Associated Press
Associated Press
LeBron James scored 32 points and Miami took a 3-0 series lead, sending New York to an NBA postseason-record 13th straight loss, 87-70 on Thursday night.
James had 17 points in the final period for the Heat, who held the short-handed Knicks to eight field goals in the second half and will go for the sweep Sunday.
Dwyane Wade added 20 points for the Heat and Mario Chalmers had 19, hitting consecutive 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.
Carmelo Anthony scored 22 points on 7-of-23 shooting for the Knicks, who are playing without Amare Stoudemire, Jeremy Lin and Iman Shumpert.
The Knicks broke the record set by Memphis from 2004-06. They haven’t won a playoff game since April 29, 2001, Game 3 of a best-of-five series against Toronto.
Giants lose slugger
Sandoval to injury
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter.
Pablo Sandoval has a broken hamate bone in his left hand that will require surgery, and the free-swinging slugger and 2011 All-Star is expected to miss four to six weeks — the same injury he had last year on the other hand.
Conor Gillaspie was recalled from Triple-A Fresno to start at third base Thursday in the series finale with the Miami Marlins in place of Sandoval, placed on the 15-day disabled list. Grouped with Tiger,
Simpson flourishes
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Webb Simpson was nervous playing in the same group with Tiger Woods. It sure didn’t show in the Wells Fargo Championship.
Simpson chipped in from 35 yards in front of the par-4 eighth green for eagle, and then made Woods shake his head and smile when he holed a 60-foot birdie putt that might have rolled off the 12th green if the cup didn’t get in the way. It led to a 7-under 65 for a share of the lead with Stewart Cink and Ryan Moore.
Woods failed to take advantage of the ideal scoring conditions. In his first tournament since a tie for 40th at the Masters he made too many mistakes early and had to one-putt three of the last four greens for a 71.
Ravens’ Suggs vows
to return from injury
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs will have surgery for a partially torn Achilles tendon, an injury he insists will not keep him sidelined for the entire 2012 season.
The injury occurred in Arizona while Suggs, the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2011, was practicing for an upcoming conditioning test, he said.