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BASKETBALL
LeBron's late heroics earn Lakers 7th seed
LeBron James made a long, go-ahead 3-pointer with 58.2 seconds remaining, rallying the Los Angeles Lakers to a 103-100 victory over the Golden State Warriors in a Western Conference play-in tournament game Wednesday night.
James finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his fifth triple-double of the season, Anthony Davis scored 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers overcame 37 points from league scoring champ Stephen Curry.
Golden State had a chance to send it into overtime, but Kent Bazemore threw a bad inbounds pass and sealed the victory for the Lakers-who earned the seventh seed for the playoffs and a first-round matchup with second-seeded Phoenix. Golden State hosts Memphis, which defeated San Antonio in Wednesday's other play-in game, for the eighth seed on Friday. The winner of that game will face top-seeded Utah.
BASEBALL
Kluber ends Yanks' no-hitter drought
Corey Kluber threw the major leagues' sixth no-hitter this season and second in two nights, leading the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Wednesday night.
The 35-year-old right-hander, a two-time American League Cy Young Award winner, came within a four-pitch walk to Charlie Culberson in the third inning of throwing a perfect game. Kluber pitched his gem a night after Detroit's Spencer Turnbull threw one against Seattle, marking the first no-hitters on consecutive days since 1969.
Kluber (4-2) struck out nine and threw 71 of 101 pitches for strikes in his ninth start for the Yankees. Kluber was pitching on the mound when he was hurt after one inning last season for the Rangers, when he tore a muscle in his right shoulder on July 26 in his Texas debut. It was the 12th no-hitter in Yankees history, the 11th in the regular season and the first since David Cone's perfect game against Montreal on July 18, 1999.
SOCCER
Team China's clash with Guam sells out
Tickets to China's World Cup qualifier against Guam on May 30 in Suzhou, Zhejiang province have sold out.
Over a year and a half since the men's national team last played at home due to the pandemic, Chinese soccer fans can now end the long wait to cheer on Li Tie's squad on home soil.
Tickets for China's four remaining Asian zone Group A World Cup qualifiers went on sale online at 12 pm on Tuesday. The Guam clash and a four-game package have completely sold out, according to online ticketing platform Damai.cn. It has been reported that around 30,000 spectators will be allowed to attend each game. China will face Guam, the Philippines, the Maldives, and Syria in successive matches in Suzhou from May 30 to June 15.
Pirlo wants Juve stay after Coppa triumph
Andrea Pirlo insisted he wanted to continue as Juventus coach after lifting his second trophy this season in the Coppa Italia final.
The dethroned league champion beat Atalanta 2-1 to win the Italian Cup for the 14th time after winning the Super Cup in January. Federico Chiesa scored the winner with a quarter of an hour to go after Dejan Kulusevski struck after half an hour, in a game played in front of fans for the first time in over a year.
"It was a great match, between two beautiful teams who fought to the end, a final worthy of this name, also a big celebration for the public, with everything that has happened this season," said 2006 World Cup winner Pirlo, who turned 42 on Wednesday."I would really like to sit on the Juventus bench again next year. I think I did my job well day by day, trying to win finals. I would like to continue, I love this club."
Xinhua - Agencies
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