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ICEBREAKERS
NORTH KOREAN cheerleaders perform in front of guests from North Korea, South Korea and the International Olympic Committee at a women’s hockey game.

Despite losing in Olympic opener, the Korean women’s hockey team celebrates unity
HELENE ELLIOTT
GANGNEUNG,
South Korea — In a
historic moment
whose impact re-
verberated far
beyond the happily
noisy confines of
Kwandong Hockey
Centre, diplomacy
took the unusual
form of ponytailed hockey players
and a squadron of identically
dressed cheerleaders who sang
and swayed and clapped while a
unique occasion unfolded on the
ice below them.
The unified women’s hockey
team of players from North and
South Korea took to the ice amid
waving flags and smiles of politi-
cians who have long been bitter
opponents. Long after the details
of Korea’s 8-0 loss to a sound Swiss
team are forgotten, the fact that
North and South banded together
and wore jerseys depicting a
joined Korean peninsula will be
remembered as a landmark occa-
sion.
“It definitely was a special
moment, debuting as a unified
team,” said Korea defenseman
Marissa Brandt, who was born in
South Korea but was adopted and
raised by a couple in Minnesota.
She’s known here by her birth
name, Park Yoonjung.
“Definitely, a situation as small
as this goes, being unified through
sport, hopefully that can be a
small step to something bigger,”
she said. “It’s very special to be a
part of.”
International Olympic Com-
mittee President Thomas Bach,
South Korean President Moon
Jae-in, North Korea’s ceremonial
head of state Kim Young Nam and
Kim Yo Jong — sister of North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un — sat
together in the crowd of 3,606, a
noteworthy display of the har-
mony that the Olympics are sup-
posed to create and promote.
Afterward, they told players basi-
cally to keep their heads up, to
look at the bigger picture of the
goodwill they are promoting
rather than the score of one game.
Three North Koreans played
Saturday in the lineup chosen by
coach Sarah Murray, daughter of
former Kings coach Andy Murray.
She said she had not been pres-
sured to play a greater number
Jung Yeon-je AFP/Getty Images and chose forwards Kim Un
WOMEN’S HOCKEY team, which has players from North and South Korea, gather before facing Hyang, Su Hyon Jong and opening
Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, in a preliminary-round game of the Olympic tournament. [See Elliott, D12]

A NEED FOR SPEEDSKATING

Gerard captures
gold for U.S.
Mop-haired 17-year-old
snowboarder from Col-
orado puts on a jaw-
dropping run in the
slopestyle. D13
Olympics
spellcheck
Pyeongchang officials
gave city a capital C
because South Korea
didn’t want it confused
with Pyongyang. D2
Remembering
fallen leader
U.S. men’s hockey mem-
bers talk about missing
team general manager
Jim Johannson, who died
in January. D12
Country’s obsession with sport on
full display during gold-medal win
DYLAN HERNANDEZ
PYEONG-
CHANG,
South Korea
— The
moment
everything
changed for
Lim Hyojun is
marked by a
line inside of
the Gangneung Ice Arena.
Whatever Lim accom-
plishes in the coming weeks,
months, years and decades,
his life will be divided in two
distinct periods: Before he
crossed that line Saturday
night and after. By doing so,
the 21-year-old short-track
speedskater claimed the
Olympic gold medal he
dreamed of for the majority
of his existence, the first
medal of these Games for
host country South Korea.
Korean flags were waved
in the 12,000-seat arena. Lim
extended forward a pair of
clenched fists and screamed
into the night. The home
crowd screamed with him.
This was more than a
sporting event. This was a
patriotic celebration.
Short-track speedskat-
ing might be a niche sport in
the United States, but it’s a
national obsession in South
Korea.
The sport produced the Bernat Armangue Associated Press
country’s first Winter SOUTH KOREA’S Lim Hyojun maintains a lead over Sjinkie Knegt, center, and
[See Hernandez, D13] Semen Elistratov during Saturday’s short-track speedskating final.

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(All distances in meters) MEDALS COUNT
BIATHLON
Women's 7.5km Sprint THE LEADERS
1. Laura Dahlmeier, Germany, 21:06.2 (0). 2. Marte ---------------------------------------------
Olsbu, Norway, 21:30.4 (1). 3. Veronika Vitkova, Czech
Republic, 21:32.0 (1). 4. Marie Dorin Habert, France, NETHERLANDS

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21:39.3 (1). 5. Vanessa Hinz, Germany, 21:46.5 (1). 6.
Lisa Vittozzi, Italy, 21:46.7 (1). 7. Hanna Oeberg, Swe- G 1
den, 21:47.0 (1). 8. Irene Cadurisch, Switzerland,
21:51.7 (1).
S 2
Other finishers: 51. Emily Dreissigacker, United B 1
States, 23:27.2 (1). 61. Clare Egan, United States, ---------------------------------------------
23:51.6 (3). 66. Susan Dunklee, United States, 24:13.1
(5). 86. Joanne Reid, United States, 26:18.8 (7). NORWAY

4
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING G 0
Women's Skiathlon
7.5km Classic + 7.5km Free S 3
1. Charlotte Kalla, Sweden, 40:44.9. 2. Marit Bjor- B 1
gen, Norway, 40:52.7. 3. Krista Parmakoski, Finland,
---------------------------------------------
40:55.0. 4. Ebba Andersson, Sweden, 40:55.8. 5. Jes-
sica Diggins, United States, 40:59.6. 6. Nathalie Von GERMANY
Siebenthal, Switzerland, 41:02.5. 7. Teresa Stadlober,

2
Austria, 41:11.5. 8. Natalia Nepryaeva, OA Russia, G 2
41:17.9.
Other finishers: 34. Caitlin Patterson, United States, S 0
44:14.9. 40. Kikkan Randall, United States, 44:47.2. B 0
58. Rosie Brennan, United States, 47:36.0.
CURLING
At Gangneung, South Korea THE OTHERS
Mixed Doubles
Round-Robin Country G S B Tot.
United States 10, Norway 3
Finland 7, United States 5 Canada 0 1 1 2
Switzerland 6, South Korea 4
China 10, Finland 5 South Korea 1 0 0 1
Canada 8, OA Russia 2
China 9, Norway 8 Sweden 1 0 0 1
Switzerland 9, OA Russia 8
Canada 7, South Korea 3 United States 1 0 0 1
FIGURE SKATING
Team Event Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
Ice Dance
Short Program
Finland 0 0 1 1
1. Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, Canada, 80.51. 2. OAR* 0 0 1 1
Alex Shibutani and Maia Shibutani, United States,
75.46. 3. Dmitri Soloviev and Ekaterina Bobrova, OA *Russia was suspended from the
Russia, 74.76. 4. Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, Pyeongchang Games; athletes from the
Italy, 72.51. 5. Chris Reed and Kana Muramoto, Japan, country compete under the Olympic flag
62.15. 6. Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac, as Olympic Athletes From Russia (OAR).
France, 57.94. 7. Liu Xinyu and Wang Shiyue, China,
56.98. 8. Kavita Lorenz and Joti Polizoakis, Germany,
56.88. 9. Min Yura and Gamelin Alexander, South Ko-
rea, 51.97. 10. Adel Tankova and Ronald Zilberberg, Is-
rael, 44.61.
STANDINGS: 1. Canada, 27 points.2. United States,
MEDALISTS
23. 3. OA Russia, 21. 4. Japan, 19. 5. Italy, 17. 6. China,
14. 7. Germany, 13. 8. Israel, 12. 9. France, 11. 10.
Laurent Salino Getty Images UPDATE
South Korea, 8. CHARLOTTE KALLA of Sweden is shown moments after winning a gold medal in 15-kilometer skiathlon. In
BIATHLON
HOCKEY the event, competitors must do the first 7.5K using the classical technique and the second half using freestyle.
WOMEN Women’s 7.5km sprint
Group Play
Sweden 2, Japan 1
Switzerland 8, Korea 0 OLYMPIC BUZZ G Laura Dahlmeier, Germany
S Marte Olsbu, Norway

DID YOU ‘C’ HOW

SHORT-TRACK SPEEDSKATING
Men's 1500 B Veronika Vitkova,
Final B Czech Republic
1. Han Tianyu, China, 2:26.281. 2. Seo Yira, South
Korea, 2:26.346. 3. Pascal Dion, Canada, 2:26.412. 4.
Roberto Pukitis, Latvia, 2:26.525. 5. Aaron Tran, United CROSS-COUNTRY
States, 2:27.127. SKIING
Final A
1. Lim Hyojun, South Korea, 2:10.485. 2. Sjinkie Women’s 7.5km + 7.5km

