SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2013 SPORTS De Villiers proud over South Africa series win

ABU DHABI: South African AB de defeat in Sri Lanka and against a world- nitely are not a great side yet, very far off played by De Kock was not lost on De Misbah. Misbah termed a narrow one- Villiers showed pride in his team after class team like Pakistan,” De Villiers said still, but winning a series away from Villiers either. run defeat in the first match as the turn- winning the one-day series against after the match. home is great,” said De Villiers, who sin- “I am very very proud of him, the way ing point of the series. “The turning point Pakistan, hailing a comeback after losing Opener set the foun- gled out Steyn for praise. he came back after a disappointing series was the first game, had we won that the tamely to Sri Lanka four months ago. dation with a maiden century while pace- “Dale is an impact player for us. I in Sri Lanka just tells you about his char- result would have been different,” said South Africa took an unassailable 3-1 lead man took a career best 5-25 to bowled him when we felt like we could acter and obviously about his talent, I Misbah of the match in Sharjah when in the five-match series after a hard derail Pakistan, who were 228-5 at one make inroads in Pakistan’s . I never always knew that he is a special talent,” Pakistan failed to chase a modest 184- fought 28-run win in the fourth game in stage after being set a 267-run target. felt that it was getting out of our hands said De Villiers of the 20-year-old left-han- run target. Abu Dhabi on Friday night. “I thought it was a very solid perform- but I had a feeling that we needed to stay der. “As a captain it’s not being under pres- De Villiers, whose team lost 4-1 in Sri ance, it was a make or break game for us. patient.” Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Misbah sure, it’s disappointment that we cannot Lanka in July, was delighted with the We were excited but a little bit nervous at Steyn turned the game in South blamed his team’s defeat on their lack of handle the pressure.” The fifth and final improvement against a Pakistan side he the prospect of what is lying ahead and Africa’s favour in the 47th over, claiming mental strength. “We need to be mental- one-day international will be played in rates highly. “I am proud of each and the way the boys responded is magnifi- the wickets of Umar Akmal (22), Misbah- ly strong, need to be calm because in Sharjah on Monday before the teams play every one of the team, a series win away cent,” said De Villiers. “It (series win) is a ul Haq (65) and (nought) to such situations an over can change the two internationals on November from home is never easy especially after small step in the right direction, we defi- bundle Pakistan out for 238, but the role game and that’s what happened,” said 13 and 15 — both in Dubai.— AFP Trail Blazers cruise to 104-91 win over Kings

PORTLAND: Damian Lillard had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Sacramento Kings their fourth straight loss with a 104-91 victory Friday night. DeMarcus Cousins almost singlehandedly car- ried the Kings with 35 points and nine rebounds. Sacramento’s lone win so far this season came in the opener against Denver. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter for the Blazers, who led 54-49 at the half and by as many as 14 points in the third quarter. It was the first game of a home-and-away back-to-back between the two teams. The Blazers visit Sacramento on Saturday night. Cousins pulled the Kings within 90-84 with a layup in the fourth quar- HOBART: England’s , right, sweeps the ball past Australia A’s wicket- ter, but Aldridge countered with a turnaround keeper during final day of their cricket tour match in Hobart, Australia, jumper and six points was the closest Sacramento yesterday. England have declared at 7 for 430. —AP would come. The Blazers went ahead 29-22 in the first quar- ter. Lillard, last season’s rookie of the year was 3 for Khawaja fluffs Ashes 3 from the floor - all 3-pointers - for 9 points. Lillard became just the second NBA player to hit three or more 3s in his team’s first five games. Former Blazer audition, match drawn Damon Stoudamire did it with Toronto in 1996. Mo Williams’ layup stretched Portland’s lead to SYDNEY: Usman Khawaja fluffed his Ashes Swann (1-27) took the other wicket. Marsh, 37-26. Late in the half, Wesley Matthews hit consec- audition with a soft dismissal for just three who made 27 from 65 balls, and Callum utive 3-pointers to put Portland in front 52-42. runs as England’s rain-disrupted tour match Ferguson (15) were at the crease when the Matthews finished with 18 points. Cousins, who against Australia A in Hobart ended in a weather intervened for the final time. had 18 points and six rebounds in the first half, draw yesterday. Australia’s need for a band of healthy struggled in Sacramento’s 105-100 loss at home to England will be satisfied with unbeaten batsmen in reserve, though, lessened a lit- the Hawks on Tuesday. Shut down by Atlanta’s Al 150s for skipper and his tle when coach Darren Lehmann said there Horford, Cousins had 11 points and six rebounds, opening partner Michael Carberry and a was growing confidence all-rounder Shane far off his average of 18.3 points and 9.3 rebounds. few overs at the end of the fourth and final Watson would be fit for the opening test. Cousins’ layup got the Kings within 54-53 early in PORTLAND: Sacramento Kings’ Isaiah Thomas (22) drives against Portland Trail Blazers’ Mo day for their top bowlers James Anderson Watson missed the 2006-7 Ashes series the third quarter, but the Blazers took off on a 12-0 Williams (25) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Oregon, Friday. — AP and . with one of string of hamstring injuries that run to take a 68-55 lead midway through the peri- The tourists declared on 430 for seven have afflicted him over his career and sus- points despite missing 14 of his 19 field-goal 76ERS 94, CAVALIERS 79 od. The Kings struggled defensively against the when Stuart Broad was on the tained another in the series-deciding one- attempts. Josh Smith finished with 25 points for Evan Turner scored 22 points and grabbed 10 Blazers, who had six players in double figures and boundary, leaving unbeaten on day loss in India last week. Detroit before fouling out, while Greg Monroe (20 rebounds, Tony Wroten added 18 points and shot nearly 50 percent from the floor for the game. 58, and Australia A had made 119 for three “The reports from our medical team on points, 15 rebounds) and Brandon Jennings (22 Philadelphia cruised past Cleveland to overshadow when the rain descended to bring an end Shane’s recovery from injury are pleasing,” points, 11 assists) added double-doubles. the return of Andrew Bynum. Thaddeus Young PACERS 91, RAPTORS 84 to proceedings at Bellerive Oval. said Lehmann without elaborating whether added 16 points, while James Anderson and Paul George scored 17 of his 23 points in the Batsmen Khawaja, Alex Doolan and the all-rounder would be able to resume TIMBERWOLVES 116, MAVERICKS 108 Michael Carter-Williams had 11 each for the Sixers, third quarter and the Indiana Pacers beat the Shaun Marsh were hoping for a chance to bowling. “He is making good progress and Kevin Love had 32 points, 15 rebounds and who snapped a two-game losing streak and Toronto Raptors 91-84 Friday night to improve to 6- impress the Australian selectors three days responding well to treatment. If that con- eight assists to lead Minnesota past Dallas. Kevin improved to 4-2. Spencer Hawes scored 10 points. 