Pat Riley Is Looking Positively Statuesque

From Bill Plaschke: The fans ne'er sewage an opportunity to springiness a grateful goodbye, Pat Riley resigning on an early summertime day 36 years agone aft nan extremity of a mislaid season.

Everyone will person that chance now.

When Riley near municipality astatine nan incorrect extremity of grumblings from players and fans, he was nan top coach not only successful Lakers history but besides successful hoops history, his .730 winning percent and 102 playoff victories some NBA records astatine nan time.

Everyone will understand now.

He has been Showtime’s forgotten kingpin, its mislaid leader, its missing warrior, a stylishly distant fable who had been overshadowed by nan 7 Lakers whose statues guidelines watch complete nan plaza extracurricular Crypto.com Arena.

Make that 8 Lakers.

Riley yet is coming home, returning Sunday pinch nan unveiling of a agelong overdue statue successful whose bronze reflection a mates of wistful realizations tin beryllium found.

Riles has been terribly, terribly missed.

The Showtime era seems terribly, terribly distant.

Riley hasn’t been pinch nan Lakers successful 36 years. The Lakers haven’t won an asterisk-free NBA title successful 16 years. Maybe because Shaquille O’Neal said only via video Sunday, nan greatness of this statement ne'er felt further away.

Mark Walter, were you watching?

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Statue extracurricular Lakers’ arena is different first for Pat Riley, nan consummate coach

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From Broderick Turner: All of nan existent Lakers realized that playing against nan Boston Celtics connected nationalist tv really was much than conscionable 1 of 82 games connected nan schedule.

It was crystallized moreover much because iconic erstwhile Lakers coach Pat Riley sat courtside aft a ceremony for nan unveiling of his statue connected nan Star Plaza extracurricular Crypto.com Arena. He was nan first Lakers coach to hit nan hated Celtics for an NBA title aft 8 grounded attempts.

So, yes, connected this Sunday afternoon, this crippled meant much if only because it was different crippled successful nan agelong rivalry, a crippled nan Lakers lost, 111-89.

Luka Doncic had 25 points for nan Lakers but he was conscionable 9 for 22 from nan field. LeBron James had 20 points but was conscionable 9 for 21 from nan field.

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NBA standings

Clippers suffer to Magic

Desmond Bane scored 36 points and Paolo Banchero added 16 points and 8 assists arsenic nan Orlando Magic held connected for a 111-109 victory complete the Clippers connected Sunday night.

Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Tristan da Silva scored 13 for nan Magic, who improved to 5-2 since Feb. 5.

Kawhi Leonard shrugged disconnected an ankle wounded to people 37 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 21 points and 9 rebounds disconnected nan chair for nan Clippers, who are 4-5 since Feb. 2. Mathurin missed a three-point effort to triumph nan crippled astatine nan buzzer.

Jordan Miller had 14 points for nan Clippers (27-30).

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UCLA women triumph 21st successful a row

From Felicia Keller: The No. 2 UCLA women’s hoops squad hit Wisconsin 80-60 connected Sunday day astatine Pauley Pavilion and became outright regular play convention champions for nan first clip successful their history.

“I’m truthful fortunate to coach unthinkable young women arsenic group and that we’re consenting to judge successful a imagination that we could create together and to beryllium nan first squad successful UCLA history to triumph a convention title outright successful nan regular season,” coach Cori Close said. “It’s conscionable humbling to beryllium a portion of.”

Lauren Betts recorded a double-double pinch 19 points and 14 rebounds — including 3 successful speedy succession successful nan 4th fourth — arsenic nan Bruins celebrated their six graduates connected Senior Day by winning their 21st crippled successful a row. Five Bruins — each seniors — scored successful double digits.

“That’s nan logic we each came present is to do things UCLA has ne'er done earlier and to triumph a batch of games and triumph championships, and truthful ace proud of everyone connected this squad for really putting successful nan work,” Gabriela Jaquez said.

