SPORTS DIGEST

BASKETBALL

The Utah Jazz kept rolling in the NBA as they rallied to beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-99 and collect a 10th straight win. The Jazz had trailed by 13 points in the fourth quarter but Donovan Mitchell found a rhythm at just the right time. He scored the last nine points for Utah, including the jump-shot which gave them the lead with 39.2 seconds left. Mitchell finished with 25 points while Joe Ingles had 20 and Derrick Favors 19 as the Jazz moved to 29-28, nudging above .500 for the first time in over two months. San Antonio, third in the Western Conference, slide to 9.5 games back on the Golden State Warriors, who routed the Phoenix Suns 129-83 behind 22 points from Stephen Curry. Anthony Davis piled up 38 points and 10 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 118-103 win over the Detroit Pistons, while TJ Mcconnell’s triple-double – 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists – helped the Philadelphia 76ers beat the New York Knicks 108-92. The Chicago Bulls left it late to beat the Orlando Magic 105-101, while the Brooklyn Nets’ misery continued with a 114-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, a 10th defeat in their last 11 outings. NBA: Brooklyn Nets 101 LA Clippers 114, Chicago Bulls 105 Orlando Magic 101, Detroit Pistons 103 New Orleans Pelicans 118, Golden State Warriors 129 Phoenix Suns 83, Philadelphia 76ers 108 NY Knicks 92, Utah Jazz 101 San Antonio Spurs 99.

CRICKET

1st TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL (Wellington) New Zealand 196-5 Innings Complete (K S Williamson 72, M J Guptill 65) v England 184-9 Innings Complete (D J Malan 59). New Zealand beat England by 12 runs. 3rd ODI (Sharjah) Zimbabwe 154 (Rashid Khan 5-24) v Afghanistan 158-4 (Rahmat Shah 56, Nasir Jamal 51). Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 6 wkts.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.75pts, 2 Jon Rahm (Spa) 9.10, 3 Jordan Spieth (USA) 8.39, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.84, 5 Justin Rose (Eng) 7.34, 6 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 7.26, 7 Rickie Fowler (USA) 6.73, 8 Jason Day (Aus) 6.02, 9 Brooks Koepka (USA) 5.93, 10 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 5.82, 11 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.57, 12 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 5.34, 13 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.30, 14 Marc Leishman (Aus) 5.08, 15 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4.84, 16 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.77, 17 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.54, 18 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.48, 19 Pat Perez (USA) 4.43, 20 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.75. RACE TO DUBAI RANKINGS: 1 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) 748,074, 2 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 628,754, 3 Haotong Li (Chn) 523,650, 4 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 502,230, 5 Chris Paisley (Eng) 457,525, 6 Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 418,480, 7 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 395,715, 8 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 370,168, 9 Ross Fisher (Eng) 348,330, 10 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 322,660, 11 Alexander Levy (Fra) 249,480, 12 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 229,200, 13 Paul Peterson (USA) 216,339, 14 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 209,209, 15 Ryan Fox (Nzl) 207,466, 16 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 192,550, 17 Alexander Bjork (Swe) 1918,09, 18 Cameron Smith (Aus) 191,660, 19 Branden Grace (Rsa) 176,100, 20 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 168,900.

ICE HOCKEY

Vincent Trocheck’s first NHL hat-trick helped the Florida Panthers to a 7-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Trocheck scored all of his goals in a frantic third period which began with the teams level at 3-3. Evgenii Dadanov scored twice with Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin collecting a goal and an assist each. James van Riemsdyk hit the winner at 4:37 in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 for their fourth-straight win. William Nylander had two goals and an assist for the Maple Leafs. The Chicago Blackhawks’ alarming slide continued with a 6-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes, a sixth straight defeat. Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta made 37 saves to frustrate the struggling Blackhawks. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Arizona Coyotes 6 Chicago Blackhawks 1, Edmonton Oilers 5 Florida Panthers 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 3.

TENNIS

WTA QATAR TOTAL OPEN 1st rd: (12) Madison Keys (USA) bt Qiang Wang (Chn) 6-1 6-4, (11) Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-4, (16) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) 6-0 6-3, Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Anett Kontaveit (Est) 6-2 6-1, Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) bt Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 6-3 6-1, (10) Johanna Konta (Gbr) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, (13) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 6-3 6-4, (4) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Ying-ying Duan (Chn) 6-3 6-4, Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) 6-2 6-3, Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Irina-camelia Begu (Rom) 6-4 6-2, Carina Witthoeft (Ger) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-3 6-0, (14) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Fatma Al Nabhani (Oma) 6-3 6-1. ATP ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT (Rotterdam) 1st rd: Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Karen Khachanov (Rus) 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-5), Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt (9) Gilles Muller (Lux) 6-4 7-6 (11-9), (4) David Goffin (Bel) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-1 6-3, Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt (9) Gilles Muller (Lux) 6-4 7-6 (11-9), (4) David Goffin (Bel) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-1 6-3.