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NBA: Rockets overcome 23-point deficit to defeat Wizards

NBA: Rockets overcome 23-point deficit to defeat Wizards

Field Level Media/Reuters

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Updated Mar 22, 2022 01:12 PM PHT

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Houston Rockets forward Christian Wood (L) scores during the third quarter of the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, 17 February 2022. File photo. Etienne Laurent, EPA-EFE
Houston Rockets forward Christian Wood (L) scores during the third quarter of the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, 17 February 2022. File photo. Etienne Laurent, EPA-EFE

Christian Wood scored 30 of his career-high 39 points in the second half as the Houston Rockets erased a 23-point deficit to beat the visiting Washington Wizards 115-97 on Monday.

Wood finished 14 of 18 overall and 8 of 9 on 3-pointers to help the Rockets snap a five-game losing skid. He scored 15 points in the third quarter and 15 more in the fourth, making all four of his 3-point attempts to send the partisan home crowd into a tizzy. Wood also had 10 rebounds.

Jalen Green added 17 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Rockets, who shot 20 of 39 from behind the arc.

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Eric Gordon scored 15 points and Dennis Schroder tallied eight points, four rebounds and five assists and was instrumental in a 16-0 run bridging the third and fourth frames for Houston, which took its first lead at 86-83 on a Garrison Mathews 3 with 11:01 left.

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Kristaps Porzingis paced the Wizards with 22 points and 13 rebounds while Rui Hachimura added 16 points and eight boards. Raul Neto posted a season-high 10 assists for Washington.

Wood scored 13 points during one critical run in the third period, recording two dunks and three 3-pointers including one with 3:39 left that cut the Wizards' lead to 77-76.

Washington found a measure of stability and stretched its margin back to seven points, but Green closed the period with a steal and layup plus an alley-oop dunk assisted by Schroder that sparked Houston again.

The Wizards were ablaze in the first quarter, with Hachimura, Porzingis and Daniel Gafford combining for 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting. Neto recorded six assists in the opening period as Washington shot 16 of 24 overall, boosted by reserves who scored 15 of the Wizards' 39 points.

Opening the second period with an 11-2 burst capped by a Corey Kispert 3-pointer, the Wizards led 50-28. Porzingis talled four points and assisted on the Kispert 3 during that rally, and Washington eventually extended its lead to 54-31 before Houston finally responded.

Green was the linchpin of a 15-3 run that cut the deficit to 57-46, and his 3 off the glass just before the buzzer answered a Wizards surge and pulled Houston to within 63-51 at the break.

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Cyclists via for nat'l team slots in National Championships

Cyclists via for nat'l team slots in National Championships

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MANILA -- More than 500 cyclists are set to compete in the PhilCycling National Championships for Road, which starts on Monday with the Criterium races in Tagaytay City.

The races that will determine the composition of the national road team for this year features the Men and Women Elite, Under-23, Junior and Youth categories in Criterium, Individual Time Trial (ITT) and Road races.

There are 111 riders in the Men Elite, 133 in Under-23, 116 in Junior and a combined 97 in Youth 1 and 2 in the championships also backed by Tagaytay City and Excellent Noodles as well as the Philippine Sports Commission, which supports the national teams of cycling.

The roster for the women's races will be finalized on Sunday morning during the team managers, coaches and riders meetings at the Sigtuna Hall inside the Tagaytay City Atrium.

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The Criterium races will on a 2.1-km circuit on Isaac Tolentino Avenue and Acle, Mahogany and Crisanto Tolentino streets with the start-finish set at the Praying Hands monument.

On Tuesday, the championships will proceed to Nasugbu and Tuy in Batangas for the Individual Time Trial races with the Road events set from Tuesday to Friday over a 44-km circuit with the start-finish area set in Barangay Putol in Tuy and the route over the national highway in Nasugbu, Balayan and Lian.

The championships are presented by the MVP Sports Foundation and Standard Insurance and organized by the PhilCycling headed by Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino, also the president of the Philippine Olympic Committee.

The championships are also supported by Mayors Jose Jecerell Cerrado (Tuy), Emmanuel Salvador Fronda II (Balayan), Antonio Jose Barcelon (Nasugbu) and Joseph Peji (Lian).

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