Andre Iguodala had 28 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the New York Knicks 107-97 for their seventh straight victory in the NBA on Saturday.
Andre Miller added 27 points and eight assists for the 76ers, making a pair of baskets in a 10-0 burst after the Knicks had closed within one with 5 minutes remaining. Lou Williams scored 15 points to help Philadelphia beat New York for the 11th time in the last 13 meetings.
Al Harrington had 26 points for the Knicks, who welcomed back Danilo Gallinari after a two-and-a-half month absence. Gallinari, the No. 6 pick in the draft, made his first appearance since the second game of the season and scored six points in 16 minutes. He missed the last 36 games because of a sore lower back.
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HORNETS 91, PISTONS 85
At Auburn Hills, Michigan, Chris Paul had 23 points and 14 assists to help New Orleans hand Detroit its fifth straight loss.
David West added 20 points for the Hornets, who had six players in double figures. Richard Hamilton led the Pistons with 20 points.
Detroit, with Tayshaun Prince and Hamilton already playing at less than 100 percent, got a scare when Allen Iverson hurt his knee landing awkwardly after his layup was blocked by Rasual Butler.
Iverson was helped off the court but returned to the game.
CELTICS 105, NETS 85
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Ray Allen scored 25 points, nine during Boston’s opening 18-2 run, in the Celtics’ fourth straight victory.
Paul Pierce and Eddie House each added 13 points for the Celtics, coming off a 32-point victory over New Jersey on Wednesday.
Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 28 points. New Jersey coach Lawrence Frank benched stars Devin Harris and Vince Carter for the second half.
BOBCATS 102, TRAIL BLAZERS 97, OT
At Charlotte, North Carolina, Gerald Wallace had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Emeka Okafor hit the clinching free throws in Charlotte’s third straight win.
Okafor had 22 points and 11 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points, and Brandon Roy added 17 for Portland, 2-2 on its four-game East Coast trip.
SPURS 92, BULLS 87
At Chicago, Tony Parker had 20 points and eight assists to lead San Antonio to its 11th victory in 14 games.
Tim Duncan added 18 points and 14 rebounds to help the Spurs bounce back after their worst loss of the season, a 109-87 setback in Philadelphia on Friday.
Andres Nocioni had 17 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for Chicago.
MAVERICKS 115, JAZZ 108
At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 39 points and scored on 16 of 20 shots from the field to help Dallas beat Utah and snap a four-game losing streak.
Jason Terry added 22 points, and Jason Kidd had 11 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds. Utah’s Deron Williams had 30 points and nine assists before fouling out in the last minute, and Mehmet Okur had 23 points and 11 rebounds.
ROCKETS 93, HEAT 86
At Houston, Yao Ming set a Houston record by going 12-for-12 from the field, and finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Rafer Alston added a season-high 22 points to help the Rockets improve to 2-1 since Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest were shelved to recover from injuries.
Yao’s perfect shooting night eclipsed Joe Meriweather’s 10-for-10 game against Atlanta in 1976. Yao’s only miss came at the free-throw line, where he was 2-for-3.
MAGIC 106, NUGGETS 88
At Denver, Hedo Turkoglu scored 31 points, and Jameer Nelson and Rashard Lewis had 23 each as Orlando completed a perfect four-game West Coast trip.
Dwight Howard had 14 points and 20 rebounds to help the Magic win their seventh straight and ninth in 10 games. It was Howard’s second straight 20-rebound game.
CLIPPERS 101, BUCKS 92
At Los Angeles, Brian Skinner scored 18 points as Los Angeles overcame a fourth-quarter injury to Marcus Camby to beat Milwaukee and snap a 12-game losing streak.
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