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SPORTS Heart of a champion SECTION E

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Brady leads Patriots to 34-28 comeback win

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DAVIS CUP CAPTAIN PLEASED WITH HIS TEAM

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net DORAL Park, Miami — Although the Bahamas lost 5-0 to Venezuela in the first round of the American Zone II Davis Cup tie, player/captain Marvin Rolle said he was pleased with the performances of Spencer Newman, Philip Major Jr and Justin Lunn.

Together, the quartet gave it their best shot against the No.2 ranked Venezuela in the zone.

The tie was decided on Saturday in the pivotal doubles when Rolle and Newman lost 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 to Louis David Martinez and Jordi Munoz-Abreu.

On Friday in the opening singles, Major Jr had a four-set marathon, losing to Venezuela’s top seed Ricardo Rodriquez and Newman fell 7-5, 6-0, 7-6 (5) to No.2 seed Luis David Martinez But in the reverse singles on Sunday, which was rel-

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CARIFTA QUALIFIERS HEADLINE 14TH STAR PERFORMERS TRACK MEET

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

MVP: New England Patriots’ Tom Brady hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl 51 against the Atlanta Falcons last night. (AP) SEE THE FULL STORY AND MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 2

SEVERAL CARIFTA qualifiers headlined the Baker Concrete/Greyco Limited 14th Annual Star Performers Track Classic at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre on Saturday.

Gabrielle Gibson of Sunblazers ran well ahead of the field and finished first in the Under-18 Girls 100mH in 13.98 seconds. She easily surpassed the CARIFTA qualifying standard of 14.20 and also set a new meet record previously held

by Safiya Thompson of St Jago High School.

Gibson also finished first in the 400mH in 1:02:50, matching the CARIFTA qualifying standard for that event.

In the U-18 Boys 110mH, both Denvaughn Whymms and Oscar Smith dipped

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Changing of the guard: T’Wolves take senior boys’ title

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Goverment Secondary Schools Sports Association concluded its basketball championships in all for divisions this weekend, with an historic win for one programme while others continued their dominance of recent years.

Senior Boys Anatol Rodgers T’Wolves - 62 CC Sweeting Cobras - 48 ARH wins series 2-1 The newest team in the GSSSA made school history by claiming its first basketball title and closed out the series with a surprising blowout after two closely contested games.

T’Wolves head coach Harcourt McCoy called the win a sign of a changing of the guard in high school basketball, shifting away from the perennial powerhouses.

“The tide of change is coming.

Believe it or not, those schools that were the premier schools, hard work is going to dethrone a lot of them.

Domnick Bridgewater was named the MVP and finished with 18 points and four assists while Tyriq Bain added a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. K’Jay Wilson and Kirklyn Farrington each added seven points.

Brandon Strachen led the Cobras with 18 points while Marco Beckford added 14 points and Kriston Munroe finished with six points and 10 rebounds.

ON THE REPLAY: AF Adderley Fighting Tigers take on the DW Davis Pitbulls at the Kendal Isaacs Gym. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

Anatol Rodgers took game one of the series by double figures before CC Sweeting pulled off the upset in game two, setting the stage for a dominant finish in game three.

“We executed well. We looked at the tape and we saw the mistakes, turnovers, free throws and we didn’t capitalise on things we normally did. The first game we won by double digits, the second game they beat us by three and, believe it or not, I had a player that gave away six points in 10 seconds. We always say we don’t complain about the referee or the other teams because we play against ourselves. We want to make sure that our effort is better than the last time we were on the

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PATRIOTS players celebrate with newspapers after their overtime win in Super Bowl 51 against the Atlanta Falcons last night in Houston. (AP)

Tom Brady earns 4th Super Bowl MVP trophy with epic comeback

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The greatest quarterback in NFL history led the biggest Super Bowl comeback to be the MVP last night.

Tom Brady rallied New England from a 25-point third-quarter deficit for a 34-28 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the first overtime game in Super Bowl history to earn his fifth Super Bowl title and fourth MVP trophy.

Brady threw touchdown passes of 5 and 6 yards in the second half and tied things at 28 when he connected with Danny Amendola on a 2-point conversion with 57 seconds left.

He then directed the drive in overtime which ended with a 2-yard run by James White to make the Patriots the first team to win a Super Bowl after trailing by more than 10 points.

“We all brought each other back,” he said. “We never felt out of it. It was a tough battle.”

His 466 yards passing are a Super Bowl record, surpassing the 414 yards Kurt Warner had 17 years ago.

He is the first to play in seven Super Bowls and the victory ties him with Charles Haley for most Super Bowl rings.

It’s a triumphant end to a difficult season for Brady, who missed the first four games because of his “Deflategate” suspension and dealt with his mother Galynn Brady suffering through an undisclosed illness.

The Super Bowl was the first game she’s attended all season.

“They’re all happy,” he

PATRIOTS’ James White runs for a touchdown as Atlanta Falcons’ Deion Jones attempts to defend during overtime of Super Bowl 51 last night in Houston. The Patriots defeated the Falcons 34-28. (AP) said. “It’s nice to have everybody here and it’s going to be a great celebration

tonight.”

Brady also collected the MVP trophy in 2001, 2003

and 2014.

His incredible second half and overtime came

PATRIOTS players celebrate after winning Super Bowl 51 last night. (AP)

after a first half where the Patriots managed just three points and he threw an in-

terception which Robert Alford returned 82 yards for a touchdown.

