ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 16 Boston Celtics guard Evan Fournier (94) tries to block a shot by Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Boston. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com NBA Results/Standings WASHINGTON, May 12, (AP): NBA results and standings on Tuesday. City’s dominance cemented Minnesota 119 Detroit 100 Denver 117 Charlotte 112 LA Clippers 115 Toronto 96 Miami 129 Boston 121 Memphis 133 Dallas 104 Indiana 103 Philadelphia 94 Brooklyn 115 Chicago 107 Milwaukee 114 Orlando 102 Sacramento 122 Oklahoma City 106 by 3rd EPL title in 4 seasons Golden State 122 Phoenix 116 LA Lakers 101 New York OT 99 Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Philadelphia 47 22 .681 - x-Brooklyn 45 24 .652 2 New York 38 31 .551 9 Boston 35 34 .507 12 Toronto 27 42 .391 20 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 38 31 .551 - x-Miami 38 31 .551 - Charlotte 33 36 .478 5 Washington 32 37 .464 6 Orlando 21 48 .304 17 Central Division W L Pct GB y-Milwaukee 44 25 .638 - Indiana 33 36 .478 11 Chicago 29 40 .420 15 Cleveland 21 48 .304 23 Detroit 20 50 .286 24-1/2 Western Conference Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 40 29 .580 - Memphis 36 33 .522 4 San Antonio 33 35 .485 6-1/2 New Orleans 31 38 .449 9 Houston 16 53 .232 24 Northwest Division W L Pct GB y-Utah 50 19 .725 - x-Denver 45 24 .652 5 Portland 40 29 .580 10 Minnesota 22 47 .319 28 Oklahoma City 21 49 .300 29-1/2 Pacifi c Division W L Pct GB x-Phoenix 48 21 .696 - x-LA Clippers 46 23 .667 2 LA Lakers 39 30 .565 9 Golden State 37 33 .529 11-1/2 Sacramento 31 38 .449 17 x denotes clinched playoff spot Leicester’s Luke Thomas (left), duels for the ball with Manchester United’s Brandon Williams during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Leicester City, y denotes clinched division at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England. (AP) Clippers stay one game ahead of Nuggets Leicester end United hopes to ignite bid to qualify for CL MANCHESTER, England, May 12, (AP): Locked out Heat clinch playoff spot of their stadium for a year due to the pandemic, Man- BOSTON, May 12, (AP): Tyler Herro game due to lower back tightness, led Bulls from rallying all the way back. chester City fans couldn’t scored 24 points and the Miami Heat the Lakers with 23 points and Anthony Grizzlies 133, Mavericks 104 resist gathering outside, clinched a playoff spot and locked the Davis scored 20. In Memphis, Ja Morant had 24 waiting for the moment Boston Celtics into the play-in tourna- Bucks 114, Magic 102 points, eight assists and seven rebounds ment Tuesday night with a 129-121 In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetok- as the Memphis Grizzlies used a third- they’d be crowned cham- victory. ounmpo scored 27 points and the Mil- quarter burst to beat the Dallas Maver- pions for the third time in Miami moved into a tie with idle At- waukee Bucks kept up their chase of icks 133-104. four seasons. lanta for fi fth place in the Eastern Con- the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Confer- Dillon Brooks added 22 points and It was a result not inside the Eti- ference. The surging Heat won for the ence with a 114-102 victory over the John Konchar had a season-high 18 for 10th time in 13 games. They have three Orlando Magic on Tuesday night. the Grizzlies. Kyle Anderson scored had Stadium but a few miles across games left in the regular season. The Bucks (44-25) remained a game 15 points, including 10 in the key third Manchester at their fi ercest rivals Bam Adebayo and Duncan Robin- behind Brooklyn (45-24) for the sec- quarter as Memphis continues to try and nearest Premier League chal- son each scored 22 points, Kendrick ond spot in the East. The Nets defeated and move up in the Western Confer- lengers that confi rmed the title was Nunn had 18 and Goran Dragic 17 for Chicago 115-107 on Tuesday night. ence standings. reclaimed. the Heat. They swept the two-game se- Milwaukee, which holds the tie- While both teams are in the postsea- Manchester United handed the ries in Boston. breaker over the Nets, plays two of its son, they still can improve their seed- Premier League title to fierce rivals A Manchester City supporter holds up a replica of the English Premier Miami star Jimmy Butler had 13 fi nal three games on the road, while ings. Memphis, which earned a spot in Manchester City by losing 2-1 to League trophy as he celebrates outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, before