Lillard hits 42 points as Portland Trail Blazers beat Memphis Grizzlies

DAMIAN Lillard scored 42 points for the second game in a row as the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 122-112.

Lillard, who also had 10 assists and eight rebounds, now has 49 40-point career games.

ENGLAND's youngest male Test cricketer Rehan Ahmed will have a first chance to shine in whiteball internationals after being called up for next month's ODIs and T20I matches against Bangladesh.

The Leicestershire spinner was 18 years and 126 days old when he played against Pakistan in Karachi in December, taking seven wickets in the match as

England completed a Test series clean sweep at the National Stadium.

He was left out of the squad heading to New Zealand for two Tests in February, but Ahmed will have the chance to make his debut in both short formats in March after being selected for the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, which is followed by three T20I games.

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England ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Tom Abell, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

England T20I squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Tom Abell, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

He is tied with Shaquille O'Neal in 19th place on the list of players with the most 40-point games in NBA history.

Elsewhere, the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets who remain without the injured Kevin Durant.

Jayson Tatum scored 31 points and Jaylen Brown added 26 as the Celtics overwhelmed their Eastern Conference rivals 139-96scoring 46 points in the first quarter alone - to remain top of the table.

Kyrie Irving had 20 points, four rebounds and four assists for the Nets, who have now lost their past 10 games against Boston.

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The Philadelphia 76ers earned swift revenge for Monday's surprising defeat by the Orlando Magic, beating the Florida side 105-94 in Wednesday's rematch.

The Sixers had gone into Monday's game on the back of seven straight wins but let a 21-point advantage slip as they lost 119-109.

But Joel Embiid scored 28 points while James Harden added 26, including six three-pointers and also had nine rebounds and 10 assists.

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Golden State Warriors 119-114 in overtime while there were also wins for Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks but the Detroit Pistons' home game against the Washington Wizards was postponed with the Pistons stuck in Dallas because of an ice storm.((BBC Sport).