Established 1961 Sport WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020 Price drops Dodgers debut, Bonifacio’s South Africa to face Australia in T20 Arsenal reach FA Cup quarter 25single lifts Nationals over Marlins 26 WCup semis as rain hits tournament 27 finals to ease Euro woe Heat beat Bucks for second time MIAMI: Host Miami Heat held reigning NBA had 23. Dallas pulled to 108-107 when Dorian with 41 points, leading Portland to a victo- MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to 13 points Finney-Smith made a 3-pointer with 4.9 sec- ry at Orlando. Playing without injured All- and became the first team to beat the onds left. Finney-Smith had just connected Star sidekick Damian Lillard (groin), Olympic chiefs prepare for Milwaukee Bucks twice this season, winning from beyond the arc with 15.3 seconds McCollum shot 14 of 24 overall and 6 of 12 105-89 on Monday night. Miami is 2-0 remaining. Chicago’s Wendell Carter Jr. made on 3-point attempts en route to the sec- ‘successful’ Tokyo 2020 against Milwaukee, which has the best record one of two free throws on the next posses- ond-most points scored in Orlando by a in the NBA at 52-9. The Heat have struggled sion, and Doncic missed a desperation heave Magic opponent this season. James Harden on the road (13-18) but have the third-best at the buzzer. had 54 points at Orlando in December. LAUSANNE: The International and over 90,000 have been infected in home record in the league (26-4). Miami got Nikola Vucevic countered with a team- Olympic Committee said yesterday it more than 60 countries worldwide. The 18 points apiece from Jae Crowder and Jimmy NEW YORK KNICKS 125 - high 30 points for Orlando, but it wasn’t was busy with preparations for a “suc- vast majority of cases are in China, but Butler, and Bam Adebayo added 14 points and HOUSTON ROCKETS 123 enough to prevent the Magic from losing cessful” Summer Games in Tokyo in South Korea, Italy and Iran have 13 rebounds. Antetokounmpo was removed Julius Randle’s free throw with 4.6 seconds their second straight after a three-game less than five months and at a time emerged as the countries with the most from the game with 4:33 left in the fourth left sealed host New York’s victory over winning streak. when the coronavirus outbreak is cases outside the epicentre. quarter as Miami had a 15-point lead. His 13 Houston. RJ Barrett tied a career high with 27 widening. The virus has infected at least 230 points tied his season low. He made just 6 of points and Randle finished with 16 points and MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 127 - IOC president Thomas Bach, speak- people across Japan and been linked to 18 shots from the floor, including 0 of 4 from 16 rebounds for the Knicks, who raced to a ATLANTA HAWKS 88 ing at the opening of the Olympic five deaths. Following its board meet- 3-point range. He had three assists and a 21-point, first-half lead before staving off a Gorgui Dieng and Jonas Valanciunas body’s two-day executive board meet- ing, the IOC issued a statement in game-high 15 rebounds. furious rally by the Rockets. New York’s posted double-doubles to lead a bal- ing in Lausanne, said: “We are prepar- which it “expressed its full commitment Mitchell Robinson added 12 points and 13 anced Memphis attack as the visiting ing for a successful Olympic Games, to the success of the Olympic Games CHICAGO BULLS 109 - rebounds. James Harden had 35 points and Grizzlies trounced Atlanta. Dieng had 17 Tokyo 2020.” The IOC, he later added, Tokyo 2020”. DALLAS MAVERICKS 107 went 16 of 16 from the free-throw line for the points and 10 rebounds, his ninth double- remained “fully committed to” and The IOC heard a report on “all the Otto Porter Jr. scored 18 points in his first Rockets, who had their six-game winning double of the season, and Valanciunas “very confident of” that success. measures taken so far to address the action since November, and Chicago held on streak snapped. Russell Westbrook scored 24 had 15 points and 15 rebounds, his 30th “We will continue this regular con- coronavirus situation, which was fol- to edge visiting Dallas. Porter shot 7 of 11 points, his 31st straight 20-point effort, but double-double of the season and his sultation with this taskforce to be able lowed by a comprehensive discussion”. from the field in his return from a broken foot missed a potential game-tying jumper at the fourth in a row. The Grizzlies had nine to address any development which “A joint taskforce had already been that caused him to miss 51 games. He played buzzer. players score in double figures in claim- would occur.” Many sporting events created in mid-February, involving the around the world have either been can- IOC, Tokyo 2020, the host city of 17 minutes. Coby White scored 19 points to ing the first game of a three-city road celled or postponed in the wake of the Tokyo, the government of Japan and lead Chicago, and Denzel Valentine finished PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS 130 - trip. Trae Young scored a team-high 19 ORLANDO MAGIC 107 spread of the COVID-19 virus. the World Health Organization with 17. Tim Hardaway Jr. paced the points for the Hawks, but he sank only 5 More than 3,100 people have died (WHO),” the IOC said.—AFP Mavericks with 26 points, and Luka Doncic CJ McCollum matched his season high of 17 shots from the floor.— Reuters.