Pole position: Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski (left) goes past Manchester City's Vincent Kompany during their 1-1 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday. APArsenal, FC Porto and Malaga joined the Spanish power in earning second straight wins in the competition.Ronaldo's three-goal performance upstaged a spectacular overhead kick by Karim Benzema in Madrid's 4-1 win against Ajax, giving Jose Mourinho's team a maximum six points in Group D.Manchester City's struggles in Europe's top club competition continued, though, after being outclassed by Borussia Dortmund in the same group. The English champions escaped with a 1-1 draw thanks to Mario Balotelli's 90th-minute penalty kick.AC Milan kick-started its campaign by inflicting a rare home loss on Zenit St. Petersburg, with an own goal by Tomas Hubocan sealing a 3-2 win for the seven-time European champions. They have four points in Group C, two behind Malaga after the Spanish side beat Anderlecht 3-0 to be one of seven teams with a perfect mark after two group games.Arsenal beat Olympiakos 3-1 and Porto overcame Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to also maintain spotless records.Ronaldo's first hat trick in the Champions League came after he also scored three against Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish League on Sunday. He has 12 goals in 10 games in all competitions this season. With 42 goals, he is the eighth player to score more than 40 goals in the Champions League.While Ronaldo's low curler from the edge of the area and a clever chip were impressive goals, they couldn't compete with the stunning acrobatic effort from Benzema off Ronaldo's rightwing cross."We played a very good match," said Mourinho, bidding to become the first coach to win the Champions League with three teams. "Benzema, Kaka and Ronaldo all played well. Now we have six points in a very difficult group."Madrid already looks safe to go through to the knockout stage and on current evidence, Dortmund looks the most likely to join Real.The German champions outplayed City with an attacking display but came up against a goalkeeper in Joe Hart who may have played the best game of his career. Hart denied Dortmund with a string of fine saves until Marco Reus finally put the visitors ahead in the 61st minute. However, Balotelli rescued a point for City."We kept ourselves alive in the group," said Hart, whose team is already five points behind Madrid. Dortmund has four points.With his team struggling in the Italian League, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri's job had been under threat heading into the match at Zenit, which was defending a 16-match home unbeaten streak in Europe. After taking a two goal lead through Urby Emanuelson and Stephan El Shaarawy, Milan was caught back by Zenit, but came away with three points when Hubocan knocked the ball into his own net."This is an important victory. It is not easy to win against Zenit on their ground," Allegri said.The highlight of Malaga's easy win over Anderlecht was a stunning left-foot volley by Eliseu, one of two goals scored by the Portugal international.All four of Spain's teams won Wednesday.Also, PSG was brought back down after its opening 4-1 win over Dynamo Kiev, falling to a late goal by James Rodriguez at Porto in Group A. Kiev is at three points with PSG after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0.In Group B, goals by Gervinho, Lukas Podolski and Aaron Ramsey guided Arsenal to victory at Emirates Stadium, putting the English team on course for a 13th straight qualification to the knockout stage.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Ronaldo hat trick powers Real; Balotelli penalty rescues City
LONDON — Cristiano Ronaldo's second hat trick in four days allowed Real Madrid to take charge of the Champions League's toughest group Wednesday.Pole position: Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski (left) goes past Manchester City's Vincent Kompany during their 1-1 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday. APArsenal, FC Porto and Malaga joined the Spanish power in earning second straight wins in the competition.Ronaldo's three-goal performance upstaged a spectacular overhead kick by Karim Benzema in Madrid's 4-1 win against Ajax, giving Jose Mourinho's team a maximum six points in Group D.Manchester City's struggles in Europe's top club competition continued, though, after being outclassed by Borussia Dortmund in the same group. The English champions escaped with a 1-1 draw thanks to Mario Balotelli's 90th-minute penalty kick.AC Milan kick-started its campaign by inflicting a rare home loss on Zenit St. Petersburg, with an own goal by Tomas Hubocan sealing a 3-2 win for the seven-time European champions. They have four points in Group C, two behind Malaga after the Spanish side beat Anderlecht 3-0 to be one of seven teams with a perfect mark after two group games.Arsenal beat Olympiakos 3-1 and Porto