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STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto......................11 14 .440 — Boston ......................12 17 .414 1 Brooklyn .................... 9 17 .346 2½ New York .................. 8 18 .308 3½ Philadelphia ............. 8 20 .286 4½ Southeast Division Miami ......................20 6 .769 — Atlanta .....................15 12 .556 5½ Washington ............12 13 .480 7½ Charlotte..................13 15 .464 8 Orlando ..................... 8 19 .296 12½ Central Division Indiana .................... 22 5 .815 — Detroit ......................13 16 .448 10 Chicago ....................10 16 .385 11½ Cleveland.................10 16 .385 11½ Milwaukee................ 6 21 .222 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio ............21 6 .778 — Houston ...................18 10 .643 3½ Dallas........................15 12 .556 6 New Orleans............11 14 .440 9 Memphis ..................11 15 .423 9½ Northwest Division Portland .................. 23 5 .821 — Oklahoma City .... 22 5 .815 ½ Denver......................14 12 .538 8 Minnesota ...............13 14 .481 9½ Utah ........................... 8 22 .267 16 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers ...........19 9 .679 — Phoenix ....................16 10 .615 2 Golden State ...........15 13 .536 4 L.A. Lakers ...............13 14 .481 5½ Sacramento.............. 8 18 .308 10 Late Saturday Portland 110, New Orleans 107 Golden State 102, L.A. Lakers 83 L.A. Clippers 112, Denver 91 Sunday Indiana 106, Boston 79 Toronto 104, Oklahoma City 98 Minnesota at L.A. Clippers Monday New York at Orlando, 6 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 7 p.m. Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m. Toronto at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
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who scored 14 points and hit the go-ahead free throws for Toronto, said winning on the road “just shows our mental toughness as a unit. Sometimes it’s fun to play on the road, because it’s just us against everybody else.” Toronto will play at San Antonio on Monday. Oklahoma City surged ahead with a 24-4 run during the third quarter that gave the Thunder an 82-71 lead. Toronto regained the lead in the fourth before a 3-pointer by Durant tied the game, but Salmons hit two free throws with 1:25 left to put Toronto up 100-98. The Thunder’s next two possessions ended in a missed 3-point attempt by Reggie Jackson and a block by Valanciunas on a layup attempt by Westbrook, with Toronto winning the scramble for the loose ball. Johnson hit two free throws with 14.5 seconds left to extend Toronto’s lead to 102-98. Durant missed a 3-point attempt and Lowry rebounded before hitting the Raptors’ inal two free throws. “It’s the NBA,” Casey said. “It happens. They’re one of the best defensive teams in the league. We knew they were going to come out in the third quarter with their
Russell Westbrook goes up for a shot in the second half against Toronto. Westbrook led all scorers with 27 points in the Thunder’s irst home loss this season. ALONZO ADAMS/Associated Press
best efort, which they did. We sustained it and took the punch.” Oklahoma City, which entered the game second in the NBA in free-throw shooting at 81.8 percent, went 35-of-36 (97.2 percent). But the Thunder shot 37 percent from the ield and scored a season-low
14 points in the fourth quarter. Durant inished 5-of-16 from the ield and committed six of the Thunder’s 19 turnovers. “Losses happen in this league,” Durant said. “They beat us fair and square, you know? We missed some shots, too. I think our defense was
