Wizards top Lakers in OT for fifth straight win
Bradley Beal scored 33 points and Russell Westbrook added 32 as the visiting Washington Wizards rallied for a 127124 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers for their first five-game winning streak in three years.
Westbrook, who added 14 rebounds and nine assists, made a shot inside and was fouled with 11.6 seconds remaining in overtime to put the Wizards up three points. He missed the ensuing free throw to give the Lakers a chance to tie the score, but Lebron James and Kyle Kuzma missed three-point attempts on Los Angeles’ final possession, Reuters reported.
Rui Hachimura scored 15 points and Robin Lopez added 13 off the bench as the Wizards improved to 2-0 to open a four-game road trip against Western Conference teams. Washington’s last five-game win streak was Jan. 27-Feb. 5, 2018. James finished with 31 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds while Montrezl Harrell added 26 off the bench as the Lakers lost three consecutive games for the first time this season.
Jazz 132 Hornets 110
Donovan Mitchell finished with 23 points and eight assists and three Utah teammates scored at least 20 points each off the bench in the Jazz’s win over Charlotte in Salt Lake City.
Joe Ingles and Georges Niang scored 21 apiece, with all of their points coming
via 14 3-pointers, and Jordan Clarkson added 20 points with five treys as the Jazz won for the 21st time in 23 games. The Jazz hit a franchise-record 28 3-pointers (one shy of the NBA record) on 55 attempts.
Rookie Lamelo Ball and former Jazz star Gordon Hayward each scored 21 points for the Hornets, who were opening a six-game road trip.
Heat 108 Thunder 94
Duncan Robinson hit six 3-pointers and scored a team-high 22 points as Miami won its third straight game, knocking off host Oklahoma City.
Kendrick Nunn scored 20 points for the Heat while Bam Adebayo had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Jimmy Butler added 15 points and nine assists but shot
was just 3 of 11 from the floor.
Shai Gilgeous-alexander led the Thunder with 27 points, going 10 of 15 from the floor, and added five assists. Darius Bazley had 13 points.
The Tehran International Tourism and Handicrafts Exhibition opened in a ceremony on Tuesday. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Iran’s Minister of Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali-asghar Mounesan.
Venezuela’s Minister of Tourism and Foreign Trade Alí Padrón is the special guest of the exhibition, IRNA reported.
Venezuelan Minister Alí Padrón on Tuesday highlighted friendly ties between Tehran and Caracas, describing Iran as his own home.
“We consider Iran as our home. Iran is our friend, fortunately, there are good relations between Iran and Venezuela,” he said on arrival in Tehran.
Padron is scheduled to meet with Mounesan to sign an agreement on a 2020-2024 tourism plan and will visit a number of people involved in Iran’s tourism industry.
On the second day of his trip, he will travel to Kerman Province to visit the Shahzadeh Mahan Historical Garden and the desert of Shahdad.
On the following day, he will travel to Isfahan to visit some cultural and historical sites in the province.
Visiting Golestan Palace, the National Museum of Iran, and Milad Tower in Tehran are among his plans during his fourday trip to Iran.
The exhibition is being held in person and online, from February 23-26, following health protocols, said Deputy Minister of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and
Tourism Vali Teymouri.
He said 12,000 meters had been planned for the booths of the exhibition, adding that over 160 tourism companies are present at the exhibition.
According to the International Organization of Exhibitions, the health protocols of holding an exhibition during the conditions of the COVID-19 outbreak have been put on the agenda, he stressed.
Visiting the exhibition in person will be controlled. Only a specific number of people are allowed to visit each day, he added.
Currently, a two-dimensional and three-dimensional platform is provided for both exhibitors and visitors, he said.
He added that similar to real exhibitions, there are opportunities for registration, a price list, and online chats.