Harden dismisses suggestions he was motivated to score more against old team Nets

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Harden added 23, and Philadelphia was 35 of 36 from the foul line. "I don't care about all that stuff," Harden said when asked if it meant more to score against his former team. Kyrie Irving had 30 for the Nets, who have lost five of the last seven games without Kevin Durant. The game was the first regular-season matchup between Embiid and former teammate Ben Simmons since a February 2022 trade that sent Simmons to Brooklyn for Harden. Simmons missed the rest of the 2022 season with various injuries, then Embiid was injured and missed the Sixers' win in Simmons' Philadelphia return Nov. 22.
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Great Scott won't get Thomas Robinson out of Leo Austria's mind

LOOKS like San Miguel has found a keeper in Devon Scott after an impressive performance for the Beermen on Sunday. Scott replaced Diamond Stone, who took over from Thomas Robinson after the latter sustained an injury before the conference could begin. San Miguel coach Leo Austria was left impressed by the showing of the former Dayton and Philander Smith product. “He keeps on communicating with coach Gee Abanilla [San Miguel team manager]. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓Austria said he likes how unselfish Scott plays.

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Big hitters hold the edge as Philippine Golf Tour goes to Pradera Verde

LUBAO, Pampanga – While the big hitters look to cash in on whatever edge they might have at Pradera Verde, it will still be a question of precision, ball control and decision-making when the men and ladies of the Philippine Golf Tour launch their drive in the ICTSI Pradera Championship today (Tuesday). ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓“A few adjustments will be made but nothing major. “I haven’t played a tournament for a while so, hopefully I could produce a good outcome. Others out to crowd the fancied players in PGT are Splendido leg winner Guido Van der Valk, Albin Engino, Anthony Fernando, Art Arbole. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓Completing the LPGT roster are Gretch Villacencio, Apple Fudolin, Lovelynn Guioguio, Kristine Fleetwood, Lucy Landicho, Majorie Pulumbarit, Eva Miñoza and Lesley Icoy.

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Sixers get past Pelicans as Zion leaves early due to injury

Williamson scored 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting through three quarters before he left for the locker room in the fourth. Williamson, averaging 26 points, gingerly ran to the corner and lingered on the court for a bit before he was lifted from the game. McCollum scored 26 points. "We guarded the hell out of him and he still scored 26. Williamson, Harden and Embiid all put on a show through the first three quarters.

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Timberwolves beat Cavaliers, spoil Garland’s 51-point night

CLEVELAND — All-Star point guard Darius Garland was watching the scoreboard, but not his individual statistics on Sunday night (Monday, Manila time). ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓The Cavaliers' franchise record of 57 points is shared by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. PHOTO: APADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓Garland became the fourth Cavaliers player to score 50, joining James (nine times), Irving (twice) and Walt Wesley (once). D'Angelo Russell had season highs of 30 points and 12 assists and Karl-Anthony Towns scored 29 points to help the Timberwolves overcome Garland's onslaught. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓Cavaliers: F Dean Wade (right knee soreness) missed his second game in a row.

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'Tank' Davis puts away tough Hector Garcia in eight rounds

WASHINGTON - Gervonta Davis retained his WBA world lightweight championship, beating Hector Luis Garcia by TKO early Sunday morning (Monday, Manila time) after eight rounds. Davis shrugged off a slow start to improve to 28-0 with 26 KOs and hand Garcia his first professional loss in his 17th match. Garcia held in tough with Davis early but could not answer the bell for the ninth round because he lost vision in his right eye. “A little surprised, but when I caught him, I knew he was hurt — he was hurt bad,” Davis said. Davis found his groove in the fourth round, landing several jabs and bringing fans to their feet.

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Terence Crawford knocks out Avanesyan in 6th to retain world title

OMAHA, Nebraska — Unbeaten world champion Terence Crawford knocked out David Avanesyan in the sixth round on Saturday night [Sunday, Manila time] to retain his WBO welterweight belt. “I was touching him to the body, and I was seeing that had an effect,” Crawford said. Crawford didn't call out Spence directly, saying he would consider anyone who wants to fight, preferrably in the spring. Avanesyan (29-4-1), who previously fought in March and won by technical knocked over Oskari Metz, stood in there with Crawford for the first five rounds. Crawford landed three straight uppercuts to the chin, wobbled him with a couple shots to the body and then landed the decisive blow that put down Avanesyan.

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Kiefer, Wright return but teams fall on Christmas eve games

The Lakes dropped their fifth straight loss to stay at the bottom of the standings at 4-18. Matthew Wright also came back from a sprained ankle in Kyoto's 91-75 defeat to Toyama at Toyama City Gymnasium. He collected seven points, three boards, and two assists as San-En saw its two-game win streak end to fall to 10-12. Roosevelt Adams missed the game anew for Kagawa which fell to its third straight loss and drop to 8-16. Jordan Heading, too, came off the bench in Nagasaki Velca's 93-75 win over Earthfriends Tokyo Z at Sasebo Gymnasium.

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KD, Kyrie overcome poor shooting to lift Nets over Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving combined to miss 32 shots and didn't let it bother them one bit. T.J. Warren scored 15 points for Brooklyn and Royce O'Neale added 14, including a 3-pointer with 2:27 left. Watch NowThe Pelicans led for much of the game but struggled to hit shots in the second half, finishing at 39.8 % shooting (35 of 88). PHOTO: APNew Orleans made just two of 12 3s in the second half after making 10 of 17 in the first. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓Defensively, the Nets were "really aggressive in the second half," Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn, noting his team's "ability to contest shots at the rim."

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