NAME CHANGED?
Knegt, Netherlands, 2:10.555. 3. Semion Elistratov, OA skiathlon
Russia, 2:10.687. 4. Samuel Girard, Canada, 2:11.176.
5. Shaolin Sandor Liu, Hungary, 2:11.520. 6. Itzhak De G Charlotte Kalla, Sweden
Laat, Netherlands, 2:12.362. 7. Thibaut Fauconnet,
France, 2:53.150. NR. Charles Hamelin, Canada, Dis-
S Marit Bjoergen, Norway
qualified. NR. Hwang Daeheon, South Korea, did not B Krista Parmakoski, Finland
finish.
Heat 1
1. Semion Elistratov, OA Russia, 2:11.003 (Q). 2.
SHORT TRACK
Charles Hamelin, Canada, 2:11.124 (Q). 3. Seo Yira, SPEEDSKATING
South Korea, 2:11.126. 4. Roberto Pukitis, Latvia,
2:11.165. 5. Andy Jung, Australia, 2:11.183. 6. Samuel Men’s 1500m
Girard, Canada. G Lim Hyojun, South Korea
Heat 2 scoring error, and Anders
1. Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands, 2:11.900 (Q). 2. By John Cherwa S Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands
Thibaut Fauconnet, France, 2:12.049 (Q). 3. Pascal
Haugen was awarded his
B Semen Elistratov, OAR
Dion, Canada, 2:12.640. 4. Aaron Tran, United States, bronze medal. On Saturday,
2:13.487. 5. Shaolin Sandor Liu, Hungary, 2:45.709
(Q). .
This is your daily infu- Kevin Bickner was the lone SKI JUMPING
Heat 3 sion of information and U.S. athlete, finishing 18th Men’s normal hill
1. Lim Hyojun, South Korea, 2:11.389 (Q). 2. Hwang news that you might have out of 28 competitors.
Daeheon, South Korea, 2:11.469 (Q). 3. Itzhak De Laat, individual
Netherlands, 2:11.781 (Q). 4. Han Tianyu, China, missed. The really big stuff
2:11.827. 5. Sebastien Lepape, France, 2:11.967. 6. Xu G Andreas Wellinger, Ger-
you’ll find in other stories.
Hongzhi, China, 2:19.310. Another sport we many
SKI JUMPING Before these Winter S Johann Andre Forfang,
Men's K90 Individual Games get too old, it seems don’t care about Norway
Final Round B Robert Johansson, Norway
1. Andreas Wellinger, Germany (124.9; 134.4), as if the mystery of the capi- The 7.5-kilometer wom-
259.3. 2. Johann Andre Forfang, Norway (125.9; tal letter needs to be ex- en’s sprint biathlon, a com-
125.0), 250.9. 3. Robert Johansson, Norway (119.9; SNOWBOARDING
129.8), 249.7. 4. Kamil Stoch, Poland (125.9; 123.4), plained. The Games are be- Clive Mason Getty Images bination of skiing and shoot-
Men’s slopestyle
249.3. 5. Stefan Hula, Poland (131.8; 117.0), 248.8. 6. ing held in Pyeongchang, CHRIS MAZDZER of the U.S. competes in a luge ing — although not at the
Daniel Andre Tande, Norway (118.7; 123.6), 242.3. 7. G Red Gerard,
Ryoyu Kobayashi, Japan (120.2; 120.6), 240.8. 8. South Korea, according to event. He was in fourth place after two runs. same time — was won by
United States
Markus Eisenbichler, Germany (121.6; 118.6), 240.2. most American news outlets Laura Dahlmeier of Ger-
Other finishers: 18. Kevin Bickner, United States S Max Parrot, Canada
(117.2; 100.2), 217.4. — except the region decided Don’t worry, the U.S. will shot with Jessie Diggins, many. She was fast and
B Mark McMorris, Canada
Nonqualifiers included: 32. Michael Glasder, U.S., to change the “c” to an catch up. Although the who was ranked third in the didn’t miss any targets in the
98.7. 39. Casey Larson, U.S., 89.4. 46. William
uppercase letter, making it Netherlands and Norway World Cup standings, but shooting component. Clare
Rhoads, U,S,, 75.5. SPEED SKATING
SPEEDSKATING PyeongChang. were off to good starts with she slid to fifth place. The Egan of the U.S. finished 61st
Women’s 3000m
Women's 3,000 Why? Because it wants to four medals, the U.S., by its U.S. women have never won out of 62 competitors.
1. Carlijn Achtereekte, Netherlands, 3:59.21. 2. Ireen G Carlijn Achtereekte,
Wust, Netherlands, 3:59.29. 3. Antoinette De Jong, be further distinguished sheer glut of athletes, will a cross-country medal.
In progress … Netherlands
Netherlands, 4:00.02. 4. Martina Sablikova, Czech Re- from Pyongyang, which is show up on the leaderboard
S Ireen Wust, Netherlands
public, 4:00.54. 5. Miho Takagi, Japan, 4:01.35. 6.
Ivanie Blondin, Canada, 4:04.14. 7. Isabelle Weide- the home of North Korean before you start watching Orange is new gold In the inaugural mixed- B Antoinette De Jong,
mann, Canada, 4:04.26. 8. Ayano Sato, Japan, leader Kim Jong Un, he of back-to-back rerun episodes The Netherlands women doubles curling competi- Netherlands
4:04.35.
Other finishers: 22. Carlijn Schoutens, United nuclear arsenal fame. (because watching it once swept the podium in the tion, sister and brother
States, 4:15.60. It would be like Altadena just isn’t enough) of “Celeb- 3,000-meter speedskating Becca and Matt Hamilton
SNOWBOARDING changing its name to Alta- rity Family Feud” on ABC on competition, only 2,000 me- split their two matches on
Men's Slopestyle
Final Standings Dena because the city is em- Sunday night. Redmond ters less boring than the Saturday, losing to China 6-4
1. Red Gerard, United States, (43.33; 46.4; 87.16) barrassed that sister city Gerard won gold in snow- 5,000. Ireen Wust was the and smoking Norway 10-3 in
87.16. 2. Maxence Parrot, Canada, (45.13; 49.48;
86.00). 86.00. 3. Marc McMorris, Canada, (75.3; Pasadena continually sets boarding slopestyle for the two-time defending champi- a game decided by the mercy ACADEMY AWARD®
85.20; 60.88) 85.20. 4. Staale Sandbech, Norway, up police traps to catch peo- first U.S. medal. Germany on but she had to settle for rule. But things aren’t really NOMINEE
(44.81; 81.01, 38.13) 81.01. 5. Carlos Garcia Knight,
New Zealand, (78.60; 52.98; 24.35) 78.60. 6. Marcus ple prematurely crossing the was the first country to win second behind Carlijn looking up for the Hamiltons BEST DOCUMENTARY
Kleveland, Norway, (77.76; 43.71; 37.18) 77.76. 7. Ty-
ler Nicholson, Canada, (36.18; 76.41; 76.15) 76.41. 8.
yellow turn line onto Arroyo two gold medals. Achtereekte. In Sochi four as they are 2-4 in round-rob- FEATURE
Torgeir Bergrem, Norway, (58.80; 75.80; 60.03) 75.80. Parkway. years ago, the Netherlands in competition and tied for
9. Niklas Mattsson, Sweden, (38.43; 74.71; 42.48)
74.71. 10. Seppe Smits, Belgium, (31.11; 69.03;
It’s not as if the mistake First of the Games won 23 of the 36 speedskat- sixth in the standings. …
66.18) 69.03. 11. Sebastien Toutant, Canada, (33.66; hasn’t been made before — For some reason, a big ing medals. So expect more Chris Mazdzer sits in
57.23; 61.08) 61.08.
in Korea, not the San Gabri- deal is made of winning the of the same. Carlijn fourth after two of four runs
el Valley. first medal of the Games. Schoutens of the U.S. fin- in the men’s luge competi-
A Kenyan member of the And for Charlotte Kalla of ished 22nd out of 24 com- tion. Germany’s Felix Loch
Maasai tribe was headed to a Sweden, it was a big deal petitors. is in first. The final two runs
TV SCHEDULE
TRUTH
U.N. conference in that she’s experienced be- will be Sunday.
Pyeongchang, but the travel fore. It was her sixth cross- The new normal
CHANNEL 4 — Noon-3 p.m.: agent accidentally booked country skiing medal and Andreas Wellinger of Word of the day
Speedskating: men’s 5,000
gold-medal final; Biathlon:
men’s 10km sprint gold-medal
him to Pyongyang. He was
held for four hours and re-
leased after he signed a pa-
third gold. The event was the
women’s 15-kilometer
skiathlon, which is this crazy
Germany won the men’s ski
jumping on the normal hill.
What constitutes a “normal
Madison Chock, half of
the U.S. ice dance team with
Evan Bates, told NBC she
COUNTS
final; Cross-country: men’s per that said he would never event where you do the first hill”? It’s actually size, not in- hopes to do something
skiathlon gold-medal final. 4-8 return without a visa. 7.5K using the classical tech- telligence (although hills are “romantical” with Bates on
p.m.: Figure skating: Team He was glad to oblige, or nique (think Beethoven) a notoriously dumb land Valentine’s Day. In addition “A FASCINATING
event gold-medal final (LIVE), is it obLige? and the second half using mass). “Normal hill” is the to being skating partners,
men’s free skate, ladies’ free freestyle (think Lil Suzy). smaller of the two disci- the pair are real-life part- EXPOSÉ.
Medal count
skate, ice dancing free dance;
Alpine skiing: women’s giant After the first day of com-
Marit Bjoergen of Nor-
way finished second and be-
plines; the other hill is called
“large.” The U.S. hasn’t won
ners, along with their two
poodles, who are not roman-
COULDN’T BE
slalom (LIVE); Freestyle skiing: petition, the mighty United came the most decorated fe- a medal in ski jumping since tically involved but do a lot of MORE TIMELY.”
women’s moguls gold-medal States was tied with Ghana, male Winter Olympic med- 1924 at Chamonix, France. sniffing.
final; Snowboard: women’s South Africa, Madagascar alist in history when she And it actually didn’t win
slopestyle gold-medal final; and Bermuda (among other picked up her 11th trinket. there — it was 50 years later johnacherwa@gmail.com
Luge: men’s singles gold- countries) with zero medals. The United States had a when a historian noticed a Twitter: @jcherwa
medal final runs. 8:35-10 p.m.:
Alpine skiing: women’s giant
slalom gold-medal final (LIVE);
Snowboarding: women’s ATHLETES TO WATCH WHAT TIME IS IT?
halfpipe (LIVE)
Sunday’s Olympic sched- 4. Felix Loch (GER): He is in Pyeongchang (GMT +9)
NBCSN — 11:40 p.m. (Feb. ule includes 11 events in a good position to win his is 17 hours ahead of Los
10)-2 a.m.: Women’s hockey: which seven gold medals will third consecutive gold med- Angeles (PST). If you
United States vs. Finland be decided. Here are some al in the men’s 5,000-meter grab your paper at 8 a.m.
(LIVE). 2-6 a.m.: Biathlon: names to know for Sunday’s luge competition. Loch has a today, Feb. 11, it is 1 a.m.,
men’s 10km sprint gold-medal events: sizable lead and can match Feb. 12, in Pyeongchang.
final (LIVE); Speedskating: his countrymen’s achieve- In print, the Times’ daily
men’s 5,000 gold-medal final; 1. Lowell Bailey (USA): The ment of three gold medals in 2018 Winter Games
Cross-country: men’s skiathlon best chance at an American this event. The only poten- coverage will have all the
gold-medal final. 10:30 medal in the men’s 10-km tial obstacle that could pre- information from events
a.m.-2:30 p.m.: Curling: mixed sprint, Bailey is in his third vent Loch from his third goal
that conclude by about 10
doubles tiebreaker; Luge: Olympics and is back after could be presented by Aus-
p.m. PST. For the most
men’s singles gold-medal final not participating in the tria’s David Gleirscher, who
runs. 2:30-5 p.m.: Biathlon: Sochi Games. His best per- set a track record in his first
updated results, go to
men’s 10km sprint gold-medal formance in the sprint was a run at the Olympic Sliding latimes.com/olympics.
final. 5-8:30 p.m.: Snowboard- 36th-place finish in Vancou- Centre.
ing: women’s slopestyle gold- ver. The Lake Placid native
medal final (LIVE); Curling: will look to improve upon the 5. Dario Cologna (SUI):
mixed doubles semifinal. best U.S. finish, a 19th-place Though cross-country ski-
8:30-11:40 p.m.: Curling: finish by Tim Burke in Sochi. ing isn’t a big thing in the
semifinal mixed doubles (re- U.S., Cologna has a chance OLYM PI CS
play); Speedskating: men’s 2. Jaelin Kauf (USA): The Florian Choblet AFP/Getty Images to repeat his gold-medal per- COVE RAGE
5000 gold-medal final. 11:40 women’s world No. 1 mogul LOWELL BAILEY represents the best chance at an formance from Sochi in the
p.m.-2:10 a.m. (Feb. 12): Wom- skier struggled in her quali- American medal in the men’s 10-km sprint. men’s skiathlon competi- ON LI NE
en’s hockey: Switzerland vs. fying round but is still in a tion. His main competition Follow along with our
Japan (LIVE) good spot to win a medal in 3. Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN): but he may be peaking at the will be Marcus Hellner of reporters in Pyeongchang
her Olympics debut. The The world-record holder in perfect time to walk away Sweden, who won gold in the as they bring you live
USA — 4-6:30 a.m.: Women’s U.S. will have a good chance the 5,000-meter and 10,000- with two medals at these Vancouver Games. There results, commentary,
hockey: Canada vs. Olympic to add to its medal haul in meter competitions is look- Games. Emery Lehman is are four U.S. men in the com- developing stories and
Athletes From Russia (LIVE) this event as Kauf is joined in ing for the first Olympic the only American in the petition but they are not ex- trends from the 2018
the finals by teammates medal. The Dutch-born field and it would be an pected to compete for a Winter Games.
OLYMPIC CHANNEL — 2-4 Morgan Schild and Keaton skater finished fifth on this achievement if he advanced medal.
a.m.: Medal ceremonies (LIVE) McCargo. track in an event last year, to the finals. —Angel Rodriguez latimes.com/olympics
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S U N D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 1 1 , 2 0 1 8 :: L A T I M E S . C O M / S P O R T S

Darvish
agrees
to sign
with the
Cubs
Deal for free-agent
right-hander is for six
years and guaranteed
$126 million.
By Bill Shaikin
and Andy McCullough

Yu Darvish, whom the

Dodgers had hoped to retain
despite his poor starts in the
World Series, agreed to
terms with the Chicago
Cubs on Saturday.
The contract is for six
years and a guaranteed $126
million, making the deal the
longest and richest for any
free agent this winter. Ron Jenkins Getty Images
Darvish, 31, had worked ISAIAH THOMAS scores 22 points in 31 minutes of his Lakers debut against Yogi Ferrell (11), Dwight Powell and Dallas, even though
out with Dodgers ace Clay- he didn’t join the team until Friday night. “I got my powers back playing with this team,” Thomas said. But he also had six turnovers.

