The Miami Heat lost 90-89 to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA on Thursday. Tim Duncan had 30 points and 11 rebounds and Manu Ginobili's driving layup with 36.5 seconds left was the go-ahead score as the Spurs rallied to win. Miami led by 10 in the third quarter but managed only eight points over the final 8:50. This slide is two shy of matching the franchise futility record.
Dwyane Wade scored 27 points and added nine assists for Miami, but lost the ball while driving for what could have been the winning score with 3 seconds left.
Wade laid on the court after his final turnover, declining when fellow All-Star starter Duncan offered to help him up, and just stared at the scoreboard as the crowd began heading for exits.
Source: Associated Press
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Connecticut Upsets No. 7 Indiana
Connecticut didn't miss its two suspended guards Saturday.Fill-in starter Craig Austrie had 15 points to lead five scorers in double figures and the Huskies dominated the middle in a 68-63 upset of No. 7 Indiana.The loss, Indiana's first since Nov. 24, ended the Hoosiers' 13-game winning streak and their 29-game home winning streak.UConn (14-5) was without starting guard Jerome Dyson and backup Doug Wiggins, who were suspended Friday for violating team rules.
So the Huskies relied on power, outscoring the Hoosiers 34-16 in the paint and grabbing a 44-28 rebounding edge.Armon Bassett led Indiana (17-2) with 18 points and Eric Gordon added 14.D.J. White had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers, but it wasn't nearly enough against Connecticut's balanced scoring effort.A.J. Price finished with 14 points for the Huskies, while Hasheem Thabeet had 12 and Stanley Robinson and Jeff Adrien each added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
It looked like the Huskies would struggle when Indiana opened the game with three straight 3-pointers to make it 9-0.But Connecticut settled down, eventually used a 12-1 run to take a 19-16 lead with 7:10 left in the first half and clamped down defensively. Indiana never led again.UConn held the Big Ten's best shooting team to just 27.6 percent in the half and 37.1 percent for the game.
It was the Hoosiers worst offensive performance of the season. Their previous scoring low was 62 points against Illinois on Jan. 13.The Huskies, leading 29-24 at halftime, came out of the break quickly. They scored seven of the first 10 points in the second half to make it 36-27 and extended the lead to as much as 52-41 with 6:04 left.
Indiana never got closer than five points the rest of the way, and Austrie sealed it by making six free throws in the final minute.This was the third straight season the schools faced each other during the conference season with the road team winning all three.Second-year Hoosiers coach Kelvin Sampson, who set a school record for most consecutive home-court wins at the start of a career (27) lost for the first time at Assembly Hall.
By Michael Marot
Source: Associated Press
So the Huskies relied on power, outscoring the Hoosiers 34-16 in the paint and grabbing a 44-28 rebounding edge.Armon Bassett led Indiana (17-2) with 18 points and Eric Gordon added 14.D.J. White had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers, but it wasn't nearly enough against Connecticut's balanced scoring effort.A.J. Price finished with 14 points for the Huskies, while Hasheem Thabeet had 12 and Stanley Robinson and Jeff Adrien each added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
It looked like the Huskies would struggle when Indiana opened the game with three straight 3-pointers to make it 9-0.But Connecticut settled down, eventually used a 12-1 run to take a 19-16 lead with 7:10 left in the first half and clamped down defensively. Indiana never led again.UConn held the Big Ten's best shooting team to just 27.6 percent in the half and 37.1 percent for the game.
It was the Hoosiers worst offensive performance of the season. Their previous scoring low was 62 points against Illinois on Jan. 13.The Huskies, leading 29-24 at halftime, came out of the break quickly. They scored seven of the first 10 points in the second half to make it 36-27 and extended the lead to as much as 52-41 with 6:04 left.
Indiana never got closer than five points the rest of the way, and Austrie sealed it by making six free throws in the final minute.This was the third straight season the schools faced each other during the conference season with the road team winning all three.Second-year Hoosiers coach Kelvin Sampson, who set a school record for most consecutive home-court wins at the start of a career (27) lost for the first time at Assembly Hall.
By Michael Marot
Source: Associated Press
Sharapova wins Aussie Open title
Maria Sharapova's acceptance speech was as polished as her game at the Australian Open. A year after being on the wrong end of one of the most-lopsided losses in a Grand Slam final, Sharapova wrapped up her third major title with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Saturday. The 20-year-old Russian didn't drop a set in seven matches at Melbourne Park, including wins over three of the top four ranked players, erasing 12 months worth of painful memories in the wake of her 6-1, 6-2 loss to Serena Williams last year.