0 and match the best start in franchise history. Roy before the squad for the opening test is tinues, we have confidence that he will be Martin added 32 points and five rebounds and The buzz leading into the game was the return of Hibbert added a season-high 20 points and seven named and enjoyed varying degrees of fit for the first test.” Corey Brewer scored 17 points to help the Bynum, who signed a two-year, $24 million con- rebounds as the Pacers remained the NBA’s lone success when they finally got their chance. England batsman was Timberwolves snap a two-game skid. Jose tract with the Cavaliers in July. Bynum had been undefeated team. Rudy Gay scored a season-high Khawaja played three of the five tests in the the first wicket to fall in the match after Calderon made 6 of 8 3-pointers and scored 21 acquired by the Sixers in a four-team, 12-player 30 points on 12-of-26 shooting for the Raptors, first Ashes series of the year, which England Cook (154) and Carberry (153) retired to points for the Mavericks. Monta Ellis scored 23 trade in the summer of 2012. But the two-time All- who lost their third straight to fall to 2-4. Amir won 3-0, but was dumped for the final give their team mates some batting prac- points and Dirk Nowitzki added 14 for Dallas. The Star center never played for the Sixers because of Johnson added 12 points and 10 rebounds. The match after managing to average 19 runs tice. Mavericks played without trusted reserve Vince bilateral bone bruises in both knees. He played 18 Raptors shot 39.5 percent from the field, becoming over six innings. Pietersen had made eight runs when a Carter, who was suspended for the game for minutes off the bench and finished with four the sixth consecutive opponent Indiana has held to Any hope of a recall probably vanished low from Trent Copeland trapped elbowing Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams on points and five rebounds as the fans cascaded 40 percent shooting or worse. The Pacers improved when he left his bat hanging in the air in him leg before wicket and Wednesday. boos toward him every time he touched the ball. to 6-0 for the first time since the 1970-71, when the the face of an Anderson delivery and Root, followed him back to the pavilion soon Dion Waiters led the Cavaliers with 18 points while club played in the ABA. They rallied from a halftime standing in for behind the wick- afterwards with just four runs to his name. SUNS 114, NUGGETS 103 Jarrett Jack and C.J. Miles added 13 each. deficit for the fifth time this season. Indiana over- ets, snaffled the catch. Prior left field with a England play one more tour match Twins Markieff and Marcus Morris made the big came 16 turnovers to shoot 46.2 percent. tight left calf. against a New South Wales Invitational XI at shots that helped Phoenix rally from an 11-point WIZARDS 112, NETS 108, OT Anderson had earlier bowled Doolan for the next week deficit late in the third quarter and earn the victory Nene scored 12 of his 20 points in the final 41/2 KNICKS 101, BOBCATS 91 31 and the England paceman finished with before the first test begins in Brisbane on over Denver. Markieff Morris scored 14 of his minutes of the fourth quarter, including a putback Carmelo Anthony had 28 points and eight 2-20 from his seven overs. Off-spinner Nov. 21. — Reuters career-high 28 points in the fourth period. Marcus with 1.2 seconds to play that sent the game to rebounds, Andrea Bargnani added 25 points and Morris sank a jumper with 5:13 left that gave the overtime, and Trevor Ariza hit the go-ahead 3- New York spoiled Patrick Ewing’s NBA head coach- Suns a 100-95 lead after a back-and-forth first part pointer in the extra period to lift Washington over SCOREBOARD ing debut with a victory over Charlotte. Ewing, who of the quarter. Marcus Morris finished with 11 Brooklyn. Bradley Beal scored 29 points, John Wall spent 15 seasons with the Knicks as a star center, points and eight rebounds. Miles Plumlee added had 17 points and 14 assists, and Marcin Gortat HOBART, Australia: Scoreboard at the close on the final day of the four-day tour match between filled in as Charlotte’s coach after Steve Clifford had Australia A and England at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval yesterday: 18 points and 11 boards as the Suns improved to 4- had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Wizards, a procedure earlier in the day to have two stents 2. Eric Bledsoe contributed 17 points and nine who nearly held Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce England 1st innings (318 for 0 resuming) (1nb), Henriques 12-2-44-0 (1nb, 