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After slow start, Nets bounce back with much-needed win vs. Rockets

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

If this is what an expedited jelling process looks like, the Nets need a new overnight delivery service.Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn said ahead of tip-off against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday that the team has done everything — from spending more time together in the locker room to taking advantage of additional practice days — to fast track chemistry for a starting lineup that was assembled at the trade deadline.It’s clear after a lifeless performance against the league-worst Rockets just how much ground the Nets have to make up if they’re going to secure the sixth and final guaranteed playoff seed — the same seed the No. 7 Miami Heat are eyeing with their inspired play in recent weeks.The Nets rallied late to secure a 123-114 victory over the Rockets at Barclays Center on Wednesday, ending a skid in which Brooklyn had lost six of its last seven games. The Rockets, however, who have yet to crack 20 wins on the season and own the worst record in th...

Julius Randle suffers ankle injury in Knicks’ 101-92 victory over Miami Heat

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

The good and the bad.On a night the Knicks essentially clinched a playoff berth, their All-Star Julius Randle left the court in pain with a sprained ankle.He never re-emerged from the locker room after halftime, missing his teammates — most notably Immanuel Quickley — surge past the Heat in the fourth quarter of a 101-92 victory Wednesday over the Heat.The win pushed the No. 5 Knicks (44-33) four games ahead of the No. 7 Heat (40-37) with five to play. That race is basically over. New York’s magic number is one to clinch a top-6 spot for an automatic postseason spot.But Randle’s status is now in question.With 2:38 remaining in the first half of a tie game, the power forward grabbed a rebound and landed on the foot of Heat center Bam Adebayo. Randle’s ankle turned and he fell in pain. He stood up to shoot the free throws — hitting 1-of-2 — and limped to the locker room.Randle was ruled out at halftime, finishing with just three points in 15 m...

Winderman’s view: Duncan Robinson perhaps offers Heat hope in loss

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 101-92 loss to the New York Knicks:– It took foul trouble by Max Strus to deliver a glimmer of hope for the Heat.– Or perhaps it was trending this way, anyway, with Duncan Robinson getting minutes at the start of the fourth quarter Tuesday night in Toronto.– But for a team looking for a spark, Strus’ three quick fouls left Heat coach Erik Spoelstra with limited options.– Enter Robinson.– Who proceeded to make his first four 3-point attempts.– Yes, working Robinson’s defense into a mix that already includes Kevin Love and Tyler Herro could be precarious.– But 3-point shooting matters.– And Robinson certainly has a history in that regard.– With the pull of his gravity again evident in this one.– Sometimes all it takes is a moment.– Robinson got his moment Wednesday night.– And seized it.– Playing as the Heat’s first reser...

Another lost night for Heat, with 101-92 loss in New York further hampering seeding hopes

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

The New York Knicks couldn’t make a free throw, lost their All-Star in the first half, and were way too careless with the ball.And the Miami Heat couldn’t seize the moment.Story of the season, it seems.The result was the Heat’s fourth loss in their last six games, a 101-92 defeat Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden that moves them closer to a play-in postseason reality, perhaps now left to scramble for seeding even in that second-tier neighborhood.The game took a turn when, with 2:38 left in the second quarter and the game tied, when Knicks forward Julius Randle took a hard foul from Heat center Bam Adebayo and wound up with an ankle sprain that would end his night after he shot his free throws. Randle closed 1 of 5 from the field, with three points and five rebounds. He was replaced at the start of the second half by Obi Toppin.No matter, just as the Knicks 12-of-23 foul shooting didn’t matter, nor their 16 turnovers.Gabe Vincent led the Heat with 21 po...

Two staff members of Nathan Fletcher resign, his camp official says

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Two members of Nathan Fletcher's staff resigned Wednesday amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against the San Diego County Supervisor, an official with Fletcher's camp confirmed with FOX 5.Director of Policy Emily Wier and Policy Advisor Eric Rafla-Yuan were identified as the two staff members, the official said. South American theft ring targets San Diego neighborhoods once again The resignations come as Fletcher faces a lawsuit that details the alleged instances of sexual assault by the County Supervisor with a former employee of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. On Tuesday night, Fletcher resigned from his chair position with MTS.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial defense leans heavily on experts

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys came close to wrapping up their case on Wednesday by relying on more experts to mount their defense on the seventh day of trial over her 2016 ski collision with a 76-year-old retired optometrist.Paltrow’s defense team called to the stand a radiologist, a neurologist, a neuropsychologist and a forensic psychologist, leaning on medical analysis rather than the testimony of the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer’s friends or husband in order to make their case. In the final hour of their last full day to call witnesses though, they called Terry Sanderson, the man suing Paltrow, back to the witness stand.The eight-person jury is expected to get the case Thursday to deliberate after closing arguments. More than just a display of their financial investment in the case, Paltrow’s team allotting most of their time to expert testimony is a gamble. Throughout the trial, bombshell testimony from Paltrow and Sanderson has...

Trans woman awaits ruling from Australian basketball league

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A transgender female player is awaiting a decision from Basketball Australia on whether she can compete in a second-tier division of the women’s national league, adding to the global debate over the issue in sport.Lexi Rodgers revealed in a podcast that she is the trans woman applying to play in the NBL1 competition.Rodgers said she made her identity public so people would see the “trans player” being referred to in mainstream and social media as a person, not an unknown entity.Rodgers went on the “Under The Surface” podcast with former Women’s National Basketball League most valuable player Anneli Maley to speak about her experience since it was revealed about a week ago that there was a trans player competing in the women’s semi-professional basketball league.“I am Lexi Rodgers, I’m not non-existent,” she said on the podcast. “Because when it’s this hypothetical person and people are making a picture of what a transgender athlete looks like i...

Woman wanted for 2 assaults on TTC passengers

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

Toronto police are searching for a 29-year-old woman wanted for a pair of assaults on the TTC over the last three months. Police say Nimo Umar Gayad of Toronto allegedly assaulted another woman aboard a subway train in the area of Bloor Station just before 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2022. Then on Mar. 26, 2023, just after 11:30 a.m., she allegedly assaulted a second woman aboard the 41 Keele bus in the area of Keele Street and Donald Avenue. Gayad is facing nine charges including three counts of assault, assault with a weapon and aggravated assault. Police says she should be considered armed and dangerous.

Philippine ferry fire leaves 12 dead, at least 7 missing

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire between Philippine islands and at least 12 people were killed with seven still missing, a provincial governor said Thursday.Many of those rescued had jumped off the ferry in panic at the height of the fire and were plucked from the sea by the coast guard, navy, another ferry and local fishermen, said Gov. Jim Hataman of the southern island province of Basilan. The search and rescue effort was continuing Thursday.The governor said most of those onboard the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 were rescued overnight but authorities were double-checking the numbers from different rescue teams, suggesting the figures could change. The ferry was enroute to Jolo town in Sulu province from the southern port city of Zamboanga when it caught fire midway off Basilan close to midnight, he said.The dead included at least three children, who apparently were separated from their parents, and several passengers were injured and br...

FBI looking for two people who robbed armored truck in Calumet City

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:46:16 GMT

CALUMET CITY, Ill. — The FBI is looking for two people who robbed an armored truck at gunpoint Monday morning in Calumet City.According to the FBI, two males robbed the truck around 10:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of River Oaks Drive. Plane crashes in Lincoln They were each wearing gray and black hooded jackets, the FBI said. Woman shot and killed in gas station in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Anyone with information can report tips online. Tips can also be submitted by calling 312-421-6700.