overcame Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to also maintain spotless records.Ronaldo's first hat trick in the Champions League came after he also scored three against Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish League on Sunday. He has 12 goals in 10 games in all competitions this season. With 42 goals, he is the eighth player to score more than 40 goals in the Champions League.While Ronaldo's low curler from the edge of the area and a clever chip were impressive goals, they couldn't compete with the stunning acrobatic effort from Benzema off Ronaldo's rightwing cross."We played a very good match," said Mourinho, bidding to become the first coach to win the Champions League with three teams. "Benzema, Kaka and Ronaldo all played well. Now we have six points in a very difficult group."Madrid already looks safe to go through to the knockout stage and on current evidence, Dortmund looks the most likely to join Real.The German champions outplayed City with an attacking display but came up against a goalkeeper in Joe Hart who may have played the best game of his career. Hart denied Dortmund with a string of fine saves until Marco Reus finally put the visitors ahead in the 61st minute. However, Balotelli rescued a point for City."We kept ourselves alive in the group," said Hart, whose team is already five points behind Madrid. Dortmund has four points.With his team struggling in the Italian League, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri's job had been under threat heading into the match at Zenit, which was defending a 16-match home unbeaten streak in Europe. After taking a two goal lead through Urby Emanuelson and Stephan El Shaarawy, Milan was caught back by Zenit, but came away with three points when Hubocan knocked the ball into his own net."This is an important victory. It is not easy to win against Zenit on their ground," Allegri said.The highlight of Malaga's easy win over Anderlecht was a stunning left-foot volley by Eliseu, one of two goals scored by the Portugal international.All four of Spain's teams won Wednesday.Also, PSG was brought back down after its opening 4-1 win over Dynamo Kiev, falling to a late goal by James Rodriguez at Porto in Group A. Kiev is at three points with PSG after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0.In Group B, goals by Gervinho, Lukas Podolski and Aaron Ramsey guided Arsenal to victory at Emirates Stadium, putting the English team on course for a 13th straight qualification to the knockout stage.
Pole position: Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski (left) goes past Manchester City's Vincent Kompany during their 1-1 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday. APArsenal, FC Porto and Malaga joined the Spanish power in earning second straight wins in the competition.Ronaldo's three-goal performance upstaged a spectacular overhead kick by Karim Benzema in Madrid's 4-1 win against Ajax, giving Jose Mourinho's team a maximum six points in Group D.Manchester City's struggles in Europe's top club competition continued, though, after being outclassed by Borussia Dortmund in the same group. The English champions escaped with a 1-1 draw thanks to Mario Balotelli's 90th-minute penalty kick.AC Milan kick-started its campaign by inflicting a rare home loss on Zenit St. Petersburg, with an own goal by Tomas Hubocan sealing a 3-2 win for the seven-time European champions. They have four points in Group C, two behind Malaga after the Spanish side beat Anderlecht 3-0 to be one of seven teams with a perfect mark after two group games.Arsenal beat Olympiakos 3-1 and Porto overcame Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to also maintain spotless records.Ronaldo's first hat trick in the Champions League came after he also scored three against Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish League on Sunday. He has 12 goals in 10 games in all competitions this season. With 42 goals, he is the eighth player to score more than 40 goals in the Champions League.While Ronaldo's low curler from the edge of the area and a clever chip were impressive goals, they couldn't compete with the stunning acrobatic effort from Benzema off Ronaldo's rightwing cross."We played a very good match," said Mourinho, bidding to become the first coach to win the Champions League with three teams. "Benzema, Kaka and Ronaldo all played well. Now we have six points in a very difficult group."Madrid already looks safe to go through to the knockout stage and on current evidence, Dortmund looks the most likely to join Real.The German champions outplayed City with an attacking display but came up against a goalkeeper in Joe Hart who may have played the best game of his career. Hart denied Dortmund with a string of fine saves until Marco Reus finally put the visitors ahead in the 61st minute. However, Balotelli rescued a point for City."We kept ourselves alive in the group," said Hart, whose team is already five points behind Madrid. Dortmund