The Utah Jazz extended its recent dominance of the Detroit Pistons with a 99-82 win in the NBA on Saturday, making it eight straight wins over the Eastern Conference side.
Mehmet Okur scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half to set up the win that saw Utah edge within two-and-a-half wins of Northwest Division leader Denver. Detroit last beat Utah in early 2005.
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ROCKETS 96, KNICKS 76
In Houston, Texas, a strong team effort compensated for the absence of injured stars as Houston comfortably beat struggling New York.
The Rockets had five players with at least 14 points, making up for the absence of Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest and moving within 2 games of Southwest Division leader San Antonio.
TRAIL BLAZERS 113, WARRIORS 100
In Portland, Oregon, Portland inflicted a fifth straight defeat on lowly Golden State.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points to top the Portland scorers while Brandon Roy added 19 in his return from a hamstring injury.
TIMBERWOLVES 106, BUCKS 104
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Timberwolves rallied from 13 points down in the second half for a thrilling win over Milwaukee.
Randy Foye scored 10 of his 11 points in the fourth quarter to guide the Timberwolves, who have won five in a row for the first time since 2005.
THUNDER 109, BULLS 98, OT
In Chicago, Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead Oklahoma City over Chicago, notching just its sixth win of the season.
Nick Collison added a season-high 21 for the Thunder, who trailed by only seven in the fourth quarter.
Oklahoma City had a chance to win it at the end of regulation, but Durant missed a jumper from the top of the key.
BOBCATS 92, WIZARDS 89
In Washington, Charlotte trailed for most of the game before overcoming Washington.
Raja Bell had 19 points for the Bobcats, and Boris Diaw scored eight of his 18 points in the decisive fourth quarter.
The Bobcats took the lead with 2:42 left and held on.
‘SU-PENKO’: Hsieh and Ostapenko face a rematch against their Australian Open final opponents, the same duo Hsieh played in last year’s Wimbledon semi-finals Taiwanese women’s doubles star Hsieh Su-wei and Latvian partner Jelena Ostapenko on Wednesday survived a near upset to the unseeded duo of Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya, setting up a semi-final showdown against last year’s winners. Despite losing a hard-fought opening set 7-6 (7/4) on a tiebreak, the fourth seeds turned up the heat, losing just five games in the final two sets to handily put down Cirstea and Kalinskaya 6-3, 6-2. Nicknamed “Su-Penko,” the pair are next to face top seeds Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the US in a reversal of last
Taiwanese tennis veteran Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and her Latvian partner Jelena Ostapenko finished runners-up in the Wimbledon women's doubles final yesterday, losing 6-3, 2-6, 4-6. The three-set match against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Elise Mertens of Belgium lasted two hours and 23 minutes. The loss denied 39-year-old Hsieh a chance to claim her 10th Grand Slam title. Although the Taiwanese-Latvian duo trailed 1-3 in the opening set, they rallied with two service breaks to take it 6-3. In the second set, Mertens and Kudermetova raced to a 5-1 lead and wrapped it up 6-2 to even the match. In the final set, Hsieh and
Taiwanese tennis veteran Hsieh Su-wei and her Latvian partner, Jelena Ostapenko, advanced to the Wimbledon women’s doubles final on Friday, defeating top seeds Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the US in straight sets. The fourth-seeded duo bounced back quickly after losing their opening service game, capitalizing on frequent unforced errors by their opponents to take the first set 7-5. Maintaining their momentum in the second set, Hsieh and Ostapenko broke serve early and held their lead to close out the match 6-4. They are set to face the eighth-seeded pair of Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Elise Mertens
Outside Anfield, the red sea of tributes to Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, has continued to grow this week, along with questions over whether Liverpool could play at Preston today, their first game since the brothers’ tragic loss. Inside Anfield, and specifically a grieving Liverpool dressing room, there was no major debate over the pre-season friendly. The English Premier League champions intend to honor their teammate in the best way they know how. It would be only 10 days since the deaths of Jota and Silva when Liverpool appear at Deepdale Stadium for what is certain to be a hugely
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