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Big Ten standings

Jazzy Davidson scores 32, but USC loses

Jaloni Cambridge scored 33 points, including 16 successful nan 4th quarter, and No. 10 Ohio State utilized a 15-0 tally to rally for an 88-83 triumph complete USC connected Sunday.

It was Cambridge’s 5th 30-point crippled this season. The sophomore was 12 for 21 from nan section and 8 for 9 from nan statement arsenic nan Buckeyes (23-5, 11-4) snapped a two-game losing streak.

Cambridge besides had 3 steals and helped unit USC to perpetrate a season-high 25 turnovers arsenic nan Trojans (17-10, 9-7 Big Ten) had their six-game winning streak travel to a close.

USC’s Jazzy Davidson scored a season-high 32 points, including six three-pointers, earlier fouling retired pinch 1.1 seconds left. The freshman besides had six rebounds and 4 assists.

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Galaxy plays to tie successful opener

Nicolás Fernández scored connected a punishment footwear successful nan 2nd half and New York City FC tied nan Galaxy 1-1 successful a play opener connected Sunday earlier a sellout crowd of 30,510 astatine Dignity Health Sports Park.

Newcomer João Klauss needed 90 seconds to triumph nan hearts of Galaxy fans, scoring pinch assists from Marco Reus and Joseph Paintsil for a 1-0 lead. L.A. worked a cash-for-player waste and acquisition pinch St. Louis City to get Klauss connected a one-year deal, hoping he’ll easiness nan nonaccomplishment of superstar Riqui Puig for a 2nd consecutive play aft complications from a torn ACL.

Los Angeles maintained nan lead until Emiro Garces was sent disconnected nan section for a 2nd yellowish card, mounting up a successful PK for Fernández that tied it successful nan 66th infinitesimal and near nan Galaxy a man short. Fernández scored 5 goals successful 19 appearances pinch L.A. past season.

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Jacob Bridgeman wins Genesis Invitational

From Steve Galluzzo: On 1 of nan astir historical play courses successful nan world, Jacob Bridgeman made immoderate history of his ain Sunday day astatine Riviera Country Club.

Two months and 3 days aft getting married, nan 26-year-old from South Carolina has different representation to past a life aft winning for nan first clip connected nan PGA Tour and threatening nan tourney scoring grounds astatine nan Genesis Invitational.

“To do it against this section is way, measurement amended than I’ve ever dreamt,” said Bridgeman, who prevailed by a azygous changeable complete Kurt Kitayama and Rory McIlroy. “Fans were ace supportive each time and winning astatine this people is simply a dream travel true. I grew up watching this connected TV.”

Beginning nan last information pinch a six-stroke lead, Bridgeman birdied nan first and 3rd holes to return a seven-shot lead and nonstop an early connection to nan different 50 players that he would beryllium reliable to catch. He carded a one-over-par 72 to decorativeness astatine 18 under for a four-day full of 266 — 2 disconnected nan 72-hole modular achieved astatine nan 1985 Los Angeles Open by Lanny Wadkins, who won by 7 shots pinch rounds of 63, 70, 67 and 64.

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Dalton Rushing looks for redemption

From Jack Vita: Dalton Rushing’s first twelvemonth successful nan large leagues pinch nan Dodgers didn’t spell rather arsenic planned.

Over 53 games aft his May call-up, nan highly regarded imaginable batted .204 pinch a .258 on-base percentage, .582 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 4 location runs and 24 RBIs. It was nan only clip successful his shot life — speech from his freshman twelvemonth astatine nan University of Louisville — that Rushing was not a regular fixture successful his team’s lineup.

“It was very, very up and down,” Rushing said. “It was immoderate good, immoderate bad, immoderate ugly. A batch of things were caller to me; nan scattering [of] playing clip was tough. It was a small reliable being capable to enactment connected apical of compete mode, support nan plaything successful a bully spot.”

But it still yielded a satisfying extremity result.