Little to no help at all

ton Kershaw in Texas all
winter, and the team had re-
mained in contact with him.
But the Dodgers would
not match the Cubs’ offer,
and in any case, would have
had to clear payroll space for
Darvish by trading Logan
Forsythe, Yasmani Grandal,
Matt Kemp or Hyun-Jin

Lakers’ win streak The one guy they

Ryu.
The Dodgers are intent
on not paying a luxury tax
this season, assessed on
teams with a payroll above
$197 million. The Dodgers
could not have avoided the
luxury tax by paying
Darvish a low salary this
season and higher salaries
after because the tax is as-
sessed based on the average
annual value of the contract.
If the Dodgers hit their
payroll target, they will save
about $100 million this sea-
son in payroll and taxes.
They could use some of that
savings to retain Kershaw,
who can opt out of his con-
tract after the season.
The Dodgers will open
spring training Tuesday
with a projected rotation of
Kershaw, Rich Hill, Alex
Wood, Kenta Maeda and
Ryu, backed up by Ross
Stripling, Brock Stewart
and Walker Buehler.
They also hope Julio
[See Darvish, D5]
is stopped despite
Thomas’ big debut
DALLAS 130, LAKERS 123
By Tania Ganguli
The smallest guy on the court crossed over
Dallas rookie Kyle Collinsworth, rose slightly off
the court and sank a three-pointer. Then the
tallest guy on the court ran to him, bent at a 45-
degree angle and gave him a celebratory shoul-
der bump.
Isaiah Thomas began his Lakers tenure with
flair.
In his first half wearing purple and gold,
Thomas scored 16 points in 14 minutes Saturday
night and hit four three-pointers with four as-
sists. He bounced around the court, playing
with joy and scoring better than he did in Cleve-
land.
He was, as fellow Cleveland export Channing
Frye promised he would be, the old Isaiah
Thomas. [See Lakers, D8]
Ron Jenkins Associated Press
LUOL DENG hasn’t suited up for the
Lakers’ last 54 games. But he shows up
ready each night and never complains.
can’t trade can only
pretend to play
BILL PLASCHKE
The Lakers’ Nowhere Man plays
games nobody sees, on a court
that doesn’t exist, in a world
nobody understands.
Before every Lakers game at
Staples Center this season, Luol
Deng shows up on time, sits in
front of his corner locker, talks
strategy, tells jokes, full of life, the
picture of health, preparing as if
he is going to play.
But he won’t play. He won’t sit on the bench.
He won’t even step on the court. The uniform
that hangs crisply and tauntingly in his locker
will remain untouched; he instead wears the
baggy sweats of one who never leaves the house.
When the Lakers run out for the game, their
Nowhere Man retires to a training room to
pretend. [See Plaschke, D8]

U.S. Soccer
has new leader A Sun Devil of Trojans go cold,
a time for UCLA
New President
Carlos Cordeiro
faces issues beyond
national team. D4

Kings’ streak
is snapped More bubble trouble
Lightning get
spectacular saves for the Bruins as they
from goalie Andrei experience a desert
Vasilevskiy. D5
debacle in Tempe.
ARIZONA STATE 88
UCLA 79
By Ben Bolch
PHILADELPHIA 112
CLIPPERS 98 TEMPE, Ariz. — Just
when UCLA seemed to be
Clippers can’t lowering the anxiety level
stop the 76ers about its NCAA tournament
Lack of fastbreak chances, an old nemesis re-
points and sluggish appeared Saturday.
defense are issues. D7 More bubble trouble.
Two days after a spirited
victory over No. 13 Arizona,
the Bruins experienced a de-
bacle in the desert during an
88-79 loss to Arizona State at
Wells Fargo Arena.
UCLA was out of sync on
offense and a step slow chas-
ing the speedy Sun Devils
guards on defense while hav-
ing its four-game winning
streak halted by a team that
began the game with a .500
record in Pac-12 Conference
play.
A triumph over the Sun
Devils plus a USC victory
over Arizona later in the day
would have given the Bruins
a share of the lead in the
Pac-12 standings while hold-
[See UCLA, D10]
Rick Scuteri Associated Press
ARIZONA STATE
guard Kodi Justice drives
on UCLA’s Chris Smith
in the second half.
fall to Wildcats
USC finds itself in
logjam of five-loss
teams after losing
third straight game.
ARIZONA 81
USC 67
By Lindsey Thiry
TUCSON — Everywhere
USC looked, there was Ari-
zona.
The Wildcats flew
through the air for re-
bounds, blocks and alley-
oops. In the lane stood two 7-
foot players who may as well
have been walls. On the pe-
rimeter, sharpshooters who
would not miss.
No. 13 Arizona played in-
spired, coming off consecu-
tive losses against Washing-
ton and UCLA, and USC
could not match its tempo or
physicality in an 81-67 loss
Saturday at the McKale
Center.
“Arizona played excep-
tionally well on offense,”
USC coach Andy Enfield
said after the game. “They
have so many weapons at ev-
ery position.”
The Trojans (17-9, 8-5
Pac-12 Conference) have lost
eight straight in Tucson dat-
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SAN JOSE at Detroit at Chicago ning the election for the presi-
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TIME EVENT ON THE AIR Now comes the hard part:
AUTO RACING governing that sport and
9 a.m. NASCAR, Daytona 500, qualifying TV: 11 healing those fractures, which
Noon NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup, Clash TV: FS1 have grown following last Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press

2 p.m. NHRA, Winternationals TV: FS1 year’s World Cup qualifying “FOR THOSE who didn’t vote for me, I’m going to have to work even harder to
BOWLING failure and a bruising three- convince them I am going to be a good president,” says Carlos Cordeiro.
10 a.m. PBA Tournament of Champions TV: ESPN month campaign in which
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Cordeiro, U.S. Soccer vice member of the athletes’ coun- U.S. at 15 and did not play or- In the wake of the failed
9 a.m. Women, Michigan at Michigan State TV: ESPN2 president, was repeatedly cil. “We found a candidate in ganized soccer beyond his qualifying campaign, Bruce
9 a.m. Loyola (Md.) at Lafayette TV: CBS Sports criticized as an establishment Carlos that we felt that we high school days in Miami. In- Arena resigned as coach and
candidate wedded to the stat- could unite behind.” stead he went on to earn a Gulati decided to step aside,
9 a.m. Women, Dayton at George Washington TV: ESPNU
us quo. Also throwing their weight scholarship to Harvard before opening the way for its first
9 a.m. Women, Maryland at Rutgers TV: Big Ten
“For those who didn’t vote behind Cordeiro were many embarking on career in fi- contested presidential elec-
10 a.m. Michigan at Wisconsin TV: 2
for me, I’m going to have to voters on the pro council, rep- nance that saw him work for tion since 1998.
10 a.m. Women, Georgia Tech at Notre Dame TV: Prime
work even harder to convince resenting MLS, the National leading banks in New York But U.S. Soccer’s prob-
10 a.m. Women, Florida at South Carolina TV: SEC
them I am going to be a good Women’s Soccer League and and London before joining lems aren’t confined to the na-
10 a.m. Louisville at Pittsburgh TV: KDOC
president,” Cordeiro said. the second-tier USL. They Goldman Sachs, where he be- tional team level. Although
11 a.m. Women, Ohio State at South Florida TV: ESPN2 “You will see over the next had originally backed Kathy came a partner and managing more U.S. children are playing
11 a.m. Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson TV: CBS Sports couple of years a much more Carter, president of Soccer director. the game than ever before, fi-
11 a.m. Women, Kentucky at Mississippi State TV: ESPNU engaged leadership, a board United Marketing, the mar- The only USSF board nancial barriers and a lack of
11 a.m. Women, Seton Hall at Villanova TV: FS2 that actually is taking respon- keting arm of MLS, but member on the ballot, he resources are limiting that
Noon Women, Georgia at Tennessee TV: SEC sibility. switched their support when joined the federation as an in- growth.
Noon Women, North Carolina at North Carolina State TV: Prime “We’re only as strong as the voting extended beyond dependent director in 2007 Adult associations have
1 p.m. Cincinnati at Southern Methodist TV: ESPN the team is. I think we can do a the first round. and became the federation’s also complained about being
1 p.m. Women, Florida State at Miami TV: ESPN2 lot better.” Still, it took three rounds of treasurer a year later before ignored and the USSF has
1 p.m. Central Florida at Memphis TV: CBS Sports Cordeiro succeeds the balloting for Cordeiro to get rising to vice president in 2016. been troubled by gender-
1 p.m. Illinois State at Valparaiso TV: ESPNU longest serving president in the majority he needed to win, “There was a sense per- equality issues.
1 p.m. Stanford at Colorado TV: Pac-12 USSF history, Sunil Gulati, eventually grabbing nearly haps that I was an insider,” Addressing that, along
1 p.m. Women, Arizona State at UCLA TV: Pac-12LA who did not run for reelection 69% of the vote. said Cordeiro, who will bring a with a call for more meaning-
1 p.m. Women, Penn State at Minnesota TV: Big Ten after serving three four-year Afterward Carter pledged deep business background to ful participation at the grass-
2 p.m. Women, Missouri at Arkansas TV: SEC terms. to support the new president. the presidency. “I’ve tried to roots level and more transpar-
3 p.m. Women, Oregon State at Washington TV: Pac-12 At 61, Cordeiro was both “The membership has make the case that in order to ency at the national level, was
3 p.m. Duke at Georgia Tech TV: ESPN the oldest candidate in the spoken,” said Carter, who was hit the ground running, you a plank of every candidate’s
3 p.m. Tulane at Houston TV: ESPNU field and the only one who bidding to become U.S. Soc- need a certain amount of ex- platform.
4 p.m. Penn State at Illinois TV: Big Ten didn’t play soccer beyond high cer’s first woman president. perience and a degree of famil- At the same time, the fed-
5 p.m. Washington State at Oregon TV: ESPNU school. Yet it was the 12 mem- “We’re going to get behind iarity with the functioning of eration is working with Mexi-
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS bers of the athletes’ council, Carlos. the federation. It’s a very com- co and Canada on a historic
11 a.m. Women, Stanford at Arizona TV: Pac-12 voting as a block after meet- “The game won today. No plex organization.” three-nation bid to host the
COLLEGE SOFTBALL, KAJIKAWA CLASSIC TOURNAMENT ing deep into the night Friday, matter what was going to hap- That proved appealing to 2026 tournament, an event
8 a.m. Missouri vs. Oregon State TV: Pac-12 who put him over the top. pen, the game won.” wide swath of the electorate, Cordeiro considers vital to his
GOLF The election was held in a Eric Wynalda, one of four who wanted change but didn’t plan to make U.S. soccer glob-
10 a.m. PGA, Pebble Beach Pro-Am TV: Golf massive ballroom of the Ren- former national team players want to entirely raze the foun- ally competitive.
Noon PGA, Pebble Beach Pro-Am TV: 2 aissance hotel near the en- on the ballot, also called for dation of U.S. Soccer, which “We’re at an inflection
Noon PGA Champions, Boca Raton TV: Golf trance to Orlando’s Sea World unity. has grown to a $110-million en- point in soccer history in this
HOCKEY amusement park. More than “We started a conversion,” terprise with 170 full-time em- country,” Cordeiro said in a
9 a.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis TV: 4 570 voters representing differ- said Wynalda, whose cam- ployees under Gulati. speech to voters. “We have an
Noon New York Rangers at Winnipeg TV: NHL ent constituencies within the paign went the furthest in its But if Cordeiro had to walk opportunity to really trans-
5 p.m. San Jose at Ducks TV: Prime R: 830 USSF were eligible to vote us- call for change. “And not until a tightrope to get elected, he’ll form it into a No. 1 sport. The
HORSE RACING ing electronic keypads, but we stop fighting each other have to continue doing so to demographics favor that.
Noon Trackside Live, Santa Anita TV: TVG the ballots were weighted dif- and start fighting together govern. He assumes the presi- “So that is very much in
5 p.m. The Quarters, Los Alamitos TV: TVG ferently. The athletes’ council, will we become a soccer na- dency — an unpaid, volunteer our favor, but we have to do a
for example, accounted for tion. position — at a delicate time number of things ourselves to
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20% of vote although just 12 “This is not a revolution. for the USSF, which is still make it happen — and to
12:30 p.m. Cleveland at Boston TV: 7
people cast ballots. This is an evolution.” dealing with the disappoint- make it happen more rapidly.”
SOCCER
“It wasn’t an easy deci- Cordeiro, who is of Colom- ment of failing to qualify for
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Unique Bella wows at Santa Anita

