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Matthews’s charge dismissed
A misdemeanor charge accus-
ing maple Leafs star matthews of
disorderly conduct and disruptive
behavior was d ismissed.
The 22-year-old matthews was
charged over the summer in con-
nection with a may incident in
Scottsdale, Ariz. Court records in-
dicate the charge was dismissed
Wednesday.
According to the Scottsdale Po-
lice Department, a female s ecurity
guard at a condominium complex
said matthews was among a group
of men who allegedly tried to en-
ter her locked vehicle early the
morning o f may 26.
According to a police report,
the guard said that the men appar-
ently were intoxicated and that,
when she confronted them, mat-
thews moved away, dropped his
pants and grabbed his buttocks.
He was still wearing underwear,
according to the r eport.
matthews issued an apology
friday, saying he was sorry for his
behavior.
l FlaMEs: Calgary defense-
man T. J. Brodie is home from the
hospital a fter falling to the ice and
convulsing at p ractice.
flames General manager Brad
Treliving said friday that Brodie
was “feeling good” a nd that neuro-
logical tests came back negative.
Brodie will undergo more tests.
Practice was halted Thursday
when Brodie, 29, collapsed and
was taken to a hospital.
There was no timetable for his
return.Travis Zajac and Blake C oleman
scored for the D evils.
Jack Johnson scored for the
Penguins, and matt murray made
19 saves.
It was Pittsburgh’s first game
without star center Sidney Crosby,
who is expected t o miss at l east six
weeks following surgery for a core
muscle injury.
l sENatOrs 2 , FlYErs 1:
filip C hlapik scored in t he second
period, Anders Nilsson made
26 saves, and host ottawa killed
off a late four-minute power play.
Colin White took a double mi-
nor for high-sticking Philadel-
phia’s Claude Giroux with just
over four minutes remaining in
the game. The flyers pulled C arter
Hart f or a two-man advantage but
were unable to get the equalizer.
Ty ler Ennis also scored for the
Senators, who have won four of
their past five.
l BlUE JacKEts 3, BlUEs 2
(Ot): Zach Werenski scored 3:34
into overtime to lift Columbus
past visiting St. Louis.
With t he Blue Jackets on a four-
on-three power play, Werenski
buried a s hot from t he r ight circle.
He has a goal in three straight
games.
Vladislav Gavrikov got his first
NHL goal and Joonas Korpisalo
made 2 5 saves for the B lue J ackets,
who stopped a two-game s lide.
mackenzie macEachern and
Brayden Schenn scored for the
Stanley Cup champion Blues, who
lost a second consecutive game in
overtime.ASSOCIATED PRESSB rad marchand scored two
goals in the third period to help
the visiting Boston Bruins beat
the To ronto maple Leafs, 4-2, on
friday night.
Charlie C oyle had a goal a nd an
assist and Zdeno Chara added a
score for Boston. Tuukka rask
made 2 9 stops for the Bruins, who
snapped a n 0-2-2 slide.
Auston matthews and Kasperi
Kapanen scored for To ronto, and
frederik A ndersen made 3 0 saves.
The Leafs have dropped four
straight, the last three in regula-
tion.
Boston snapped a 1-1 tie 11 sec-
onds into the third when march-
and scored his 12th goal of the
season, scoring off his own re-
bound after stepping around
Leafs defenseman morgan r ielly.
To ronto countered at 3:54,
when Kapanen took a feed from
John Ta vares and scored his sixth.
marchand came back 1:14 later,
again scoring off his own rebound.
Play was even for the rest of the
third until Chara scored into an
empty net with 1:33 left in regula-
tion as Ta vares smashed his stick
over t he crossbar i n frustration.
l (^) dEVils 2, pENGUiNs 1:
mackenzie Blackwood made
38 saves to lead New Jersey past
Pittsburgh in Newark.
nhl roundup
Marchand prolongs Toronto’s slide
Bruins 4,
Maple leafs 2
l MaGic 111, spUrs 109:
Evan fournier scored 26 points,
including a couple of late three-
pointers, a nd o rlando handed vis-
iting San Antonio its fourth
straight d efeat.
Te rrence ross had 10 of his sea-
son-high 20 points in the fourth
quarter for the magic.
Demar Derozan scored
21 points for the Spurs.
l GrizzliEs 107, Jazz 106:
Ja morant scored 25 points, in-
cluding the go-ahead basket with
1:32 to go, Dillon Brooks added
20 points, a nd m emphis beat visit-
ing Utah f or i ts t hird win i n a row.
morant’s inside basket gave the
Grizzlies a 107-105 lead. Utah’s
rudy Gobert split a pair of free
throws with 53 seconds left, and
both teams missed s hots down the
stretch.
Donovan mitchell led the Jazz
with 29 points a nd n ine rebounds,
and rudy Gobert had 23 points
and 17 rebounds.
russell accepts his Hall ring
B ill russell finally accepted his
Basketball Hall of fame r ing.
The 11-time NBA champion,
five-time mVP, olympic gold med-
alist and two-time NCAA champ
said on Twitter that he was pre-
sented with his Hall of fame ring
in a private ceremony in Spring-
field, mass.
The 85-year-old Boston Celtics
great didn’t attend the induction
ceremony in 1975. He said he
didn’t deserve to be the first black
player i nducted.
high 21 points for Houston, and
Westbrook scored 17 with eight
rebounds and six assists.
l tHUNdEr 1 27, 76Ers 119
(Ot): Danilo Gallinari scored
28 points, including s even in o ver-
time, as oklahoma City beat visit-
ing Philadelphia.
Chris Paul scored 27 points for
the Thunder, and Shai Gilgeous-
Alexander added 24 points.
Joel Embiid had 31 points and
12 rebounds and Josh richardson
added 28 p oints f or the 7 6ers, w ho
have lost five of seven.
oklahoma City outscored Phil-
adelphia 20-12 in overtime, going
5 for 7 from the field and 8 for 8 at
the l ine i n the e xtra period.
l HOrNEts 1 09, pistONs
106: malik monk hit a three-
pointer at the buzzer to give Char-
lotte a win at h ome over Detroit.
After the Pistons’ Derrick rose
drove the lane and awkwardly
threw the ball away with a second
left, Charlotte inbounded at mid-
court after a timeout. monk
caught a pass from Cody martin
and l aunched t he winner from t he
top o f the key.
monk finished with 19 points
on 8-for-12 shooting to help the
Hornets snap a four-game losing
streak. Te rry rozier added
19 points, and Devonte Graham
had 1 8 points a nd 1 0 assists.
Langston Galloway had a ca-
reer-high 32 points on seven
three-pointers f or Detroit, and An-
dre Drummond added 16 points
and 2 0 rebounds. The Pistons
have l ost four in a row.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
James Harden scored 44 points,
and the Houston rockets used a
big f ourth quarter run to pull away
for a 111-102 win over the visiting
Indiana Pacers on friday n ight.
Houston has won a season-high
six g ames in a row, and Harden h as
scored 36 points or more in five
straight games to carry the rock-
ets as they deal with injuries to
Clint Capela, Eric Gordon and
Danuel House.
Indiana led by four points on a
three-pointer by Doug mcDer-
mott before Houston went on a
run to take a 94-88 lead with about
five minutes left. Harden took
over in that stretch, scoring
12 points in a row, including a pair
of three-pointers.
Indiana got its first point in
almost five m inutes w hen Doman-
tas Sabonis made the second of
two free throws with l ess than five
minutes to go and Justin Holiday
made a layup a bout a minute later.
But russell Westbrook hit a
three-pointer seconds after that to
push the rockets’ lead to 10 with
three minutes remaining.
Sabonis had 18 p oints a nd 13 re-
bounds and mcDermott added 18
points off the bench as Indiana
had its four-game winning streak
ended.
Ben mcLemore had a season-
nBa roundup
Harden leads shorthanded Houston
rockets 111,
pacers 102
quarter, Wagner replaced starting
center Thomas Bryant. Although
Bryant showed some care — he
clapped up his teammates, yelling
“play defense!” and tried his best
against Towns — he also displayed
moments of sloppiness. Among
the t eam’s s ix t urnovers in the first
quarter, Bryant committed the
most egregious by stepping over
the b aseline while i nbounding t he
ball. A lso, B ryant struggled to play
consistent defense without foul-
ing and drew his second personal
while standing in the lane against
point guard Jeff Te ague’s penetra-
tion and f inish.
Bryant r eturned t o the s ideline.
Then along came Wagner, who
would rather hit the hardwood to
draw a charge t han allow someone
to score e asily against him.
on the team’s first defensive
possession with Wagner on the
court, he fell down. The whistle
blew, and the nearest official de-
clared that Wagner had blocked
minnesota forward Jake Layman,
but Brooks twirled his right index
finger in a circle to indicate a
review. The coach’s challenge
worked, and Wagner w as awarded
his first of three drawn offensive
fouls in nine minutes of first-half
action.
“It’s kind of a gamble. You kind
of feel it out. I got lucky on that
first one,” Wagner s aid. “It’s always
better to start the game with a
charge than a blocking foul.”
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ilya samsonov allowed four goals in the second period as the capitals lost to the canadiens on Friday.
instead of counting the losses, he
sees improvement.
“A nother game of growth,”
Brooks said. “That’s what w e want
to see.”
Brooks went on to list all the
examples of growth: the two big
men’s defensive effort against
Timberwolves center Karl-Antho-
ny Towns and the point guards’
playmaking. B ut while p assing out
praise, Brooks left o ff o ne name.
“oh, I forgot about Brad,”
Brooks said.
Lately, Beal has been so good
that his performances have been
both routine a nd extraordinary.
B eal connected on 15 of 22 at-
tempts f rom the f ield against min-
nesota and topped the 40-point
mark for the second straight
game. Beal also led the team with
10 assists and finished the game
with a plus-31 rating. When
Brooks remembered to mention
his two-time all-star, the admira-
tion flowed.
“Yeah, Brad — I mean, he’s a
stud,” Brooks said. “He brings it
every night. I j ust love his demean-
or. He has a good way about him.
When he’s frustrated, he lets guys
know. I t’s what we want our leader
to be. He’s not happy being 3-7, a nd
the guys have heard about it
throughout this start of the sea-
son.”
Beal spent the first half setting
up his teammates with seven as-
sists. After halftime, he unleashed
his more aggressive side, making 7
of 9 shots and scoring 12 straight
points in one stretch of the third
quarter as Washington pulled
away.
“I’m just being aggressive. I feel
like I’m the best way on the floor,
and I just keep that mentality,
honestly,” Beal said. “Hoop looks
like it’s big enough to fit four or
five basketballs in. That’s where
I’m at r ight now.”
While Beal w as letting l oose, h is
teammates were playing some of
the b est defense of t he season.
In the third quarter, Washing-
ton d efended the i nterior and lim-
ited To wns, a menacing presence
through the first half, to few op-
portunities. To wns wasn’t alone;
the Timberwolves made just six
shots and scored 19 points during
the 1 2-minute stretch.
“I got upset at myself because I
told assistant coach [michael L on-
gabardi] I was g oing to set the tone
defensively. I feel like in the first
half, I failed at that and we failed
as a team.” Beal said. “In the sec-
ond half, it was totally different.
We got out and got stops. I just
wanted to be aggressive, you
know, come out and get a lead.
Create some space and distance
especially on the r oad.”
That third quarter, when the
Wizards finally started to play de-
fense, was a far cry from the first
half. In the opening 24 minutes,
the Timberwolves and Wizards
combined for 149 points as both
teams s hot over 55 p ercent.
It was Wagner who made the
defensive difference for the Wiz-
ards.
from the moment he stepped
onto the floor, he m ade a n effort t o
draw t he T imberwolves i nto offen-
sive fouls.
At the 5:32 mark of the first
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B radley Beal connected on 15 of 2 2 shots from the field against
Minnesota and topped 40 points for the second straight game.
injured in Wednesday’s 2-1 shoo-
tout win against Philadelphia.
He suffered a gash on his hand
while being called for a tripping
penalty. He left the ice to get
treated and returned to the
bench but did not take another
shift.
Without Dowd or Hagelin, it
was crucial for the Capitals to
play at even strength friday as
much as possible. The team was
able to do just that most the
game, having to kill only one
Canadiens p ower p lay. It won the
special teams battle with ovech-
kin’s one-timer.
The Capitals do not want to
play with only 11 healthy for-
wards more than necessary and
are expected to make additional
moves ahead of the game against
the Bruins.
“You know at s ome point that’s
going to happen,” reirden said.
“It’s important to fairly evaluate
your team. That was where we
were at. We w eren’t a s good as we
could be tonight. There’s been
stretches where we’ve not been
as good as we would’ve liked at
other points and we’ve been able
to find it.”
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than three minutes later. Jordan
Weal scored at 11:41, and Nick
Suzuki all but sealed it at 14:42.
All of the goals came at even
strength.
Samsonov, who had 15 saves in
the first period, stopped 35 of
39 shots on the night. It was
Samsonov’s second straight
game in which the opponent
took at least a 3-0 lead; Arizona
went up, 3-0, monday before the
Capitals stormed back, only to
lose, 4-3, after a shootout. He
now has a 5-2-1 record on the
season. Goaltender Braden Holt-
by will start Saturday at Boston
in the second leg of a back-to-
back.
The Capitals played with only
11 forwards friday night after
Nic Dowd and Carl Hagelin were
both ruled out with upper-body
injuries. Both are considered
day-to-day. reirden said friday
morning that he was unsure
whether either would return Sat-
urday. facing a tight salary cap,
the Capitals only could afford to
call up Lewington, who carries
the lowest salary cap hit
($675,000), instead of a forward
from Hershey of the American
Hockey League.
Hagelin has missed four
straight games, while Dowd was
consistent this year. That game
we were off.”
The Capitals (14-3-4) came to
life briefly with two goals in the
third period — one from captain
Alex ovechkin on a power play at
the 5:34 mark and another from
Evgeny Kuznetsov with 4:22 left,
but Washington got no closer.
“We just didn’t execute.... We
just weren’t at our best in a lot of
areas with the puck, without the
puck,” c enter Lars Eller said. “We
weren’t connecting, and it just
wasn’t our game.”
ovechkin’s goal was the 672nd
of his career and was assisted by
John Carlson, who recorded his
31st p oint (eight goals, 23 assists)
of the season. Kuznetsov’s goal
came on a skilled breakaway. He
beat goaltender Carey Price to
cut montreal’s lead to two before
To mas Ta tar scored an empty-
netter with 2:31 left.
Neither team found the back
of the net in the opening 20 min-
utes, but the Canadiens found a
spark in the second period, scor-
ing four goals after ovechkin’s
thunderous hit sent Jonathan
Drouin off the ice.
Drouin returned to start the
third period. Though the hit is
the type of play the Department
of Player Safety tends to exam-
ine, the likelihood of any disci-
pline for ovechkin appears to be
low; no penalty was called.
“It’s hockey,” ovechkin said
after the game about the hit. “It’s
not ballet.... I don’t know, it’s a
hockey p lay. He didn’t see m e. I t’s
a clear hit. Nothing to say.”
Center Phillip Danault started
the scoring for montreal at the
6:22 mark of the second period
after he was left all alone in front
of rookie goaltender Ilya Sam-
sonov. Shea Weber scored less
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Canadiens 5, Capitals 2
Montreal .............................. 0 41 —5
Washington ......................... 0 02 —2
First PerioD
scoring: None. Penalties: None.
seConD PerioD
scoring: 1 , Montreal, Danault 6 (Gallagher, Tatar), 6:22.
2, Montreal, Weber 6 (Danault, Chiarot), 9:16. 3,
Montreal, Weal 3 (Tatar, Thompson), 11:41. 4, Montreal,
Suzuki 4 (Danault, Tatar), 14:42. Penalties: Hathaway,
WSH, (tripping), 12:36.
thirD PerioD
scoring: 5 , Washington, Ovechkin 14 (Backstrom, Carl-
son), 5:34 (pp). 6, Washington, Kuznetsov 9 (Wilson),
15:38. 7, Montreal, Tatar 7 (Chiarot, Weber), 17:29.
Penalties: Petry, MTL, (interference), 4:13.
shots on goal
Montreal ............................ 15151 0— 40
Washington ......................... 9 91 0— 28
Power-play opportunities: Montreal 0 of 1; Washington
1 of 1. goalies: Montreal, Price 10-4-2 (28 shots-26
saves). Washington, Samsonov 5-2-1 (39-35).
Wagner didn’t spend the whole
night on the hardwood. He was
quite exceptional in standing his
ground against To wns, stripping
the ball away from him on the
perimeter on one play and taking
the body blows from the 248-
pound center to stop him from
scoring near the block.
Entering the game, Wagner
possessed the best net rating
among the regular rotation play-
ers (plus-13.7) and against the
Timberwolves, he finished as a
plus-18.
In 25 minutes, Wagner made 13
of 15 shots, including all four o f his
attempts from t he three-point a rc,
and the double-double, another
career first, helped Washington
knock off the Timberwolves (7-5),
who had embarrassed the Wiz-
ards on N ov. 2 with a 131-109 win i n
Washington.
According to Elias Sports Bu-
reau, Wagner became the first
player in NBA history to come off
the bench and produce at least
30 points, 15 rebounds and four
three-pointers.
“I didn’t do anything special, I
guess,” Wagner said. “We compet-
ed hard defensively. I rolled, yeah.
I might have to do t hat more often
because it worked out. Yeah. I
made some shots.”
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Wizards 137, timberwolves 116
Washington ................... 3937263 5— 137
Minnesota ...................... 3043192 4— 116
Washington: B rown Jr. 5-8 1-2 11, Hachimura 4-10
0-0 8, Bryant 5-9 2-2 12, Thomas 4-8 0-0 10, Beal 15-22
13-14 44, Miles 2-4 3-5 8, Bertans 4-10 0-0 8, Wagner
13-15 0-2 30, Bonga 1-1 0-0 3, Smith 0-5 0-0 0, McRae 1-8
0-0 3. totals 5 4-100 19-25 137.
Minnesota: G raham 2-7 0-0 4, Covington 6-9 4-5 20,
Towns 13-18 6-8 36, Teague 4-13 5-6 13, Culver 4-10 1-4
11, Layman 2-7 0-0 4, Martin 3-9 0-0 6, Bates-Diop 0-0
0-0 0, Bell 0-3 1-2 1, Vonleh 2-2 2-2 6, Dieng 1-1 0-0 3,
Okogie 5-10 2-2 12. totals 4 2-89 21-29 116.
three-point goals: Washington 10-28 (Wagner 4-4,
Thomas 2-2, Bonga 1-1, Miles 1-3, McRae 1-3, Beal 1-5,
Hachimura 0-2, Bryant 0-2, Brown Jr. 0-2, Bertans 0-4),
Minnesota 11-37 (Covington 4-6, Towns 4-6, Culver 2-5,
Dieng 1-1, Bell 0-1, Okogie 0-2, Teague 0-3, Layman 0-3,
Graham 0-4, Martin 0-6). Fouled out: None. rebounds:
Washington 51 (Wagner 15), Minnesota 43 (Towns 10).
assists: Washington 38 (Beal 10), Minnesota 26
(Teague 11). total Fouls: Washington 22, Minnesota 20.
technicals: Washington coach Scott Brooks, Graham,
Towns. a: 12,716 (19,356).
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