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ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 16 Miami Marlins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez deliv- ers in the second inning of the team’s baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta. Marlins won 14-8. (AP) - See Page 15 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Jazz deal Thunder 7th straight loss Nets blow out PSG & Chelsea ‘reach’ Timberwolves Champs League semis MINNEAPOLIS, April 14, (AP): The All-Star teammate Kawhi Leonard, show in Minnesota went on, the day who sat out with a sore right foot. after raw emotion from a fatal police Indiana was led by Malcolm Brog- shooting of a local Black man was too don’s 29 points. Caris LeVert scored strong to play. 26 as the Pacers snapped a three-game Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn losing streak. Nets made quick work of the Timber- It sure didn’t look as if the game wolves, even if focus was harder to would be lopsided after a topsy-turvy come by than usual. fi rst half, which included a 15-point Durant scored 31 points on 11-for- fi rst quarter from George amid a cho- 15 shooting in his most productive rus of boos as the Clippers led 67-65. performance in 2-1/2 months, as the And Los Angeles still was clinging to Brooklyn Nets blew out the Minnesota a 100-97 cushion after an equally en- Timberwolves 127-97 on Tuesday af- tertaining third quarter. ternoon. But George made two of the fi rst The game was rescheduled from the three baskets in the fourth quarter to previous night, out of sensitivity to the spur 8-0 run and Indiana never recov- community following the traffi c-stop ered. Eventually, the Clippers pulled death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. away. Players from both teams wore black Lakers 101, Hornets 93 warmup shirts that read, “With liberty In Charlotte, NC, Kyle Kuzma and justice for all,” with the last two scored 24 points, and the Los Ange- words in all-caps for extra emphasis, les Lakers held and a moment of silence was held be- on for a 101-93 fore tip-off. win against a Anthony Edwards had 27 points and Charlotte Hor- eight rebounds for the Timberwolves, nets team miss- who played without Karl-Anthony ing fi ve of its top six scorers. Dennis BASKETBALL Schroder added 19 points and Towns on the one-year anniversary of Andre Drum- his mother’s death from COVID-19 mond chipped complications. Towns chose to sit out Tatum in with 12 re- and spend the time with his family. bounds for the Lakers, who closed Joe Harris pitched in 23 points for out a seven-game road trip with a 4-3 the Nets, who had 31 assists on 46 record to remain in fi fth place in the made baskets. Missing James Harden Western Conference. (strained hamstring), Kyrie Irving Devonte Graham led the Hornets (personal reasons) and LaMarcus with 19 points. Caleb Martin had 17 Aldridge (non-COVID-19 illness), the points and 10 rebounds. Nets were in command from the jump The Lakers held the Hornets to PSG’s Neymar (left), and Bayern’s Lucas Hernandez challenge for the ball during the Champions League, second leg, quarterfi nal soccer match between and ahead by 23 points before the mid- 43.4% shooting overall and 25.7% point of the second quarter. They built from 3-point range. Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France. (AP) their lead as big as 45 points early in The game was largely a battle of the fourth quarter. backups, with the Hornets missing With Harden, Irving and Aldridge four starters due to injury and the Lak- Bayern pay the price for wastefulness without Lewandowski all out, Nash put Chris Chiozza and ers three. Nicolas Claxton in the starting lineup Charlotte was missing more than PARIS, April 14, (AP): Af- meters out. for the fi rst time, the 17th and 18th 72% of its scoring with Terry Rozier A beautiful goal - arguably the best different players to appear in the fi rst and P.J. Washington joining LaMelo ter Neymar missed several in the Champions League this season - fi ve for the Nets in just 54 games this Ball, Gordon Hayward and Malik chances to fi nish off defend- to settle an ugly match. season. They have used 32 different Monk on the bench. The Lakers, who combinations. ing champions Bayern Mu- It wasn’t enough for Porto. are still without All-Stars LeBron Chelsea qualifi ed for the semifi nals Clippers 126 ,Pacers115 James and Anthony Davis, were miss- nich, Paris Saint-Germain In Indianapolis, Paul George Con- for