Bonzi Wells scored 16 points against his former Portland teammates, helping the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Trail Blazers 93-79 on Sunday.
Pau Gasol had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Mike Miller also scored 17 points for Memphis, which acquired Wells last week in a trade with Portland.
Stromile Swift also had 16 points, Lorenzen Wright scored 10, and Earl Watson had a career-high 14 assists.
Portland was led by Zach Randolph with 29 points and 13 rebounds.
Raptors 108, SuperSonics 98
In Toronto, Vince Carter scored 30 points and Chris Bosh had 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to their fourth straight victory, beating the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jalen Rose added 18 points and 10 assists for the Raptors, who improved to 4-0 since acquiring Rose, Donyell Marshal and Lonny Baxter from Chicago.
Timberwolves 96, Clippers 94
In Los Angeles, Kevin Garnett's 20-foot jumper as time expired gave the Minnesota Timberwolves a victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Garnett's shot from the left wing over Elton Brand capped a fourth quarter rally by the Timberwolves, who trailed 83-68 with just over eight minutes remaining.
Kings 91, Pacers 88
In Sacramento, California, Brad Miller had 18 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his first game against his former team and Sacramento got back on track at home.
Miller had his second triple-double of the season. He was acquired from the Pacers in July.
Peja Stojakovic had 27 points and five rebounds and Mike Bibby added 14 points for the Kings, who led by 16 in the third quarter.
In other games: Celtics 116, Nuggets 111; Lakers 94, Jazz 92.
Twelve days after winning her second Grand Slam title at the French Open, Coco Gauff fell at the first hurdle on grass in Berlin on Thursday as beaten Paris finalist Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarter-finals. Recipient of a first round bye, American Gauff lost 6-3, 6-3 to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu as world number one Sabalenka beat Rebeka Masarova 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) in her second round tie. Winner of 10 main tour titles, including the US Open in 2023 and the WTA Finals last year, Gauff has yet to lift a trophy in a grass-court tournament. “After I won the first
While British star Jack Draper spent the past week trying to find rhythm and comfort in his first grass tournament of the season at the Queen’s Club Championships in London, Jiri Lehecka on Saturday bulldozed everything in his path. After more than two furious hours of battle, their form was reflected in the final scoreline as Lehecka toppled a frustrated Draper, the second seed, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the biggest final of his career, against Carlos Alcaraz. Lehecka is also the first Czech to reach the men’s title match at Queen’s since Ivan Lendl lifted the trophy in 1990. Draper, who
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staged a “crazy comeback,” saving four match points before beating Elena Rybakina 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (6) in the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open on Friday. Sabalenka was 6-2 down in the final-set tie-breaker, but won six straight points to reach her eighth semi-final of the season. “Elena is a great player and we’ve had a lot of tough battles,” Sabalenka said. “I have no idea how I was able to win those last points. I think I just got lucky.” “I remember a long time ago when I was just starting, I won a lot of matches being down
The Canterbury Crusaders edged the Waikato Chiefs 16-12 in an intense Super Rugby Pacific final battle in Christchurch yesterday to claim their 15th title in 30 years of the Southern Hemisphere competition. Hooker Codie Taylor scored a try and Rivez Reihana contributed 11 points from the kicking tee as the most dominant team in Super Rugby history extended their perfect home playoff record to 32 successive matches since 1998. The Chiefs, who were looking for a first title since 2013, scored first-half tries through George Dyer and Shaun Stevenson, but were unable to register a point after the break and fell to
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