ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 16 Philadelphia 76ers’ Seth Curry, (left), goes up for a shot against Atlanta Hawks’ Kevin Huerter and Clint Capela during the fi rst half of Game 2 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Philadelphia. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Jokic becomes lowest draft pick ever to win MVP award 76ers even series with Hawks as Jazz edge Clippers in Game 1 PHILADELPHIA, June 9, (AP): Joep Embiid, Tobias Harris and Seth Embiid had 40 points and 13 rebounds, Curry steadied the top-seeded Sixers a and Shake Milton scored 14 points in game after they fell behind by 26 and an electrifying stretch off the bench were stunned in a Game 1 defeat. to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Trae Young scored 21 points for the Atlanta Hawks 118-102 in Game 2 on Hawks, Danilo Gallinari scored 21 and Tuesday night and even their Eastern Kevin Huerter had 20. Conference semifi nal. Jazz 112, Clippers 109 Game 3 is Friday in Atlanta. Brazil extend lead In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitch- Milton was a sixth man who then ell scored 45 points to lead the Jazz to lost his spot in the rotation and scored a victory over the Clippers in Game 1 only 17 points over spotty action in six of their Western Conference semifi nals playoff games this season. Coach Doc series. Mitchell did most of his work in the BASKETBALL second half, scoring 32 points to rally the Jazz from a double-digit defi cit. Jor- dan Clarkson and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 18 points apiece. Mitchell Rivers kept the faith and Shake rattled and Clarkson combined for 12 3-point- the Hawks and helped the Sixers roll to ers. a 14-0 run that blew the game open and Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points to sent a packed house into a frenzy. lead Los Angeles. Paul George chipped Milton buried a long-distance 3 to in 20 points and 11 rebounds. Luke send the Sixers into the fourth quarter Kennard added 18 points while making with a 91-84 lead. He kept it going with a team-high four 3-pointers. a jumper early in the fourth that made Utah and Los Angeles will play it 95-84. Game 2 on Thursday in Salt Lake City. The Jazz trailed by as many as 14 points before rallying and overtak- ing the Clippers in the fourth quarter. Utah took the lead for good on a 21-9 run bookended by 3-pointers from Bogdanovic. His second one gave the Jazz a 103-93 lead with 5:22 remain- ing. George hit a 3-pointer to cut the defi - cit to 112-109 in the fi nal minute. But Rudy Gobert blocked a potential game- tying shot from Marcus Morris with a second left to preserve the victory. Meanwhile,Nikola Jokic was se- lected with the 41st draft pick when he entered the NBA seven years ago. Now, by overwhelming consensus, he’s No. 1. The Nuggets’ big man was revealed Tuesday as the NBA’s Most Valuable Los Angeles Clippers’ DeMarcus Player for 2020-21, making him by far Cousins (15) and Luke Kennard the lowest draft pick ever to win the (5) defend against Utah Jazz guard award. “The Joker” now has his name Joe Ingles during the fi rst half of etched alongside the greatest players in Game 1 of a second-round NBA league history, which surely seemed un- Chile’s Francisco Sierralta (left), and Bolivia’s Marcelo Martins battle for the ball during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in basketball playoff series in Salt likely when he was that unheralded pros- Santiago, Chile. (AP) Lake City. (AP) pect out of Sombor, Serbia in 2014. Sakkari stops Swiatek streak in quarters Colombia hold Argentina in S. American WC qualifying SAO PAULO, June 9, (AP): Brazil moved further South Korea Nadal drops set but moves ahead in South American World Cup qualifying on Tuesday with a 2-0 win at ‘rout’ Lanka Paraguay, their sixth in six SEOUL, June 9, (AP): Kim Shin- into French Open semifi nals wook scored the first goal for matches on the road to Qa- South Korea on Wednesday in a World Cup qualifying match, PARIS, June 9, (AP): Rafael Nadal’s Open semifi nals - started muttering to kari plays unseeded Barbora Krejciko- tar. The Brazilians are now six points and then the whole team cele- French Open set streak is over. His himself and bounced his racket off the va in the semifi nals, and No. 31 Ana- brated the memory of a former pursuit of a record-breaking 21st Grand clay a moment before getting broken stasia Pavlyuchenkova faces unseeded