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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
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DALLAS FORWARD DIRK NOWITZKI, CENTER, TRIES TO GO UP FOR A BASKET as Oklahoma City centers Enes Kanter, left, and Steven Adams defend during the Thunder’s 118-104 victory on Monday in Oklahoma City. The Thunder won the series, 4-1.
NBA PLAYOFFS
Thunder eliminate Mavs; Hornets, Heat tied at 2-2 The Associated Press
Thunder 118, Mavericks 104 Oklahoma City — Playing the game Thunder style — poison for the Mavericks anytime they tried it — turned out to be lethal one last time Monday night. Getting caught in a fast and furious pace, the Mavericks pushed Oklahoma City hard, but once again got run down by superior manpower as the Thunder ran away with a victory and a 4-1 victory in the best-of-seven firstround series. And so, the Mavericks failed to get past the first round for the fifth season in a row since winning the championship in 2011. Russell Westbrook, who was called an AllStar, but not a superstar, by Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban before the game, certainly looked like a superstar with 36 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists. The Thunder were 18-0 when Westbrook had a triple-double during the regular season. He just missed it on Monday. The Thunder also got 33 points from Kevin Durant. The Mavericks poured out their heart, soul and sweat for 48 minutes. But in the end, too many injuries and too much Westbrook and Durant doomed them. “The one thing I will say: Any Mavericks player who walks on the court has just laid it all out,” Cuban said before the game. “There’s nobody that we look at and say: He could have played harder. “Blood, sweat and tears, this is a gutty group that I’m proud of. Everybody leaves it all on the court. Nobody quits before the final buzzer. There’s so much heart from these guys that I’m proud of them and as an organization, we’re proud of our guys.” Cuban, of course, was confident about his team going into the series, even with a slew of injuries. Asked how much that derailed his team, he said: “That’s life in the big city.” Indeed, nobody’s going to feel sorry for anybody in the NBA. As short-handed as the Mavericks were — down to 10 healthy bodies by game time and playing only eight — they
Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Min: 11. Pts: 0. Reb: 1. Ast: 0.
DALLAS (104) Anderson 5-10 2-4 14, Nowitzki 8-16 5-5 24, Pachulia 3-7 6-6 12, Felton 5-12 0-0 10, Matthews 3-13 2-2 11, Powell 6-7 4-6 16, Barea 4-7 0-0 8, Harris 4-9 1-1 9, Villanueva 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-81 20-24 104. OKLAHOMA CITY (118) Durant 11-24 8-8 33, Ibaka 0-4 2-2 2, Adams 5-8 5-9 15, Westbrook 13-23 7-8 36, Roberson 3-6 0-0 6, Waiters 4-8 0-0 11, Collison 1-1 1-2 3, Foye 0-1 2-2 2, Payne 2-2 0-0 5, Kanter 2-4 1-1 5, Morrow 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-81 26-32 118. Dallas 24 37 22 21—104 Oklahoma City 35 33 25 25—118 Three-Point Goals-Dallas 8-24 (Nowitzki 3-6, Matthews 3-7, Anderson 2-5, Barea 0-1, Felton 0-2, Harris 0-3), Oklahoma City 10-30 (Waiters 3-6, Westbrook 3-8, Durant 3-11, Payne 1-1, Ibaka 0-1, Kanter 0-1, Roberson 0-2). Rebounds-Dallas 43 (Powell 9), Oklahoma City 50 (Westbrook 12). Assists-Dallas 24 (Pachulia 9), Oklahoma City 19 (Westbrook 9). Total Fouls-Dallas 24, Oklahoma City 22. Technicals-Anderson, Nowitzki, Oklahoma City defensive three second. A-18,203 (18,203).