TOM BRADY celebrates after the Patriots won in OT. (AP)

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Bahamian sport merits prime time exposure IT’S the day after the Super Bowl and yes, as The Tribune’s resident Patriots fan, I am still in celebration mode.

Despite the success, work goes on and this week’s column is here to clarify one thing - it is time to go prime time, in every sense of the term.

Let’s be honest, there is a clear separation between seasonal sporting fans and true lovers of sport. Seriously, there is major contrast between there being nothing else on television so I will watch the game and I have to be home by 8pm to catch tip-off.

The point I am trying to get at is this: the country now has the market to host world-class sports events consistently, therefore it is time to diversify the local television product to reflect that.

I am associated with what I consider the country’s best and most cutting edge, sports and pop-culture media content providers - 10thYearSeniors. Now that we have full disclosure on that, this past week the team pulled off full production packages for both the GSSA and BAISS basketball championship products.

From streaming to live television, straight on down to recaps. This week, Bahamian high school basketball took its presence to the world stage.

This isn’t about taking credit or petitioning for support; this is all about making it clear that with the level of talent present here, the existence of three fully functioning television stations, three quality newspapers, host of radio stations

FOURTH QUARTER PRESS

BY RICARDO WELLSedia.net rwells@tribunem

“THE TALENT ON DISPLAY ACROSS THE BOARD WAS CERTAINLY AT A LEVEL THAT COULD HOLD THE NATION’S ATTENTION FOR TWO AND-AHALF TO THREE HOURS ON A NIGHTLY BASIS.” and infinite internet content providers, now is the time to build and promote our sporting talent through these avenues.

Imagine this, Friday night prime time sporting events, hosted by local talents and broadcasted across the country. This past week I was privy to see the crowning of eight high school champions from the Nassau circuit - four private school teams and four public school teams.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS Junior Girls - St Augustine’s College def. Queen’s College, 2-0 Junior Boys - Temple Christian def. Queen’s College, 2-0

Senior Girls - Jordan Prince Wlliams def. Kingsway Academy, 2-0 Senior Boys - Jordan Prince Williams def. St Augustine’s College, 2-0 PUBLIC SCHOOLS Junior Girls - H O Nash def. S C McPherson, 2-0 Junior Boys - D W Davis def. A F Adderley, 2-0 Senior Girls - Dame Doris Johnson def. C I Gibson, 2-1 Senior Boys - Anathol Rodgers def. C C Sweeting, 2-1 The talent on display across the board was certainly at a level that could hold the nation’s attention for two and a half to three hours on a nightly basis.

PUBLIC school students compete in Goverment Secondary Schools Sports Association basketball championships at the Kendal Isaacs Gym. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff And before you jump to the idea that this can’t or wouldn’t work, let me remind you that Cable Bahamas through its RevTv platform has been working to pioneer a local sporting market for a good part of the last five years.

I’m talking Carifta-level swim meets, championship basketball, track meets and a couple of softball promotions sprinkled for balance.

The goal isn’t to jump out of the gate with multimillion dollar production

deals, the idea is to sustain a station that can, over time, provide a world-class avenue for Bahamian sports.

After all, most of those local platforms I mentioned earlier survive primarily off imported products. If you don’t believe me, next to the nightly newscasts and the “community announcement” segments run throughout the night, there is a strong possibility that you can’t name more than ten programmes that exist to promote and develop Ba-

hamian talent.

This is what I am talking about when I say diversification, expanding the broadcast list to include locally produced content that ranges from sports, to culture, to entertainment. Let’s surround ourselves with ourselves: that is the best way to develop and grow local brands and events.

• Ricardo Wells writes Fourth Quarter Press every Monday. Comments to rwells@tribunemedia.net

T’ WOLVES

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floor,” McCoy said. “It has been a number of years that we’ve been close and we’ve been in the conversation for a long time. I’ve been putting in a lot of work in terms of having camps, tournaments - I have a tournament I have been running for 12 years and we never won it - but I believe that as a coach, with the hard work and dedicated players, you can come out a winner. Our guys were able to come out and fight and get it done by establishing a good defensive strategy. Guys worked hard and we have tremendous school support. There was a sea of blue in the gym tonight.”

That defensive strategy led to an early advantage when they limited the Cobras to just three field goals in the first quarter en route to an 18-7 lead. They maintained a double digit lead throughout the game, 34-22 at the half and by 19 headed into the fourth quarter, 52-31.

Attention now shifts to postseason tournaments where the GSSSA champions will look to contend against teams around the country.

“I have to give all honour and praise to the Lord above. It has nothing to do with me, we have quality players and a quality school. We are trying to instil in them to have a good relationship with the Lord above. We have been blessed with a lot of things most people don’t have. We are just trying to capitalise on those blessings and our guys came out with it,” he said. “We know this is just GSSSA and we have more work to do. We know there are schools all over the country that will be looking at us now, St George’s, Tabernacle, Sunland so we will have to prove ourselves again but we will be ready.”

Junior Boys DW Davis Royals - 55 AF Adderley Tigers - 47 DWD wins series 2-0 The Royals were virtually untouchable all season long and the championship series proved no different as the league’s most dominant team in recent years successfully defended their title.

