Lakers stretch winning streak to four games, beat Grizzlies
MEMPHIS, TENN. » Anthony Davis and LeBron James each scored 26 points each, rallying the Los Angeles Lakers to a 94-92 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.
James added 11 rebounds and seven assists, and Dennis Schroder finished with 12 points for Los Angeles.
Jonas Valanciunas, Dillon Brooks and Gorgui Dieng led Memphis with 13 points apiece, and Brandon Clarke added 12 points. Valanciunas finished with 11 rebounds.
NETS 130, JAZZ 96 » Kyrie Irving scored 20 of his 29 points in the first half to lead undermanned Brooklyn to a win over Utah.
SPURS 116, CLIPPERS 113 » Patty Mills hit a careerhigh eight 3-pointers and scored 27 points off the bench, and San Antonio defeated Los Angeles to snap a four-game skid.
NUGGETS 123, TIMBERWOLVES 116 » Nikola Jokic scored 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter after losing his cool earlier in the game, and Denver scrambled late to beat Minnesota for their 10th straight win over the Timberwolves.
SMAILAGIC OUT AT LEAST
FOUR WEEKS AFTER KNEE SURGERY » Warriors forward Alen Smailagic will miss at least the next four weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a right meniscal tear, the team announced Monday.
Smailagic, who has not played in the first six games of the season, had the procedure performed Monday morning at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in South San Francisco by Dr. Chris Lehman. Smailagic, 20, will begin rehabilitation immediately and will be re- evaluated in approximately four weeks.
NFL
CLEVELAND ROCKED:
BROWNS LOSE COACH TO VIRUS
FOR STEELERS » Two days after celebrating their return to the NFL playoffs, the Cleveland Browns were knocked flat.
COVID- 19 will keep coach Kevin Stefanki — and at least two players, one a Pro Bowler — out of the team’s first playoff game since the 2002 season.
The Browns announced Tuesday — 18 years to the day since their last playoff game — that Stefanski tested positive with the virus, which has plagued the team in recent weeks and now causing a devastating disruption as Cleveland prepares to play the Pittsburgh Steelers for the second straight week on Sunday.
Stefanski tested positive along with Pro Bowl left guard Joel Bitonio, wide receiver KhaDarel Hodge and two coaching staff members — tight ends coach Drew Petzing and defensive backs coach Jeff Howard. The Browns already had six players and three other assistants on the reserve COVID-19 list.
Soccer
LA GALAXY HIRE MLS CUP
WINNER GREG VANNEY AS HEAD COACH » The LA Galaxy have hired MLS Cup winner Greg Vanney as their head coach.
The club announced the deal with Vanney, who played seven seasons with the Galaxy in two stints before beginning his successful coaching career. MANCHESTER CITY’S TITLEWINNING GREAT COLIN BELL DIES AT 74 » Colin Bell, one of the best English midfielders of his generation and considered an all-time great at Manchester City, has died. He was 74.
Bell, whose name lives on in the “Colin Bell Stand” named after him at the Etihad Stadium, died after a short illness not linked to the coronavirus, City said.