good. They got some shots late in the fourth quarter that helped them a little bit but I think our defense was good. We were swarming them and they hit some tough ones, too, but we missed some good looks.” The Thunder, which has won 17 of its last 19 games, was coming of a win at San Antonio on Saturday night. Asked if the Thunder lacked energy down the stretch, Durant answered, “Nah.” Toronto went 7-of-14 from 3-point range and scored on its inal nine possessions of the irst half, turning a ivepoint deicit into a 62-56 halftime lead. The 62 points were the second-most surrendered in the irst half this season by Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City clamped down on defense in the third quarter, allowing the Raptors only 13 points, matching their season low for a quarter. DeMar DeRozan added 17 points for Toronto and Valanciunas had 13. Notes: Durant was called for a technical foul, his third of the season, while on the bench in the second quarter. Durant protested after a scramble for a loose ball between Oklahoma City’s Nick Collison and Toronto’s Valanciunas. Ironically, Valanciunas was called for a personal foul on the play that Durant protested ... Toronto is 7-6 on the road. It’s been since Feb. 25, 2008, that the Raptors have been above .500 on the road this late in
Pacers bash Celtics in rout • Lance Stephenson has his third tripledouble of the season to lead Indiana. BY MICHAEL MAROT Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George scored 24 points and Lance Stephenson recorded his third triple-double of the season, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 106-79 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Stephenson had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as Indiana (22-5) won its second straight and maintained its grip on the Eastern Conference’s best record. He’s the only player in the league with more than one tripledouble this season. Avery Bradley scored 13 points for Boston. Courtney Lee and Jef Green each had 11 in coach Brad Stevens’ re-
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Energy pours it on Tulsa 123-93 Highlights: Newest 66er Reggie Williams and Grant Jerrett combined for 51 points but Tulsa fell to the Iowa Energy, 123-93, on Sunday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Williams, who was acquired by the 66ers (1-11) on Friday, posted 26 points, eight rebounds, ive assists and ive steals in his Tulsa debut and shot 10-for-21 from the ield. Jerrett added 25 points and 10 rebounds while Mario Little collected 12 points, ive rebounds, four assists and four steals. Iowa (7-3) led the entire game with Chris Allen scoring 22 points and Othyus Jefers posting 16 points and 14 rebounds. Notes: Tulsa (1-11) grabbed a season-best 54 rebounds, including 11 from Ron Anderson. Up next: Vs. Austin, 7 p.m. SpiritBank Event Center. Radio: KAKC am1300. — FROM STAFF REPORTS
turn to his hometown. Stevens grew up in Zionsville, an Indy suburb, and led nearby Butler to back-to-back national championship games as the Bulldogs’ coach. But there was no magic for the Celtics, who lost their third in a row. Indiana took control of the game by closing the irst quarter on a 10-2 run and pulled away with a 15-1 spurt midway through the second quarter. Boston never got closer than 13 the rest of the way. Stevens, a lifelong Pacers fan, received a warm welcome before his irst game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse since taking the Celtics job in July. The rest of the night was pretty tough against a foe the 37-year-old coach dubbed “the best Pacers team” he’d seen in his lifetime. Indiana certainly lived up to the billing, winning its second straight since losing
Energy 123, 66ers 93 TULSA (1-11) Min
FG 3pt
Little, g 37 4-14 Anderson, f 24 3-7 Jerrett, f 34 9-19 Williams, f 42 10-21 Uzoh, g 26 3-13 Wilkerson 19 2-7 Bartholmw 13 1-3 Kreft 9 0-2 Alexander 18 2-9 Sutton 14 0-2 Totals 34-97
Reb FT O-T F Pt.
2-5 2-2 0-5 0-0 2-5 5-11 2-6 5-6 2-10 3-8 3-4 0-8 0-1 1-2 1-4 0-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-4 1-2 0-0 3-4 0-0 2-2 2-4 8-24 17-23 15-54
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12 8 25 26 7 6 2 0 5 2 93
Assists: Little 4, Jerrett 1, Williams 5, Uzoh 5, Wilkerson 2, Kreft 1, Alexander 2, Sutton 1. Turnovers: Little 4, Anderson 3, Jerrett 4, Williams 5 Uzoh 1, Sutton 1. Blocks: Anderson 1, Kreft 2, Alexander 2, Sutton 2. Steals: Little 4, Anderson 2, Jerrett 1, Williams 5, Uzoh 2, Kreft 1. IOWA (7-3) Min
FG 3pt
Reb FT O-T F Pt.