had the Thunder sweating throughout. They got 24 points from Dirk Nowitzki and had five other players in double figures. They simply weren’t strong enough long enough to keep up with the Thunder, who won the final three games of the series after losing Game 2 at home 85-84. As it turns out, that was the only game played to the Mavericks’ preferred tempo — slow, slower, slowest. While the Mavericks were fighting from behind from the get-go, they never were down by more than 14 points, which came late in the third quarter after threepointers by Westbrook and Dion Waiters. Still, the Mavericks refused to wilt. With Justin Anderson and Dwight Powell playing big, the Mavericks chewed into the lead and when Nowitzki got loose for a layup with 7:52 to go, they were only down 101-98. Then, Westbrook happened. Even after Cuban’s comments pregame, Westbrook certainly came up superstar-like when he scored six consecutive points to stretch the OKC lead to 107-98. The desperation kicked in for the Mavericks as they got a Nowitzki threepointer to make it 107-103, but Andre Roberson came up with a monster play when he collected the rebound from Westbrook’s long three-pointer and nudged the ball back in. After Nowitzki missed a fadeaway, the Thunder picked off two offensive rebounds and finally got Durant’s three-point play for a 112-103 lead with 2:49 showing.
Hornets 89, Heat 85 Charlotte, N.C. — Kemba Walker scored a playoff career-high 34 points, Jeremy Lin added 21, and Charlotte beat Miami to even their firstround series at 2-2. Walker scored 11 straight Charlotte points in the fourth quarter after Miami had cut the lead to two with 6:07 left. Courtney Lee sank two free throws with 4.6 seconds left after being fouled on an offensive rebound to seal the win. Lee finished with 11 points and helped hold Dwyane Wade to 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting. “We fought so hard tonight,” Lin said. “Up 18, and then all of a sudden up one. We put everything out there, and I’m glad we got the win.” Game 5 is Wednesday night in Miami. Joe Johnson led Miami with 16 points, while Luol Deng had 15. Charlotte dominated in the paint for the second straight game, outscoring Miami 44-30. Miami pulled to 7675 when Gerald Green knocked down a threepointer from the left wing midway through the final quarter. Walker took over from there. The runner-up for the league’s Most Improved Player buried a pull-up jumper from 18 feet and sank both foul shots after drawing a fourth foul on Wade on a drive. Walker made a three-pointer from the left wing, added a floater in the lane and another pull-up jumper to push the lead to 87-80. The Heat kept battling back, though, with Wade’s jumper and a free throw by Hassan Whiteside cutting it to two. The Hornets nearly
How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, L.A. Clippers Min: 8. Pts: 0. Reb: 3. Ast: 1. Cliff Alexander, Did not play (inactive) Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Min: 10. Pts: 3. Reb: 1. Ast: 1.
FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 16 Indiana 100, Toronto 90 Golden State 104, Houston 78 Atlanta 102, Boston 101 Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 70 Sunday, April 17 Cleveland 106, Detroit 101 Miami 123, Charlotte 91 San Antonio 106, Memphis 74 L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95 Monday, April 18 Toronto 98, Indiana 87 Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84 Golden State 115, Houston 106 Tuesday, April 19 Atlanta 89, Boston 72 San Antonio 94, Memphis 68 Wednesday, April 20 Miami 115, Charlotte 103 Cleveland 107, Detroit 90 L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 81 Thursday, April 21 Oklahoma City 131, Dallas 102 Toronto 101, Indiana 85 Houston 97, Golden State 96, Golden State leads series 2-1 Friday, April 22 Cleveland 101, Detroit 91, Cleveland leads series 3-0 Boston 111, Atlanta 103, Atlanta leads series 2-1 San Antonio 96, Memphis 87, San Antonio leads series 3-0 Saturday, April 23 Indiana 100, Toronto 83, series tied 2-2 Charlotte 96, Miami 80 Oklahoma City 119, Dallas 108 Portland 96, L.A. Clippers 88 Sunday, April 24 San Antonio 116, Memphis 95, San Antonio wins series 4-0 Golden State 121, Houston 94, Golden State leads series 3-1 Boston 104, Atlanta 95, OT, series tied 2-2 Cleveland 100, Detroit 98, Cleveland wins series 4-0 Monday, April 25 Charlotte 89, Miami 85, series tied 2-2 Oklahoma City 118, Dallas 104, Oklahoma City wins series 4-1 Portland 98, L.A. Clippers 84, series tied 2-2 Today Indiana at Toronto, 5 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 Charlotte at Miami, 7 p.m. Portland at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28 Atlanta at Boston, 7 or 8 p.m. Friday, April 29 Toronto at Indiana, TBA Miami at Charlotte, TBA x-Golden State at Houston, TBA x-L.A. Clippers at Portland, TBA Saturday, April 30 x-Boston at Atlanta, TBA x-Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBA Sunday, May 1 x-Indiana at Toronto, TBA x-Charlotte at Miami, TBA x-Houston at Golden State, TBA x-Portland at L.A. Clippers, TBA
squandered their last possession, but Walker threw up a deep three-pointer to beat the shot clock that hit the front rim. Lee was fouled on the rebound and swished both shots with 4.6 seconds left to make it a two-possession game. NBA Playoff Leaders Charlotte started the PLAYOFFS / THROUGH APRIL 24 game slow, but battled Scoring G FG FT PTS AVG back from an 11-point, Thomas, BOS 4 35 31 113 28.3 4 41 12 110 27.5 first-half deficit to take Irving, CLE LAC 3 30 13 79 26.3 a 48-39 lead at the break Paul, George, IND 4 32 33 105 26.3 behind 15 points from Harden, HOU 4 29 30 98 24.5 OKC 4 32 25 97 24.3 Walker, who reached Durant, Westbrook, OKC 4 31 24 94 23.5 Lillard, POR 3 23 18 70 23.3 the basket twice for laCLE 4 38 11 91 22.8 yups by slicing his way James, Thompson, GOL 4 27 24 90 22.5 through the defense. Deng, MIA 3 23 9 66 22.0 CHA 3 22 17 65 21.7 Lin again provided a big Walker, Leonard, SAN 4 29 17 86 21.5 spark with 11 points in the Wade, MIA 3 26 9 61 20.3 half by getting to the line Nowitzki, DAL 4 33 11 78 19.5 CLE 4 25 16 75 18.8 and helping ignite a 23-6 Love, Teague, ATL 4 23 22 72 18.0 4 27 16 71 17.8 run. He was 8-of-9 from Kanter, OKC Morris, DET 4 22 20 71 17.8 the foul line. Millsap, ATL 4 29 9 71 17.8 The Hornets contin- FG Percentage FG FGA PCT ued to pour it on in the Whiteside, MIA 20 25 .800 second half, opening with Kanter, OKC 27 37 .730 Ibaka, OKC 25 35 .714 a 9-0 run to extend the Johnson, BOS 19 28 .679 lead to 18 when Al Jef- Howard, HOU 23 35 .657 23 36 .639 ferson scored on a spin Deng, MIA Joseph, TOR 16 26 .615 move over Whiteside, Iguodala, GOL 19 32 .594 17 29 .586 who played despite miss- G. Hill, IND CHA 21 36 .583 ing the last two practices Jefferson, Rebounds with a bruised thigh. G OFF DEF TOT AVG LAC 3 14 32 46 15.3 Still, the Heat wouldn’t Jordan, Whiteside, MIA 3 9 33 42 14.0 go away, responding with Valanciunas, TOR 4 22 32 54 13.5 a 17-1 run, including a Howard, HOU 4 15 34 49 12.3 CLE 4 10 38 48 12.0 long 25-footer by Johnson Love, Plumlee, POR 3 7 29 36 12.0 Horford, ATL 4 11 28 39 9.8 with a hand in his face. Green, GOL 4 7 32 39 9.8 But Walker helped re- Aminu, POR 3 7 22 29 9.7 store order, scoring on Harris, DET 4 6 32 38 9.5 Assists a pair of nifty drives, in- G AST AVG cluding a hesitation move Westbrook, OKC 4 47 11.8 DET 4 37 9.3 that left Deng’s feet glued Jackson, Paul, LAC 3 25 8.3 to the floor and the Hor- Harden, HOU 4 32 8.0 4 29 7.3 nets led 69-61 after three Lowry, TOR Teague, ATL 4 28 7.0 quarters. James, CLE 4 27 6.8
