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NBA: Melo now 11th on scoring list

Carmelo Anthony moved into 11th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, passing Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon after hitting a pull-up jumper with 9 minutes, 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter of the Trail Blazers’ 125-121 win over the Timberwolv­es. Anthony scored 26 in the win.

● The Pistons acquired third-year guard Hamidou Diallo from the Thunder in exchange for guard/forward Svi Mykhailiuk and a 2027 second-round pick. Diallo, a Queens product, averaged career highs with 11.9 points per game along in rebounds and assists in 32 games with the Thunder.

● In Washington, Giannis Antetokoun­mpo scored 33 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds for his sixth triple-double of the season to help the Bucks to a 125-119 win over the Wizards, who rested Bradley Beal’s sore left knee.

● In Charlotte, N.C., LaMelo Ball had 23 points, and defeated the short-handed Raptors 114-104 in the Hornets’ first game with the general public allowed to attend. GOLF: Johnson to skip Olympics

Dustin Johnson said he will not be part of the U.S. Olympic golf team in the Tokyo Games this summer. The world’s top-ranked player said after Saturday’s round at The Players Championsh­ip that his schedule isn’t conducive to trying to win a gold medal.

The Olympic golf competitio­n is set to start July 29 in Japan, less than two weeks after the end of the British Open, which will be held from July 15-18. NHL: Blue Jackets win in OT

Zach Werenski scored with 4.5 seconds in overtime and Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves as the Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Stars 4-3 in Columbus, Ohio.

Werenski’s game-winner, his first goal since Jan. 23, came off the rebound of a shot by Oliver Bjorkstran­d.

● In Calgary, Alberta, Sean Monahan scored twice, Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves and the Flames beat the Canadiens, 3-1, to sweep the two-game series. ETC: Muguruza wins Dubai title

Garbiñe Muguruza ended her almost two-year wait for a title with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 win against Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the Dubai Championsh­ips in United Arab Emirates . ... In Doha, Qatar, Nikoloz Basilashvi­li downed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the final of the Qatar Open for his fourth ATP title.

● The Las Vegas Aces re-signed threetime All-Star center Liz Cambage ahead of the 2021 season. The 29-year-old received a medical exemption and sat out the 2020 campaign, which was played in a bubble environmen­t in Bradenton, Fla.

● Concert Tour won the $1 million Rebel Stakes by 4 ¹/4 lengths in Hot Springs, Ark., giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert yet another candidate in pursuit of his seventh Kentucky Derby victory.

● In Orono, Maine, Joe Fagnano threw four touchdown passes — three to Andre Miller — and Maine beat No. 13 Albany 38-34 in Orono, Maine, in a game that featured seven lead changes.

● In Newark, Del., Nolan Henderson passed for 215 yards and three touchdowns and 19th-ranked Delaware forced five turnovers in a 31-3 win over Stony Brook.

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