Jefers, gf 28 6-13 0-1 4-4 5-14 Ehambe, gf 24 6-12 6-10 0-0 0-4 Varnado, f 27 3-8 0-0 0-0 0-11 Chrstphr, g 34 2-5 2-3 4-4 0-6 Lucas, g 25 3-8 0-2 9-10 0-3 Allen 26 9-17 3-8 1-1 1-2 Freeman 22 2-6 0-2 4-4 0-3 Gilchrist 21 5-8 0-1 0-0 1-6 Owens 25 7-13 2-4 2-3 0-4 Emory 6 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 Totals 43-92 13-32 24-26 7-54
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16 18 6 10 15 22 8 10 18 0 123
Assists: Jefers 3, Ehambe 1, Christopher 6, Lucas 7, Allen 1, Freeman 3, Owens 2, Emory 1. Turnovers: Jefers 4, Varnado 3, Christopher 2, Lucas 3, Allen 3, Freeman 3, Owens 1, Emory 1. Blocks: Varnado 3, Freeman 1, Gilchrist 1, Owens 1. Steals: Jefers 3, Ehambe 1, Christopher 3, Freeman 3, Owens 1. Tulsa 17 21 27 28 — 93 Iowa 23 37 30 33 — 123 Technicals: None. A: 2,912
back-to-back games for the irst time all season. It shot 49 percent from the ield, outrebounded Boston 53-41 and only committed 13 turnovers. Since losing Wednesday at two-time defending champion Miami, the team Indiana is battling for home-court advantage, the Pacers have beaten Western Conference contender Houston and Boston, which entered Sunday tied for the lead in the Atlantic Division, by a combined 60 points. Now the Pacers have a chance to pad their lead over the Heat by playing 10 of their next 11 games against opponents with losing records. Boston, like Houston, never had much of a chance at Indiana. After the Celtics used a 7-0 run to take a 15-10 lead, the Pacers answered with the 10-2 run to make it 20-17 after one. They extended the
PACERS 106, CELTICS 79
Nets won’t panic in wake of Lopez injury EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — General manager Billy King said Sunday that the Brooklyn Nets are disappointed by the latest injury to Brook Lopez, but are not in panic mode. Lopez broke his right foot again, leaving the Nets (9-17) without their leading scorer. King said he will see if there are any worthwhile trades, but is conident in the players he already has. “When you get an injury like this, everybody calls you. Every agent that has a big guy on the sideline calls to ofer their services,” King said. “But we had been in discussions with a lot of teams up to this point. There’s not an imminent move, we’re not looking to make any imminent move trade-wise. We’ve got 14 other guys that can step up, but we’ll continue to discuss possibilities if it can make our team better.”
Lopez fractured the ifth metatarsal bone in his right foot, the same injury he sustained during a preseason game before the 2011-12 season. He played just ive games that season, returned to make his irst All-Star game last season, but then had to undergo another surgery to repair a screw that was bent after the team was eliminated in the irst round of the Eastern Conference playofs. He had recently returned from a sprained left ankle and was averaging 20.7 points for a team that was hoping to inally begin turning around a disappointing season. “It’s almost like we can’t catch a break. It’s always something every day, every other day somebody goes down,” said guard Joe Johnson. The Nets, who host Indiana on Monday, are just 2½ games behind Toronto in the weak Atlantic Division.
TORONTO
FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Ross 22:48 2-10 0-0 0-2 Johnson 32:04 7-11 2-2 5-13 Valanciunas35:27 6-10 1-2 2-6 Lowry 37:18 6-16 7-7 2-7 DeRozan 38:10 7-20 3-5 0-2 Salmons 30:38 5-12 3-3 0-3 Hansbrough12:03 0-3 3-4 2-3 Patterson 16:11 2-3 0-0 1-2 Novak 0:16 0-0 0-0 0-0 Vasquez 15:06 1-6 5-6 0-4 Totals 36-91 24-29 12-42
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Percentages: FG .396, FT .828. 3-point goals: 8-20, .400 (Lowry 3-6, Ross 2-4, Johnson 1-1, Patterson 1-1, Salmons 1-5, Vasquez 0-3). Team rebounds: 16. Team turnovers: 14 (13 pts). Blocked shots: 2 (Valanciunas 2). Turnovers: 13 (Vasquez 4, Salmons 3, DeRozan 2, Lowry 2, Johnson, Valanciunas). Steals: 7 (Lowry 4, Salmons 2, Johnson). Technical fouls: Defensive three second, 10:59 second. FG FT Reb OKC Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Durant 37:06 5-16 12-12 1-8 3 2 24 Ibaka 31:51 4-9 0-0 2-6 1 4 9 Perkins 18:47 0-1 0-0 0-3 0 4 0 Westbrook 35:13 8-17 10-11 1-9 5 2 27 Sefolosha 17:39 1-2 2-2 1-2 1 5 5 Lamb 22:11 3-8 0-0 0-1 0 2 7 Adams 10:37 0-3 0-0 3-5 0 5 0 Jackson 21:17 1-11 4-4 0-4 5 0 6 Collison 16:09 2-3 2-2 2-5 1 1 6 Jones 11:37 3-4 2-2 2-3 0 1 8 Fisher 17:33 1-2 3-3 1-1 1 2 6 Totals 28-76 35-36 13-47 17 28 98 Percentages: FG .368, FT .972. 3-point goals: 7-23, .304 (Durant 2-7, Ibaka 1-1, Sefolosha 1-1, Fisher 1-2, Westbrook 1-2, Lamb 1-4, Jones 0-1, Jackson 0-5). Team rebounds: 4. Team turnovers: 19 (18 pts). Blocked shots: 7 (Adams 2, Ibaka 2, Collison, Jones, Lamb). Turnovers: 19 (Durant 6, Westbrook 5, Jackson 3, Perkins 2, Adams, Ibaka, Sefolosha). Steals: 7 (Westbrook 2, Collison, Ibaka, Jackson, Lamb, Sefolosha). Technical fouls: Defensive three second, 9:31 second Durant, 10:49 second. Toronto 25 37 13 29 — 104 OKC 21 35 28 14 — 98 A: 18,203 (18,203). T: 2:29.
