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MIAMI: forward James Johnson (16) and guard Goran Dragic (7) battle for a loose ball with Brooklyn Nets forward Trevor Booker during the second half of an NBA game, Monday, in Miami. The Heat defeated the Nets 104-96. — AP Heat push streak to 8, top Nets 104-96

MIAMI: Led by James Johnson’s spectacular utes. He scored on a three-point play to put the Antonio Spurs on the road and then the reign- last-minute dunk, the Miami Heat won their Celtics ahead to stay with 4:13 left in the game. ing NBA champions in front of a sellout crowd eighth straight game, defeating the Brooklyn Earlier in the quarter, Boston’s little big man at the American Airlines Arena. Cleveland, Nets 104-96 on Monday night at scored 11 straight Celtics points. It was his which played without forward Kevin Love, Coe aide kicked out of AmericanAirlines Arena. After a missed jumper 32nd straight game with at least 20 points as dropped to 2-6 on the road against teams from by Rodney McGruder, Johnson soared, grabbed he closes in on John Havlicek’s club record of the Western Conference. IAAF over hidden payment the with his left hand and dunked all 40. He has scored under 20 just once this sea- in one motion, giving Miami a 101-93 lead with son and had 18 in that game. He has scored at TIMBERWOLVES 111, MAGIC 105 (OT) LONDON: Nick Davies, one of IAAF 57 seconds left. The Heat (19-30), who has the least 20 points in the fourth quarter four times Minnesota withstood a fourth-quarter rally president Sebastian Coe’s closest longest active win streak in the NBA, got bal- this season; while no one else in the league has from Orlando to escape with an overtime vic- aides, was expelled from world athlet- anced scoring. Goran Dragic had 20 points and done it more than once. He has also had nine tory at Target Center. Andrew Wiggins led ics’ governing body yesterday for con- eight assists. Dion Waiters had 19 points and a 15-point fourth quarters. Minnesota with a game-high 27 points, includ- cealing a EUR30,000 payment from season-high nine assists, and Johnson added 17 ing a game-tying jumper with 10 seconds disgraced ex-head Lamine Diack points. Johnson, though, appeared to hurt his MAVERICKS 104, CAVALIERS 97 remaining in the fourth quarter to force over- linked to the Russian doping scandal. right shoulder on the final play of the game. Maybe LeBron James and Kyrie Irving time. Wiggins was big in overtime for An International Association of should have just stayed in Cleveland after all. Minnesota, scoring six points in the extra ses- Athletics Federations ethics board CELTICS 113, PISTONS 109 Wanting to build on the momentum of sion. He also had a key on defense, one found that the influential former Isaiah Thomas performed more of his Sunday’s win, Cleveland stars decided they of several blocks by the Timberwolves in over- deputy secretary general had lied to fourth-quarter magic and Boston blew an 11- wanted to make the trip to Dallas and play on time. Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns the inquiry over the funds. point lead but held off Detroit for its fourth the second night of a back-to-back. But the had 23 points-his 30th 20-point game of the Davies’ wife and IAAF project man- straight victory. Thomas, who entered the Cavs were by far the more listless team season-and 12 rebounds, while point guard ager Jane Boulter-Davies and medical game averaging a league-best and record-pace Monday night and were ultimately blown out Ricky Rubio added 22 points, eight rebounds manager Pierre-Yves Garnier were 10.0 in the fourth quarter, by hustling Dallas. For Dallas, the win complet- and eight assists. both allowed to resume working for scored 24 of his 41 points in the final 12 min- ed a surprising two-night sweep of the San the world body, with each ordered to 76ERS 122, KINGS 119 pay 2,500 euros in costs. But the Nick Davies Robert Covington had 23 points and 10 ethics board ordered that Davies, bank statements.” Davies, the board rebounds as Philadelphia, playing without named by Coe as his chief of staff said, “has admitted a serious error of NBA results/standings rookie center Joel Embiid, beat Sacramento. when he took over in August 2015, judgment and has reflected upon and Memphis 115, Phoenix 96; Dallas 104, Cleveland 97; Minnesota 111, Orlando 105 (OT); Boston 113, Detroit 109; Dario Saric contributed 17 points off the bench was “expelled from his position with sincerely apologised for that error”. Miami 104, Brooklyn 96; Philadelphia 122, Sacramento 119. for the Sixers, who rallied from a 16-point, sec- the IAAF with immediate effect” and Davies will be free to seek employ- ordered to pay 5,000 euros in costs. Eastern Conference Western Conference ond-quarter deficit and withstood the 46- ment elsewhere in athletics and to be Davies’ downfall was “accepting a con- Atlantic Division Northwest Division point, 15-rebound, five- effort of involved in IAAF organised competi- cealed remuneration” through Diack’s W L PCT GB Utah 30 19 .612 - Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins. Ex-King Nik tions. He can also still appeal to the son Papa Massata Diack, lying about it Boston 30 18 .625 - Oklahoma City 28 20 .583 1.5 Stauskas had 16 points, and Gerald Henderson Court of Arbitration for Sport. and chipped in 15 each for to the ethics board and failing to dis- The allegations stem from an email Toronto 29 19 .604 1 Denver 21 25 .457 7.5 NY Knicks 21 28 .429 9.5 Philadelphia. close it to French judicial authorities sent by Davies to Papa Massata Diack Portland 21 28 .429 9 Philadelphia 18 29 .383 11.5 and the World Anti-Doping Agency on July 19 before the 2013 World Minnesota 19 29 .396 10.5 Brooklyn 9 39 .188 21 GRIZZLIES 115, SUNS 96 (WADA). Davies received EUR30,000 Athletics Championships in Moscow Pacific Division Central Division Mike Conley scored a career-high 38 points, euros, EUR5,000 paid into his joint which outlined a plan to delay naming Golden State 41 7 .854 - Cleveland 32 15 .681 - and the Memphis Grizzlies hit 16 3-pointers bank account with Boulter-Davies, Russian doping cheats to avoid bad LA Clippers 30 18 .625 11 Indiana 25 22 .532 7 while rolling to a 115-96 win over the Phoenix while EUR25,000 went into his own publicity. In the email to Papa Chicago 24 25 .490 9 Sacramento 19 29 .396 22 Suns on Monday. Conley tied a career high by account, without his wife’s knowledge. Massata, a marketing consultant, Milwaukee 21 26 .447 11 LA Lakers 16 34 .320 26 hitting seven 3-pointers (on 10 attempts) and “Mr Davies has admitted mislead- Davies suggested a “very secret” five- Detroit 21 27 .438 11.5 Phoenix 15 33 .313 26 had nine assists for Memphis, which led by as ing the investigation,” said an ethics point plan to manage media reaction Southeast Division Southwest Division many as 30 points and won back-to-back board report. to doping failures. Lamine Diack is Atlanta 28 20 .583 - San Antonio 36 11 .766 - games for the first time since Jan. 6-8. Marc “That is an extremely serious mat- now under house arrest in France on Washington 27 20 .574 0.5 Houston 35 16 .686 3 Gasol and Zach Randolph added 18 points each ter. It is all the more serious for the fact corruption and money laundering Charlotte 23 25 .479 5 Memphis 29 21 .580 8.5 for the Grizzlies, who sank 10 or more 3-point- that Mr Davies only admitted his lie charges while Papa Massata is wanted Miami 19 30 .388 9.5 New Orleans 19 29 .396 17.5 ers for the 24th time this season. Memphis (29- when his hand was forced upon by French authorities but is in his Orlando 19 31 .380 10 Dallas 18 30 .375 18.5 21) hit 16 of 28 in the game, one shy of the fran- requests being made of him for his native Senegal. — AFP chise record for made threes. — Reuters