Luka Doncic Leads Lakers Over Minnesota

Triple-double for Luka Doncic

From Broderick Turner: It was going to autumn connected nan shoulders of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to supply the Lakers pinch capable discourtesy and it was going to autumn connected nan shoulders of Marcus Smart to beryllium nan protect beingness pinch truthful galore of their teammates sitting retired pinch injuries.

They were being forced to transportation nan load because LeBron James (right hep contusion and near ft arthritis) and backup centers Jaxson Hayes (back soreness) and Maxi Kleber (back) were each retired pinch injuries.

And Doncic, Reaves and Smart each did their part, putting up nan points and playing coagulated defense successful helping nan Lakers hit nan Minnesota Timberwolves 120-106 Tuesday astatine Crypto.com Arena.

“I deliberation everybody who stepped connected nan tribunal did an astonishing job,” said Doncic, who had a triple-double pinch 31 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. “Everybody fought to nan extremity and that’s really we sewage this win.”

Reaves had 31 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Smart played his accustomed smothering defense, doing a very bully occupation successful limiting Timberwolves All-Star defender Anthony Edwards to conscionable 14 points connected two-for-15 shooting from nan section and one-for-10 from three-point range.

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Roki Sasaki looks better

From Jack Vita: It hasn’t been nan smoothest outpouring training for right-hander Roki Sasaki arsenic he prepares for his 2nd play pinch nan Dodgers.

Sasaki’s first 2 starts successful Cactus League play featured immoderate problems pinch bid and plentifulness of difficult contact. But pinch left-hander Blake Snell and right-hander Gavin Stone sidelined pinch enarthrosis issues, Dodgers head Dave Roberts near nary uncertainty wherever Sasaki stood arsenic he sewage fresh to transportation successful a B-game against White Sox insignificant leaguers connected Tuesday.

“Having Blake [Snell] precocious to nan season, which we know, [and] Gavin Stone, precocious to nan season, arsenic we know, we’re going to request Roki,” Roberts said. “With nan buildup, I conscionable don’t spot a world successful which he doesn’t break pinch america arsenic a starter, and so, we’re going to request those innings.”

Sasaki took a promising measurement guardant connected a minor-league section astatine Camelback Ranch.

The hard-throwing right-hander threw 59 pitches, 40 for strikes, crossed 4 innings while striking retired 9 of nan 13 batters he faced and allowing 2 to scope base.

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Italy defeats nan U.S. successful WBC

Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered arsenic Italy built a large lead and held connected to stun nan United States 8-6 Tuesday night successful nan World Baseball Classic.

The U.S. is done pinch excavation play astatine Houston’s Daikin Park and needs nan Italians to hit Mexico Wednesday nighttime to beryllium guaranteed a spot successful nan quarterfinals. If Mexico thumps Italy, nan 3 teams will beryllium knotted astatine 3-1 and nan winners will beryllium wished by a tiebreaker, pinch nan squad that allowed nan astir runs eliminated.

Italy starter Michael Lorenzen allowed 2 hits successful 4 2/3 scoreless innings to support nan Americans disconnected balance.

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Ducks conclusion Winnipeg

Ryan Poehling had a extremity and an assistance to lead the Ducks to a 4-1 victory complete nan Winnipeg Jets connected Tuesday night.

Alex Killorn and Jackson LaCombe besides registered a extremity and an assist. Tim Washe besides scored for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal made 12 saves for nan Ducks, who extended their lead successful nan Pacific Division to 3 points complete Vegas.

Morgan Barron scored for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck had 30 saves for nan Jets, who saw their three-game triumph streak and six-game constituent streak halted.

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Kings suffer successful OT

Charlie McAvoy scored 39 seconds into overtime and Jeremy Swayman stopped 14 shots connected Tuesday nighttime to gain nan Boston Bruins their 13th consecutive triumph astatine home, 2-1 over nan Kings.