the season ... Thunder C Steven Adams picked up three fouls during a two-minute stint in the irst quarter.
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Wade proposes to actress girlfriend • The Heat star got engaged Saturday, involving his sons and nephew. BY TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade enlisted some help with his proposal to Gabrielle Union. The three boys that the Miami Heat guard is raising, his two sons and a nephew, all were part of the engagement surprise, Wade said Sunday when he spoke out about the big news for the irst time. His youngest son Zion held a sign with her name. His nephew Dahveon Morris’ sign said “Will you.” And his oldest son Zaire’s sign read “marry us?” Bewildered, Union turned to Wade and saw him on bended knee, then realized what was happening. An 8½-carat cushion-cut diamond sealed the deal, and with that, Wade was an engaged man again. “I planned it,” Wade said. “No concrete for my knee. I planned it very well.” Wade told The Associated Press that no date for the wedding has been set, but expects
it to occur in September 2014. He also said he’s been working on inding the right ring since October, around the time that the Heat returned from training camp in the Bahamas. He met with his jeweler several times in the last three months just to make sure everything was right. “I kind of know my lady,” Wade said. “I know she’s simple, but at the same time, I just wanted the rock to kind of speak for itself and not do too much with the diamonds. I think it’s a simple ring, but it’s nice. It was nicely done ... it’s timeless.” The proposal came Saturday afternoon inside the house that the couple has been building for months. It wasn’t exactly a surprise for either — Union has been considered part of the family for some time, but the timing of the actual proposal caught the 41-year-old star of ilms such as “Bring It On” and “Think Like A Man,” along with the BET series “Being Mary Jane,” decidedly of-guard. “Just a regular Saturday,” Wade said. “My kids were involved in it. We asked her to marry all of us, not just me. We’re a package deal, so it was cool.”
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Actress Gabrielle Union and the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade arrive at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. The Miami Heat star proposed to his longtime girlfriend on Saturday, and the actress accepted.
lead to 47-28 on George Hill’s 3-pointer with 2:48 left in the irst half and continued pulling away throughout the second half. Roy Hibbert had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Pacers. Boston 17 20 21 21 — 79 Indiana 20 32 28 26 — 106 BOSTON: Green 4-9 1-1 11, Bass 2-9 2-2 6, Sullinger 3-9 0-1 6, Crawford 4-11 0-0 9, Bradley 6-14 0-0 13, Faverani 0-3 0-0 0, Lee 5-10 0-1 11, Wallace 0-0 3-4 3, Pressey 0-1 0-0 0, Humphries 4-6 0-0 8, Olynyk 3-10 0-0 6, Brooks 1-2 3-4 6. Totals 32-84 9-13 79. INDIANA: George 9-13 4-5 24, West 3-7 2-2 8, Hibbert 7-11 1-4 15, G.Hill 3-8 0-0 7, Stephenson 5-15 1-2 12, Granger 4-8 0-0 12, Scola 2-3 5-6 9, Watson 3-6 2-2 9, Mahinmi 2-2 0-1 4, Copeland 1-4 0-0 2, Sloan 0-1 0-0 0, Butler 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 41-83 15-22 106. 3-point goals: Boston 6-14 (Green 2-2, Brooks 1-1, Bradley 1-1, Lee 1-2, Crawford 1-4, Olynyk 0-1, Sullinger 0-1, Faverani 0-2), Indiana 9-19 (Granger 4-5, George 2-3, Watson 1-2, Stephenson 1-3, G.Hill 1-3, Sloan 0-1, Copeland 0-2). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Boston 47 (Green, Bradley 6), Indiana 58 (Hibbert 12). Assists: Boston 16 (Olynyk, Pressey 4), Indiana 28 (Stephenson 10). Total fouls: Boston 22, Indiana 18. A: 18,165 (18,165).
Raptors 104, Thunder 98
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