MONDAY 16 DECEMBER 2019 SPORT 07 The fans shouldn’t be excited. Some responsibility is on the FOOTBALL FOOTBALL players to excite them and Lampard wants Chelsea Champions League round English Premier League have the personality to take players to show more of 16 draw; Europa Crystal Palace personality. the ball and beat someone. ACTION League round of 32 draw vs Brighton & Hove Albion TODAY’S Lopez wins Bucks breeze past Cavs to take title; Conlan avenges Olympic defeat winning streak to 18 matches AP NEW YORK AFP LOS ANGELES Jimmy Butler (22 of the Miami Heat defends against Jalen Teofimo Lopez got his title and Brunson (13) of the Dallas Mavericks in the second half Michael Conlan got his revenge. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday. Lopez won a lightweight 29 points as the Milwaukee belt with a second-round Bucks won their 18th straight stoppage of Richard Commey, game with a 125-108 victory over and Conlan beat Olympic rival the struggling Cleveland Cava- Vladimir Nikitin on Saturday liers on Saturday. night on the undercard of The Bucks dominated inside Terence Crawford’s welter- and out as they continued their weight title defense against franchise best start and moved Egidijus Kavaliauskas at within just two victories of Madison Square Garden. equalling their all-time longest Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) was winning streak. spectacular in his first title fight, Milwaukee’s 24-3 start is the wobbling Commey with a left best in the 52-year history of the hand early in the second round organization. Their next two and then flooring him with a games though are against two hard right hand. top teams in the Western Con- Commey (29-3) had trouble ference, the Los Angeles Lakers regaining his balance and fell and the Dallas Mavericks. The forward, and once he did get up longest winning streak is 20 Lopez pounced on him in the games set by the 1970-71 Bucks. corner and unloaded a barrage Khris Middleton finished of punches until referee David with 24 points and a half dozen Fields stepped in and stopped Bucks scored in double figures. it at 1:13 of the round. Milwaukee jumped out to an The New York native who 18-point halftime lead and fought for his parents’ Hon- extended it to as many as 28 duras in the 2016 Olympics cel- points in the third quarter on the ebrated with his signature back way to their 18th straight win. below his season average. Doncic, who did not return to the three pointer and a Bam Adebayo took a seven-point lead into the flip before being joined in the Bucks coach Mike Buden- He posted his 11th consec- game after stepping on the foot dunk. fourth quarter as they improved ring by Vasiliy Lomachenko, the holzer sat Antetokounmpo with utive game with at least 24 points of Miami guard Kendrick Nunn Butler made a pair of free to 17-8 on the season in front of two-time Olympic gold the game in hand. The reigning and a field-goal shooting per- while driving to the basket. He throws with five seconds a crowd of 19,800 at Scotiabank medalist who Lopez could now league MVP finished with just 24 centage above 50 percent. remained on the floor for several remaining, and Brunson bungled Arena. The Raptors have won 16 meet next year to unify 135- minutes, that’s seven minutes Hapless Cleveland dropped moments before hobbling off to a three-point attempt to end the of their past 17 meetings with the pound titles. its 15th game over the last 17, a the locker room. contest. Nets, including nine in a row at “You all know who I want skid dating back to November Doncic, who was the NBA Herro finished with 19 points home. Siakam added three steals to fight next. 2020 is going to NBA Results 12. Rookie of the Year in 2018-19, and Adebayo collected a triple- and three blocks while hitting be a big year,” Lopez said. Results from the NBA games Cleveland got just 50 points entered the game averaging double with 18 points, 11 boards three of from beyond the arc. Lomachenko is considered on Saturday from its starting five, led by team-leading totals in points and 10 assists for the Heat, who Norman Powell, who fouled one of the best boxers in the San Antonio 121 Phoenix 119 Tristan Thompson and Kevin (30.4), rebounds (9.9) and assists bounced back after losing 113-110 out with just over a minute left world but Lopez appears to Toronto 110 Brooklyn 102 Love each with 12 points. (9.3) this season. to the Los Angeles Lakers on in the fourth, added 25 