Playoff hungry Nets topple top-seeded Bucks
AQABA, Jordan: Meghan MacLaren was denied a place in golfing history on Saturday by Dutchman Daan Huizing who overhauled the overnight leader to claim the Jordan Mixed Open by two shots on Saturday.
The 23-year-old Briton went into the final day of the first tournament to see male and female players competing for the same prize on the same course atop the leaderboard after a second consecutive round of 65 on Friday.
MacLaren, a vocal opponent of gender pay disparity in golf, was three shots ahead at the turn but came unstuck at the 11th when a double bogey saw her lose sole possession of the lead.
“I’m obviously pretty disappointed not to win this week, having been in such a good position, but it was still an honour to be here and represent women’s golf alongside two other great tours,” said MacLaren.
“It was pretty tight coming down the last few holes, so I think it was great entertainment for LOS ANGELES: Joe Harris sank the go-ahead three-pointer with 84 seconds left as the Brooklyn Nets’ playoff push got a boost with a 133-128 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.
The Nets used a balanced attack to beat the shorthanded Bucks as eight players scored in double figures. They also drained 19 three-pointers.
Brooklyn improved to 40-40 on the NBA season to move into a tie with the Orlando Magic for sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Detroit is a half game behind at 39-40. But the Nets have tiebreakers against both the Magic and the Pistons.
D’Angelo Russell had 25 points and 10 assists, Caris LeVert scored 24 points and Jared Dudley collected 14 of his 16 points in the second half.
Milwaukee played without star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was out with a left calf injury.
Milwaukee has already clinched everybody watching.
“It was a great concept but none of us really knew how it would pan out. The way the scores panned the best record in the league with a win on the road over the Philadelphia 76ers two nights earlier.
Eric Bledsoe had 33 points and 11 assists for Milwaukee, and Khris Middleton finished with 24 points.
Bledsoe disagreed with those who have said the Bucks have little to play for, saying the team would love to reach the 60-victory mark.
“We want to achieve it but at the same time we want to play the right way,” he said. “I thought we did a great job of doing that tonight.
“It was a big game for them. So we’ve just got to move on.”
Elsewhere, Joel Embiid dominated inside to score 20 points and 10 rebounds as Philadelphia returned to the winner’s circle with a 116-96 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
JJ Redick scored 23 points as Philadelphia snapped a three-game out throughout the week showed that it absolutely can work with the right thought process and course set-up if people do the losing skid and widened the gap over Boston for the third seed in the East to two games with the win.
The 76ers were missing guard Jimmy Butler who was out for the second straight game with a back injury.
Embiid was making his second start after missing three straight research.”
Huizing, a former top amateur, had trailed MacLaren by two shots overnight.
The Dutchman had matched the course record of 64 in his opening round, adding a second-round 68 and duplicating that score in his final round for a 16-under-par total of 200.
MacLaren signed for a level par final-round 72 for a 14-under-par total of 202.
In third, two shots further adrift, came Denmark’s Martin Simonsen. He in turn was one stroke clear of a three-way tie for fourth involving Jose Coceres, Oliver Farr and Jack Senior.
The three-round event in Ayla Golf Club in the Red Sea resort town of Aqaba drew men and women from the Ladies and Men’s European Challenge Tours as well as the seniors tour.
The bragging rights in the Henry household meanwhile were claimed by Scott, who finished in a share of 11th, while his wife Kylie missed the final-round cut. - AFP
Playoff hungry Nets topple top-seeded Bucks
with a sore left knee. He also had five assists and three blocked shots against the Bulls.
It was a much better performance than his first game back from the injury when he was outscored by fellow league MVP candidate Antetokounmpo of Milwaukee. - AFP