Perennial contenders for the title, after losing a heartbreaking three-game series in 2015 to the HO Nash Lions, the Royals regained a familiar spot atop the league with back-to-back championship titles.

Roscoe Dean led the Royals with a game high 25 points and

ON THE REPLAY: SC McPherson Sharks take on the HO Nash Lions at the Kendal Isaacs Gym. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff Maxin Francois added 13 points.

The Royals backcourt of Kobe Wright and Kenvon Farrington combined for 11 assists.

Kemron Grey led the Tigers with 21 points, 11 of which came in the first quarter. Rayvon Pinder also scored 11.

After cruising to a double digit win in game one, the Tigers played inspired in game two and led by as much as four in the second quarter. At the end of the third, the Royals led 42-35 when Dean sank a pair of free throws with no time left on the clock.

The Royals led by just six midway through the third when Aaron Brown made a three from the right wing to push the lead to nine, 50-41 with just over four minutes left to play. THe lead reach 10 a few plays later on another pair of free throws from Dean.

Senior Girls Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins - 33 CI Gibson Rattlers - 32 DDJ wins series 2-1 The defending GSSSA champions got major contributions from their bench to retain the title in the third and deciding game of

the series.

Backup forward Kristan Sands went to the line and sank the go ahead free throw with 3.6 seconds left to play and after an errant halfcourt heave from the Rattlers came up short, the Mystic Marlins sealed back-to-back titles.

Tanea Bowleg led Doris Johnson with a team high 10 points, Kovanique Rolle added eight points and six rebounds, Thyrell Thompson finished with seven points and six rebounds and Briontae Riley grabbed a game high 10 boards.

Monica Cleary led the Rattlers with a game high 11 points, Rose Johnson had 10 points and 8 rebounds, and Latavia Braynen had five points, eight rebounds and five steals.

Johnson tied the game at 24 with a pair of free throws to set the stage for the final four minutes which featured several ties and lead changes.

Thompson grabbed the lead back for the Mystic Marlins with two at the line but the Rattlers would regain the lead with a threepoint play Braynen. The teams continued to trade scores until a 32 all tie remained for much of

the last minute of the game and Sands’ free throws would decide it.

Last season the Mystic Marlins won the GSSSA Championship series and also won the Geneva Rutherford and National Tournaments hosted in Grand Bahama.

Junior Girls HO Nash Lions - 36 SC McPherson Sharks - 30 HON wins series 2-0 For the second consecutive year, these teams meet in the championship series and again it was head coach Pattie Johnson’s Lions at the top of the division.

Johnson added another title to her storied programme as the HO Nash Lions closed out the GSSSA junior girls’ championship series led by 16 points from Glennia Sands.

Sands made four three pointers on the afternoon, two in the third quarter during a key run as the Lions took control. Adalia Tucker also added eight points for the Lions.

Michelle Butler and Breanna Dean each finished with 10 points for the Sharks.

The teams played the first quar-

ter to a 9-9 tie at the end of the first quarter. The Sharks would close the second on a 6-0 run, capped by a Dean layup, to take a 21-17 lead at the half.

Sands would score 10 points in the third, including threes on back-to-back possessions. She would outscore the Sharks in the period and the Lions clung to a 29-28 lead headed into the fourth.

The Sharks took a brief 30-29 lead but Calvanique Spense made the go ahead layup at the 4:05 mark as the Lions led for good and protected the advantage with free throws down the stretch.

“We struggled defensively, I don’t know what happened out there early on,” Johnson said.

“We couldn’t get a stop, we couldn’t make a shot, but the girls were able to turn it around in the second half.”

Johnson’s Lions are perennial GSSSA contenders, even in rebuilding years.

“This one is especially sweet because we have many returning players to the team next year, so it’s important for them to know what this programme is built on and what we expect from it,” Johnson said.

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DC Pratt suffers 1st round knockout to ‘The Immortal’

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net IT WAS a difficult return to the ring for Bahamian Muay Thai fighter DC Pratt as he suffered an abrupt ending to his first pro fight in the United States in over two years.

Pratt suffered a first round knockout to supper middleweight champion Regian “The Immortal” Eersel of Holland, in the main event at Lion Fight 34 at the Tropicana Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Eersel used his four-inch height and reach advantage right from the opening moments of the bout to retain the title and improve to 45-4. Eersel landed a right strike and added a combo when he landed a flying knee to the jaw. He fol-

lowed with another knee and strike before referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped the fight at the 2:29 mark into the first round.

Pratt’s record fell to 20-4.

“I want to stay active and I’ll fight whoever Lion Fight puts in front of me,” said Eersel, who has had the belt since November.

Speaking with AXS TV Fights prior to the bout, Pratt said he relished the opportunity just to be able to step back into the ring.

“Since Lion Fight came out I’ve been wanting to fight for them and it’s just a dream come true. I’ve been training, hoping for fights, crossing my fingers hoping to get fights because nobody knows me. They said it’ll happen like this, you might get a call you just have to be ready to take it.”

It was the main event on

DC PRATT can be seen in this file photo. the card which aired live on AXS TV Fights in the

United States, and on Fight Network throughout Cana-

da, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Pratt was inserted as a late addition to the card to replace original contender Samy Sana.

It was his first fight in the United States since recovering from a torn ACL and meniscus suffered in 2015.

“2015 was a rough year, not being able to do what I love,” he said. “I actually had another fight scheduled for the same night. I got into a five-car collision. I was unsure if I’d be able to fight. I cancelled that fight, but that same weekend I got the call to fight for Lion Fight and, at the end of the day, after I was cleared to fight I decided to do it. Life is short and the fight game is short so you have to seize an opportunity when it comes your way.”

The Eersel-Pratt bout was

one of two title fights on the main card which includes a total of six bouts. Other results included Women’s Super Bantamweight Title Fight – Iman Barlow (875-3) defeated Maryem Uslu (62-12-1) via unanimous decision; Middleweight Fight – Anthony Njokuani (23-0) defeated Chris Harrington (21-3) via TKO (strikes) at 2:44 in round three; Super Welterweight Fight – Gabriel Mazzetti (14-2) defeated Nick Chasteen (6-4) via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47); Welterweight Fight – Kronphet Phetrachapat (75-18-5) vs.

Kevin Burmester (70-8-1) resulted in a majority draw (48-46, 47-47, 47-47) and Super Lightweight Fight – River Daz (13-0-1) defeated Diego Llamas (8-3) via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 49-45).

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GOOD EFFORT TEAM BAHAMAS: Although the Bahamas lost 5-0 to Venezuela in the first round of the American Zone II Davis Cup tie, player/captain Marvin Rolle said he was pleased with the performances of Spencer Newman, Philip Major Jr and Justin Lunn. Together, the quartet gave it their best shot against the No.2 ranked Venezuela in the zone. Shown (l-r) are Philip Major Jr, Spencer Newman, Rolle and Justin Lunn.

Davis Cup captain Marvin Rolle pleased with Team Bahamas’ performance FROM PAGE 1 egated to best-of-three instead of best-of-five sets, Lunn lost 6-0, 6-2 to Ricardo Rodriquez and Major Jr took Jordi Munoz-Abreu to the wire, losing 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3.

“Today, Justin played and got his feet wet in singles,” Rolle said.

“He played well, even though the score was what it was. The guy he played was an experienced player.

He wasn’t able to last that long out there. But for the first playing singes, I thought he did a great job.”

As for Major Jr’s match, Rolle said one or two calls here and there and it could have gone either way.

“He played well. That’s all we could ask for the Bahamas,” Rolle said. “Everything we go out there, no matter what the score, you have to keep fighting until the end and that was what we did.”

The loss has forced the Bahamas to win in April in the second round to avoid getting relegated to zone III next year. But Rolle said he’s confident that they can get the job done. “PJ showed that he’s playing well. Spencer just needs

to get out there a little more. The same with me. To be playing at this level, you have to be playing a lot of matches,” Rolle said. “Spencer is a great player, but he doesn’t have any matches. We just have to get those matches in and we will be right there because the scores were close.”

Rolle said they would like to get Baker Newman back on the team because he’s playing matches just about every week at Vanderbilt and he’s mentally tough. If they can’t, Rolle said they will work with what they have.

When asked to comment on the calls that went against the Bahamas, Rolle said anytime you are playing a Davis Cup team on their home turf you can expect to get the calls against you. He said that’s a part of Davis Cup and you just have to put it behind you and play point for point.

Major loses in three sets “It was a battle,” was how an exhausted Major described his match. “I just did not win. It was a great match. He played well.

I played well. It just came down

to certain points here and there.

Again the calls were not in my favour, but what can I do.”

Major, who was invited to join the team to play in the number two spot after Baker Newman was unavailable, won his first set in a tie breaker just as he did his opening single on Friday. But it seems as if that hurt his chances the rest of the way as some critical calls were made against him that he and Rolle argued, but to no avail.

In the second set, Major got a break for a 2-2 tie. Munoz-Abreu broke back for a 3-2 lead, but Major broke again for a 4-4 tie. Munoz-Abreu got the final break to go up 5-4 and he held serve for the 2-0 lead.

And in the third set, MunozAbreu got the first break to take a 2-1 lead and he broke again for the 6-3 win.

Lunn lost in two sets After he was denied the opportunity to play in doubles with player/captain Marvin Rolle on Saturday, Lunn finally got a chance to play in the first reverse singles.

He got off to a shaky start and

couldn’t get on the scoreboard, although he had a chance in the final game. At advantage, Rodriquez hit a short volley that was out of range for Lunn.

In the second set, Lunn got on the scoreboard when he held serve at 40-30 for a 1-0 lead. Rodriquez, however, got the first break of the set to go up 2-1 and he broke again on advantage to go up 5-2 before holding serve to seal the deal.

“It was amazing feeling. I was just a little bit nervous because you have the whole team on your back and you want to make everybody happy,” Lunn said. “But overall, it felt good having the team and the fans pushing you. I didn’t want to give up on any balls. It was a great feeling. I loved it.”

After he didn’t play the doubles on Saturday, Lunn said he didn’t do anything to stay fit and that showed in his start in the first set.

But he said it showed that he still has the ability to play at this level.

Lunn was named to the team to replace Kevin Major Jr, who was unavailable because of school commitments.

below the qualifying standard and previous meet record. Whymms, of Club Monica, finished first in 13.68 while Smith, of the Sunblazers, was second in 13.87.

In the U-18 Girls 100m, the top three finishers surpassed the standard of 12.05.

