Kobe Bryant did not make a final game appearance at the American Airlines Arena on Tuesday, but the Miami Heat were just fine with having the 17-time All-Star guard in street clothes.
With Bryant a late scratch to give him a rest, the Heat handled the Los Angeles Lakers 101-88.
Chris Bosh led the Heat with 30 points on nine-of-16 shooting from the field and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line.
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CAVALIERS 118, JAZZ 114
LeBron James scored 31 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, as the Cleveland Cavaliers earned a victory against the Utah Jazz.
The Cavaliers trailed by as many as nine in the fourth quarter, but James stole a pass and dribbled the length of the floor for an impressive three-point play to pull the Cavs within 95-94.
Jazz guard Rodney Hood did his best to wrap up James and prevent the shot, but he powered through for the basket and foul.
The play revived the slumbering Cavaliers, who remained unbeaten at home (5-0) with their seventh straight victory.
KNICKS 111, RAPTORS 109
Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points as the New York Knicks held on in the fourth quarter to defeat the Toronto Raptors. It was the second win in a row for the Knicks (4-4) and the third straight loss for the Raptors (5-3).
Lance Thomas scored 15 points off the bench for the Knicks and Langston Galloway scored 15, also as a reserve. Robin Lopez had 12 points and eight rebounds before fouling out.
HORNETS 104, TIMBERWOLVES 95
Charlotte guards Jeremy Lin and Jeremy Lamb helped key the Hornets’ victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center.
Lin scored a game-high 19 points, while Lamb added 18 points and four rebounds to give the Hornets their second road victory of the year.
THUNDER 125, WIZARDS 101
Kevin Durant did not play the second half after suffering a hamstring injury, but Russell Westbrook picked up the slack with a triple-double as the Oklahoma City Thunder trounced the Washington Wizards.
Westbrook finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the Thunder (5-3), who led 68-50 at halftime and by as many as 29 points in the second half.
PELICANS 120, MAVERICKS 105
Ryan Anderson scored 25 points as the New Orleans Pelicans snapped a season-opening, six-game losing streak with a victory over the Dallas Mavericks at the Smoothie King Arena.
However, the win might have been costly as forward Anthony Davis sustained a calf injury early in the third quarter and did not return. Davis scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds in 19 minutes.
CELTICS 99, BUCKS 83
A 16-0 third-quarter run propelled the Boston Celtics to an easy victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Isiah Thomas scored 20 points to lead the Celtics, who also got 12 from Jae Crowder and 11 from Jered Sullinger.
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