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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 (left), and Bayern’s 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. Saint Germain and Bayern at the 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- 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 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 stayed on the bench but Neymar’s curler smacked off the day was the day to hang in.” The nig- goalkeeper 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. ball broke to , whose shot SOCCER the glass with less than a second left menace and PSG’s defenders were re- to give the Suns an 83-72 lead head- Bayern’s main threat came from was saved by Navas. The ball looped lieved to see standout goalkeeper Key- ’s probing runs down up near the line and Choupo-Moting ing into the fourth. It was part of a big lor Navas stretch his right hand to keep gio Conceição exchanging words at night for the Suns’ reserves, which the left fl ank and the silky Sane cutting rose above to nod the fi nal whistle and the Porto coach out Leroy Sane’s dangerous cross deep inside from the right fl ank. in from close range. was the biggest reason they were able into injury time at Parc des Princes. showing his frustration by cutting short to slowly pull away from the Heat in After an even 30 minutes, a frantic After Bayern started the second half his post-match news conference after That was Bayern’s last chance on a 15-minute spell saw a fl urry of chances. with authority, PSG had another chance the second half. night when the usually so prolifi c Ger- questions about the confrontation. Four bench players scored in dou- Sane curled a shot wide and mid- when Angel Di Maria’s pass across the man side paid the price for their waste- fi elder thumped an Tuchel shrugged it off. He has big- Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic, ble fi gures, including Cam Johnson mouth of goal somehow eluded Ney- ger concerns, fi rstly an FA Cup semi- (right), shoots as Oklahoma City Thun- fulness without Lewandowski. effort past the post moments later. mar in the 54th. (15 points), Payne (14), Torrey Craig Injury-hit Bayern were also missing Mbappe was a menace for PSG on fi nal match against Manchester City der forward Darius Bazley (7) defends (14) and Dario Saric (13). That offset a At the other end, Thomas Mueller on Saturday and then a second straight during the first half of an NBA basket- midfi elder , as well as breaks, as he was in the fi rst leg when ghosted around the back of defense but fairly quiet night for the Suns’ All-Star winger because of coro- he scored twice. He set up Neymar in Champions League semifi nal on a per- ball game in Salt Lake City. (AP) backcourt of Devin Booker and Chris Kimpembe read it. Bayern had to get a sonal basis. Last year, he was at this Paul. second goal, and it almost came in the stage with Paris Saint-Germain and ad- Celtics 116, Trail Blazers 115 NBA Results/Standings 70th when Coman’s header across goal vanced to the fi nal, where his team lost In Portland, Ore, Jayson Tatum was cleared by . to Bayern Munich. scored 32 points, including a key With Bayern pushing more players Tuchel doesn’t have the star quality 3-pointer in the fi nal moments, and the forward, Neymar played Mbappe clean of PSG at his disposal at Chelsea, just Boston Celtics held off the Portland WASHINGTON, April 14, (AP): NBA results and standings on Tuesday. through and he fi nished superbly - but a young, hard-working squad which is Trail Blazers 116-115 to extend their Brooklyn 127 Minnesota 97 Utah 106 Oklahoma City 96 Jerome Boateng had cleverly read the outperforming expectations - albeit de- winning streak to four straight games. Atlanta 108 Toronto 103 Phoenix 106 Miami 86 pass and stepped forward just in time to spite a spending spree of around $300 LA Clippers 126 Indiana 115 Boston 116 Portland 115 play Mbappe offside. Jaylen Brown added 24 points LA Lakers 101 Charlotte 93 million in the last offseason. and Kemba Walker had 21 for Bos- By now, gaps were appearing eve- “We take it like an adventure,” he Eastern Conference Western Conference ton, winners of six of their last seven Atlantic Division Southwest Division rywhere and the elusive Sane’s cross said. “It’s a big step to be in a semi- games. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB fi zzed past everyone and rolled wide in fi nal for them. This is a very, very big Damian Lillard had 28 points and 10 Philadelphia 37 17 .685 - Dallas 29 24 .547 - the 83rd. achievement. Brooklyn 37 17 .685 - Memphis 27 25 .519 1-1/2 With seconds left, PSG’s bench assists, and Carmelo Anthony had 25 Boston 29 26 .527 8-1/2 San Antonio 26 26 .500 2-1/2 “You see the last time Chelsea has points off the bench for Portland. New York 28 27 .509 9-1/2 New Orleans 25 29 .463 4-1/2 watched in agony as Sane got into been in a semifi nal, so we are not used Hawks 107, Raptors 103 Toronto 21 34 .382 16-1/2 Houston 14 40 .259 15-1/2 space again. to being there ... We need every minute In Tampa, Fla, Bogdan Bogdanovic Southeast Division Northwest Division But this was a night where Bayern’s to learn, to grow. You cannot improve W L Pct GB W L Pct GB danger didn’t translate into goals. scored 23 points, Clint Capela added Atlanta 30 25 .545 - Utah 41 14 .745 - without these experiences.” Under 19 points and 21 rebounds, and the At- Miami 28 26 .519 1-1/2 Denver 34 20 .630 6-1/2 The damage was ultimately done Tuchel, who replaced the fi red Frank lanta Hawks beat the Toronto Raptors Charlotte 27 26 .509 2 Portland 31 23 .574 9-1/2 two weeks ago when Bayern lost de- Lampard in January, Chelsea have 107-103 for their seventh win in eight Washington 20 33 .377 9 Oklahoma City20 34 .370 20-1/2 spite having 12 shots on target, and only conceded one goal in four knock- Orlando 17 37 .315 12-1/2 Minnesota 14 41 .255 27 games. Central Division Pacifi c Division PSG showed Flick’s side how to be out matches, having nullifi ed Atlético Kevin Huerter had 14 of his 17 W L Pct GB W L Pct GB clinical. Madrid in the last 16. While he has Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Zubac points in the fi rst half for Atlanta, and Milwaukee 33 20 .623 - Phoenix 39 15 .722 - The cross from the right was curl- largely sorted out the team’s defense, (40) dunks over Indiana Pacers’ Brandon Goodwin added 18 points. Indiana 25 28 .472 8 LA Clippers 38 18 .679 2 ing away from goal at shoulder height Chelsea’s attack is still a work in pro- Chicago 22 31 .415 11 LA Lakers 34 21 .618 5-1/2 Domantas Sabonis (11) during the Pascal Siakam led the Raptors with Cleveland 19 34 .358 14 Golden State 26 28 .481 13 when Mehdi Taremi took off, connect- gress and will likely need to improve if first half of an NBA basketball game 30 points and rookie Malachi Flynn Detroit 16 38 .296 17-1/2 Sacramento 22 32 .407 17 ing with a spectacular scissor kick that it is to win the competition for a second in Indianapolis. (AP) scored 22. sent the ball into the top corner from 12 time, after 2012.

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