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10 a.m. Portugal, Sporting vs. Feirense TV: GolTV Net
11:30 a.m. Italy, Roma vs. Benevento TV: beIN1
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TENNIS
10 a.m. Center Court, Fed Cup, U.S. vs. Netherlands TV: Tennis tory in the one-mile turf race.
12:30 a.m. WTA, Qatar Open
(Mon.)
TV: beIN1 Jockey Smith ‘blessed’ The 6-year-old Om is one
of the few horses to own a vic-
WINTER OLYMPICS to ride 4-year-old filly, tory over Triple Crown winner
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
Figure skating, skiing, snowboarding, luge
Snowboarding, curling
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who wins 2018 debut American Pharoah. Trained
by Dan Hendricks, Om last
8:30 p.m. Alpine skiing, snowboarding TV: 4 in convincing fashion. won a race on Dec. 26, 2015. He
11:30 p.m. Snowboarding, curling, speed skating TV: NBCSN had lost 12 consecutive races.
2 a.m. Women’s luge, biathlon TV: NBCSN By Eric Sondheimer “He ran an incredible
(Mon.) race,” Prat said. “Once he got
4 a.m. Freestyle skiing, women’s hockey: Sweden vs. TV: NBCSN Hall of Fame jockey Mike the lead I was able to just let
(Mon.) Korea, luge Smith has ridden his share of him go. Had great speed and I
champion female horses, from knew that once we got on the
Azeri to Zenyatta to Songbird. inside he would just carry it
Now he has another star in the through.”

Galaxy beat shorthanded N.Y. making in the 4-year-old filly

GALAXY 3
NEW YORK CITY FC 0
Ola Kamara scored his
first goal since coming over
from Columbus and coach
Sigi Schmid pushed his
starters through a full first
half as the Galaxy beat a
shorthanded New York City
FC, 3-0, in an exhibition at
the StubHub Center on Sat-
urday.
Tomas Hilliard-Arce, the
first-round pick in last
month’s draft, got the sec-
ond goal on a second-half
header and Baggio Husidic
closed out the scoring, bang-
ing home a rebound in stop-
page time as the Galaxy
evened their record at 1-1.
New York, playing its sec-
ond game in as many days,
rested many of its starters.
But defender Ronald Matar-
rita did his teammates no fa-
vor when he drew a red card
late in the first half, leaving
them to play on with 10 men.
The Galaxy played the
first half with most of the
players who figure to be in
their opening-day lineup.
Kamara started up front
ahead of a withdrawn Gio
dos Santos and a midfield of
Ema Boateng, Jonathan dos
Santos, Romain Alessan-
drini and Perry Kitchen.
— Kevin Baxter
Unique Bella.
“I’m blessed,” Smith said.
Unique Bella, a royally
bred daughter of Tapit, made
her 2018 debut on Saturday at
Santa Anita, and as first im-
pressions go, all you can say is,
“Wow.”
She won by nine lengths in
the $200,000 Santa Maria
Stakes as the1-9 favorite going
11⁄16 miles. Not bad for a horse
that won the Eclipse Award as
the champion female sprinter
for 2017.
“I really don’t think we’ve
seen how good she can be,”
Smith said. “I’ve surely seen
how easily she’s doing things
right now. I truly believe we
haven’t gotten to the bottom
of it. There could even be more
in her. I’m excited to see what
Benoit Photo
UNIQUE BELLA is led to the winner’s circle by
jockey Mike Smith after her victory Saturday.
the future holds for her.” It was quite a day at Santa
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer Anita for Hollendorfer and
has seen improvement in her jockey Flavien Prat. The two
demeanor, setting the stage combined to win the $200,000
for what could be a memora- San Vicente Stakes with Kan-
ble 4-year-old campaign. thaka, a 3-year-old son of
“She’s not quite as anxious Jimmy Creed who went off at
as she used to be in the morn- odds of 11-1 and won by 31⁄4
ing or the afternoon,” he said. lengths over Nero in the seven
Smith is thinking big. furlong race.
“She can probably step up And Prat came through
to the boys at some point,” with the ride of the day in the
Smith said. “She’s got a lot to $100,000 Thunder Road
her. She’s built more like a Stakes, sending Om to the
colt.” front, opening a seven-length
Unique Bella has won sev- lead and then holding off Bow-
en of her nine career starts. ies Hero for a half-length vic-
Kanthaka benefited from
a speed duel between Mr.
Jagermeister and Ax Man, the
2-5 favorite. Ax Man faded to
fourth.
“My horse got tired, but he
never got a breather,” jockey
Drayden Van Dyke said of Ax
Man. “I would completely
throw this race out.”
Kanthaka, owned by West
Point Thoroughbreds, is two
for three in his short career.
“He gave me a great run,”
Prat said. “He broke like a bul-
let, but then we had quite a lot
of speed in front of us. So he
sat really nicely behind the
speed and made a nice run
around the turn and after that
it was done.”
eric.sondheimer@latimes.com
Twitter: @latsondheimer

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A spectacular early
save sets the tone as
Tampa Bay holds on
against the Kings.
TAMPA BAY 4
KINGS 3
By Kevin Baxter
TAMPA, Fla. — The first
period wasn’t even half over
Saturday when the Kings re-
ceived an omen that per-
haps things weren’t going to
go their way against the
Tampa Bay Lightning.
After the teams ex-
changed early goals, the
Kings were on a power play
when Anze Kopitar fired a
wrister behind Lightning
goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy,
toward the far post.
A sure goal, right? Or at
least a dangerous rebound
to Jake Muzzin, who was
perched on the edge of the
right faceoff circle.
Instead, Vasilevskiy reac-
hed his gloved hand behind
him and blindly backhanded
the puck, a remarkable no-
look save that will live on in
highlight shows for the rest
with a knee, an open-ice as-
sault that could earn him a
suspension. Tampa Bay
didn’t wait long to capitalize
on that, with Nikita
Kucherov scoring on the
power play to make it 4-1.
The Kings didn’t quit,
though, fighting back with a
brilliant third period that
kept them into the game un-
til the final shot.
The Kings’ goals came
from Jonny Brodzinski, in
the first period, and Kopitar
and Christian Folin in the
third. Brodzinski’s goal was
the third in two games for
the team’s fourth line.
The Kings are going to
need that kind of production
from the fourth line since
forward Trevor Lewis could
miss the rest of the road trip,
having returned to Southern
California to be evaluated by
doctors after he was ridden
head-first into the boards in
the final minutes of Friday’s
win over Florida.
kevin.baxter@latimes.com
Twitter: @kbaxter11
Mike Carlson Getty Images
NIKITA KUCHEROV is all smiles as he raises his stick after scoring in Tampa Bay’s 4-3 win over the Kings. LIGHTNING 4, KINGS 3
Watching him celebrate with teammates Alex Killorn and Vladislav Namestnikov is L.A.’s Derek Forbort. KINGS .....................................1 0 2 — 3
Tampa Bay ...............................2 2 0 — 4

of the season.
A minute later Alex Kil-
lorn skated out the penalty
box, collected a pass Steven
Stamkos had bounced off
the boards and beat Kings
goalie Darcy Kuemper with
a soft wrister, giving Tampa
Bay a lead it would never
lose in a 4-3 win.
Vasilevskiy “ made a bril-
liant stop,” said Kopitar,
who skated over to the goalie
at the end of the game with a
suggestion.
“In my opinion he got a
little bit lucky on a few plays,
so I told him to go buy a lot-
tery ticket,” Kopitar said
with a grin.
But spectacular as that
save was, it was Vasilevskiy’s
final one, his 44th of the
night, that preserved the
win. On that one, he blocked
a one-timer from Drew
Doughty as the horn
sounded, snapping the
Kings’ modest three-game
winning streak.
“The goalie didn’t see it.
He just got lucky on the
save,” Doughty said. “He
was in good position, so not
completely lucky.”
But if Vasilevskiy’s good
fortune left the Kings feeling
unlucky, for the Lightning it
was another sign they’ve
been charmed this season,
one in which they lead the
league in wins, points, goals
and goal differential.
Stamkos scored the
game’s first goal, beating
Kuemper from a tough angle
just 65 seconds after the
opening faceoff. That was
the start of a rough night for
Kuemper, who saw his four-
game winning streak end
when he was pulled 3:12 into
the second period after Ced-
ric Paquette deflected the
puck in off the goalie’s skate
to put Tampa Bay up 3-1.
The game turned into a FIRST PERIOD: 1. Tam., Stamkos 21 (Johnson,
Gourde), 1:05. 2. KINGS, Brodzinski 4 (Andreoff,
brawl shortly after Kuemper Shore), 5:02. 3. Tam., Killorn 9 (Coburn, Stamkos),
gave way to Jonathan Quick 9:45. Penalty—Killorn, TB, (interference), 7:38.
SECOND PERIOD: 4. Tam., Paquette 2 (Callahan),
— because if Vasilevskiy 3:12. 5. Tam., Kucherov 29 (Hedman), 14:43 (pp).
used his glove like a short- Penalties—Gaborik, KINGS, (hooking), 5:08. Quick,
KINGS, served by Toffoli, (roughing), 10:22. Conacher,
stop, Quick wielded his more TB, (roughing), 10:22. Toffoli, KINGS, (cross-checking),
like a middleweight champi- 12:28. Brown, KINGS, served by Clifford, Major (knee-
ing), 14:30. Brown, KINGS, misconduct (misconduct),
on, pounding a prone Cory 14:30.
THIRD PERIOD: 6. KINGS, Clifford 3 (Forbort, Kopi-
Conacher after the two tan- tar), 3:17. 7. KINGS, Folin 3 (Andreoff, Shore), 13:05.
gled in the crease. Penalties—Sergachev, TB, (boarding), 6:34. Conacher,
TB, (slashing), 10:32.
Four minutes later, the SHOTS ON GOAL: KINGS 18-9-20—47. T.B. 10-14-4—
Kings’ Dustin Brown earned 28. Power-play conversions—KINGS 0 of 3. T.B. 1 of 4.
GOALIES: KINGS, Kuemper 9-1-3 (14 shots-11
a game misconduct for tak- saves), Quick 21-19-2 (14-13). Tam., Vasilevskiy 33-
ing Mikhail Sergachev down 10-2 (47-44). Att—19,092 (19,092). T—2:31.