Devine Parker of Bahamas High Performance finished first and also established a new meet record in 11.78, followed by Megan Moss of Club Monica in 12.02 and Tanae Miller of Startrackers.

Several athletes also reached their respective qualifying standards in the field.

In the U-18 Girls Long Jump, Lakelle Kinteh of the Sunblazers reached the standard of 5.40m on her final jump of the competition. She finished first at 5.44m.

Holland Martin of Invictus Athletics achieved the same feat in the U-20 Men’s Long Jump. He leaped 7.22m on his second attempt to win the competition and surpass the necessary mark of 7.15m and also set a new meet record.

In the U-20 Men’s High Jump, Kyle Alcine of XTreme Athletics cleared the bar on his final attempt at 2.10m. He surpassed the CARIFTA standard of 2.05m and tied the meet record set by Laquan Nairn.

The meet was open to divisions ranging from under eight to open. This year’s meet included athletes from Andros, Grand Bahama, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Moore’s Island and New Providence.

Baker Concrete, International Division and Greyco Limited served as the title sponsor again this year along with silver partners Sun Oil Ltd and James Campbell and bronze partner Abbott Nutrition.

Star Trackers Track and Field Club is a non-profit club officially started in 2001 and has over 70 primary and high school athletes registered for this season.

David Charlton serves as the head coach of the club.

He is assisted by coaches Rudolph Ferguson, Luther Rolle and Myriam Stapleton.

The Star Trackers are proud to state that in their short history, over 40 of their student athletes have received athletic scholarships to colleges or universities in the US valued over $6 million. Eighty per cent of the club’s current athletes hold a 3.0 or higher grade point average (GPA).

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Celtics say goodbye to Pierce, beat Clippers 107-102

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas bumped into Paul Pierce tooling around Boston on Saturday night and then stole the spotlight from the former Celtics captain yesterday.

With the crowd uncertain whether to cheer loudest for the Celtics or for Pierce — or for the Patriots in the Super Bowl — Thomas scored 28 points to lead Boston to its seventh straight victory, a 107-102 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Pierce’s final game in the Garden.

Thomas backed off Pierce in the final seconds, with the game out of reach, to let the 2008 NBA Finals MVP sink one more basket on the parquet floor he called home for 15 seasons.

“I wanted him to shoot and make it,” Thomas said.

“That would have been the perfect way to go out. He did it the right way.”

Playing his last game in Boston, and making his first appearance for the Clippers since New Year’s Eve, Pierce started and

played the first five minutes before heading to the bench. Although the crowd chanted his name in the final minutes — egged on by the Celtics cheerleaders and even Thomas himself — Pierce didn’t get back off the bench until there were 19 seconds left.

With the fans already standing, he sank a 3-pointer for his only points of the game.

“I’m glad I was able to cap it off,” Pierce said. “At least I can say I put one last bucket in.”

Al Horford had 13 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for the Celtics, who brought Pierce to tears with a first-quarter highlight video.

Thomas had eight assists but saw his four-game streak of 35-point games snapped.

Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford scored 23 apiece, and DeAndre Jordan had 16 rebounds for Los Angeles, which lost for the sixth time in eight games despite cutting a 12-point lead to 103-99 in the final minute.

As the crowd was filter-

ing out to get home in time for the Super Bowl, Pierce walked back onto the parquet floor, dropped to his knees and kissed the leprechaun at centre court.

“I knew I wanted to give Lucky one last kiss,” said Pierce, who will retire after the season. “Lucky’s been through it all with me, the ups and downs. He helped me out on a couple of occasions.”

DOC TALK Former Celtics coach Doc Rivers started Pierce so he could have a fitting farewell, even though the 39-year-old forward hadn’t played in more than a month.

Before the game, he told the Clippers to pay attention.

“When you finish your career, remember what’s going to happen in five minutes,” Rivers recalled telling them.

“All of you aren’t going to be Hall of Famers, but just remember that when you finish your career, you’re empty and you can walk away with no regrets. That’s what Paul’s doing tonight.”

LATE CONTEST Boston led by as many as 18 points, and Los Angeles never had the lead. The Clippers went on a 10-2 run in the last two minutes to make it a one-possession game, but Griffin missed a 3 from the left side; Horford got the rebound and sank his foul shots.

TIP-INS It was Pierce’s 630th game at the new Boston Garden. He has never failed to score in the building....

Celtics G Avery Bradley missed his 10th straight game with a sore Achilles tendon. ... The Celtics took a franchise-record 52 3-pointers. ... Celtics Jaylen Brown and Jonas Jerebko took each other out when they collided under the basket early in the fourth quarter. Jerebko (nose) did not return. ... Pierce’s final 3-pointer was the only one made by a Clippers starter.

UP NEXT Clippers are at Toronto tonight.

Celtics are at Sacramento on Wednesday.

CLIPPERS forward Paul Pierce, centre, acknowledges applause from the crowd during a timeout in the first half of yesterday’s game against the Boston Celtics in Boston. Pierce, a former Celtics player, played in what is expected to be his final game in Boston yesterday. (AP)

Westbrook powers Thunder past Trail Blazers 105-99

By JOHN TRANCHINA Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Another close game in the fourth quarter, another outstanding performance by Russell Westbrook.

Westbrook scored 19 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers yesterday.

Westbrook also had eight assists and four rebounds in his eighth 40-point performance of the season.