Tip-Ins Heat: Won the previous two games in this series at home by an average margin of 22 points. Hornets: The Hornets held Miami to 13 secondquarter points ... Were 25 of 30 from the foul line. Batum not ready Nicolas Batum missed his second straight game with a strained foot and his status for Game 5 remains in question. Coach Steve Clifford said before the game Batum’s foot is “very, very weak.” MIAMI (85) Deng 4-14 5-5 15, J.Johnson 6-12 0-0 16, Whiteside 3-5 2-5 8, Dragic 5-10 0-0 12, Wade 4-11 4-6 12, Richardson 1-7 0-0 3, Winslow 3-8 1-2 8, Stoudemire 2-2 1-1 5, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Haslem 0-1 1-2 1, Green 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 30-76 14-21 85. CHARLOTTE (89) Williams 0-5 0-0 0, Kaminsky 1-5 2-4 4, Jefferson 4-12 1-2 9, Walker 13-28 6-7 34, Lee 3-8 4-4 11, Lin 6-10 8-9 21, Zeller 3-4 2-2 8, Hawes 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 30-75 25-30 89. Miami 26 13 22 24—85 Charlotte 19 29 21 20—89 Three-Point Goals-Miami 11-29 (J.Johnson 4-5, Dragic 2-4, Deng 2-8, Green 1-2, Richardson 1-4, Winslow 1-5, Wright 0-1), Charlotte 4-17 (Walker 2-8, Lee 1-3, Lin 1-3, Kaminsky 0-1, Williams 0-2). Rebounds-Miami 57 (J.Johnson, Wade, Deng, Whiteside 7), Charlotte 46 (Hawes 8). AssistsMiami 20 (Wade 10), Charlotte 10 (Lin, Jefferson 3). Total Fouls-Miami 26, Charlotte 20. A-19,156 (19,077).
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FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Wednesday, April 13 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2 Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 St. Louis 1, Chicago 0, OT Thursday, April 14 Washington 2, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Islanders 5, Florida 4 Dallas 4, Minnesota 0 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3 Friday, April 15 Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2 Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Chicago 3, St. Louis 2 Nashville 3, Anaheim 2 Saturday, April 16 N.Y. Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 4, Philadelphia 1 Dallas 2, Minnesota 1 San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday, April 17 St. Louis 3, Chicago 2 Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 3, OT Nashville 3, Anaheim 2 Monday, April 18 Washington 6, Philadelphia 1 Minnesota 5, Dallas 3 Los Angeles 2, San Jose 1, OT Tuesday, April 19 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3 Anaheim 3, Nashville 0 Wednesday, April 20 Philadelphia 2, Washington 1 Florida 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Dallas 3, Minnesota 2 San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2 Thursday, April 21 Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 0 Tampa Bay 1, Detroit 0, Tampa Bay wins series 4-1 Anaheim 4, Nashville 1 Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, 2OT Friday, April 22 Philadelphia 2, Washington 0
N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1, 2OT Minnesota 5, Dallas 4, OT San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3, San Jose wins series 4-1 Saturday, April 23 Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh wins series 4-1 Anaheim 5, Nashville 2 Chicago 6, St. Louis 3, series tied 3-3 Sunday, April 24 Washington 1, Philadelphia 0, Washington wins series 4-2 Dallas 5, Minnesota 4, Dallas wins series 4-2 N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1, 2OT, N.Y. Islanders wins series 4-2 Monday, April 25 Nashville 3, Anaheim 1, series tied 3-3 St. Louis 3, Chicago 2, St. Louis wins series 4-3 Wednesday, April 27 Nashville at Anaheim, TBA