1w), Holland 24- placed in his heart. Clifford checked himself into assists. The Nuggets trailed by as many as 18 points scoreless for the first time since they were rookies Alastair Cook retired out 154 1-105-2, Maxwell 27-3-89-0, Khawaja 2-0-6-0. the hospital late Thursday night with chest pain. shortly after halftime, but outscored the Suns 40 20 in the 1990s. Garnett didn’t score until his 18-footer Michael Carberry retired out 153 Australia A 1st innings The Knicks shot 75 percent from the field in the behind guard Ty Lawson’s 21 points in the third with 3:40 to play in regulation, and Pierce waited Jonathan Trott c Paine b Cutting 4 Alex Doolan b Anderson 31 third quarter - including six of seven 3-point Kevin Pietersen lbw b Copeland 8 Michael Klinger lbw b Swann 29 quarter. Lawson led Denver with 29 points and until overtime before hitting a jumper that nearly attempts - to blow open a tight game and snap a Jordan Hamilton added 19. The Nuggets dropped spurred the Nets to victory. Pierce was a game-time Joe Rootnot out 58 Usman Khawaja c Root b Anderson 3 three-game losing skid. Raymond Felton had 15 lbw b Cutting 4 Shaun Marsh 27 to 1-4. decision to play after missing the morning Matt Prior lbw b Holland 26 Callum Ferguson not out 15 points for the Knicks (2-3). Kemba Walker scored 25 shootaround with an illness. Stuart Broad c Khawaja b Holland 8 Extras (lb2, w5, nb7) 14 points for the Bobcats and Gerald Henderson SPURS 76, WARRIORS 74 Extras (b8, lb4, w1, nb2) 15 Total (3 wickets; 31 overs) 119 added 18 points and nine rebounds. Tony Parker scored 18 points, including the last BULLS 97, JAZZ 73 Total (7 wkts declared; 128 overs) 430 Fall of wickets 1-40 (Doolan), 2-48 (Khawaja), 3-80 seven for San Antonio, and the Spurs held on to Luol Deng scored 19 points, Carlos Boozer had Fall of wickets: 1-318 (Cook), 2-318 (Carberry), 3- (Klinger) PELICANS 96, LAKERS 85 beat Golden State. Parker missed two free throws 18 and Chicago snapped a two-game skid with a 329 (Pietersen), 4-345 (Trott), 5-363 (Ballance), 6- Bowling: Anderson 7-2-20-2, Broad 10-1-47-0 Anthony Davis scored a career-high 32 points, with 16.4 seconds remaining that gave Golden win over Utah. Deng added 11 rebounds and 414 (Prior), 7-430 (Broad) (6nb, 1w), Tremlett 8-2-23-0 (1nb), Swann 6-0-27- grabbed 12 rebounds and tied a career best with Bowling: Cutting 30-7-75-2, Copeland 33-7-99-1 1. Match drawn State a final chance. Andre Iguodala drove to the Joakim Noah had 14 points and Derrick Rose 12 six blocks to lead New Orleans over Los Angeles. basket and tried a layup that rolled off the rim. It for the Bulls. Gordon Hayward scored 15 points Jrue Holiday added 13 points and 13 assists and was the first game between the teams since the for the Jazz (0-6), who are off to their worst start Eric Gordon scored 16 for the Pelicans, who led second round of the Western Conference playoffs, since they were in New Orleans in 1974-75, when most of the way in their second straight win. New which the Spurs won 4-2. Kawhi Leonard added 13 they lost their first 11 games. The Bulls dominated Le Clos and Katinka Hosszu Orleans had lost 11 regular-season games in a row points for the Spurs, who improved to a confer- in the paint, scoring 56 points to 22 for Utah. to the Lakers. New Orleans broke open a tight con- ence-best 5-1. Toney Douglas came off the bench Overall, Chicago outshot Utah 52.8 percent to dominate World Cup series test with a 12-0 run in the final 3:16 that started to lead Golden State with 20 points. David Lee 29.8 percent in winning its sixth straight against with Davis’ 16-foot jumper and included his fast- added 13 and Clay Thompson had 11. the Jazz. —Agencies TOKYO: Chad Le Clos and Katinka Hosszu winning time of 22.26. “It got crazy, big break two-handed jam, his block of Pau Gasol and posted two wins apiece in Tokyo yesterday time, after the Olympics,” the 21-year-old Le his fast-break layup as he was fouled, the last of to underline their dominance of swim- Clos told AFP. “People started recognising which had the crowd on its feet chanting “M-V-P!” ming’s