Victor Oladipo added 24 points and 13 boards, helping Oklahoma City (30-22) move within a half-game of idle Memphis for sixth in the Western Conference.

“It was a great collective team win,” said Oladipo, who also had three assists, two steals and two blocked shots. “We did a great job defensively, especially in the second half. We just got to build on it.”

Damian Lillard had 29 points and seven rebounds for Portland (22-30), which has dropped three of four.

C.J. McCollum added 19 points and eight boards.

“It’s frustrating,” Lillard said. “I do think we competed. We were in position to win the game, once again. Like many games we have had this season, we had opportunities that we didn’t always take advantage of.”

Westbrook punctuated his big day with a 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining, lifting Oklahoma City to a 100-93 lead. He capped it off by hitting five free throws in the final minute as the crowd chanted “MVP! MVP!” “I hadn’t made a 3 all night, that was a big one, especially to close the game out,” Westbrook said. “I got the shot I wanted. Defensively, I thought we did a great job. I think that’s the most important part, getting stops in the fourth quarter when we needed to, getting stops on demand.”

After scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter to spark a 114-102 comeback victory over Memphis on Friday, Westbrook again rallied the Thunder when they needed him most, scoring 31 points in the second half.

run that included back-toback 3-pointers from Oladipo, but the Trail Blazers rallied to tie it at 85 when Mason Plumlee sank a free throw with 6:33 remaining.

Led by six points from Westbrook, the Thunder then scored the next eight points to open up a 93-85 lead with 4:36 to go.

“They outplayed us in the fourth quarter,” Portland coach Terry Stotts said. “That’s the bottom line. It came down to that.

We didn’t do the things in the fourth quarter that you have to do — loose balls, execute on offence. And, Westbrook played great.”

THUNDER guard Russell Westbrook (0) celebrates with teammate Anthony Morrow, left, in the fourth quarter of yesterday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Oklahoma City. (AP) “I was really, really happy and really pleased with our guys’ effort tonight,” Oklahoma City coach Billy

Donovan said. “Obviously, Russell was spectacular.”

Oklahoma City opened the final quarter with a 10-2

TIP-INS Trail Blazers: Plumlee had 13 points, and Allen Crabbe finished with 10. ...

Portland outscored Oklahoma City 36-22 in the second quarter for a 52-46 lead at the break.

Thunder: Andre Roberson scored 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting. He also had 11 rebounds and three steals. ... The Thunder went 1 for 13 from 3-point range through the first three quarters, and then hit 3 of 5 at-

tempts from long range in the fourth. . The Thunder had 56 boards to the Trail Blazers’ 44, marking the 12th time this year they’ve outrebounded an opponent by 10 or more. They are 11-1 in those games.

QUOTABLE “My opinion with Russell in those situations is when he gets into midrange space and he can create that space, he’s a terrific shooter,” Donovan said of Westbrook. “I thought he did a really good job of making his decisions of how to get his man off balance and then obviously creating space to make those shots.

He had room up there and he made a lot of great plays.

The thing I really liked that he did was he kind of mixed it up, keeping the defence very, very honest.”

UP NEXT Trail Blazers: Return to Dallas, where they just lost to the Mavericks 108-104 on Friday, for the final of four regular-season matchups on Tuesday.

Thunder: Visit the Pacers today.

Lowry’s triple-double leads Raptors over Nets, 103-95

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

WESTERN CONFERENCE

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Lowry was already ill, then he was injured.

Neither was going to keep him off the floor with the Toronto Raptors badly needing a victory.

Lowry finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth career triple-double, and the Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 103-95 yesterday.

Already feeling sick, Lowry needed four stitches after cutting his right forearm on a camera mounted to the basket stanchion.

But he played more than 39 minutes and recorded his first triple-double of the season.

“It’s a part of the game. You’re going to get injured, you’re going to get hurt,” Lowry said. “It’s just how you find ways to get through it, and I’m always going to find a way to get through it.”

Playing again without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, the slumping Raptors ended a two-game skid and won for just the third time in 11 games. Jonas Valanciunas led them with 22 points.

Terrence Ross had 17 points for the Raptors, who extended their longest winning streak ever against the Nets to eight.

Brook Lopez scored 20 for the Nets, who had 16 turnovers in the first half and finished with 22. They have lost nine in a row overall and 12 straight at home, where they haven’t won in 2017.

“I thought in the second half we improved,” coach Kenny Atkinson said.

“That’s why we gave ourselves a chance, because our defence was not great but decent enough to have a chance to win the game.”

Brooklyn cut a 17-point deficit to four midway through the fourth quarter but Lowry soon took over, throwing a lob to Valanciunas for a basket, making a pair of free throws and then finding DeMarre Carroll for a basket that pushed the lead back into double digits at 92-82.

DeRozan has missed seven of the last eight games because of right ankle injuries during a frustrating time for the Raptors, who snapped a five-game road losing streak.

“Good teams, bad teams, whatever it is, frustration’s a part that you’ve got to fight through as a team,” coach Dwane Casey said.

TIP-INS Raptors: Lowry finished 0 for 5 from 3-point range and remained with 799 3-pointers with the Raptors, two behind Morris Peterson’s franchise record. ... Patrick Patterson also sat out after leaving Toronto’s loss in Orlando on Friday with a bruised left knee. He has missed 11 of the last 20 games with knee injuries.

