Ingles in tune as Jazz hit top note
AUSTRALIAN Joe Ingles matched his NBA career-high with 27 points and added a season-high seven assists to help Utah beat Boston 123-115.
Donovan Mitchell added 21 points for Utah, Jae Crowder had 20 and Rudy Gobert finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds. The Jazz won their second straight home game and second straight overall.
Terry Rozier scored 22 points and Jayson Tatum added 21 for the Celtics.
The Jazz started to pull away when they scored threepointers on each of their final four possessions of the second quarter to take a 58-51 halftime lead. Ingles accounted for the first three long-distance baskets.
He made five three-pointers overall, moving him ahead of Deron Williams (511) on Utah’s three-pointers list. He has made 512 three-pointers with the Jazz.
In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid scored a season-high 42 points and fellow Aussie star Ben Simmons finished with 22 to lift the 76ers to a thrilling one-point win over Charlotte in overtime.
The Hornets fought back from a 21-point deficit and led by five with 1min18sec remaining before the 76ers finished 133-132 on Friday night.
Point guard Simmons also racked up eight rebounds and 13 assists for the home side, THE Australian women’s national team has suffered a rare home defeat to Chile, who have secured a 3-2 smash-andgrab win in their international friendly in Sydney.
Emily van Egmond (pictured) put Australia ahead yesterday with a penalty on nine while Embiid also had 18 rebounds.
Dario Saric added 18 points and JJ Redick added 17 off the bench as the Sixers improved to 7-0 at home for the first time since 2002-03.
It was the eighth game for Embiid this season with at least 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Simmons blocked a potential game-tying three-pointer by Kemba Walker on the baseline to preserve the win. The Hornets’ Walker scored 22 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as Jeremy Lamb added 17.
Elsewhere, Andre Drummond had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Detroit coasted to a 124-109 victory over Atlanta in a game essentially decided in the first quarter.
Caris LeVert hit a floater in the lane with 0.3 seconds left as Brooklyn scored the last six points to beat Denver 112-110.
The Nets overcame a big bounce-back night from Denver’s Nikola Jokic to win their third straight. Jokic had a season-high 37 points and tied his career best with 21 rebounds.
Orlando beat Washington 117-108 and they have now won three of their past four after a 2-6 start.
Indiana beat Miami 110-102 to snap a two-game slide, with Victor Oladipo scoring 22 points and 10 assists. minutes and the in-form Aussies seemed on their way in front of a Matildas’ Sydney record crowd of 15,185 at Penrith Stadium.
The home side dominated the first half, forcing Christiane Endler into a string of saves, notably from Sam Kerr and Tameka Butt.
But Francisco Lara capitalised on some self-inflicted defensive chaos with a smart long-range strike to draw world No. 39 Chile level midway through the first half.
The situation worsened for the Matildas almost immedi- ately after the break, as Australia failed to clear a free kick and Carla Guerrero steered home as Elise Kellond-Knight just failed to clear on the line.
Australia’s domination dissipated and the match turned into a stop-start affair
Substitute Katrina Gorry should have drawn the Matildas level with only the goalkeeper to beat, but Yesenia Huenteo broke away to score the sealer for Chile.
Van Egmond scored her second from the penalty spot with virtually the last kick of the match.