After Ivanovic sprayed a forehand wide on match point, Sharapova dropped to her knees and appeared to be fighting back tears as she waved and blew kisses to the crowd. Then she dropped her racket in her chair before heading to shake hands and exchange high-fives with her father and supporters. She clasped her hands and swayed as she stood, waiting to receive the Daphne Akhurst Trophy, then told the Rod Laver Arena crowd that she'd received a text message from tennis great Billie Jean King telling her that 'Champions take chances and pressure is a privilege.'
"I took mine," Sharapova said. Sharapova wished her mother, Yelena, a happy birthday and told her how she planend to spend some of her $1,207,790 prize money. "With this big fat check, I'm going to send you a bunch of roses," she said. "Last year I lost on her birthday and this year I said I'm going to make it up to her, and I did." Sharapova said she "wasn't even close to winning last year."
"It's incredible. If somebody would've told me during the middle of last year I'd be here I'd have said 'forget it."' Sharapova, seeded fifth, struggled with a shoulder injury last year and slipped from No. 1 to outside the Top 5. She rallied to make the final of the season-ending championship, losing in three long sets to top-ranked Justine Henin.
The Russian star said when her coach and hitting partner Michael Joyce's mother died, it helped her put her cope with the hard times.
Every time she went out to play or practice "Jane was the name we were thinking about," Sharapova said. "I want to dedicate this win to her because after the loss (Joyce) suffered, I got a whole lot of perspective with my injuries and setbacks. "It helped me priorize so many things that were outside of tennis." Ivanovic is projected to rise to No. 2 in the rankings despite the loss, while Sharapova will remain at No. 5 when the new list is released next week.
Sharapova leads their head-to-heads 3-2, avenging a straight-sets loss to the Serbian player in the French Open semifinals last year. Maria Sharapova added the Aussie title to her '04 Wimbledon and '06 U.S. Open crowns.
Ivanovic, also 20, is 0-2 in Grand Slam finals after losing the French Open championship match to Henin. "I'm very emotional and you guys made it a very special experience for me," she told the crowd as tears welled in her eyes.
Source: Associated Press
After Ivanovic sprayed a forehand wide on match point, Sharapova dropped to her knees and appeared to be fighting back tears as she waved and blew kisses to the crowd. Then she dropped her racket in her chair before heading to shake hands and exchange high-fives with her father and supporters. She clasped her hands and swayed as she stood, waiting to receive the Daphne Akhurst Trophy, then told the Rod Laver Arena crowd that she'd received a text message from tennis great Billie Jean King telling her that 'Champions take chances and pressure is a privilege.'
"I took mine," Sharapova said. Sharapova wished her mother, Yelena, a happy birthday and told her how she planend to spend some of her $1,207,790 prize money. "With this big fat check, I'm going to send you a bunch of roses," she said. "Last year I lost on her birthday and this year I said I'm going to make it up to her, and I did." Sharapova said she "wasn't even close to winning last year."
"It's incredible. If somebody would've told me during the middle of last year I'd be here I'd have said 'forget it."' Sharapova, seeded fifth, struggled with a shoulder injury last year and slipped from No. 1 to outside the Top 5. She rallied to make the final of the season-ending championship, losing in three long sets to top-ranked Justine Henin.
The Russian star said when her coach and hitting partner Michael Joyce's mother died, it helped her put her cope with the hard times.
Every time she went out to play or practice "Jane was the name we were thinking about," Sharapova said. "I want to dedicate this win to her because after the loss (Joyce) suffered, I got a whole lot of perspective with my injuries and setbacks. "It helped me priorize so many things that were outside of tennis." Ivanovic is projected to rise to No. 2 in the rankings despite the loss, while Sharapova will remain at No. 5 when the new list is released next week.
Sharapova leads their head-to-heads 3-2, avenging a straight-sets loss to the Serbian player in the French Open semifinals last year. Maria Sharapova added the Aussie title to her '04 Wimbledon and '06 U.S. Open crowns.
Ivanovic, also 20, is 0-2 in Grand Slam finals after losing the French Open championship match to Henin. "I'm very emotional and you guys made it a very special experience for me," she told the crowd as tears welled in her eyes.
Source: Associated Press
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