clear of second place Argentina, national team great. Slam title - including 14 at Roland Gar- again to trail 3-0 in fourth. Tamara Zidansek. All four are making which drew 2-2 at Colombia after Kim and his teammates held ros - remains very much intact. When one last forehand from defend- their Slam semifi nal debuts. squandering a two-goal advantage. aloft a shirt bearing the name of Nadal shrugged off dropping a set in ing champion Iga Swiatek landed wide Krejcikova advanced Wednesday by Neymar and Lucas Paquetá scored Yoo Sang-chul, who represented Paris for the fi rst time in two years and in the French Open quarterfi nals, Maria eliminating 17-year-old Coco Gauff 7-6 Brazil’s goals, marking the team’s fi rst South Korea 124 times and died regained control Wednesday, whipping Sakkari crouched (6), 6-3. win at Paraguay in World Cup quali- on Monday at the age of 49 after violent forehands punctuated with fi rst on Court Philippe This is only the second time in the fi ers in 35 years. a battle with pancreatic cancer. pumps and yells of “Vamos!” en route Chatrier and professional era that there has been four to a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over 10th- South Korea went on to beat bowed her head, fi rst-time semifi nalists at any major Sri Lanka 5-0 and close in on a seeded Diego Schwartzman to reach tournament, according to the WTA. It Brazil’s Neymar controls the ball the semifi nals at the clay-court major relishing the mo- SOCCER place in the third round of Asian also happened at the 1978 Australian during a qualifying soccer match qualifying. tournament. ment. for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sakkari is Open. Kim scored another goal later Nadal, who turned 35 last week, is Krejcikova has won two Grand Slam Earlier, Miguel Borja scored an against Paraguay at Defensores now 105-2 for his career at Roland Gar- still two wins del Chaco stadium in Asuncion, in the first half, after Lee Dong- doubles titles with Katerina Siniakova - equalizer for Colombia in the last sec- gyeong had made it 2-0. Hwang ros. away from lifting and they’re into the semifi nals in Paris Paraguay. (AP) He is just two wins from eclipsing the the trophy, but onds of added time against Argentina Hee-chan and Jung Sang-bin - but is playing in only her fi fth major in one of the best matches yet in South scored in the second half. men’s mark for most total Grand Slam Wednesday’s vic- tournament in singles. cally to Qatar 2022. The fi fth-place tory means she’s American qualifying. “It was a fair result,” South singles championships that he currently Sakkari Look at her now. She’s ranked a ca- team will go into an inter-continental shares with Roger Federer. already in new Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina playoff. The current standings show Korea coach Paulo Bento said. reer-high 33rd and on a 10-match win- was the best player on the pitch, stop- “The players stayed focused and In addition to his 13 trophies at Ro- territory - just like ning streak in singles. Brazil leading the 10-team competition land Garros - four in a row from 2005- the other three women left in the draw. ping Lionel Messi and his teammates with 18 points, followed by Argentina worked for the win.” Krejcikova ended the nine-match run on multiple occasions. Son Heung-min was rested for 08, fi ve in a row from 2010-14 and Sakkari ended Swiatek’s 11-match of the 24th-seeded Gauff, who is based (12), Ecuador (9) Uruguay and Colom- another four in a row so far since 2017 and 22-set winning streaks at Roland The game at the Metropolitano sta- bia (8). the match following a busy sea- in Florida and was the youngest French dium in Barranquilla was attended by son with Tottenham. - the Spanish left-hander won four titles Garros by beating her 6-4, 6-4 Wednes- Open quarterfi nalist since 2006. The atmosphere in the Brazil camp day to guarantee that there will be a 10,000 fans despite the region’s alarm- has been heavy ever since last Friday’s The 2002 World Cup semifi- Gauff’s 41 unforced errors included nalists are three points ahead of fi rst-time Grand Slam champion when ing COVID-19 fi gures. win over Ecuador. Players did not TENNIS seven double-faults - and after one, she Lebanon in Group H. Lebanon the tournament ends. The top four teams in South Ameri- speak publicly amid a possible revolt mangled her racket frame by whacking can qualifi ers will advance automati- lost to Turkmenistan 3-2.