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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 128, Detroit 120
Memphis 116, Brooklyn 111 (OT)
Utah 110, Oklahoma City 109
Denver 124, Houston 111
Portland 115, LA Lakers 107
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Buffalo 31, New England 9
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Maryland 70, Wisconsin 64
Minnesota 81, Michigan St. 56
Gonzaga 88, N. Arizona 58
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from the weekend’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Dallas 124, LA Clippers 73
New Orleans 98, San Antonio 95
Charlotte 106, Brooklyn 104
Orlando 120, Washington 113
Cleveland 118, Philadelphia 94
New York 130, Milwaukee 110
Indiana 108, Boston 107
Golden State 129, Chicago 128
Phoenix 116, Sacramento 100
LA Lakers 127, Minnesota 91
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Baltimore 27, NY Giants 13
Chicago 41, Jacksonville 17
Cincinnati 37, Houston 31
Kansas City 17, Atlanta 14
NY Jets 23, Cleveland 16
Pittsburgh 28, Indianapolis 24
Carolina 20, Washington 13
LA Chargers 19, Denver 16
Dallas 37, Philadelphia 17
Seattle 20, LA Rams 9
Green Bay 40, Tennessee 14
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Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Legendary Boston Celtics point guard and coach K.C. Jones has died at the age of 88, the team announced on Friday.
Jones played nine seasons in the NBA, all with the Boston Celtics, and won eight titles. Only Jones’ teammates Bill Russell (11) and Sam Jones (10) won more championships in their careers.
He later won three more titles (one as an assistant coach and two as a head coach) with Boston in the 1980s.
Jones was considered a particularly effective defender and a skilled playmaker.
”I just didn’t see how a man who shot as poorly as K.C. could stay in the NBA,” recalled Bob Cousy, the famed Celtics point guard whom Jones backed up initially and then replaced as a starter when “Cooz” retired in 1963. ”I really didn’t think his other skills would be enough to keep him around. But I was wrong. The man turned out to be amazing on defense and eventually learned to score enough so that rival teams couldn’t afford not to guard him.”
Jones’ number 25 is retired by the Celtics, and he was inducted into the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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(NEW YORK) — The NHL expects its Canadian teams to be able to play home games in their arenas this season, deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday.
The league’s season is scheduled to start on January 13, after the NHL and the NHL Players’ Assoication reached a deal on a 56-game season. The playoffs would run until July, when the Stanley Cup would be awarded.
The format of the season will be unique, with four divisions — North, South, East and West — and all play confined within those divisions through the first two postseason rounds. That, in an effort to minimize travel and the potential for a COVID-19 outbreak to disrupt the season.
All seven Canadian teams will play in the North Division, meaning they would not have to cross the U.S.-Canada border, which is currently closed to non-essential travel into late January.
If needed, games could be played at neutral sites.
Last season, the NHL completed its playoffs in a pair of bubble environments in Toronto and Edmonton.
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Photo by Phil Ellsworth / ESPN ImagesBy LOUIS MILMAN, ABC NEWS
(NEW YORK) — The finalists for the 2020 Heisman Trophy were announced last night, and a pair of teammates from Alabama both made the cut.
Quarterback Mac Jones and wide receiver DeVonta Smith are among the four finalists, joined by Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Florida QB Kyle Trask.
The award will be given out on January 5, during a virtual ceremony.
All four players have had spectacular seasons, but the voting is expected to be fairly close.
Smith led the nation with 98 catches, 1,511 receiving yards and 17 touchdown receptions. If he were to win the Heisman, he would be the first non-quarterback to do so since Alabama running back Derrick Henry in 2015. The last wide receiver to win was Michigan’s Desmond Howard in 1991.
Jones led the Crimson Tide to an undefeated regular season, and a berth in the College Football Playoff as the top seed. He is in his first full year as a starting quarterback, tossing 32 touchdowns to just four interceptions.
Lawrence, expected to be the top selection in the NFL Draft, has gone 34-1 as Clemson’s starter. He, too, led his team to a College Football Playoff berth, locking down the #2 seed.
And Trask set several school records while compiling one of the best years a Florida QB has ever had — registering 43 touchdown throws and more than 4,000 yards through the air.
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