Nets: Lopez entered averaging 21.7 points against the Raptors, second-highest among Nets players with at least 10 appearances. Former Toronto star Vince Carter averaged 23.3 in 18 appearances after being traded to the Nets. ... Rookie Caris LeVert sat out to rest his sore knee.

DWANE’S DISAPPOINTMENT The Raptors’ struggles cost Casey a chance to coach the Eastern Conference at the All-Star Game. The coach whose team had the second-highest winning percentage through Sunday’s games — Cleveland’s Tyronn Lue is ineligible after coaching last year — earned the spot, and Boston’s Brad Stevens clinched it Friday. Casey said he was disappointed, but only because that meant the Raptors weren’t playing well.

“I’d much rather for us to be playing well right now more so than coaching in the All-Star Game,” Casey said. “If we were in third playing well I’d be happy, but I’m more upset about not playing well and everybody not being healthy than coaching in the All-Star Game.”

O NO CANADA Raptors players and coaches looked around in confusion during the singing of Canada’s national anthem, as Broadway performer Amber Iman included some lyrics that aren’t in “O Canada.”

“I’m going to leave that alone, but yeah, that anthem was a lot different than I’ve heard over the last five years. A lot different,” Lowry said. “Her voice was beautiful but the anthem, the song, the words ... have her come to Toronto, we’ll come and get somebody to give her some lessons.”

UP NEXT Raptors: Host the Clippers tonight. Los Angeles won the first meeting this season after the Raptors won the previous four.

Nets: Travel on Tuesday to Charlotte, where they have lost three in a row.

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THE TRIBUNE

Russia hopes for swift end to track and field doping exile

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer MOSCOW (AP) — More than a year into Russia’s exclusion from international track and field, high jump world champion Maria Kuchina feels like she’s stagnating.

“I need emotion, I need competition, I need rivals,” Kuchina said.

That’s all missing because Russian track and field exists in limbo, banned since November 2015 as a series of investigations revealed widespread doping and alleged government officials helped to cover it up.

Sunday saw Russia’s biggest meet of the year so far, though it featured only Russians, with very mixed quality in many events.

Kuchina easily won her event in Moscow, but her result of 1.91 metres was far below her best.

However, after a string of false starts, Russia is inching closer to a return.

Today, track’s world governing body, the IAAF, will hold a council meeting with the stated aim of drawing up a road map for Russia’s return though, in some ways, the process has quietly begun.

Over the winter, the IAAF has been accepting applications from top Russian athletes who want to compete in international events as neutral athletes, rather than representatives of Russia’s stillsuspended track federation.

As of Wednesday, 33 Russians had applied, sending off forms listing their drug-test history under newly relaxed IAAF rules which no longer insist on Russian athletes training outside their home country.

If the IAAF accepts all of them, Russia will have close to a full team at next month’s European

indoor championships in Serbia, just without a flag.

That’s good news for Daria Klishina, the long jumper who was allowed to be Russia’s only representative in track and field at last year’s Rio Olympics because she has long trained in Florida, rather than in the Russian system.

“I don’t want to be in that situation again, never,” Klishina said Sunday, recalling how she found it tough to be on her own at the Olympics, where she finished ninth. If more Russians get permission to compete this season, “I’ll feel a lot better, because I didn’t like competing alone with that huge responsibility.”

Competing as neutrals, not Russians, is a sensitive issue.

Many fans support the athletes who have submitted applications to the IAAF, though some Russian nationalists accuse them of betraying their country.

“There’s more support because people who I know understand what sport means to me,” Kuchina said. “I try never to read online comments because they could destroy anyone’s wellbeing.”

Middle-distance runner Elena Korobkina, however, said she’ll refuse a place at major championships if it means competing as a neutral, though she will take part in other meets. “Even if they let me, I won’t compete at the Europeans because I want to race under my own flag,” she said.

Even as Russia nears a return, there have been setbacks.

Documents released in December as part of a World AntiDoping Agency inquiry showed eight unnamed Russians from the national track and field team had given suspicious samples ahead of the 2014 world indoor championships, but most were recorded as clean. The IAAF is looking into

the issue.

In another blow, a German TV channel broadcast footage showing national-team runner Artyom Denmukhametov appearing to train with coach Vladimir Kazarin, who is suspended over alleged steroid use by several of his other athletes. Denmukhametov was in action at Sunday’s meet, coming second in the 400m. He hasn’t applied to the IAAF to compete as a neutral, according to Russian track federation records.

Until the IAAF either reinstates Russia or allows its top athletes to compete as individuals, Russian track will remain in suspended animation. Kuchina doesn’t know if she’ll be able to defend her world title in London in August.

“There’s no information,” she said, criticising the lack of updates about her application. “We’re all waiting.”

LOUIS PICAMOLES of France offloads out of the tackle during their Six Nations international rugby union match between England and France at Twickenham stadium in London on Saturday.

(Alastair Grant/AP)

ENGLAND WIN UGLY, SCOTLAND EDGE IRELAND IN SIX NATIONS OPENERS THE 2017 edition of the RBS Six Nations Championship is shaping up to be the most competitive in recent history after an absorbing, sometimes thrilling, opening weekend in which record-setting England, improving Scotland and Wales emerged with victories.