the fi rst time since 2014 despite a ing Markieff Morris due to a sprained were left clinging to a 1-0 1-0 loss to the Portuguese champions , tinued to dominate his former team by left ankle. scoring 36 points on Tuesday night, home defeat that neverthe- the English team going through 2-1 on Jazz 106, Thunder 96 aggregate. leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a In Salt Lake City, Bojan Bogdanovic less sealed the French club’s 126-115 victory at Indiana. Aside from Taremi’s stunning, acro- scored 23 points and Donovan Mitch- second straight Champions batic effort in the fourth minute of sec- The Clippers have won six straight ell added 22 as the Utah Jazz beat the and 12 of 14 overall. League semifi nal. ond-half stoppage time, Chelsea suc- George also had seven rebounds and struggling Oklahoma City Thunder Bayern had to score twice after cessfully stifl ed Porto in what proved 106-96 . to be something of an arm-wrestle eight assists while improving to 4-0 losing 3-2 in Germany in the fi rst at Bankers Life Fieldhouse since be- Bogdanovic, who scored a season- and was happy to rely on the away high 33 points in his last game, left his leg of their quarterfi nal and survived goals scored by Mason Mount and Ben ing traded by the Pacers to Oklahoma several scares from livewire Ney- City in July 2017. He has topped the familiar spot on the perimeter and re- Chilwell in the fi rst leg, which was also 30-point mark in each of the Clippers’ peatedly took the ball to the basket. He mar in the fi rst half before largely played in Seville because of coronavi- last four games, the last two without fi nished with a season-high 10-for-10 taking control in the second. rus restrictions. shooting from the free throw line. But without the prolifi c Robert Le- It wasn’t pretty but Chelsea manager In pain, Bogdanovic held his right wandowski, the six-time champions Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger, (top left), jumps for the ball with Porto’s Me- Thomas Tuchel didn’t care. wrist after getting knocked to the fl oor lacked a cutting edge and could not add hdi Taremi, (right), during the Champions League quarter fi nal second leg “I can imagine that both games were in the third quarter. Surgery on that to Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s fi rst- soccer match between Chelsea and Porto at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan not the nicest games to watch on the wrist ended his season before the bub- half goal against his former club. Stadium, in Seville, Spain. (AP) television for spectators who look for ble last season. But, Bogdanovic kept entertainment,” Tuchel said. “I can to- After losing 1-0 to Bayern in last navirus. In fact, Flick couldn’t even fi ll front of goal, but Neuer spread himself playing and was a key to Utah’s 66-38 year’s fi nal, PSG stand one step away tally accept that, but it’s very hard to scoring advantage in the second and his substitute’s bench. brilliantly to save with his legs, then play your best game against Porto. from the second fi nal of its 51-year his- Still, PSG were not at full strength, Germany’s No. 1 denied the Brazilian third quarters. tory and remain on course to win it for “Part of a performance is not letting Suns 106, Heat 86 either. Defender Marquinhos had an ad- again at the near post. your opponent perform. This is what the fi rst time. ductor problem, while midfi eld schem- Neuer was well beaten in the 37th In Phoenix, Deandre Ayton had Neymar had three shots saved by they do and this is what we do also. To- 19 points and 13 rebounds and the er Marco Verratti stayed on the bench but Neymar’s curler smacked off the day was the day to hang in.” The nig- goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and hit the after recovering from COVID-19. bar, then his low shot crashed off the Phoenix Suns got 65 points from their woodwork twice in an eventful fi rst half gly nature of the quarterfi nal extended bench on the way to a 106-86 victory Early into the game, Kylian Mbappe base of the post two minutes later. to the sidelines, with Tuchel and Sér- that tilted Bayern’s way when Choupo- shot wide from the right and Neuer The sucker punch came when over the Miami Heat. Moting headed home in the 40 minute. Cam Payne banked a layup high off saved Neymar’s close-range shot fol- Coman charged down the left and the Bayern’s wingers were a constant lowing a scramble.

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