Pau Gasol scored 28 points on 10-for-10 shooting, Kobe Bryant added 20 points and the Los Angeles Lakers won their fourth straight victory with a 117-89 blowout of the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.
Lamar Odom had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who beat their upstate rivals for the 11th straight time, including twice at Staples Center in three weeks.
Los Angeles’ 12th win in 14 games to open the season was a laugher by halftime, when the Lakers had hit almost 66 percent of their shots.
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Dorell Wright scored 16 points on 5-of-17 shooting and Stephen Curry added 13 in the Warriors’ fourth loss in five games. Monta Ellis sat out most of the second half after landing hard on his hip.
RAPTORS 102, CELTICS 101
Amir Johnson made two free throws with 2.7 seconds left and Andrea Bargnani scored 29 points as the Toronto Raptors upset Boston 102-101 to end an eight-game losing streak against the Celtics.
Paul Pierce’s shot bounced off the rim at the buzzer, giving Toronto their first victory over the Celtics since January 2008.
Johnson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Sonny Weems added 16 points and Reggie Evans had 16 rebounds and a season-high nine points for the Raptors, who’re on a three-match winning roll.
Nate Robinson led Boston with a season-high 22 points and Pierce and Ray Allen each had 19. Boston have lost two straight for the first time this season.
HORNETS 75, KINGS 71
In Sacramento, California, David West had 17 points and Trevor Ariza added 16 to help New Orleans improve to an 11-1 win-loss record, matching San Antonio for the best record in the NBA.
Marco Belinelli scored 12 points and Chris Paul had nine points and 14 assists for the Hornets, who shot 32 percent and had a season-low point total. New Orleans have won three straight.
Donte Greene had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento. The Kings have lost nine of their last 10 games.
The Hornets completed a trade on Saturday that sent Peja -Stojakovic and Jerryd Bayless to Toronto for point guard Jarrett Jack, center David Andersen and guard Marcus Banks.
PISTONS 115, WIZARDS 110, OT
At Auburn Hills, Richard Hamilton scored 12 of his 27 points in overtime for Detroit.
Wizards rookie star John Wall missed his fourth straight game because of a sprained left foot.
He was on the Wizards’ active list and coach Flip Saunders said before the game that he hoped to get a few minutes out of him, but Wall ended up watching in street clothes.
JaVale McGee had 20 points and 16 rebounds for the Wizards, while Gilbert Arenas added 19 points and a career-high 16 assists.
Aaliyah Edwards on Monday pulled off the stunner of the opening round of the Unrivaled one-on-one tournament, beating top-seeded Breanna Stewart 12-0. The tournament to be played over three days featured 23 of the WNBA’s 36 players. A few had other commitments and a couple others were out with injuries. Stewart got the ball first against Edwards and missed a contested layup. Edwards then hit a three-pointer from the corner and a jumper from the elbow to go up 5-0. The player who scores keeps the basketball. Edwards hit two layups and a three-pointer to seal the win. Stewart, a two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player,
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Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju and Kao Cheng-jui were defeated by their Chinese counterparts 3-0 on Saturday in the men’s doubles final at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash. Lin and Kao received their silver medals after being defeated by third-seeded duo Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin of China 2-11, 4-11, 11-13. The Taiwan pair were left playing catch-up early in the match after the Chinese duo proved unstoppable in the first and second game. Although Lin and Kao picked up their pace in the third game and at one point took a 10-8 lead, they were crucially unable to take
Australia yesterday won two of four races on the first day of the SailGP Sydney event on Sydney Harbour to finish the day atop the points table ahead of Britain and a French team who made an outstanding return after missing the first two events of the season. Australia also had a third and a second placing, finishing the day with 37 points, ahead of Britain with 32 points and France with 27. Britain won the second race of the day and Switzerland, who won the first race, were in fourth place overall. Australia’s prowess in the start box was again the