High School
Topeka West Invitational Monday at Topeka CC Team Scores 1. Washburn Rural 2. Blue Valley North 3. Manhattan 4. Shawnee Mission Northwest 5. SM East 6. Free State 7. Lawrence 8. Blue Valley Northwest 9. Blue Valley West 10. Topeka Seaman 11. Maize 12. Dodge City 13. Blue Valley 14. Hutchinson 15. Shawnee Height 16. Salina South 17. Salina Central 18. Emporia 19. Topeka Hayden 20. Junction City 21. Olathe North 22. Topeka West 23. Topeka Medalist Cole Gritton, Manhattan Free State Results 6. Jack Flynn 12. Jack Junge 41. Will Cook 50. Tate Steele 60. Landon Berquist Lawrence Results 21. Garrett Wildeman 22. Braxton Olson 25. Dawson Dykes 40. Cole Brungardt 75. Ross Brungardt
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2016 Ryder Cup Points
At Hazeltine National Golf Club Chaska, Minn. Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2016 Through April 24 United States 1. Jordan Spieth 8,872.840 2. Dustin Johnson 4,809.848 3. Bubba Watson 3,658.078 4. Brandt Snedeker 3,511.352 5. Zach Johnson 3,166.216 6. Rickie Fowler 3,089.357 7. Phil Mickelson 2,974.297 8. Patrick Reed 2,912.755 9. J.B. Holmes 2,575.692 10. Bill Haas 2,215.376 11. Brooks Koepka 2,214.007 12. Charley Hoffman 2,133.858 13. Kevin Kisner 1,766.323 14. Jason Dufner 1,753.935 15. Matt Kuchar 1,654.100 Europe European Points 1. Danny Willett 3,630,894.20 2. Rory McIlroy 2,849,657.14 3. Matthew Fitzpatrick 1,902,086.74 4. Andy Sullivan 1,853,093.55 5. Victor Dubuisson 1,641,925.74 6. Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1,593,331.74 7. Chris Wood 1,527,750.74 8. Soren Kjeldsen 1,516,493.71 9. Henrik Stenson 1,469,073.36 10. Kristoffer Broberg 1,424,556.93 World Points 1. Danny Willett 237.14 2. Henrik Stenson 219.44 3. Rory McIlroy 190.68 4. Justin Rose 134.14 5. Rafa Cabrera-Bello 127.17 7. Matthew Fitzpatrick 115.05 6. Andy Sullivan 108.99 8. Sergio Garcia 108.20 9. Soren Kjeldsen 87.74 10. Thomas Pieters 87.10
2017 Presidents Cup Standings
At Liberty National Golf Club Jersey City, N.J. Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2017 Through April 24 United States 1. Jordan Spieth 2. Brandt Snedeker 3. Kevin Na 4. Kevin Kisner 5. Bubba Watson 6. Patrick Reed 7. Justin Thomas 8. Dustin Johnson 9. Smylie Kaufman 10. Rickie Fowler 11. Kevin Chappell 12. Jason Dufner 13. Charley Hoffman 14. Bill Haas 15. Daniel Berger International 1. Jason Day AUS 2. Adam Scott AUS 3. Branden Grace SAF 4. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 5. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 6. Charl Schwartzel SAF 7. Byeong-Hun An KOR 8. Marc Leishman AUS 9. Emiliano Grillo ARG 10. Kiradech Aphibarnrat THA 11. Danny Lee NZL 12. Thongchai Jaidee THA 13. Anirban Lahiri IND 14. Jaco Van Zyl SAF 15. K.T. Kim KOR
MLS
1,741 1,353 1,260 1,254 1,222 1,206 1,109 1,057 1,019 967 915 882 881 825 822 12.28 6.99 5.51 4.98 4.61 3.79 3.10 2.96 2.75 2.69 2.68 2.52 2.32 2.21 2.20
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 4 3 0 12 10 7 Montreal 4 3 0 12 10 8 Toronto FC 3 2 2 11 8 5 Orlando City 2 2 3 9 13 11 D.C. United 2 3 3 9 10 10 Columbus 2 3 2 8 7 9 New England 1 2 5 8 8 13 New York 2 6 0 6 8 17 Chicago 1 2 3 6 6 7 NYC FC 1 3 3 6 9 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 5 2 2 17 15 13 Colorado 5 2 1 16 10 6 Los Angeles 4 1 2 14 17 7 Real Salt Lake 4 1 2 14 12 11 San Jose 4 2 2 14 11 10 Sporting KC 4 4 0 12 9 8 Vancouver 3 4 1 10 9 11 Portland 2 3 2 8 11 14 Seattle 2 4 1 7 7 10 Houston 1 4 2 5 13 14 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Sunday’s Games San Jose 1, Sporting Kansas City 0 New York 3, Orlando City 2 Wednesday, April 27 Montreal at New York City FC, 6 p.m. Portland at New England, 6:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.