1st-round NBA pick Hachimura scores 35 points in Japan’s win

Ex-NBA Telfair gets prison time

CHIBA, Japan, Aug 13, (Agencies): First-round NBA draft pick Rui Hachimura scored 35 points to lead Japan to a 99-89 win over New Zealand in World Cup warm-up game at Port Chiba Arena.

Hachimura became the first player from Japan to be chosen in the first round of the NBA draft, taken with the No. 9 overall pick by the rebuilding Washington Wizards in June.

The former Gonzaga University star played in the NBA’s Summer League for the Wizards but now will take up national duties for Japan at the World Cup and for other warmup

said in a statement. There was no immediate response to a phone message on Monday seeking comment from Telfair’s attorney.

Gonzalez said that a jury heard testimony describing how at 2:50 am on June 11, 2017, officers in an unmarked police car spotted a Ford F-150 parked on a center median in Brooklyn with the 34-year-old Telfair at the wheel.

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found a loaded inside.

The officers stopped the truck after it made a U-turn in front of them and drove off with no headlights on. Seeing a lit marijuana cigarette in the console, they said they searched the vehicle and .45-caliber pistol

point guard withdrew from Team USA on Monday due to his surgically repaired left thumb.

Lowry underwent surgery to repair a torn tendon 3-1/2 weeks ago but was hopeful he could be part of the team USA Basketball sends to the FIBA World Cup in China. However, he met with his surgeon on Monday and realized he wouldn’t be recovered in time.

“I love playing for USAB but I have to sit this one out and support the team from home,” Lowry wrote on his Instagram account.

Lowry will now focus on getting healthy by the start of the NBA season. The Raptors begin defense of their NBA title with a home game against the on Oct 22.

Lowry, 33, averaged 14.2 points and 8.7 assists for the Raptors last season. The five-time All-Star averaged 15.0 points and 6.6 assists in 24 during the postseason.