points, have the power to stand in with Chicago 109 LA Clippers 106 Elsewhere, Jimmy Butler His streak of 20 consecutive Friday. Kyle Lowry and Marc Gasol each anyone. Memphis 128 Washington 111 scored 27 points as the Miami games with at least 20 points, In Toronto, Pascal Siakam scored 17, and Serge Ibaka came “The kid’s got dynamite in Miami 122 Dallas 118 Heat recorded a 122-118 five rebounds and five assists scored 30 points, 10 rebounds off the bench to score 12. his hands,” promoter Lou Milwaukee 125 Cleveland 108 overtime victory over the Dallas ended due to the injury. and five assists, and the Toronto Spencer Dinwiddie had 24 DiBella said. Detroit 115 Houston 107 Mavericks in a game that saw After Jalen Brunson’s three- Raptors defeated the visiting points and eight assists for the Lomachenko said he wasn’t Denver 110 Oklahoma City Luka Doncic injure his ankle in pointer gave Dallas a 118-114 lead Brooklyn Nets 110-102. Nets, Garrett Temple had 16 entirely impressed with Lopez, 102 the first quarter. in overtime, Miami grabbed the Toronto led by as many as 16 points and Taurean Prince had given that the fight only went a X-rays were negative for lead back with a Tyler Herro points during the first half and 14 points and 10 rebounds. couple rounds, though acknowledged that the 22-year-old hits hard. “He has the power, of Blues bounce back to down Blackhawks 4-3 course, he has the power, and he’s a smart fighter, but it depends on the opponents,” REUTERS are winless (0-3-1) in their last goals, four assists) in his last Lomachenko said. NEW YORK four games. four games. Corey Crawford stopped 34 Kane made it 3-0 with his Justin Faulk scored the game- of 38 shots. first goal in seven games. Dylan Momota rallies winning goal as the St. Louis The Blues controlled the Strome kept the puck in the Blues rallied from a 3-0 third- scoreless first period, building offensive zone at the left point to win 11th period deficit to defeat the a big edge in shots on goal and gave it to Kane, who skated visiting Chicago Blackhawks (13-2) and shot attempts (25-4). to the slot to beat Binnington badminton title 4-3. Then Saad scored just 19 with a snap shot. Tyler Bozak scored twice seconds into the second period, Bozak put the Blues on the of the year for the Blues in his 700th NHL connecting with a low shot board, banging home a slick game, and Jacob de la Rose through traffic to give the pass from Robert Thomas with AFP scored the game-tying goal in Blackhawks a 1-0 lead. a one-time shot from a sharp SHANGHAI the third period. Jordan Bin- The Blues carried a 19-3 angle. nington made 19 saves in his lead in scoring chances into the He cut the Blackhawks’ lead World number one Kento first career appearance against third period, but Saad put the to 3-2 when a spinning Thomas Momota fought back from a the Blackhawks. Blackhawks up 2-0 just 30 slid a pass through the crease game down to win a record 11th St Louis Blues defenceman Justin Faulk (72) is congratulated by team- Brandon Saad scored twice, seconds in. Toews found him to him at the left post. Bozak title of the year on Sunday with mates after scoring the game winning goal during the third period of Jonathan Toews earned two breaking to the net with a pass failed to connect on his one- victory at the BWF World Tour assists and Patrick Kane also from the right corner. time shot, but the puck caromed their NHL game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Enterprise Center Finals. scored for the Blackhawks, who Toews has six points (two off his skate into the net. on Saturday. The peerless Japanese player defeated Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in 87 high-quality minutes in the final at the season-ending Osaka appoints Fissette as coach: Report showpiece in Guangzhou. Momota celebrates a new REUTERS She subsequently suffered early exits at the mark in men’s badminton, TOKYO French Open and Wimbledon. overtaking Malaysian great Lee Former professional Fissette, 39, guided Chong Wei’s 10 tournament Two-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka has compatriot Kim Clijsters to three grand slam wins in 2010. appointed Belgian Wim Fissette as coach, Kyodo titles between 2009 and 2011 and has also “At this World Tour Finals news agency on Sunday quoted the Japanese worked with major winners Simona Halep, Petra I played carefully from the first player’s management as saying, as she gears up Kvitova and Angelique Kerber.