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Russell Westbrook wrote his way into NBA history on Monday, notching his 182nd career triple-double to break Oscar Robertson’s 47-year-old record. Washington Wizards star Westbrook, who equaled Robertson’s record of 181 triples on Saturday, sealed his record-breaking triple with 8 minutes, 33 seconds left in Monday’s 125-124 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Westbrook had 28 points, 21 assists and 13 rebounds for his 36th triple-double of the season. He has already promised to average a triple-double per game this season. A triple-double occurs when a player produces double-digit highs in three of a game’s five major statistical categories…

NBA: Derrick Rose has also been listed by the New York Knicks due to the Covid-19 protocol.© AFP Seven NBA players have tested positive for Covid-19 out of 456 players tested by the league last week, the NBA announced Wednesday. The league does not track player results, but any player who tests positive is isolated or quarantined until they are cleared in accordance with NBA health and safety guidelines. The protocol requires those identified as having been in close contact with an infected person to be quarantined. The most recent outbreak came after the NBA postponed Toronto’s scheduled…

LeBron James scored 19 points and had plenty of time to enjoy the Los Angeles Lakers’ 117-91 NBA victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. James, playing in his 1,300th regular-season game, added six rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocked shots in just 24 minutes on the court. He sat out the entire fourth quarter along with the rest of the starters on both teams as the Lakers capped a tough February with a dominant victory despite the continued absence of star forward Anthony Davis. The NBA champions, who lost five of their first six…

Four-time NBA champion LeBron James hit out at Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Friday, saying there’s no reason why he can’t have as much impact on the basketball court as he can. James became a force for social change in America, focusing much of his attention on police brutality and racial injustice against African Americans. He was outspoken against Donald Trump over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last summer, and he worked with other NBA stars to try to get black people to vote during the recent US election that brought Joe Biden to…

New York’s Julius Randle scored seven of his 21 points in the final 93 seconds on Monday and the Knicks held off Orlando 91-84 to open the NBA holiday slate. Randle shot 5 of 19 from the floor but added 17 rebounds while RJ Barrett had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Knicks, who tore through Boston on Sunday, won back-to-back days for the first time in 41 tries in more than three years. “Back to back is always tough for us,” Randle said. “The whole game we had the lead, played well. They made runs. Stayed…

Black Day The South African women’s team will wear a black kit in the ODIs.© Twitter Cricket South Africa (CSA) acted on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to act against violence against women and children by officially launching one of the most anticipated events on the South African cricketing calendar, the Black Day ODI game, in Durban on Monday. The cause-driven Black Day ODI game is set for Saturday, January 23 at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium and will pit the Protea Women in their black kits against Pakistan Women in one of South Africa’s premier women’s sporting events.The Black…

NBA: The New York Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics on Sunday to end their five-game losing streak.© AFP The New York Knicks snapped their five-game NBA losing streak in emphatic style on Sunday, holding the host Celtics to a season-low total in a 105-75 blowout win. Julius Randle scored 20 points and pulled in 12 rebounds and RJ Barrett added 19 points and 11 boards for the Knicks, who spoiled the season debut of Celtics All-Star guard Kemba Walker, missing the first 11 games with a left knee injury. Walker left in the third quarter with an apparent…

Los Angeles superstar LeBron James celebrated his 36th birthday Wednesday with another NBA milestone, scoring double-digit points for his 1,000th consecutive game in the Lakers’ 121-107 win over the Spurs in San Antonio. James finished with 26 points to extend his already streak of double-digit games in the regular season. He sealed the milestone with a turnaround jump hook midway through the second quarter that gave the Lakers a 46-37 lead. “I just try to live in the moment and try to do better with my game, try to do better with my teammates and try to maximize…

The 2020-2021 season tips off the NBA on Tuesday after the shortest offseason in history against the backdrop of the Covid-19 crisis across the United States. More than two months after LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers brought down the curtain on a grueling, pandemic-interrupted season with an NBA Finals victory in the Orlando quarantine bubble, a shortened 72-game campaign continues with games in New York and Los Angeles. The Golden State Warriors face a road trip against the Brooklyn Nets before the Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers clash at the Staples Center. The new season marks…