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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.