Perry is back in top-line form

NHL STANDINGS
WESTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
Pacific W L OL Pts GF GA Metropolitan W L OL Pts GF GA
Vegas 36 14 4 76 186 148 Washington 32 17 5 69 169 156
San Jose 29 18 8 66 162 154 Pittsburgh 30 22 4 64 172 170
By Mike Coppinger KINGS 30 20 5 65 159 133 Philadelphia 27 19 9 63 161 161
Calgary 28 19 8 64 156 157 New Jersey 27 19 8 62 160 165
DUCKS 27 19 10 64 158 161 Carolina 26 21 9 61 151 166
When Randy Carlyle de-
Edmonton 23 27 4 50 152 177 Columbus 28 23 4 60 147 155
livered the sobering news,
Vancouver 21 28 6 48 141 180 NY Islanders 27 23 6 60 191 207
Corey Perry wasn’t happy,
Arizona 13 32 10 36 129 193 NY Rangers 26 24 5 57 161 171
and the Ducks coach cer-
tainly didn’t expect him to Central W L OL Pts GF GA Atlantic W L OL Pts GF GA
be. Indeed, Carlyle, himself, Nashville 33 12 9 75 169 140 Tampa Bay 38 14 3 79 198 145
wasn’t happy to have the Winnipeg 32 14 9 73 178 148 Boston 33 12 8 74 175 128
conversation. St. Louis 34 20 3 71 166 143 Toronto 33 19 5 71 188 159
But coach had made a Dallas 33 19 4 70 175 145 Florida 23 23 6 52 147 167
move, and Perry was headed Minnesota 30 19 6 66 165 156 Detroit 21 23 9 51 142 161
to the fourth line, a steep fall Colorado 29 21 4 62 169 159 Montreal 22 26 7 51 144 172
from grace for the former 50- Chicago 24 23 8 56 157 155 Ottawa 19 26 9 47 144 188
goal scorer. Note: Overtime or shootout lossesworth one point. Buffalo 16 29 10 42 128 180
He had been playing on
the top line all season along-
side Ryan Getzlaf, but after
Perry returned from an 11-
RESULTS
game injury absence, he AT TAMPA BAY 4 Andrei Vasilevskiy made 44 saves, Steven Stamkos had a
struggled. KINGS 3 goal and an assist, and the Lightning beat the Kings.
When Carlyle reviewed BUFFALO 4 Scott Wilson had a goal and an assist during the Sabres’
the video, he noticed Perry AT BOSTON 2 big second period, helping Buffalo cool off the Bruins.
was “fading away from the
critical area.” To wit, Carlyle
AT COLUMBUS 6 Artemi Panarin and Oliver Bjorkstrand each had a goal
felt the winger wasn’t plant- NEW JERSEY 1 and an assist, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 35 shots.
ing himself in front of the NASHVILLE 3 Ryan Ellis scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the
goaltender, and his play suf- Winslow Townson Associated Press AT MONTREAL 2 (SO) Predators to a victory. Pekka Rinne made 47 saves.
fered as a result. THE DUCKS’ Corey Perry skates during the first period of a game against the AT TORONTO 6 Mitch Marner had two goals and three assists, helping the
So Perry was relegated to Boston Bruins on Jan. 30. Perry has seven points in his last four games. OTTAWA 3 Maple Leafs win for the seventh time in eight games.
the fourth line for five
games, and he responded verted through Cam Tal- crease working that area, re- little while.
AT CAROLINA 3 Brock McGinn scored twice to lead the Hurricanes to a
with two goals during that bot’s five-hole en route to the trieving pucks from the back “It’s a matter of me going COLORADO 1 win over the Avalanche. Cam Ward stopped 29 shots.
stretch. 3-2 victory. But it was the of the net.” out and moving my feet, be- PHILADELPHIA 4 Nolan Patrick scored in the seventh round of the shootout
The 32-year-old has since goal Perry didn’t score that The Ducks are scratch- ing part of pucks and taking AT ARIZONA 3 (SO) to give the Flyers their third consecutive victory.
reclaimed his role on the top truly pleased Carlyle. ing and clawing their way in it to the net.” AT MINNESOTA 3 Devan Dubnyk made a season-high 44 saves, Charlie
line alongside Getzlaf and He singled out a se- a heating Western Confer- And that’s exactly what CHICAGO 0 Coyle scored twice and the Wild beat the Blackhawks.
Rickard Rakell, and he’s rid- quence where Perry skated ence playoff race, and they Carlyle wants to hear.
AT SAN JOSE 6 Joakim Ryan scored the go-ahead goal at 17:33 of the
ing high with seven points in out of the corner and slung need their agitator torment-
his last four games. the puck short side, clanking ing the opposing team with TODAY EDMONTON 4 third period, his second of the game, to lift the Sharks.
“Corey, to his credit, put it off the cross-bar. That’s his wormlike ability to find AT SAN JOSE For complete NHL summaries, go to latimes.com/sports/scores
the work in off the ice,” Car- what Carlyle wants to see the net. When: 5 p.m..
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urday’s practice. “When “Corey Perry is as good as he acknowledged his play Ticket; Radio: 830. San Jose at DUCKS, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 9 a.m.
things weren’t going well, he any player in the league at has improved now that he’s Update: The Sharks visited NY Rangers at Winnipeg, noon Detroit at Washington, noon
committed himself to a bringing the puck from the able to enjoy the continuity Honda Center last month Vancouver at Dallas, 1 p.m. Calgary at NY Islanders, 4 p.m.
higher workload in the gym back of the net to the front of of skating alongside Getzlaf, and shellacked the Ducks Boston at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Colorado at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
with our strength and condi- the net,” Carlyle said. “He’s his longtime running mate. 6-2 after the clubs traded Philadelphia at Vegas, 5 p.m.
tioning guy. as good as any player from He failed to reach the 20- shootout victories in No- MONDAY’S GAMES
“All those things are fac- the top of the circles one on goal mark last season, and vember. … Ryan Kesler Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4 p.m. Florida at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
tors of him being able to cor- one with the goaltender. he’s in danger again with11in didn’t practice Saturday, a Chicago at Arizona, 6 p.m.
rect some of those things “And he has to continue 45 games this campaign. But maintenance day following TUESDAY’S GAMES
that were going on, and now to make himself very pre- there’s hope on the horizon. offseason hip surgery. … The KINGS at Carolina, 4 p.m. DUCKS at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
he’s reaping some of the ben- sentable in those areas for “I’m back to doing what I Sharks defeated Edmonton Columbus at NY Islanders, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
efits and we are too.” him to be an effective player. do best and that’s going to on Saturday night, while the Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Calgary at Boston, 4 p.m.
Getzlaf stole the puck That’s the conversation we the net,” Perry said. “Good Ducks have won two in a row. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Friday and sprung Perry on had. You have to be on top of things are starting to hap- Washington at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. NY Rangers at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
a breakaway, which he con- the goaltender. On top of the pen. … I got away from it for a sports@latimes.com Chicago at Vegas, 7 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Dodgers, Cubs projected to

have best records in the NL
[Darvish, from D3]
Urias can return from shoul-
der surgery by the All-Star
break. And they could trade
for a starting pitcher as
needed during the season,
as they did with Darvish last
July, when their commit-
ment to him was two months
rather than six years.
Darvish went 4-3 with a
3.44 earned-run average in
nine starts for the Dodgers.
He beat the Arizona Di-
amondbacks in his one start
in the National League divi-
sion series and the Cubs in
his one start in the league
championship series, giving
up one run in each.
But he bombed in the
World Series, starting twice
and recording five outs in
each of his two starts. The
Dodgers lost the series to
the Houston Astros in seven
games; his World Series
ERA was 21.60.
The Dodgers and Cubs
have met in the National
League Championship Se-
ries in each of the previous
two seasons. Analytical pro-
jections have the Dodgers
winning the most games in
the NL this year, followed by
the Cubs.
The Cubs’ projected ro-
tation: Jon Lester, Kyle Hen-
dricks, Darvish, Jose Quin-
tana and Tyler Chatwood.
They have let Jake Arrieta
and John Lackey go via free
agency.
According to the Ath-
letic, which first reported
Darvish’s agreement with
the Cubs, incentive bonuses
could make the contract
worth as much as $150 mil-
lion.
Darvish, who has had el-
bow ligament replacement
surgery, will be 37 when the
contract expires.
bill.shaikin@latimes.com
Twitter: @BillShaikin Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times
andy.mccullough@latimes.com YU DARVISH celebrates after a double play against the Cubs in Game 3 of the
Twitter: @McCulloughTimes NLCS in October. Darvish, a free agent, has agreed to sign with the Cubs.
D6 S U N DAY, F E B RUARY 11, 2 018 S L AT I M ES . C O M/ S P O RT S

INSIDE THE NBA

Mitchell’s rising to the challenge Mitchell outdueled James on his
Utah’s dynamic rookie has 33rd birthday to beat the Cava-
liers on Dec. 30.
replaced one Gordon “After you play those guys the
(Hayward) and will sub for first time, the next time you play
them, it’s like, all right, we’ve been
another in dunk contest. here before,” Mitchell said. “I
understand this now. Lock in and
By Paul Coro don’t let the outside stuff or the
fact of who I played against get to
When the NBA needed an me. That’s been the biggest
injury replacement for Aaron change realistically to 2018, to be
Gordon in the upcoming All-Star honest with you. The Cleveland
weekend slam dunk contest, there game was a great end to 2017, just
was an obvious choice. being able to go out there and kind
Utah rookie Donovan Mitchell of relax. Come out for introduc-
Jr. has proved to be a charismatic tions, not getting absorbed and
star with dynamic dunks. And he everything and not jumping up
already had shown an ability to and screaming like I want to. But
replace a Gordon. understanding that if I keep my
The Jazz did not know they energy high, it’s when I start to go
needed to find their next star fast and out of control. If I’m able
when they traded up 11 spots in to just relax myself and slow down,
last June’s draft to grab Mitchell. that’s been helping me.”
But with All-Star forward Gordon Coming out of the draft, Mitch-
Hayward leaving for Boston a ell had talent and persona that
month later in free agency, the analysts had an easy time identify-
Jazz and Salt Lake City were ing but a difficult time projecting
stinging until Mitchell’s Las Vegas what it meant. Before the All-Star
Summer League shine was salve break, he already is drawing star
for the burn. comparisons to Dwyane Wade
It helped that Mitchell wanted (from James) and Damian Lillard.
to be in Utah, targeting the Jazz “He just really seems to remind
for his first pre-draft workout and me of Damian, especially in his
embracing Utah for its contrast to early years,” said Phoenix interim
his New York roots. It got only head coach Jay Triano, a former
better, just like him. Portland assistant coach. “His
The question-asking, video- ability, and it was more the way
studying guard is winning over the ball went through the net. The
fans, NBA stars, coaches and shot hits and then it’s down fast off
teammates with his special play that back iron. He’s got that same
and gracious way. type of body. He’s got that same
“It seems like he’s been in the type of quickness to attack the
league for a long time,” Utah point basket. He’s got the deep range
guard Ricky Rubio said of the the same way. His body is always
NBA’s top rookie scorer. on balance. I just keep thinking
Mitchell shot 25% for his first every time I see him and watch
five NBA games but cracked the him in the scout prep, ‘Man, this
Jazz starting lineup by November looks so much like Damian.’”
and was Western Conference Mitchell had made just 14 of 19
rookie of the month for December shots in his 40-point game at
and January, when he averaged Phoenix with seven three-pointers
more than 22 points a game. when he repeatedly mentioned a
He posted a 41-point game flaw — throwing the lob pass off
against New Orleans in December pick-and-roll plays instead of
and scored 40 at Phoenix this shooting floaters regularly. He did
month, making him the only rook- not even know he had scored 40
ie besides Blake Griffin and Allen until Johnson told him.
Iverson to notch multiple 40-point Mitchell ardently wants to be
games since Michael Jordan did so “a more well-rounded player.” He
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
in 1984-85. already is a Rising Stars Challenge
“It’s still a shock,” Mitchell said. DONOVAN MITCHELL JR. has turned heads with his high-flying dunks and high-scoring games, pick and most pundits’ second-
“The more I look at it and say, ‘Oh, but players and coaches also praise his poise, competitiveness and consistency. ranked rookie of this year candi-
man, I’m surprised,’ I think that date behind Philadelphia’s Ben
will distract me from the moment about whether he was big enough Rudy Gobert missing 26 games former Jazz guard Joe Johnson Simmons.
of the now. At All-Star break, I can to be a shooting guard at 6 feet 3, because of injuries. said. “He competes every night at “I think it’s deserving,” Utah
kind of look back to this part of the but his 6-10 wingspan and 36-inch Mitchell has a pro sports pedi- the highest level. He’s been poised coach Quin Snyder said of the
season and go, ‘Wow,’ and then get vertical leap are great equalizers. gree as the son of Donovan Mitch- for a rookie. He’s definitely sur- honors going to Mitchell. “I don’t
right back into it once it starts. If I Mitchell’s penchant for im- ell Sr., the New York Mets’ director prised a lot of people but it’s ex- think — and it’s evident by the fact
kind of look at everything as a provement and commitment to of player relations and a former pected now.” that he’s got it [rookie of the
whole, I think it will take me away defense already were apparent at minor-league infielder. The young- Mitchell’s humble, hungry month] again — that it’s some-
from focusing on the moment.” Louisville. His jump shot trans- er Mitchell stopped pitching at approach has earned the respect thing he’s working toward. He’s
Utah swung a draft-night deal formed there to help him average age 13 but never stopped bringing of league superstars. LeBron just playing. Oftentimes, when you
to secure Mitchell, trading its No. 15.6 points as a sophomore. He is the heat on dunks while using James, his childhood hero, and do that and just compete, good
24 pick and Trey Lyles to Denver averaging 19.2 points in the NBA, curves and changeups to get by Russell Westbrook have been things happen.”
to get the 21-year-old at No. 13. keeping recently hot Utah in the defenders. among the players to encourage
Many scouts carried concerns playoff hunt despite 7-1 center “He’s not scared of anything,” and compliment him personally. sports@latimes.com

LOOKING AHEAD TRENDING

CLEVELAND AT BOSTON: Today at Cavaliers get a makeover the soreness that led to the working
12:30 p.m. PST. TV: Channel 7. No elite NBA team has moved as on the shot,” Colangelo told reporters
boldly in the midseason as Cleveland in Philadelphia.
Isaiah Thomas returns for his first Fultz is retraining his muscle
game against his former … nope. At did Thursday since … Cleveland in
2016. movement patterns to relearn shoot-
least Jae Crowder already made his Boston return last ing form, a remarkable turn of events
month before the Cavaliers upended their roster Thursday Firing first-year coach David Blatt
was more about disconnect than for a guard who was selected No. 1 in
by trading Thomas, Crowder and four other players. Now, the 2017 draft in part because of his
full attention can be paid to Paul Pierce’s number retire- performance two years ago (the Cava-
liers were 30-11) and it led to a champi- shooting ability. Colangelo said Fri-
ment instead of a Thomas tribute video that Thomas had day that Fultz’s instinctive play on
delayed when he did not play on a Jan. 4 visit. This is Cleve- onship. Even if Thursday’s trades do
not net another title, they might drives and pull-up jumpers looks
land’s first game with its new look. Boston stood pat except strong but that his shooting range is
for signing Greg Monroe after Phoenix bought out his con- prove to have more value — keeping
LeBron James. limited to the paint.
tract. The center debuted in green for 20 minutes Thursday.
The Cavaliers were 24-9 at Christ-
mas but went 7-13 from then until the Feeling like a billion
trade deadline. They looked deplor- dollars, many times over
able defensively and disengaged,
LEAGUE LEADERS losing this month to Houston by 32
Every NBA franchise is worth at
least $1 billion for the first time, ac-
Through Friday and Orlando by 18.
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE cording to Forbes’ annual review of
SCORING AVERAGE Saying on a conference call that his
Player, Team FT FTA Pct values.
Player, Team G FG FT Pts Avg Redick, PHL 123 130 .946 team was “marching to a slow death,”
Lee, NYK 95 102 .931 New York might miss the playoffs
Harden, HOU ............. 47 442 401 1476 31.4 first-year Cleveland general manager
Antetokounmpo, MIL ... 50 507 350 1390 27.8 Murray, DEN 141 152 .928 for a fifth consecutive year now that
Belinelli, ATL 101 109 .927 Koby Altman made three deadline
Curry, GOL................. 40 342 233 1086 27.2 Kristaps Porzingis suffered a season-
Davis, NOR................ 48 467 306 1272 26.5 Lillard, POR 290 316 .918 deals to send out Isaiah Thomas, Jae
James, CLE................ 54 546 240 1425 26.4 Curry, GOL 233 255 .914 ending knee injury, but Forbes re-
Crowder, Derrick Rose, Iman
Durant, GOL .............. 47 433 235 1222 26.0 Paul, HOU 125 137 .912 ported that the Knicks’ value in-
Westbrook, OKC ......... 55 530 271 1405 25.5 Williams, CLIPPERS 297 330 .900 Shumpert, Channing Frye, Dwyane
Saric, PHL 113 126 .897 creased 9% since last year to a league-
Lillard, POR ............... 49 405 290 1249 25.5 Wade and this year’s first-round pick
Cousins, NOR ............ 48 406 294 1210 25.2 Collison, IND 104 116 .897 high $3.6 billion.
to bring in three 25-year-old players
Irving, BOS................ 51 459 206 1259 24.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME New York is followed by the Lakers
Oladipo, IND.............. 50 443 208 1213 24.3 (Jordan Clarkson, Rodney Hood and
Booker, PHX............... 43 347 232 1038 24.1
Player, Team G Off Def Tot Avg ($3.3 billion), Golden State ($3.1 bil-
Drummond, DET 52 260 553 813 15.6 Larry Nance Jr.) and a steadying,
DeRozan, TOR ............ 54 451 328 1292 23.9
Jordan, CLIPPERS 48 205 511 716 14.9 lion), Chicago ($2.6 billion) and Bos-
Beal, WAS................. 55 475 220 1305 23.7 playoff-experienced influence at point Jason Miller Getty Images
Cousins, NOR 48 105 513 618 12.9 ton ($2.5 billion). The Warriors were
Embiid, PHL............... 42 351 253 996 23.7
Howard, CHA 55 185 507 692 12.6 guard (George Hill). ISAIAH THOMAS , left, was one
Williams, CLIPPERS..... 52 384 297 1212 23.3 valued at $750 million in 2014. The
Towns, MIN 58 169 534 703 12.1 Cleveland might have helped the of six players Cleveland traded at
Walker, CHA............... 53 404 256 1214 22.9
Embiid, PHL 42 93 374 467 11.1 Clippers ranked eighth at $2.15 billion.
Porzingis, NYK ............ 48 390 218 1088 22.7 Lakers create salary cap space to the deadline, which could help the
Butler, MIN ................ 52 396 317 1176 22.6
Capela, HOU 49 158 384 542 11.1 Philadelphia has the largest one-year
Kanter, NYK 52 186 363 549 10.6 pursue James, but the Cavaliers’ shot Cavs keep LeBron James, right.
Aldridge, SAN ............ 53 469 226 1189 22.4
Davis, NOR 48 116 390 506 10.5
increase at $1.18 billion, a 48% jump
George, OKC.............. 53 398 208 1175 22.2 at keeping him was dwindling with
Jokic, DEN 48 128 375 503 10.5 from 2017.
McCollum, POR .......... 55 453 146 1188 21.6
Antetokounmpo, MIL 50 108 411 519 10.4 each loss and each day with Thomas,
Thompson, GOL.......... 54 424 61 1083 20.1
ASSISTS PER GAME who returned with divisive candor Fultz injury mystifies
Towns, MIN................
Middleton, MIL...........
58
54
429
396
214
188
1159
1079
20.0
20.0 Player, Team G AST Avg and terribly inefficient court play. Markelle Fultz was ruled out in- Number crunching
Evans, MEM............... 46 329 143 899 19.5 Westbrook, OKC 55 566 10.3 Thomas shot 36% from the field in 15 definitely for scapular muscle imbal- 8 The Cavaliers have four players
Schroder, ATL............. 53 398 179 1033 19.5 Harden, HOU 47 423 9.0
Warren, PHX .............. 53 427 162 1032 19.5 James, CLE 54 482 8.9 Cleveland appearances, was a defen- ance in his right shoulder on Oct. 29 remaining from their 2016 champi-
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Simmons, PHL 51 370 7.3 sive liability and a locker-room dis- after four appearances for Philadel- onship team — James, Kevin Love,
Green, GOL 48 348 7.2
Player, Team FG FGA Pct
Rondo, NOR 40 289 7.2 traction while speaking his mind. phia. Tristan Thompson and J.R. Smith.
Capela, HOU 302 460 .657 Despite his talent, four NBA teams He was cleared for basketball 8 Golden State’s Draymond Green
Teague, MIN 47 331 7.0
Jordan, CLIPPERS 224 347 .646
Dinwiddie, Bro 55 366 6.7 have let him go since 2014. activity on Dec. 9. He was cleared for has a league-leading 14 technical
Adams, OKC 304 482 .631
Lillard, POR 49 326 6.7
Kanter, NYK 315 521 .605
STEALS PER GAME
Cleveland’s moves might not be an the “final stage of his return-to-play fouls, two away from an automatic
Collins, ATL 209 357 .585
Gibson, MIN 300 525 .571 Player, Team G STL Avg obvious in-season home run, like program” on Jan. 2. one-game suspension. Teammate
Valanciunas, TOR 235 419 .561 George, OKC 53 118 2.23 Detroit grabbing Rasheed Wallace for On Friday, Philadelphia president Kevin Durant leads the NBA in ejec-
Randle, LAKERS 299 541 .553 Bledsoe, MIL 46 97 2.11
Whiteside, MIA 219 401 .546 Dunn, CHI 40 82 2.05
its 2004 championship run. But the of basketball operations and general tions (four).
Towns, MIN 429 787 .545 Butler, MIN 52 104 2.00 Cavaliers kept Brooklyn’s first-round manager Bryan Colangelo said there 8 Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, New
Favors, UTA 262 481 .545 Oladipo, IND 50 100 2.00 pick and added players who can help is a chance Fultz will not play again Orleans’ DeMarcus Cousins and
3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE Westbrook, OKC 55 108 1.96
Harris, DEN 51 93 1.82 them on offense and defense. The this season. A trade deadline news Denver’s Nikola Jokic each has re-
Player, Team 3FG 3FGA Pct
Bullock, DET 68 149 .456 BLOCKS PER GAME league’s previously oldest roster also conference turned into a rare Fultz corded a first half of at least 20 points
Hill, CLE 58 128 .453 Player, Team G BLK Avg became younger, more athletic and update from someone other than and 10 rebounds this season.
Thompson, GOL 174 388 .448 Porzingis, NYK 48 115 2.40 more joyful than it had been. coach Brett Brown. 8 James, Michael Jordan and
Ingles, UTA 133 298 .446 Turner, IND 40 85 2.12
Horford, BOS 75 171 .439 Davis, NOR 48 101 2.10 At the least, it made Cleveland’s Videos of Fultz’s shooting prac- Kevin Garnett are the only players in
Williams, CHA 82 188 .436 Durant, GOL 47 91 1.94 first post-trades game fun when At- tices have shown that his form is far NBA history to be a franchise’s all-
Hield, SAC 109 250 .436 Capela, HOU 49 90 1.84
Moore, NOR 89 205 .434 Embiid, PHL 42 77 1.83
lanta fans chanted “LeBron will leave from game-ready. time leader in points, rebounds and
Collison, IND 70 162 .432 Howard, CHA 55 91 1.65 you” and “LeBron will trade you” “We don’t know if it was working assists.
Korver, CLE 126 292 .432 Cousins, NOR 48 76 1.58 during his teammates’ free throws. on the shot that led to the soreness, or — Paul Coro
L AT I ME S . CO M / S P O RT S S S U NDAY , F E B RUARY 11, 2 018 D7

NBA

STANDINGS
Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be deter-
mined for the playoffs. Teams are ranked 1-15 by record. Division
standing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. The top eight
teams in each conference make the playoffs, and the top-seeded
team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team would
play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition is the first of several
Clippers lack intensity in loss
tiebreakers, followed by conference record. (Western Conference di-
visions: S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern Conference
divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S-Southeast). They are unable to convert
WESTERN CONFERENCE fastbreak points and
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk.
1. Golden State 43 13 .768 6-4 P1
struggle to defend 76ers’
2. Houston 41 13 .759 1 9-1 S1 three-pointers.
3. San Antonio 35 22 .614 81⁄2 5-5 S2
4. Minnesota 34 24 .586 10 4-6 N1 PHILADELPHIA 112
5. Oklahoma City 31 25 .554 12 5-5 N3 CLIPPERS 98
5. Portland 31 25 .554 12 6-4 N2
7. Denver 30 26 .536 13 7-3 N4 By Broderick Turner
8. New Orleans 29 26 .527 131⁄2 5-5 S3
PHILADELPHIA — The Clip-
9. CLIPPERS 28 26 .519 ⁄2 5-5
1
P2 pers and 76ers were playing back-
10. Utah 27 28 .491 2 9-1 N5 to-back games, but the Clippers
11. LAKERS 23 32 .418 6 7-3 P3 unfortunately didn’t have the in-
12. Memphis 18 36 .333 101⁄2 2-8 S4 tensity to match what Philadel-
13. Dallas 18 38 .321 111⁄2 3-7 S5 phia brought to the contest.
14. Phoenix 18 39 .316 12 1-9 P5 As a result, the Clippers were
15. Sacramento 17 37 .315 111⁄2 4-6 P4 eventually overwhelmed during a
112-98 defeat to the 76ers on Sat-
EASTERN CONFERENCE urday night at Wells Fargo Center
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. before 20,504 fans cheering on All-
1. Toronto 38 16 .704 1
⁄2 7-3 A1 Star Joel Embiid, who had 29
2. Boston 40 17 .702 6-4 A2 points, 16 rebounds and three
3. Cleveland 32 22 .593 6 5-5 C1 blocked shots.
4. Washington 32 24 .571 7 6-4 S1 Two big examples of what the
5. Milwaukee 31 24 .564 71⁄2 8-2 C2 Clippers lacked were fastbreak
6. Indiana 31 25 .554 8 7-3 C3 points and the three-point de-
7. Miami 30 26 .536 9 3-7 S2 fense.
8. Philadelphia 28 25 .528 91⁄2 6-4 A3
The Clippers saw the 76ers run
a track meet around them, letting
Philadelphia go for 33 points on the
9. Detroit 27 27 .500 11⁄2 5-5 C4
break. The Clippers had just seven
10. Charlotte 23 32 .418 6 4-6 S3
fastbreak points.
11. New York 23 33 .411 61⁄2 2-8 A4
The Clippers never got a handle
12. Chicago 19 36 .345 10 2-8 C5
on the 76ers’ three-point shooting,
13. Brooklyn 19 38 .333 11 1-9 A5 allowing them to make 39.4%.
14. Orlando 18 37 .327 11 5-5 S4 That was a big reason why the
15. Atlanta 17 39 .304 121⁄2 3-7 S5 Clippers fell into a 16-point hole in
the first half.
TODAY’S GAMES “Really, I thought they were
Favorite Line Underdog Time fresher tonight and they played
Toronto 3 at Charlotte 10 a.m. last night too. Obviously they
at Boston 41⁄2 Cleveland 12:30 p.m. didn’t have to travel,” said Clippers
Detroit 31⁄2 at Atlanta 12:30 p.m. coach Doc Rivers, whose team won
at Indiana OFF New York 2 p.m.
at Detroit on Friday night. “It just
at Minnesota 131⁄2 Sacramento 4 p.m.
felt like every loose ball, 50-50 play,
at Oklahoma City OFF Memphis 4 p.m.
at Houston 131⁄2 Dallas 4 p.m. they got.”
To make matters worse, the Chris Szagola Associated Press
at Portland OFF Utah 6 p.m.
Clippers jacked up three-pointers PHILADELPHIA ROOKIE Ben Simmons goes in for a high-percentage shot during the 76ers’
with regularity — and they missed 112-98 victory over the Clippers. Simmons finished with 14 points and 10 assists.
with regularity.
They were just eight for 32 make a play. I thought tonight we ing one of two free throws. their offense stalling at the wrong
RESULTS (25%) from three-point range. kind of settled.” Then Jordan blocked a shot by time.
Tobias Harris had 17 points, but During a timeout with 6 min- Simmons and tipped the ball back After getting to within two
he missed all five of his three-point- utes 44 seconds left and the Clip- in to the Clippers. points, the Clippers went 0-6 from
ers. pers down by five points, Rivers That led to two free throws for the field and turned the ball over,
Austin Rivers made only one of tore into his team while they sat on Harris that cut the Clippers’ defi- falling into a 103-93 hole they never
eight three-pointers in finishing the bench. cit to 95-93. climbed out of the rest of the way.
with 10 points. “I just kept telling them, ‘Guys, “He told us we were not bring- “They had the spurt at the end,”

Warriors coach Kerr Danilo Gallinari had 22 points,

but he was just three for nine from
we’re down five. We ain’t going to
win unless you play hard.’ We
ing the intensity we usually bring,”
Gallinari said about Rivers’ mes-
Rivers said. “Give them credit.
They played hard. They played in

fastest to 250 wins three-point range.

“We took a lot of threes,” Doc
missed a lot of wide-open shots.”
So the Clippers picked up their
sage to the team. “We needed to get
into them, especially on the defen-
waves. They share the ball. They
move the ball. And, they’re pretty
Rivers said. “Most nights I’m fine defense. sive end. We were not doing it. We good.”
GOLDEN STATE 122 with that. I thought when you’re Harris blocked a shot by Ben did it for a little bit, but it wasn’t
SAN ANTONIO 105 tired, at some point you should Simmons (14 points, 10 assists), enough.” broderick.turner@latimes.com
take the ball to the basket and leading to DeAndre Jordan mak- The Clippers then went cold, Twitter: @BA_Turner

Steve Kerr shouted out Luke

Walton for his help reaching 250 CLIPPERS REPORT

Rivers set to help

coaching victories in record time. BOX SCORES
Kerr trash-talked old coach Phil
Jackson, the second-quickest to
76ERS 112, CLIPPERS 98 Pelicans 138, Nets 128, 2OT Wizards 101, Bulls 90
250 wins behind his former player.
CLIPPERS NEW ORLEANS WASHINGTON

in playoff push
Then, Kerr offered credit where Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
he always does: to his uber-tal- Gallinari.........40 7-15 5-6 1-5 2 2 22 Mirotic...........49 8-18 3-4 5-16 1 3 21 Oubre Jr.........39 3-14 2-2 0-8 3 2 11
Harris............38 7-16 3-5 1-8 2 2 17 Moore ...........43 5-8 0-0 0-0 2 4 12 Porter Jr. ........30 5-11 3-3 1-9 3 1 14
ented roster of All-Stars. Jordan...........37 4-7 2-6 7-21 2 3 10 Davis ............49 16-35 9-14 4-17 2 2 44 Gortat ...........34 3-8 0-0 2-9 5 2 6
Klay Thompson scored 25 Bradley..........27 2-6 0-0 1-8 2 2 4 Holiday..........48 7-15 7-12 1-7 5 4 22 Beal..............34 3-13 1-1 1-2 6 1 7
points, 10 coming in the third quar- Rivers............33 4-14 1-1 0-6 5 2 10 Rondo ...........41 11-16 3-6 3-10 12 1 25 Satoransky.....36 10-12 0-0 1-3 6 2 25
L.Williams ......31 9-21 1-2 1-4 6 2 23 Miller ............23 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 3 Scott.............23 5-11 2-3 1-5 1 3 14
ter, to help Golden State pull away, Wallace .........14 1-4 2-2 0-1 1 0 4 Clark .............18 1-5 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 Meeks ...........18 4-6 1-2 0-4 2 1 10
and the Warriors beat the San An- Harrell ...........10 4-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 8 Diallo ............12 3-4 2-2 0-7 0 1 8 Smith..............7 3-4 1-1 0-0 2 2 7
tonio Spurs 122-105 on Saturday. W.Johnson .......3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Liggins ............2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Frazier .............5 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 5 By Broderick Turner
Dekker ............2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 52-106 25-39 14-59 23 18 138 Mahinmi ..........5 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Fellow Splash Brother Stephen Totals 38-88 14-23 11-53 20 16 98 Shooting: Field goals, 49.1%; free throws, 64.1% McCullough......2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2
Curry added 17 points and eight as- Shooting: Field goals, 43.2%; free throws, 60.9% Three-point goals: 9-24 (Davis 3-5, Moore 2-4, Totals 38-82 12-14 6-41 31 17 101 PHILADELPHIA —
Three-point goals: 8-32 (L.Williams 4-10, Gallinari Mirotic 2-8, Holiday 1-2, Miller 1-3, Liggins 0-1, Shooting: Field goals, 46.3%; free throws, 85.7%
sists in Kerr’s milestone night. 3-9, Rivers 1-8, Harris 0-5). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Rondo 0-1). Team Rebounds: 14. Team Turnovers: 15 Three-point goals: 13-38 (Satoransky 5-6, Oubre Austin Rivers had gone
Kerr reached 250 wins in 302 Turnovers: 16 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Bradley, Galli- (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Mirotic 5, Davis 3, Jr. 3-10, Scott 2-6, Frazier 1-2, Meeks 1-2, Porter Jr. down in a heap, the pain reg-
nari, Harris, Jordan, Rivers). Turnovers: 16 (L.Williams 7, Moore, Rondo). Turnovers: 15 (Davis 3, Moore 3, 1-5, Beal 0-7). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers:
games to top Jackson, who made Bradley 3, Jordan 3, Harris 2, Rivers). Steals: 7 (Harrell 2, Rondo 3, Holiday 2, Clark, Liggins, Miller, Mirotic). 13 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Gortat, Oubre Jr., istering on his face because
Harris 2, Bradley, Rivers, Wallace). Technical Fouls: None. Steals: 10 (Davis 6, Mirotic 2, Clark, Holiday). Techni-
the mark in 346 games. Porter Jr.). Turnovers: 13 (Beal 4, Oubre Jr. 2, Satoran- his injured right ankle
PHILADELPHIA cal Fouls: None. sky 2, Gortat, Meeks, Porter Jr., Scott, Smith). Steals:
“He had Michael Jordan for Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T BROOKLYN 8 (Gortat 3, Beal 2, Satoransky 2, Porter Jr.). Techni- throbbed to the degree that
God’s sake, so I don’t know what Covington.......32 3-11 0-0 0-5 1 3 7 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T cal Fouls: Scott, 2:39 third. he had to be carried off the
Phil’s problem was,” Kerr cracked. Saric .............32 4-12 1-1 1-9 5 1 10 Carroll ...........36 4-16 3-4 5-9 5 6 12 CHICAGO Staples Center court by his
Embiid ..........34 9-23 10-13 4-16 2 3 29 Harris............34 4-8 2-2 2-10 3 6 12 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Yet Kerr, the 2016 NBA Coach of Redick...........29 6-12 0-0 0-1 3 1 17 Allen .............17 4-6 0-0 3-9 0 0 8 Markkanen.....33 5-19 1-1 2-10 0 2 12 Clippers teammates and a
the Year, received 39 victories dur- Simmons .......35 7-13 0-1 1-5 10 2 14 Crabbe ..........44 10-24 0-0 2-6 1 4 28 Valentine .......34 4-14 0-0 1-10 5 2 10 medical staff member.
McConnell......26 6-7 2-2 0-0 8 1 17 Dinwiddie ......42 5-22 12-12 1-4 10 4 24 Lopez ............27 6-9 0-0 0-4 2 1 12
ing a leave of absence following Anderson .......20 5-7 0-0 0-4 1 3 12 Acy ...............39 3-10 2-2 1-5 2 4 10 Grant ............36 2-6 5-6 3-6 8 2 11 Rivers suffered the injury
complications from back surgery Booker ..........15 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 3 4 Russell ..........31 7-18 2-2 2-9 5 3 21 Holiday..........35 5-10 3-4 0-3 1 2 15 Dec. 29 against the Lakers,
A.Johnson ......13 1-1 0-0 0-3 2 1 2 Cunningham...19 1-2 0-0 2-5 2 2 2 Nwaba ..........26 4-7 4-5 1-4 3 2 12
at the start of the 2015-16 season, Totals 43-90 13-17 6-45 32 18 112 Stauskas .......11 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 0 5 Portis ............22 6-12 0-0 2-4 1 4 13
forcing the guard to miss al-
when then-top assistant and cur- Shooting: Field goals, 47.8%; free throws, 76.5% Webb III...........6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Zipser............14 2-2 0-0 0-3 0 0 5 most six weeks of playing
rent Lakers coach Walton coached Three-point goals: 13-33 (Redick 5-10, McConnell J.Okafor ...........5 3-4 0-0 0-1 0 0 6 Arcidiacono......9 0-1 0-0 0-1 3 1 0 time, his body taking time to
3-3, Anderson 2-3, Saric1-5, Covington 1-6, Embiid 1-6). Totals 43-114 21-22 18-60 30 30 128 Totals 34-80 13-16 9-45 23 16 90
Golden State. Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 12 (17 PTS). Blocked Shooting: Field goals, 37.7%; free throws, 95.5% Shooting: Field goals, 42.5%; free throws, 81.3% recover.
Shots: 8 (Embiid 3, Anderson, Booker, Redick, Saric,
Draymond Green had 17 points, Simmons). Turnovers: 12 (Simmons 4, Covington 2, Em-
Three-point goals: 21-59 (Crabbe 8-18, Russell 5- Three-point goals: 9-32 (Grant 2-3, Valentine 2-6, He went through the ar-
13, Harris 2-4, Acy 2-7, Dinwiddie 2-9, Stauskas 1-2, Holiday 2-7, Zipser 1-1, Portis 1-5, Markkanen 1-8, Chris Szagola Associated Press
11 assists and eight rebounds in an- biid 2, Saric 2, Anderson, Booker). Steals: 12 (Covington
Carroll 1-4, Cunningham 0-1, Webb III 0-1). Team Re- Arcidiacono 0-1, Nwaba 0-1). Team Rebounds: 5. duous process of rehabbing
3, A.Johnson 2, Booker 2, McConnell 2, Simmons 2, Em-
other well-rounded outing — and biid). Technical Fouls: None. bounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 15 (14 PTS). Blocked Team Turnovers: 14 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 the ankle, finally returning AUSTIN RIVERS , left,
Shots: 3 (Harris 2, Cunningham). Turnovers: 15 (Rus- (Lopez, Zipser). Turnovers: 14 (Lopez 4, Grant 2,
his first technical-free game in the CLIPPERS 28 27 23 20— 98 sell 5, Dinwiddie 4, Cunningham 3, Acy, Carroll, Har- Markkanen 2, Portis 2, Valentine 2, Arcidiacono, Hol- Friday night against the De- of the Clippers has a shot
last three. Zaza Pachulia scored 12 Philadelphia 37 32 16 27— 112 ris). Steals: 10 (Dinwiddie 3, Cunningham 2, Harris 2, iday). Steals: 11 (Holiday 4, Markkanen 2, Zipser 2, troit Pistons. blocked by Joel Embiid of
Acy, Crabbe, Russell). Technical Fouls: coach Nets Grant, Portis, Valentine). Technical Fouls: Lopez, 2:39
points on his 34th birthday, and A—20,504. T—2:07. O—Brian Forte, J.B. DeRosa, Pat
(Defensive three second), 6:52 second. third. “Yeah, man, it has been 18 the Philadelphia 76ers.
Fraher
Kevin Durant was limited to a sea- N. Orleans 34 38 28 16 8 14— 138 Washington 30 26 26 19— 101 games. That’s the most
son-low 10 points in a rare cold Brooklyn 22 30 33 31 8 4— 128 Chicago 22 24 24 20— 90 games I’ve ever missed,” “Once the swelling went
Warriors 122, Spurs 105
night from the floor at 3 of 9, but A—16,572. T—2:46. O—Ed Malloy, Ben Taylor, Jon- A—21,112. T—2:07. O—Karl Lane, Dedric Taylor, Rivers said. “It was new for down, there was nothing
SAN ANTONIO athan Sterling Ken Mauer
had six rebounds and dished out Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T me. I had to take that rehab really to be cautious about,”
six assists. Aldridge.........29 9-14 2-2 3-5 4 1 20 process more seriously. But I Rivers said.
Anderson .......30 9-13 2-5 3-6 4 2 20 Nuggets 123, Suns 113 feel great, though. I feel “It was just about me get-
Bertans .........31 4-7 1-1 1-5 4 2 10 DENVER Bucks 111, Magic 104
New Orleans 138, at Brooklyn 128 Da.Green .......22 2-7 0-0 1-2 1 1 4 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T MILWAUKEE good. ting my wind and getting my
(2OT): Anthony Davis had 44 Mills..............17 3-10 0-0 0-1 1 3 7 Barton...........42 10-14 1-1 1-5 5 3 25 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T “I’ve been conditioning strength back. When you’re
White ............27 3-8 5-6 1-7 2 1 11 W.Chandler.....40 11-15 1-1 0-3 3 3 26 Antetknmpo ...37 14-24 4-7 1-5 5 2 32
points and 17 rebounds, Rajon Forbes...........20 0-7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jokic .............27 5-12 10-11 1-9 8 3 21 Middleton ......35 8-13 4-5 0-9 7 4 21
so hard that I wasn’t even used to going like this all the
Rondo had a triple-double with 25 Ginobili .........19 5-13 0-0 0-1 6 2 13 G.Harris .........35 5-13 0-0 2-5 0 2 13 Maker ...........26 5-8 2-2 0-3 1 2 13 tired out there. I thought I time and you take a month
Hilliard ..........15 1-2 3-3 0-1 5 0 5
points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, Gasol ............10 3-6 1-2 1-3 1 0 7
Murray...........27 4-9 3-3 0-1 2 2 12 Bledsoe.........33 6-10 4-4 0-3 8 4 18 was going to have an early off, you got to get your body
D.Harris .........21 3-7 2-2 0-2 1 4 9 Snell .............27 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3
and the Pelicans recovered after Paul................7 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 Lyles .............21 3-11 0-0 1-6 1 2 6 Kilpatrick .......23 3-9 2-2 1-4 3 0 9 wind where I was going to be right again. They’ve done a
Lauvergne ........7 1-3 0-0 1-3 2 1 2
blowing a 28-point lead to beat the Totals 43-94 14-19 11-34 30 13 105
Craig.............16 1-4 2-2 1-4 0 1 4 Zeller ............21 2-3 0-0 3-8 1 2 4 exhausted, but I wasn’t tired great job of getting me back
Arthur .............6 3-3 1-2 0-2 0 3 7 Brown ...........19 0-5 0-0 3-6 1 0 0
Nets in two overtimes and snap a Shooting: Field goals, 45.7%; free throws, 73.7% Faried .............1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Terry .............14 4-7 0-0 0-1 0 1 11
at all.” and me feeling good.”
three-game losing streak. Three-point goals: 5-27 (Ginobili 3-8, Bertans 1-4, Totals 45-88 20-22 6-37 20 23 123 Totals 43-82 16-20 8-41 28 16 111 In his first two games Now Rivers wants to play
Mills 1-5, Anderson 0-1, Hilliard 0-1, Paul 0-1, Da-
.Green 0-2, White 0-2, Forbes 0-3). Team Rebounds: Shooting: Field goals, 51.1%; free throws, 90.9% Shooting: Field goals, 52.4%; free throws, 80.0% back, Rivers is working to his role in helping the Clip-
9. Team Turnovers: 10 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 Three-point goals: 13-29 (Barton 4-6, W.Chandler Three-point goals: 9-25 (Terry 3-5, Bledsoe 2-3,
Washington 101, at Chicago 90: (Aldridge 2, Anderson 2, Da.Green). Turnovers: 10 (An- 3-4, G.Harris 3-5, Jokic 1-2, D.Harris 1-3, Murray 1-4, Maker 1-3, Snell 1-3, Middleton 1-4, Kilpatrick 1-5, get his game back on track. pers reach the playoffs.
Tomas Satoransky scored a ca- derson 4, Da.Green, Forbes, Gasol, Ginobili, Hilliard, Craig 0-2, Lyles 0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turn- Antetokounmpo 0-1, Brown 0-1). Team Rebounds: 3. He had 10 points on four- They have 28 regular-
Lauvergne). Steals: 8 (Anderson 3, Da.Green 2, overs: 13 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Lyles 2, Barton, Team Turnovers: 12 (9 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (An-
reer-high 25 points, but his night Bertans, Paul, White). Technical Fouls: None. Faried, Jokic). