Coach shares milestone with team
DURHAM, N.C. — Make it another 1K for Coach K — with all of these coming at Duke. Mike Krzyzewski became the first Division I men’s basketball coach to win 1,000 games at one school Saturday night when his top-ranked Blue Devils beat Utah Valley 99-69. After the game, the Duke players donned T-shirts with the “Coach 1K” logo that also adorned signs given to the fans at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and former Duke star Shane Battier hugged his college coach during the postgame ceremony that marked the milestone. Krzyzewski called it “a nice thing on the court to share” but declined to talk about the milestone with the media, preferring to keep the focus on the game. He became the first men’s coach at college basketball’s top level to reach the 1,000-win mark, getting there in 2015 by beating St. John’s in Madison Square Garden, and improved to 1,073-330 during a 43-year career that also included half a decade at his alma mater, Army. In 38 seasons at Duke, he is 1,000-271. “It’s pretty awesome to be a part of two pretty historic moments for Coach,” said senior Grayson Allen, a freshman on that Duke team three years ago. “This one being in Cameron, felt a lot more love for Coach, and I think this one was the coolest just because of the fan support and being at home.”
› LOS ANGELES — The UCLA men’s basketball team is headed back to Los Angeles without three players arrested on shoplifting charges in China, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were to remain in Hangzhou, China, while the rest of the team was due back Saturday night. The trio was questioned by police about allegedly stealing from a Louis Vuitton store next to the team’s hotel in Hangzhou last week, where the Bruins visited before leaving for Shanghai. No. 21 UCLA won its season-opening game 63-60 over Georgia Tech in Shanghai earlier Saturday. Bruins coach Steve Alford declined to discuss the matter after the team’s victory. Citing a source with firsthand knowledge of the investigation, ESPN reports the players could be Hangzhou for “a week or two” while the situation is resolved. The source told ESPN there is surveillance footage of the players shoplifting from three stores inside a high-end retail center.
› WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal scored 19 points, and the Washington Wizards forced the Atlanta Hawks into a season-worst 24 turnovers in a 113-94 victory Saturday night. Markieff Morris scored 18 points in his best offensive game since returning from sports hernia surgery earlier this month, and Kelly Oubre added 18 off the bench in Washington’s second straight win. Taurean Prince scored 19 points and Marco Belinelli had 15 for Atlanta, which failed to keep it close despite turning Washington’s season-high 23 turnovers into 37 points.
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› NASHVILLE — Filip Forsberg scored the shootout winner to give the Nashville Predators a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night in a Stanley Cup rematch. The meeting was the second of the season for the two teams that met in last season in the best-of-seven championship series. The Penguins won the first contest 4-0 in Pittsburgh on Oct. 7. Pittsburgh was last in Music City on June 11, when the Penguins beat the Predators in Game 6 to capture the Stanley Cup. The Predators won for the fourth straight game, a streak that started with road victories over Anaheim, Los Angeles and Columbus. Pittsburgh has lost four of its past five games. Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist in his Predators debut after arriving from Ottawa in a three-way trade earlier in the week. Forsberg and Kevin Fiala scored for the Predators in the shootout. P.K. Subban, Craig Smith and Calle Jarnkrok also scored in regulation for Nashville.