2013, will unveil the Red Bull, with Dutch driver Max make the most of testing right from not before, and the Frenchman gave home leg at the same stage of the ahead of their Formula One rivals at RB14 a week before testing starts in Verstappen and Australian Daniel day one in Spain after some teething some indication of his intentions tournament only to crash 6-1 in the least when it comes to showing off their Barcelona on Feb. 26. Ricciardo, were one of the last problems last season. during Saturday’s 5-2 win at home Camp Nou, and PSG coach Unai new car, after announcing a Feb. 19 Champions Mercedes, with Formula One teams to reveal their “We are focusing on a slightly to Real Sociedad when he rested Emery also knows that despite his launch date on Monday. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton going for car last season and did so with an earlier release target, which only Casemiro and Gareth Bale, both of sides hegemony in , he would The team, who won four drivers’ his fifth title, and 2017 runners-up online launch on the eve of testing. involves about five days,” he said whom will return on Wednesday night not survive another early exit from and constructors’ championships in Ferrari will both present their new Team boss Christian Horner said then.

Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Results ning margin. Swiss pair of Jenny Perret and Martin Rios added an Olympic Showcase of In the women’s test race last year, Sofia Goggia of beat Olympic silver to their world championship title. Geisenberger Defends Luge Lindsey Vonn on a slightly different course setting. The final was at first a strategic tug-of-war between Speed, Thrills Vonn will be favored to regain the title she won in 2010 and Olympic and world champions with Canada scoring Gold, Extends German Reign couldn’t defend four years ago because of knee surgery. The two in the opening end and the Swiss answering with men’s downhill frequently serves up a surprise, but world a pair in the second. ’s Natalie Geisenberger won her second succes- champion of and 2010 silver medalist sive Olympic gold medal in the women’s singles luge. of are popular picks. Her compatriot Dajana Eitberger took silver ahead of bronze Dominant Dutch Win Gold, Silver winner Alex Gough of Canada. ’s Hirscher Bags in Men’s 1,500m Speed Skating Fourcade Can Become Combined Title France’s Greatest Olympian \Austrian ace ’s long wait for Olympic gold ended Tuesday when he produced a brilliant slalom run to Martin Fourcade joined a select club of triple champions storm to a dominant victory in the men’s alpine combined. by winning the Olympic biathlon pursuit on Monday and is Alexis Pinturault claimed silver for France with his team- on course to become the most successful French Olympian. mate Victor Muffat-Jeandet taking an astonishing bronze after Victory in the 20km individual or the mass start would finishing 29th fastest in the opening downhill. take him past Jean-Claude Killy (), Paul Mas- PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Dispatches) - Alpine Hirscher, 28, has been the outstanding skier in the World Cup son (cycling), Felicia Ballanger (track cycling), Marie-Jose skiing is fast and dangerous and offers must-see races at the in recent years, his 55 career wins the bedrock of a startling six Perec (athletics) and Tony Estanguet (canoeing) who all Pyeongchang Olympics - when they finally get started at this consecutive overall crystal globes. won three individual Olympic titles. year’s wind-buffeted games. Fourcade disappointed in the sprint event when he fin- The downhills - ski racing’s equivalent to track and field’s Dutch speed skaters continued their dominance at Games with world champion Kjeld Nuis powering to gold in the men’s ished eighth after three shooting errors, the first time this 100-meter dash - and American star Mikaela Shiffrin’s slalom Canada Sweeps Past Swiss season he failed to make the podium, but he reacted in style title defense are all scheduled in prime time for U.S. TV audi- 1,500 metres ahead of compatriot Patrick Roest. South Korea’s Kim Min-seok sparked wild celebrations by in the pursuit to add to his two titles from Sochi four years ences. for First Mixed-Doubles Gold ago. A simple concept: Find the fastest route down the mountain. taking bronze to open the host nation’s speed skating account The elite racers cover the men’s course of 1} miles (2.86 ki- Canada were crowned the first Olympics mixed- at the Games. lometers) - the women’s course is a little shorter - in about 1 doubles curling champions claiming gold with a 10-3 The Netherlands has won eight of the 12 speed skating med- Fontana Wins Gold in minute, 40 seconds, while dropping 2,700 feet (825 meters) in blowout win over world champions Switzerland. als at the Games so far, including all four golds. altitude. The victory placed John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes Nuis, the first reigning world champion to win Olympic gold 500m Short Track Downhill should involve ‘’technique, courage, speed, risk, in an elite company, the Canadians adding their names in the distance, made a blistering start and finished in one min- physical condition and judgment,’’ according to international to a short list of four curlers who have won two Olym- ute 44.01 seconds despite losing speed on the final lap. Italy’s Arianna Fontana won gold in the women’s 500 me- skiing rules. For safety reasons, entrants must do at least one pic gold medals. Skating in the fourth pair of the evening, 22-year-old Roest tres race after a photo finish with South Korean Choi Min- full training run before the actual event. Lawes, a member of Canada’s gold medal women’s set the time to beat, powering across the line in 1 minute 44.86 jeong who was later disqualified. The Olympic speed courses in Jeongseon were raced just team in Sochi and Morris, part of the men’s gold seconds. Yara van Kerkhof of the Netherlands was pushed up to sec- once on each World Cup circuit. medal foursome at the 2010 Vancouver Games, got Racing after Nuis, Kim responded to the cheers of the crowd ond place and Kim Boutin of Canada came third. China’s Fan Two years ago, of Norway averaged more than the Pyeongchang Games off to a rocky start dropping with a huge effort and made a late surge in the last two laps to Kexin, world champion in the 500 metres for the past three 60 mph (100 kph) while winning by 0.20 seconds - a solid win- their opener but that would be their only blemish on finish 0.07 seconds behind Roest in third. years, was disqualified in the semi-finals. an otherwise spotless run to the gold medal.