ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 SPORTS 14 Ball makes history as Hornets top Hawks

Heat hand Wizards third straight loss

CHARLOTTE, NC, Jan 10, (AP): LaMelo Ball be- NBA Results/Standings came the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double with 22 WASHINGTON, Jan 10, (AP): NBA results and standings on Saturday. points, 12 rebounds and 11 Denver 115 Philadelphia 103 assists, and the Charlotte Phoenix 125 Indiana 117 Charlotte 113 Atlanta 105 Hornets beat the Atlanta Miami 128 Washington 124 Milwaukee 100 Cleveland 90 Hawks 113-105 on Satur- San Antonio 125 Minnesota OT 122 day night for their third Dallas 112 Orlando 98 Portland 125 Sacramento 99 straight win. Eastern Conference Atlantic Division The 19-year-old Ball replaced W L Pct GB as the youngest Philadelphia 7 3 .700 - Boston 7 3 .700 - NBA player to record a triple-dou- New York 5 4 .556 1-1/2 ble by 177 days. Brooklyn 5 5 .500 2 Ball, the third overall pick in the Toronto 2 6 .250 4 Southeast Division NBA draft, was 9 of 13 from the fi eld W L Pct GB as the Hornets handed the struggling Orlando 6 4 .600 - Hawks their fourth straight loss. He Charlotte 5 5 .500 1 Miami 4 4 .500 1 became only the fi fth rookie in NBA Atlanta 4 5 .444 1-1/2 history to record a triple-double and Washington 2 8 .200 4 the fi rst Hornets player ever to reach Central Division that plateau coming off the bench. W L Pct GB Indiana 6 3 .667 - Milwaukee 6 4 .600 -1/2 Cleveland 5 5 .500 1-1/2 Chicago 4 6 .400 2-1/2 Detroit 2 7 .222 4 Western Conference Nuggets 115, 76ers 103 Southwest Division W L Pct GB In Philadelphia, Nikola Jokic had Dallas 5 4 .556 - 15 points and 12 assists to lead Denver San Antonio 5 4 .556 - past Philadelphia, beating a 76ers team New Orleans 4 5 .444 1 Houston 3 4 .429 1 that had only seven available players Memphis 3 6 .333 2 because of injuries and COVID-19 protocols. Northwest Division W L Pct GB The Sixers tipped without four regu- Utah 5 4 .556 - lar starters – All-Stars Portland 5 4 .556 - (sore left knee) and Joel Embiid (back) Oklahoma City 4 4 .500 -1/2 due to injury, and Seth Curry and To- Denver 4 5 .444 1 bias Harris over virus concerns. Coach Minnesota 2 7 .222 3 Doc Rivers said he didn’t think the Pacific Division game should be played. W L Pct GB Phoenix 7 3 .700 - Curry learned of his positive coro- LA Lakers 7 3 .700 - navirus test while the team played LA Clippers 6 4 .600 1 Thursday in Brooklyn, and the addi- Golden State 5 4 .556 1-1/2 Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) drives the lane against Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon and center Nikola Vucevic (9) during the second Sacramento 4 6 .400 3 tional testing, contact tracing and CO- half of an NBA basketball game on Jan 9, in Dallas. (AP) VID-19 health and safety protocols led to a slew of unavailable players. the game’s fi rst basket, Portis scored the winless in fi ve home games. games with a partial dislocation of sidelined by COVID-19 protocols. The had 28 points and matched his career Bucks 100, Cavaliers 90 Bucks’ next 10 points. Spurs 125, Timberwolves 122, OT his left wrist, had 25 points and 13 re- three Mavericks didn’t return with the high with 22 rebounds for the Pacers, In Milwaueee, Khris Middleton Heat 128, Wizards 124 In Minneapolis, DeMar DeRozan bounds in 37 minutes as Minnesota’s team from Denver following a 124-117 who had a two-game winning streak scored 27 points and Milwaukee with- In Washington,Tyler Herro scored a scored 38 points, helping San Anto- losing streak hit seven games. win Thursday. snapped. stood the absence of two-time reigning career-high 31 points and Jimmy But- nio beat Minnesota in Karl-Anthony Mavericks 112, Magic 98 Suns 125, Pacers 117 Trail Blazers 125, Kings 99 MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to beat ler nearly had a triple-double with 26 Towns’ return to the Timberwolves. In Dallas,Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a In Indianapolis, Mikal Bridges In Sacramento, Calif, CJ McCollum Cleveland. points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as DeRozan, who went 13 for 23 from season-high 36 points, Trey Burke did scored a career-high 34 points and scored 37 points, making six 3-pointers, Antetokounmpo sat out with back Miami beat short-handed Washington. the fl oor and 12 of 13 from the line, the same with 29 and Luka Doncic had Devin Booker added 25, leading Phoe- and Portland coasted past Sacramento. spasms after taking a hard fall one Washington played without the NBA’s had 13 points after the third quarter another triple-double as short-handed nix over Indiana. The Trail Blazers led by as many night earlier in a loss to the . leading scorer, Bradley Beal, who was a and keyed San Antonio’s third straight Dallas beat Orlando. Phoenix pulled into a tie with the as 31 and faced little resistance from Bobby Portis replaced Antetok- late scratch when he was placed in the victory with his relentless drives to the Hardaway and Burke took on expand- defending champion Los Angles Lak- a Kings team that gave up 144 points ounmpo in Milwaukee’s starting lineup NBA’s health and safety protocol. basket. Dejounte Murray (22 points) ed roles to help Dallas get over .500 for ers for the best record in the Western to Toronto just a night earlier. and scored 17 points as the Bucks (6-4) Miami has alternated wins and loss- and Patty Mills (21 points) knocked the fi rst time this season with starters Josh Conference at 7-3 after earning its fi rst Sacramento didn’t fare much better closed a fi ve-game home stretch in which es through its fi rst eight games. The down plenty of timely 3-pointers. Richardson and Dorian Finney-Smith road win over the Pacers since 2016. defensively Saturday and lost for the they went 4-1. After Jrue Holiday made Wizards lost their third straight and are Towns, who missed the last six and backup Jalen Brunson All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis fi fth time in six games.

