The undermanned New Orleans Hornets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 112-99 on Saturday to move equal top of the NBA's Southwest Division.
David West had 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead New Orleans, which was without starting center Tyson Chandler and starting shooting guard Morris Peterson.
Memphis has lost six straight and eight in a row on the road.
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Pacers 101, Trail Blazers 93
In Indianapolis, Danny Granger scored 29 points to lead Indiana past Portland.
The Trail Blazers have lost three of four.
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Portland's All-Star guard Brandon Roy missed his second straight game after a death in his family.
Rockets 108, Hawks 89
In Houston, the home team routed Atlanta for its 10th win in 11 games.
Yao Ming had 28 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets, who are one win off matching their seven straight victories that ended the 2004-05 regular season and have moved into equal eighth in the Western Conference.
The Hawks have lost 10 of their past 11 road games and their past nine visits to Houston.
Jazz 97, Bulls 87
In Salt Lake City, a night after its 10-game winning streak ended, Utah responded by beating Chicago.
Carlos Boozer had 22 points and 12 rebounds, as the Jazz let a 14-point lead fall to two before pulling away in the fourth quarter.
76ers 101, Clippers 80
In Philadelphia, the home side posted its third straight win by downing Los Angeles.
Lou Williams scored 18 points and Andre Miller had 17 points and nine assists for the Sixers, who snapped a three-game losing streak to the Clippers.
Warriors 105, Kings 102
In Oakland, California, Monta Ellis scored 16 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, including a key jump shot with 12.9 seconds left in Golden State's victory over Sacramento.
Knicks 99, Bucks 98
In Milwaukee, New York overcame a 17-point, third-quarter deficit to beat Milwaukee and break an eight-game losing streak.
Milwaukee lost for the fifth time in the last six games.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
HSIEH MAKES QUARTERS: Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens of Belgium won in the women’s doubles and face Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin of the US Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and US Open champion Coco Gauff were knocked out of the women’s singles at the Miami Open on Monday, while Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei advanced in the women’s doubles. Swiatek lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-2, hours after third seed Gauff fell in three sets to No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Alexandrova beat a top-ranked player for the first time and advanced to face Jessica Pegula, a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 winner over Emma Navarro, in the quarter-finals. Alexandrova recorded her second win over Swiatek, following a 2021 victory in Melbourne. Swiatek had won their three matches since. “We played quite