missing the second half with an Brooklyn fi nishes with three at home. the play-in tournament with Monday Leicester, which ignited their bid to England, after his team clinched the title. City took the title after crosstown eye injury. Brooklyn is two games behind Phila- night’s win over New Orleans, still has qualify for next season’s Champions rivals Manchester United lost at home to Leicester City. (AP) Clippers 115, Raptors 96 delphia, which lost at Indiana. a chance to move up to eighth. League. Manchester United defeat left In Tampa, Fla., Kawhi Leonard Donte DiVincenzo added 19, Brook Kings 122, Thunder 106 City with an unassailable 10-point lead scored 20 points, Paul George added Lopez 17 and Jrue Holiday 15 for the In Sacramento, Calif., Terence Da- with three games remaining. 16 and the Los Angeles Clippers led all Bucks, coming off a 146-125 loss at vis matched his season high with 27 Whereas United started the century the way in a 115-96 win over the To- San Antonio on Monday. Bobby Portis points, Buddy Hield had 21 and the dominating English football, now City UEFA ‘appoints’ in-house ronto Raptors. had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Sacramento Kings beat the Oklahoma are the force with five titles in 10 sea- Terance Mann also scored 20 points Nets 115, Bulls 107 City Thunder 122-106to keep their sons and the biggest spenders on trans- and Ivica Zubac had 18 points and 10 In Chicago, Kevin Durant had 21 slim playoff hopes alive. fers and salaries. investigators for SL case rebounds for the Clippers, who stayed points and eight assists, and the Brook- Delon Wright added 21 points and While United fans gather outside one game ahead of the Denver Nuggets lyn Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 115- eight assists for the Kings. Richaun Hol- Old Trafford in protest, at City they NYON, Switzerland, May 12, with the so-called ‘Super League’ in the race for third place in the West- 107 despite Zach LaVine’s 41 points. mes had 13 points and seven rebounds. come to celebrate the 13 years of (AP): UEFA appointed in-house project,” UEFA said. ern Conference. Both teams have three Joe Harris added 17 points and Bruce Maurice Harkless scored 15 points. investment from Abu Dhabi that has investigators Wednesday for dis- The European soccer body’s road games left to play. The Nuggets Brown had 15 as Brooklyn won its sec- Sacramento (31-38) has won fi ve of transformed the fortunes of a club ciplinary cases against European legal statutes include a section hold the tiebreaker, having won two of ond straight after a four-game slide. six to close within 2 ½ games of San that was playing in the third tier until Super League organizers Real Ma- “prohibited groupings” of clubs or three against the Clippers. Chicago had its three-game winning Antonio (33-35) for the fi nal play-in 1999 and won two English titles in drid, Juventus and Barcelona. leagues forming without UEFA’s Chris Boucher had 16 points and streak - and probably its postseason spot in the Western Conference. the previous century - in 1937 and The three clubs could be banned permission or outside its control. seven rebounds for the Raptors, who hopes - end. Pacers 103, 76ers 94 1968. from future Champions League or ❑ ❑ ❑ played without most of their regular Brooklyn, which lost guard Kyrie Ir- In Indianapolis, Domantas Sabonis Within minutes of the final whistle Europa League competitions and rotation and lost for the seventh time in ving to an apparent facial injury early had his ninth triple-double of the sea- blowing at Old Trafford - after Çağlar fined for refusing to renounce the Netherlands defender Virgil eight games. in the second half, led 93-74 at the start son and Caris LeVert added 24 points Söyüncü’s 66th-minute header sealed project which collapsed within van Dijk ruled himself out of Nuggets 117, Hornets 112 of the fi nal period and sat its starters for to help Indiana rally past Philadelphia the Leicester win that ended United’s 48 hours of being announced last the European Championship on In Charlotte, N.C., the Denver Nug- most of the period. LaVine, who had 12 103-94 , ending the 76ers’ eight-game hopes of catching City - a “Champions” month. Wednesday, saying he wanted to gets will have home-court advantage points in the fourth, forced them back winning streak. banner was unfurled over the entrance The nine other rebel clubs use the offseason to complete his for at least one playoff series.