”I sewage to triumph a World Series pinch this team,” Rushing said. “And it’s difficult to look backmost and think, ‘I’d return this backmost aliases I’d return that back.’ It went precisely really it was planned.”

With three-time All-Star catcher Will Smith successful beforehand of him, Rushing’s domiciled is clear: He is nan Dodgers’ backup catcher. Manager Dave Roberts feels bully astir Rushing’s progression.

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This time successful sports history

1935 — George “The Iceman” Woolf makes history, riding Azucar to triumph successful nan inaugural Santa Anita Handicap. Azucar thumps specified greats arsenic Equipoise and Twenty Grand successful nan first $100,000 equine race.

1938 — Joe Louis knocks retired Nathan Mann successful nan 3rd information to take sides his world heavyweight title astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York.

1960 — Carol Heiss captures nan first golden badge for nan United States successful nan Winter Olympics astatine Squaw Valley, Calif., winning nan fig skating event.

1968 — Wilt Chamberlain becomes first subordinate to people 25,000 points successful nan NBA.

1980 — Eric Heiden wins his 5th golden badge and shatters nan world grounds by six seconds successful 10,000-meter velocity skating astatine nan Winter Olympics successful Lake Placid, N.Y. His clip is 14:28.13.

1985 — Indiana coach Bob Knight is ejected 5 minutes into nan Hoosiers’ 72-63 nonaccomplishment to Purdue erstwhile he throws a chair crossed nan court. Knight, aft 2 fouls called connected his team, is deed pinch his first technical. While Purdue was shooting nan technical, Knight picks up a chair from nan chair area and throws it crossed nan court, earning his 2nd technical.

1987 — Seattle’s Nate McMillan sets an NBA rookie grounds pinch 25 assists to lead nan SuperSonics complete nan Clippers 124-112.

1991 — North Carolina becomes nan first squad successful NCAA hoops history to triumph 1,500 games pinch a 73-57 triumph complete Clemson.

2002 — The Americans extremity astir a half-century of Olympic vexation for nan U.S. men’s bobsled team, driving to nan metallic and bronze medals successful nan four-man title astatine nan Salt Lake Olympic Games.

2007 — Tiger Woods’ winning streak connected nan PGA Tour, which began successful July, comes to a shocking end. Woods fails to announcement a shot people successful nan statement of his 4-foot birdie putt that would person won his third-round lucifer against Nick O’Hern. Woods misses, past loses successful 20 holes erstwhile O’Hern saves par pinch a 12-foot putt astatine nan Accenture Match Play Championship.

2013 — Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche makes history conscionable by stepping into nan UFC cage. Rousey wins nan UFC’s first women’s bout, beating Carmouche connected an armbar, her signature move, pinch 11 seconds near successful nan first information of their bantamweight title conflict astatine UFC 157.

2014 — Canada defends its Olympic men’s lucky title pinch a 3-0 triumph complete Sweden. Canada becomes nan only repetition Olympic champ successful nan NHL era and nan first squad to spell unbeaten done nan Olympic tourney since nan Soviet Union successful Sarajevo successful 1984.

2014 — Russia, nan big state of nan Winter Olympics, finishes pinch 33 medals wide and 13 gold. It’s nan first clip Russia topped some medals tables since nan breakup of nan Soviet Union. The U.S. wins 28 total, including 9 gold.

2014 — Jason Collins becomes nan first openly cheery jock successful nan United States 4 awesome pro leagues, playing 10 scoreless minutes pinch 2 rebounds and 5 fouls successful nan New Jersey’s 108-102 triumph of nan Lakers.

2014 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins a rain-delayed Daytona 500, a decade aft his first triumph successful nan “Great American Race.” Earnhardt snaps a 55-race winless agelong that dated to 2012. It besides ends a frustrating series astatine Daytona International Speedway that had seen him decorativeness 2nd successful 3 of nan erstwhile 4 500s.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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