SPORTS DIGEST

BASKETBALL

James Harden was in inspiring form as the Houston Rockets saw off the Dallas Mavericks 104-97 at American Airlines Center for their fourth straight NBA win. The 28-year-old point guard finished the game with a top score of 25 points and 13 assists for the Western Conference second side, while Wesley Matthews claimed 29 for the Mavericks who sit second bottom. NBA: Atlanta Hawks 93 Toronto Raptors 108, Charlotte Hornets 96 New Orleans Pelicans 101, Dallas Mavericks 97 Houston Rockets 104, Detroit Pistons 95 Utah Jazz 98 (OT), Indiana Pacers 116 Phoenix Suns 101, LA Clippers 102 Boston Celtics 113, Memphis Grizzlies 85 San Antonio Spurs 108, Philadelphia 76ers 115 Chicago Bulls 101, Portland Trail Blazers 123 Minnesota Timberwolves 114.

GOLF

OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC 1st rd (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 62 Jamie Donaldson; 63 Anthony Wall, David Horsey; 64 Tyrrell Hatton; 65 Rory Mcilroy, Lasse Jensen (Den), Alexander Bjork (Swe), Chris Paisley, Thomas Pieters (Bel); 66 Haotong Li (Chn), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Paul Dunne, Haydn Porteous (Rsa), Darren Fichardt (Rsa); 67 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Andrew Dodt (Aus), Dean Burmester (Rsa), Alexander Levy (Fra), Andy Sullivan, Chris Hanson, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Edoardo Molinari (Ita); 68 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Daniel Im (USA), Ashun Wu (Chn), Branden Grace (Rsa), Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Matthew Southgate, Scott Jamieson, Jamie Elson, Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Brett Rumford (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger), Paul Lawrie, Ian Poulter, Thomas Detry (Bel), Sam Brazel (Aus); 69 Andrew Johnston, Matt Wallace, Ross Fisher, Matteo Manassero (Ita), Daan Huizing (Ned), Renato Paratore (Ita), Phachara Khongwatmai (Tha), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Tommy Fleetwood, David Lipsky (USA), Nacho Elvira (Spa), Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa), Sean Crocker (USA), Richard Bland, Mike Lorenzovera (Fra), Pat Perez (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Lee Slattery, Jason Norris (Aus), (a) Todd Clements, Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Romain Wattel (Fra), Jeunghun Wang (Kor), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa); 70 Maximilian Kieffer (Ger), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Aaron Rai, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Oliver Fisher, Jason Scrivener (Aus), Robert Rock, Marc Warren, Ernie Els (Rsa), Connor Syme, Gavin Green (Mal), Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Gregory Havret (Fra), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Richie Ramsay, S.S.P Chawrasia (Ind), Ashley Chesters, Andres Romero (Arg), Nino Bertasio (Ita), Richard Sterne (Rsa); 71 Luke Joy, Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Chris Wood, Joost Luiten (Ned), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Ryan Fox (Nzl), Joakim Lagergren (Swe), Henric Sturehed (Swe), Scott Hend (Aus), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Stephen Gallacher, Sam Horsfield, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Eddie Pepperell, Lee Westwood; 72 Ricardo Gouveia (Por), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Graeme Mcdowell, Byeong-hun An (Kor), Colin Montgomerie, Daniel Brooks, Brandon Stone (Rsa), Carlos Pigem (Spa), Hideto Tanihara (Jpn), James Morrison, Austin Connelly (Can), Wade Ormsby (Aus), Soomin Lee (Kor); 73 Paul Waring, Jack Singh Brar, Jordan Smith, Zander Lombard (Rsa), Matthew Fitzpatrick, (a) Rayhan Thomas (Ind); 74 Ahmed Marjan (Mor), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), George Coetzee (Rsa), Graeme Storm, Alvaro Quiros (Spa); 75 Callum Shinkwin, Darren Clarke; 76 Marcus Fraser (Aus); 77 Danny Willett.

ICE HOCKEY

NHL: Calgary Flames 1 Los Angeles Kings 2 (OT), Chicago Blackhawks 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT).