National Basketball Association
Los Angeles Lakers 117 Houston Rockets 100
LeBron James had 26 points for the Lakers who lead the Western Conference at 9 & 3.
Philadelphia 76ers 137 Miami Heat 134 (OT)
Joel Embid had 45 points for the 76ers who snapped a 3 game losing streak and move to 8 & 4 on the year
Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls ( ppd )
Boston holds top spot in the Eastern Conference at 7 & 3
Indiana Pacers 104 Golden State Warriors 95
Myles Turner had a 22 point games for the Pacers
Indiana is 7 & 4
Brooklyn Nets 122 Denver Nuggets 116
Utah Jazz 117 Cleveland Cavaliers 87
San Antonio Spurs 112 Oklahoma City Thunder 102
Tonight
Dallas Mavericks at Charlotte Hornets 7 pm
Milwaukee Bucks at Detroit Pistons 7 pm
Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics 7:30 pm
Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks 7:30 pm
Memphis Grizzlies at Minnesota Timberwolves 8 pm
Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder 8 pm
Atlanta Hawks at Phoenix Suns 9 pm
New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Clippers 10 pm
Portland Trail Blazers at Sacramento Kings 10 pm
Utah Jazz at Washington Wizards ( ppd )
With 5 games called off this week & teams dealing with virus-related issues, the NBA and the Players Association enacted additional rules in the hope of keeping the season going.
For “at least the next 2 weeks,” players and team staff will remain at their residence when in their home markets and are prohibited from leaving their hotels when on the road
Utah’s game in Washington tonight was postponed because contact-tracing issues among the Wizards meant they wouldn’t have 8 players available for the game
National Hockey League
( Season Openers )
Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs 7 pm
Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers 10 pm
Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers 5:30 pm
Chicago Blackhawks at Tampa Bay Lightning 8 pm
St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche 10:30 pm
The NHL says 27 players returned positive COVID-19 tests during training camps
The league conducted approximately 12,000 tests to more than 1,200 players over the period from December 30th to January 11th.
Of the 27 positive tests…… 17 were from the Dallas Stars, who have had their opening game postponed.
Foligno In The Fold
The Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League signed forward Marcus Foligno to a three-year contract extension
Foligno who played for the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League had 25 points and was a plus-8 last season.
He was acquired by Minnesota from Buffalo in a deal for Jason Pominville and Marco Scandella.
Tennis Qualifying
Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino is just one win away from securing a spot in the main draw of the Australian Open.
Marino beat Viktoriya Tomova 6-2, 7-6 in the second round of women’s qualifying for the Grand Slam
In the final round Marino will face Maryna Zanevska
Meanwhile, Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Quebec lost 6-2, 6-4 to Yue Yuan in the second round on Tuesday.
In men’s qualifying play, Toronto’s Steven Diez & Peter Polansky of Thornhill were both eliminated.
Schottenheimer Schotdown In Scheattle
Brian Schottenheimer is out as Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator.
After 3 seasons with Seattle, the Seahawks announced the decision, citing “philosophical differences” as the reason for the parting,
The decision comes after a disappointing end to a season in which the Seahawks scored the most points in franchise history but slogged their way through the second half & were eliminated by the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC wild-card playoff game Saturday.
Olympic Poll
More than 80 per cent of people polled in Japan recently say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed,
The polls were conducted by the Japanese news agency Kyodo and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
The Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee say the previously postponed Olympics will open on July 23rd.
Tokyo is battling a surge of COVID-19 cases that prompted the national government last week to call a state of emergency.