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NBA: Thompson explodes for 60 as Warriors rout Pacers

by Rob Woollard LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson exploded for a career-high 60 points in a phenomenal individual display as Golden State steamrolled the Indiana Pacers 142-106 on Monday. Thompson tormented Indiana with a mesmerizing performance which saw him rack up 40 points in the first two quarters alone. A further 20 points in the third quarter gave Thompson the highest individual game tally of his career and the highest of any […]

NBA: Warriors stretch win streak to eight by routing Pacers

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson scored 25 points and Stephen Curry added 22 as the Golden State Warriors won their eighth consecutive game, routing Indiana 120-83 Monday to complete a four-game road sweep. Kevin Durant added 14 points while Draymond Green contributed 10 as the Warriors improved to 12-2, helped by a season-high 60 rebounds. “What a great trip,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “I thought we really defended well and we moved […]

NBA: Teague lifts Pacers over Thunder despite Westbrook heroics

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Indiana’s Jeff Teague scored 30 points, eight of them in over-time, to lead six double-figure scorers who powered the Pacers over Oklahoma City 115-111 in an NBA game Sunday. Russell Westbrook, who had game highs of 31 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds in a losing cause, sank a 3-pointer with two seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to pull the Thunder level at 103-103 and send the game […]

Trump wins Indiana and Kentucky, Clinton takes Vermont: networks

WASHINGTON, UNited States (AFP) –Republican Donald Trump won Indiana, the home state of his running mate Mike Pence, while Hillary Clinton took the northeastern state of Vermont, in the first results of Tuesday’s US presidential election, television networks projected. It was still too early to determine a winner in three of the first six states to close their polls — Republican-leaning South Carolina and Georgia, and the key battleground of Virginia, the networks said. Those […]

NBA: Pacers forward George fined $15K for kicking ball into crowd

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Indiana Pacers forward Paul George was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for kicking the ball into the stands in a home victory over the Chicago Bulls. The incident, which brought George a technical foul and ejection, took place with 1:42 remaining in the third quarter of Indiana’s 111-94 triumph on Saturday. George, who scored 13 points, apologized for his actions and said after the game he expected […]

Trump says “Hostility against police has to end”

INDIANA, United States (Reuters) — Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday (July 12) the five police officers who were killed in the Dallas sniper attack were “great, great people.” “We pray for our country,” Trump said at a rally in Westfield, Indiana. “The police are just not part of our society, our police are the best of our society.” Trump, a wealthy real estate developer, has been presenting himself as “the […]

Trump eyes knockout blow against Cruz in Indiana

by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Donald Trump is aiming for a thumping victory Tuesday in Indiana to squelch lingering doubts about his viability as the Republican presidential nominee and pivot toward presumptive Democratic standard-bearer Hillary Clinton. The “stop Trump” movement faces a moment of truth in the Midwestern state, as the campaign of chief challenger Ted Cruz struggles to win over voters ahead of its potentially decisive primary. Polls open at […]