has four points.With his team struggling in the Italian League, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri's job had been under threat heading into the match at Zenit, which was defending a 16-match home unbeaten streak in Europe. After taking a two goal lead through Urby Emanuelson and Stephan El Shaarawy, Milan was caught back by Zenit, but came away with three points when Hubocan knocked the ball into his own net."This is an important victory. It is not easy to win against Zenit on their ground," Allegri said.The highlight of Malaga's easy win over Anderlecht was a stunning left-foot volley by Eliseu, one of two goals scored by the Portugal international.All four of Spain's teams won Wednesday.Also, PSG was brought back down after its opening 4-1 win over Dynamo Kiev, falling to a late goal by James Rodriguez at Porto in Group A. Kiev is at three points with PSG after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0.In Group B, goals by Gervinho, Lukas Podolski and Aaron Ramsey guided Arsenal to victory at Emirates Stadium, putting the English team on course for a 13th straight qualification to the knockout stage.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Anderson's hot hand rescues win for Magic
ORLANDO, Florida — The Orlando Magic struggled during much of their game against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night, playing sloppily on offense and failing to contain Andrea Bargnani at the rim.
On the move: Magic guard J.J. Redick drives past the Raptors' Andrea Bargnani on Sunday in Orlando. The Magic won 102-96. AP PHOTOBut a 4-minute stretch in the fourth quarter made everything all better.The Magic went on a late 16-0 run, led by the shooting of Ryan Anderson — who finished with 24 points — to erase a double-digit deficit and defeat the Raptors 102-96.Orlando shot 4 for 5 from 3-point range during the burst, with Anderson making two of them, as the Magic took a 94-89 lead with 3:05 left after trailing by as many as 16 points."We sort of could've just given up, but we kept pushing through it," Anderson said. "This was huge for us."Dwight Howard had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Magic, who have won four straight since a season-opening loss to Oklahoma City. J.J. Redick added 21 points and Hedo Turkoglu had 15 points and seven assists."I thought we played a great fourth quarter," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "Our intensity level went way up."Bargnani paced the Raptors with 28 points, and Jose Calderon had 18 points and 13 assists.It was the second consecutive late collapse by the Raptors, who also gave up a second-half lead to Dallas on Friday."I don't really have an explanation as to why this game got away," Calderon said. "It's tough. It's kind of like the same thing that happened with Dallas. They're two veteran teams. They know how to play in those moments. We've got to learn from that."Bargnani, who scored only three of his 28 points in the fourth period, was disappointed with his team's showing."We really made the game for three quarters; we played good offense and great defense," he said. "But we didn't play that way in the fourth quarter. We played really bad."Celtics 94, Wizards 86In Washington, Rajon Rondo had 18 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds while Kevin Garnett had 24 points and nine rebounds to lead Boston over the winless Wizards.The victory was the Celtics' second straight after losing their first three. Washington is 0-4.Heat 129, Bobcats 90In Miami, Chris Bosh scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half as the Heat improved to 5-0 for the first time in franchise history.The 129 points is the most scored by any NBA team so far this season and the 39-point victory margin matched the third-largest in Heat history. Dwyane Wade scored 22 points and LeBron James and Mario Chalmers each scored 16 for the Heat, who ran out to an 18-point lead after one quarter and never trailed.Cavaliers 98, Nets 82In Cleveland, Antawn Jamison scored 23 points and the Cavaliers made 16 3-pointers in a win over New Jersey.T-Wolves 99, Mavericks 82In Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 25 points and 17 rebounds and hit two huge 3s in the fourth quarter to help the Timberwolves end an 18-game losing streak dating deep into last season.Bulls 104, Grizzlies 64In Chicago, Carlos Boozer scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Bulls easily won their home opener.Nuggets 99, Lakers 90In Denver, Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points, Ty Lawson had 17 points and 10 assists and the Nuggets beat the Lakers.Kings 96, Hornets 80In Sacramento, Tyreke Evans had 27 points and Marcus Thornton scored 25 for the Kings in a victory over New Orleans.Clippers 93, Trail Blazers 88In Los Angeles, Blake Griffin had his second straight double-double, Caron Butler scored 19 points and the Clippers opened the new year with a victory over Portland to snap a two-game skid.
