Tiago Splitter became the 12th different player to lead the San Antonio Spurs in scoring this season, recording a game-high 14 points in a comfortable 89-69 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday.
The Spurs (26-16) have won eight straight games against Utah (14-27) in San Antonio since a last home loss to the Jazz in January 2010.
Guard Danny Green scored 13 points for the Spurs, all in the fourth quarter, when he made three three-pointers.
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Reserve center Rudy Gobert led Utah with 13 points, a career-best 18 rebounds and four blocks. Forward Gordon Hayward scored 10.
Spurs guard Patty Mills, who missed the first 31 games of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery, has found his form of late and added two three-pointers off the bench.
Thunder 127, Magic 99
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Kevin Durant had 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in just 27 minutes, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to victory over the Orlando Magic in Florida.
The Thunder (20-20) built a 38-point lead in the first half, then coasted through the second, giving them an easier-than-expected start to a five-game Eastern Conference road trip.
Russell Westbrook had 17 points and six assists in 24 minutes. The Thunder starters were replaced late in the third quarter and never returned.
The Magic (15-29) were led by guard Victor Oladipo with 23 points.
Pelicans 95, Raptors 93
Tyreke Evans made the winning hook shot with 1.6 seconds left and scored 26 points as the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the struggling Toronto Raptors.
Alexis Ajinca added 22 points for the Pelicans (20-10), who led by 16 points early in the second half, and trailed by 12 in the fourth quarter.
DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points to lead the Raptors (26-14), who have lost seven of their past nine games and finished a six-game home stand at 2-4.
New Orleans managed to win without injured standouts Anthony Davis (sprained left toe) and Jrue Holiday (right ankle inflammation).
Hong Kong-based cricket team Hung See this weekend found success in their matches in Taiwan, even if none of the results went their way. Hung See played the Chairman’s XI on Saturday morning, the Daredevils that afternoon and PCCT yesterday, with all three home teams winning. The team for Chinese players at the Happy Valley-based Craigengower Cricket Club sends teams on tour to “spread the game of cricket.” This weekend was Hung See’s second trip to Taiwan after visiting Tainan in 2016. “The club has been traveling to all parts of the world since 1982 and the annual tradition continues [with the Taiwan
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while Coco Gauff’s dreams of a first women’s singles title in Melbourne were crushed in the quarter-finals by Paula Badosa. World No. 2 Alexander Zverev was ruffled by a stray feather in his men’s singles quarter-final, but he refocused to beat 12th seed Tommy Paul and reach the semi-finals. Third seeds Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania and Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in 2 hours, 20 minutes to advance the semi-finals. Hsieh and Ostapenko converted eight of 14 break
The San Francisco Giants signed 18-year-old Taiwanese pitcher Yang Nien-hsi (陽念希) to a contract worth a total of US$500,000 (NT $16.39 million). At a press event in Taipei on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Giants’ Pacific Rim Area scout Evan Hsueh (薛奕煌) presented Yang with a Giants jersey to celebrate the signing. The deal consisted of a contract worth US$450,000 plus a US$50,000 scholarship bonus. Yang, who stands at 188 centimeters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, is of Indigenous Amis descent. With his fastest pitch clocking in at 150 kilometers per hour, Yang had been on Hsueh’s radar since playing in the HuaNan Cup
HARD TO SAY GOODBYE: After Coco Gauff dispatched Belinda Bencic in the fourth round, she wrote ‘RIP TikTok USA’ and drew a broken heart on a television camera lens Defending champion Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while compatriot Chan Hao-ching on Saturday dominated her opponents in the second round, as world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka swept into the quarter-finals. Third seeds Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia toppled Hungary’s Timea Babos and Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US 6-4, 6-3, hitting 24 winners and converting three of seven break points in 1 hour, 18 minutes at 1573 Arena. Although rivals at last year’s Australian Open — where Hsieh and Belgium’s Elise Mertens beat Ostapenko and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-1, 7-5
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