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Basketball

NBA Philadelphia 76ers 115 Detroit pistons 108, Orlando Magic 105 Dallas Mavericks 100, New Orleans Pelicans 123 Memphis Grizzlies 95, Miami Heat 115 Atlanta Hawks 86, LA Lakers 122 San Antonio Spurs 112 OT, Toronto Raptors 96 Boston Celtics 78.

Bowls

From Bowls Hastings recent play: Yesterday: B Brook, D Horne, C Ash 2.5 wins 20 1; B Hynd, M Francis, Bill Libby 1 win and 2 Draws 2. Tuesday: J Riddell, I McCracken, L Pinker 3 wins 24 1; D Horne, R Hook, M Friar 2 wins 24 2; N Shaw, K Haswell, C Ash 2 wins 20 3. Lucky team: M Davies, M Amy, N Vince. Thursday March 29: J Riddell, S Hodge 3 wins 30 1; N Shaw, N Vince 2 wins 27 2. Tuesday March 27: J Riddell, M Francis, D Weber 3 wins 26 1; D Walford, G Riddell, A Haswell 3 wins 21 2; B Brook, M Amy, J Pearce 2 wins 26 3. Lucky Team: D Horne C Hodgson P Gordon

HAVELOCK NORTH From the club’s Easter Mini Classic Fours on Monday: Peter Mowat, Grant Hall, Pat Minogue, Bob Hall 1; Lois Stewart, Andrew Stewart, John Granger, Bruce Stewart 2; Alan Edwards, Shane Overend, Phil Moore, John Overend 3.

KIA TOA From the club’s Thursday club play last week: Ron Beattie & Bruce Giorgi 3 wins, 28 points 1; David Casey, Les Cobcroft & Charlie Bland 2.5 wins 2. Chocolates: Allan Beagle & Jill White. From the club yesterday: Steve Asquith, Jill White & Merv Gibbs 2 wins, 24 points 1; Joy Iti, Dilys Beagle & Gary Bond 2-22 2; David Casey, Victor Ward & Richard Kale 2-18 3. Chocolates: Lynne Hill, Graham Roughton & Jenny McDougal.

NAPIER From the club’s Promotem sponsored women’s 2x4x2 tournament last weekend: Div A: Chris Telford and Michelle Robinson (Napier) 3 wins +32 1; Heather Leyland and Josephine Connolly (Havelock Nth) 3-+29 2; Lillian Tukiri and Nancy Wilson (Composite) 3-+24 3; Di Durham and Di Bently (Bay View) 3-+20 4. Div B: Robyn Pritchard and Diana Wood (Napier) 3 w +9 +11 in last game 1; Claire McGregor and Elsie Tonks (Napier) 3 w +9 +2 in last game 2; Irene Hunt and P McGrail (Napier) 3 w +4 3. Best result day 2: Colleen Black and Heather Moss (Bay View) 2 1/2 w +6. Best last game: Coral Lukies and Joy Gee (Kia Toa) w +6. Kumara prize: Carol Mackie and Beryl Antonovich (Tauranga).

WAIPAWA From the club’s Battle of the Bridges tournament last Sunday: John Marks, Ken Slater 1; Chalky White, Anne Brownlow 2; Elza Hunter, Gordon Annand and Wendy Jeffery, Debbie Walters 3 equal. Overall placings: Waipukurau residents 41 points 1; Waipawa residents 29 points 2.

Bridge

From the Taradale club this week: Pak’N Save Tuesday: N/S: M Eddy/B Willcox 1, Y Whittle/D Lees 2, N McDonald/T Patterson 3, S Tarrant/ A Haslett 4. E/W: M Underhill/S Paterson 2, J O.Brien/V McLaichlan 3, J Tiffen/J Haslett 4. . GJ Gardner Homes Wednesday: N/S: S Tarrant/N Crow 1, M Eddy/R Spittle 2, S Thomas/C Hagen 3. E/W: B George/N Knight 1, J Herbert/N McDonald 2, V Pinkham/S Lambourn 3.. Dent Magician Thursday: N/S: B Boxall/T Patterson 1, P Isles/J Rose 2, C Christensen/L Hart 3. E/W: M Burney/ E Herrick 1, D Nunn/P Holt 2, M Shaw/B Shaw 3.

Commonwealth Games

TRIATHLON 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run Women: Flora Duffy (BER) 56:50 1, Jessica Learmonth (ENG) 57:33 2, Joanna Brown (CAN) 57:38 3. Also: Nicole van der Kaay (NZL) 58:31 7, Rebecca Spence (NZL) 59:12 10, Andrew Hewitt (NZL) 1:00:48 13. Men: Henri Schoeman (RSA) 52:31 1, Jacob Birtwhistle (AUS) 52:38 2, Marc Austin (SCO) 52:44 13 3. Also: Ryan Sissons (NZL) 52:49 5, Tayler Reid (NZL) 53:48 11, Tony Dodds (NZL) 55:29 16.

WEIGHTLIFTING Men 56kg: Muhammad Azroy Hazalwa (MAS) 117 144 261 (GR) 1, Gururaja (IND) 111 138 249 2, Chaturanga Lakmal (SRI) 114 134 248 3. Women 48kg: Chanu Saikhom Mirabai (IND) 86kg (CR/ GR) 110kg (CR/GR) 196kg (CR/GR) 1, Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (MRI) 76 94 170 2, Dinusha Gomes (SRI) 70 85 155 3.

Cricket

Plunket Shield day 4

Central Stags v Northern Districts Nelson Park, Napier

Northern Districts First Innings 134

Central Stags First Innings 99 Northern Districts Second Innings 438

Central Stags Second Innings (resumed on 111-3) W Young not out .. T Bruce lbw b Arnel .. D Cleaver not out .. .. Extras (4b, 1lb, 4w, 1nb) Total (for 4 wickets) .. Fall: 4-157 (Bruce, 55.3) Bowling: S Kuggeleijn 24-3-87-0 (3w, 1nb), J Baker 27-8-55-0, C Anderson 4-0-12-0, B Arnel 24.5-14-35-4 (1w), J Walker 18-3-51-0, D Mitchell 8-3-19-0, A Devcich 6-0-20-0. Result: Draw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Otago v Canterbury University of Otago Oval, Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75 40 87 10 284

Canterbury First Innings 225

Otago First Innings 264 Canterbury Second Innings

(resumed on 294-8) M Davidson not out .. .. .. .. .. A Ellis c Broom b Barnes .. .. .. .. F Sheat b Barnes .. .. .. .. .. .. Extras (5b, 2lb, 14w, 2nb) .. .. .. .. Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Fall: 9-295 (Sheat, 97.4), 10-304 (Ellis, 99.1) Bowling: M Bacon 17-3-51-1 (1w), W Barnes 18.1-4-64-6 (2w, 1nb), M Rae 20-5-40-1 (3w), J Neesham 16-6-42-1 (1nb), M Rippon 20-2-71-1, A Kitchen 8-1-29-0.

Otago Second Innings H Rutherford c Fletcher b Sheat .. B Wilson c Fletcher b Sheat .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101 55 0 23 304 15 4