Mason Lohrei scored midway done nan 3rd play to break a scoreless tie. But the Kings tied it 5 minutes later erstwhile Drew Doughty’s changeable from nan bluish statement deflected disconnected nan bottommost of Bruins guardant Elias Lindholm and into nan net.

It was nan seventh consecutive clip nan teams had gone to overtime successful Boston.

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Kings summary

NHL standings

This time successful sports history

1922 — Cornell wins nan first IC4A indoor way meet held astatine nan 2nd Regiment Armory successful New York.

1947 — Harry Boykoff of St. John’s sets a Madison Square Garden scoring grounds pinch 54 points successful nan Redmen’s 71-52 triumph complete St. Francis, N.Y.

1958 — Manhattan upsets top-ranked West Virginia 89-84, successful nan first information of nan NCAA Division I men’s hoops tournament. Jack Powers leads nan Jaspers pinch 29 points. Manhattan holds sophomore Jerry West to 10 points successful nan Mountaineers’ 2nd nonaccomplishment of nan year.

1963 — Chicago Loyola blows retired Tennessee Tech 111-42 for nan largest separator of triumph (69) successful nan history of nan NCAA Division I men’s hoops tournament.

1979 — St. John’s and Penn station 2 of nan biggest upsets ever successful nan NCAA tourney successful nan 2nd information of nan East location successful Raleigh, N.C. St. John’s, nan 40th and past squad selected, thumps No. 2 seed Duke 80-78, and Penn comes from down to hit No. 1 seed North Carolina 72-71.

1991 — Steffi Graf’s streak of 186 weeks classed arsenic nan No. 1 women’s tennis subordinate ends arsenic she is replaced by Monica Seles.

2001 — Jana Kostelic, Croatia’s 19-year-old skiing sensation, becomes nan 2nd youngest female to triumph nan wide World Cup title. She finishes 21st, but she captures nan title erstwhile Renate Goetschl of Austria skied disconnected nan people successful nan first tally successful Are, Sweden.

2003 — The longest winning streak successful women’s Division I history ends astatine 70 games erstwhile No. 18 Villanova hands No. 1 Connecticut its first nonaccomplishment since nan extremity of nan 2001 season, 52-48 for nan title of nan Big East Conference tournament.

2007 — Chris Simon of nan New York Islanders is suspended for an NHL-record 25 games, missing nan remainder of nan regular play and playoffs arsenic reward for his two-handed instrumentality onslaught to nan look of Ryan Hollweg.

2009 — Mike Singletary leads Texas Tech to nan biggest rally successful Big 12 tourney history, scoring each 29 of Texas Tech’s points during a second-half surge that pushed nan Red Raiders to a 88-83 triumph against nan Aggies. The Red Raiders erase a 21-point deficit. Singletary, who outscored A&M 29-18 to springiness Tech nan lead for nan first time, finishes pinch 43 points.

2009 — Wesley Matthews scores 20 points and Marquette snaps a four-game losing streak by holding St. John’s to a Big East tournament-record 10 points successful nan first half connected nan measurement to a 74-45 victory.

2012 — Vanderbilt rallies to hit No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 successful nan Southeastern Conference tourney title game, ending nan Wildcats’ 24-game winning streak.

2014 — FIU elder Jerica Coley becomes nan 10th female subordinate successful NCAA Division I history to eclipse nan 3,000-point barrier, doing truthful pinch a 20-point showing successful FIU’s 85-65 triumph complete Rice successful nan first information of nan Conference USA tournament.

2017 — Jayson Tatum takes complete successful nan last 3 minutes, making cardinal plays connected some ends of nan floor, and Duke becomes nan first squad to triumph nan Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament pinch 4 wins successful 4 days by rallying past Notre Dame for a 75-69 win.

2020 — NBA suspends 2019-20 play until further announcement aft Utah Jazz halfway Rudy Gobert tests affirmative for COVID-19.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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