World Cup series. South African Le me in the street. Chris Kaman led Los Angeles with 16 points, while NBA results/standings Nick Young and Steve Blake each scored 13. Clos flexed his muscles with a perfect two- “The biggest thing was people started NY Knicks 101, Charlotte 91; Indiana 91, Toronto 84; Boston 91, Orlando 89; Philadelphia 94, Cleveland 79; from-two start to the weekend, storming to expecting me to win. But you have to stay Washington 112, Brooklyn 108 (OT); Oklahoma City 119, Detroit 110; Chicago 97, Utah 73; Minnesota 116, Dallas victory in his signature 200m butterfly and focused, stay grounded and stay motivat- CELTICS 91, MAGIC 89 108; New Orleans 96, LA Lakers 85; San Antonio 76, Golden State 74; Phoenix 114, Denver 103; Portland 104, the 50m fly. ed. “I like to win, that’s no big secret,” he Brandon Bass had 16 points, including a pair of Sacramento 91. Hosszu again swam a jam-packed added. “But I want to keep improving and if free-throws in the closing seconds to help Boston Eastern Conference Western Conference schedule despite a quick turnaround from you can’t stay motivated, then what’s the hang on to beat Orlando for its second straight win. Atlantic Division Northwest Division the Singapore leg in midweek, winning the point?” Trailing by three, the Magic had a chance to tie the W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 4 1 .800 - women’s 200m freestyle and 200m individ- Hosszu broke the pain barrier to pull out game in the final minute, but Arron Afflalo’s jumper Philadelphia 4 2 .667 - Minnesota 4 2 .667 0.5 ual medley. Both swimmers have unassail- two more wins after matching the five-gold came from just a step inside the 3-point line.Avery NY Knicks 2 3 .400 1.5 Portland 3 2 .600 1 able leads, with only the eighth and final haul of Le Clos in Singapore. The Bradley added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Brooklyn 2 3 .400 1.5 Denver 1 4 .200 3 Toronto 2 4 .333 2 stop in Beijing remaining. Hungarian, who also won the title last year, Celtics. The win extends the Celtics’ win streak over Utah 0 6 0 4.5 Boston 2 4 .333 2 Pacific Division Le Clos, who famously beat his idol began with victory in the 200m freestyle, Orlando to nine games. Afflalo led the Magic with Central Division Golden State 4 2 .667 - Michael Phelps to win the 200m butterfly but had to fight for it, clawing back the lead 23 points. Nik Vucevic added 14 points and 13 Indiana 6 0 1.000 - Phoenix 4 2 .667 - gold at last year’s London Olympics, fell from Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom in the last 15 rebounds. The loss ends the Magic’s three-game Milwaukee 2 2 .500 3 LA Clippers 3 3 .500 1 short of his short-course world record from metres to touch in 1:53.12 and win by a win streak. Detroit 2 3 .400 3.5 Singapore but led from start to finish to mere three hundredths of a second. Hosszu Chicago 2 3 .400 3.5 LA Lakers 3 4 .429 1.5 win in !:50.33, comfortably clear of showed clear signs of fatigue with a fourth- THUNDER 119, PISTONS 110 Cleveland 2 4 .333 4 Sacramento 1 4 .200 2.5 Japanese pair Kosuke Hagino and Takeshi place finish in the 100m fly and seventh in Kevin Durant had 37 points, eight rebounds and Southeast Division Southwest Division San Antonio 5 1 .833 - Matsuda. the 50m backstroke, before hitting back seven assists to propel Oklahoma City over Detroit. Miami 4 2 .667 - Houston 4 2 .667 1 He then exacted a measure of revenge impressively in the 200m individual med- Rookie Steven Adams played a key role for Oklahoma Charlotte 3 3 .500 1 Orlando 3 3 .500 1 New Orleans 3 3 .500 2 for his defeat by Nicholas Santos the 2012 ley, powering clear to win in 2:04.52, over a City, dominating inside when Detroit’s post players Atlanta 2 3 .400 1.5 Dallas 3 3 .500 2 world swimming championships by edging second ahead of Australia’s Alicia Coutts, were in foul trouble. Adams finished with 17 points Washington 2 3 .400 1.5 Memphis 2 3 .400 2.5 out the Brazilian in the 50m fly, clocking a with Britain’s Sophie Allen third. — AFP and 10 rebounds, while Russell Westbrook scored 20