On the move: Magic guard J.J. Redick drives past the Raptors' Andrea Bargnani on Sunday in Orlando. The Magic won 102-96. AP PHOTOBut a 4-minute stretch in the fourth quarter made everything all better.The Magic went on a late 16-0 run, led by the shooting of Ryan Anderson — who finished with 24 points — to erase a double-digit deficit and defeat the Raptors 102-96.Orlando shot 4 for 5 from 3-point range during the burst, with Anderson making two of them, as the Magic took a 94-89 lead with 3:05 left after trailing by as many as 16 points."We sort of could've just given up, but we kept pushing through it," Anderson said. "This was huge for us."Dwight Howard had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Magic, who have won four straight since a season-opening loss to Oklahoma City. J.J. Redick added 21 points and Hedo Turkoglu had 15 points and seven assists."I thought we played a great fourth quarter," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "Our intensity level went way up."Bargnani paced the Raptors with 28 points, and Jose Calderon had 18 points and 13 assists.It was the second consecutive late collapse by the Raptors, who also gave up a second-half lead to Dallas on Friday."I don't really have an explanation as to why this game got away," Calderon said. "It's tough. It's kind of like the same thing that happened with Dallas. They're two veteran teams. They know how to play in those moments. We've got to learn from that."Bargnani, who scored only three of his 28 points in the fourth period, was disappointed with his team's showing."We really made the game for three quarters; we played good offense and great defense," he said. "But we didn't play that way in the fourth quarter. We played really bad."Celtics 94, Wizards 86In Washington, Rajon Rondo had 18 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds while Kevin Garnett had 24 points and nine rebounds to lead Boston over the winless Wizards.The victory was the Celtics' second straight after losing their first three. Washington is 0-4.Heat 129, Bobcats 90In Miami, Chris Bosh scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half as the Heat improved to 5-0 for the first time in franchise history.The 129 points is the most scored by any NBA team so far this season and the 39-point victory margin matched the third-largest in Heat history. Dwyane Wade scored 22 points and LeBron James and Mario Chalmers each scored 16 for the Heat, who ran out to an 18-point lead after one quarter and never trailed.Cavaliers 98, Nets 82In Cleveland, Antawn Jamison scored 23 points and the Cavaliers made 16 3-pointers in a win over New Jersey.T-Wolves 99, Mavericks 82In Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 25 points and 17 rebounds and hit two huge 3s in the fourth quarter to help the Timberwolves end an 18-game losing streak dating deep into last season.Bulls 104, Grizzlies 64In Chicago, Carlos Boozer scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Bulls easily won their home opener.Nuggets 99, Lakers 90In Denver, Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points, Ty Lawson had 17 points and 10 assists and the Nuggets beat the Lakers.Kings 96, Hornets 80In Sacramento, Tyreke Evans had 27 points and Marcus Thornton scored 25 for the Kings in a victory over New Orleans.Clippers 93, Trail Blazers 88In Los Angeles, Blake Griffin had his second straight double-double, Caron Butler scored 19 points and the Clippers opened the new year with a victory over Portland to snap a two-game skid.
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