Oregon beats Utah for 18th time in last 20 games UCLA completes rare desert sweep TUCSON, Ariz, Jan 10, (AP): UCLA The Bruins went up eight midway UCLA. schools. suffered a huge blow when Chris through the second half and held the James Akinjo had 25 points and Timmy Allen scored 23 points and Smith went down with a torn ACL on Wildcats (9-3, 3-3) to one fi eld goal eight assists to lead Arizona after miss- Mikael Jantunen added a career-high New Year’s Eve and is still trying to over a key four-minute stretch late to ing all of his nine shots against USC. 20 points to lead the Utes (4-4, 1-3). fi gure out how to play without its star remain alone atop the Pac-12. Two of the Pac-12’s top offensive Pelle Larsson had 15 points, fi ve re- guard. UCLA is off to its best conference teams played like it in their fi rst of two bounds, and fi ve assists before fouling Alone atop the Pac-12 after a rare start since opening with fi ve straight meetings this season. out in the fi nal minute. desert sweep, it seems the Bruins have wins in 2012-13 The Bruins and Wildcats traded bas- Utah shot 57% from the fi eld but adapted pretty well so far. and has won four kets early in the fi rst half before UCLA could not overcome 18 turnovers. Or- Tyger Campbell scored 22 points, straight at Ari- used a 12-0 run to go up seven. Camp- egon scored 25 points off those turn- Johnny Juzang added 16 and UCLA zona. The Bru- bell, playing on his birthday, had 14 overs. completed a sweep of the Pac-12’s ins have won all points at halftime – 12 straight at one The Utes’ last chance to pull an up- three games since desert schools with an 81-76 win over point – and UCLA shot 15 of 25. set came when Riley Battin buried a Arizona on Saturday night. Smith went down 3-pointer to cut Oregon’s lead to 70-68 “It just shows the guys are on this against Utah. Oregon 79, Utah 73 with 1:40 left. Chandler Lawson an- team, everybody is willing to do what Arizona had In Salt Lake City, Chris Duarte swered with a layup on the other end it takes to win and everybody really been on a roll, scored 25 points and Eric Williams Jr and the Ducks made seven free throws wants to win,” Juzang said. “We have completing a added 19 to lift No. 17 Oregon to a 79- in the fi nal minute to close out a hard- slip-ups and mistakes, but everybody road sweep of 73 victory over Utah. fought win. on this team really does want to win.” Campbell the Washing- LJ Figueroa scored 15 points for the Utah executed fl awlessly on offense UCLA (9-2, 5-0 Pac-12) needed ton schools last Ducks (9-2, 41 Pac-12) before exiting for large stretches of the fi rst half. The overtime to beat Arizona State on week. The Wildcats are now search- late in the second half with an appar- Utes employed a combination of great center Clint Capela (15) fouls guard Thursday and fi nished off the sweep ing for answers after following up a ent leg injury. Amauri Hardy added ball movement, precision passing, and LaMelo Ball (2) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Char- by shutting down Arizona in the sec- home loss to Southern California on 13. Oregon beat Utah for the 18th time accurate shooting to keep Oregon on lotte, NC on Jan 9. (AP) ond half. Thursday with another close defeat to in the last 20 games between the two its heels.