England coach Eddie Jones admitted “it does not get much uglier” than his side’s display in the 19-16 win over France at Twickenham on Saturday. England secured a record 15th straight victory but looked well below their best as they made a winning start to their title defence. “We weren’t our usual urgent selves and maybe I’ve got to look at the preparation I gave the team,” said Jones.

“The performance was ugly, but the result is beautiful.”

Jones may be tempted to change his starting XV for Saturday’s game in Wales after the impact made by his replacements. Frontrow forwards Matt Mullan and Jamie George, flanker James Haskell and scrum-half Danny Care

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“The finishers made a fantastic impact on the game, we got really good value from them and that is the strength of our team, we have a brilliant 23-man squad,” added Jones.

England overcame a disjointed first half and a resurgent France to come from behind, after being fortunate to be level 9-9 at half-time and four points down with time running out after a fine try from Rabah Slimani.

But, kept in touch by Owen Farrell’s three penalties and one from Elliot Daly, their strength off the bench gradually seized control of a match that had been slipping away. With their forwards at last making inroads with ball in hand and a tiring defence stretched, Te’o’s try finally brought Twickenham to full voice.

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It also extended France’s dismal run in this fixture to six successive defeats on the road, yet the men in blue were transformed from the stodgy outfit of recent memory. Young scrum-half Baptiste Serin enjoyed his Twickenham debut while captain Louis Picamoles impressed but England’s superior depth of squad told in the end.

Scotland coach Vern Cotter said his players are shaking off their habit of defeats in close games after the “best win” of his tenure against Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Two late Greig Laidlaw penalties saw them overcome Ireland after trailing 22-21, the Scots’ first opening-round win since they beat France in 2006, and only their second since the Six Nations started in 2000. “When there was one point in it towards the end, I imagine everyone thought it was going to be a similar

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SCOTLAND’s Stuart Hogg celebrates winning the Six Nations rugby match against Ireland at BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, on Saturday. (AP) scenario,” Cotter said. “But they have obviously learned and improved and we managed to claw our way back into it.”

A brace of tries from the dazzling Stuart Hogg, who became his country’s leading Six Nations try-scorer with nine, and a third from Alex Dunbar after barely half-an-hour put them 21-5 up. But Paddy Jackson’s penalty, and tries from Iain Henderson and Jackson adding to Keith Earls’ earlier effort - put one of the title favourites 22-21 ahead inside the final quarter before Scotland came again.

Hogg, who was named man-of-the-match, cemented his status as favourite for the British and Irish Lions No.15 jersey on this summer’s New Zealand tour.

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt lamented his side’s slow start, describing it as

“naive”. “We were well off our game early on and the Scottish attack really took advantage of that,” he said.

“We fought back and had some gilt-edged chances.

It’s incredibly disappointing that we let it slip in the end.”

Wales stuttered for an hour in the face of a colossal Italian defensive display before pulling clear to open their campaign with a 33-7 victory in Rome yesterday.

But they missed out on a bonus point as Liam Williams came agonisingly close to a fourth try from the final move of the match, but lost control of the ball over the line as he tried to touch down.

Rob Howley’s team left a number of criticisms from the autumn campaign unanswered as they toiled in damp and slippery Rome to break down an Azzurri

team inspired by peerless No.8 and captain Sergio Parisse.

It was only when Italy cracked in the face of lopsided possession and penalty count, and prop Andrea Lovotti was sent to the sinbin, that Wales were able to open up.

Tries by Jonathan Davies and Liam Williams while Italy were a man short turned the tables, and an apparently injured George North delivered a killer blow as he ran in from 60 metres.

Leigh Halfpenny kicked three conversions and four penalties for his 18-point tally as Wales scored 30 unanswered second-half points.

• NEXT FIXTURES: Saturday, February 11: Italy v Ireland, Wales v England. Sunday, February 12: France v Scotland.

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Monday, February 6, 2017, PAGE 7

Bolt in mixed company on first night of Nitro Athletics MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It was Usain Bolt unlike he has ever been seen before on the track — taking part in a mixed 4x100-metre relay.

The first edition of the Nitro Athletics series at Lakeside Stadium saw the Bolt All-Stars winning the night, with Australia claiming second in the six-team event on Saturday.

Bolt lined up in the second leg of the mixed relay against three other men and two female sprinters — Mariko Nagano from Japan and 16-year-old Riley Day of Australia.

With fellow Jamaican and former world record holder Asafa Powell running the opening leg for the All-Stars, Bolt was always going to get the baton in first place.

The gap was much bigger by the time Bolt handed off to Jenna Prandini, although Day was also impressive.

But Bolt and his team easily won the event.

Bolt, the eight-time Olympic champion, has committed to competing in all three Nitro events over an eight-day period in Melbourne. The meet continues on February 9 and February 11 at the same stadium.

Also in the field are Bolt’s fellow Jamaican sprinter Michael Frater, Rio de Janeiro Olympics 400-metre hurdles champion Kerron Clement and American long jumper and sprinter Jarrion Lawson.

Teams from Australia, England, China, Japan and New Zealand, composed of 12 men and 12 women, are also competing in the meet.

Events include the mixed medley relays, sprints over 60 and 200 metres, the long jump and the elimination mile, where at the end of the first, second and third laps, the last-place runner is eliminated.

JAMAICA’s Usain Bolt signs autographs for the fans after competing in the mixed 4 x 100 metre relay at the Nitro Athletics meet in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday. (AP)

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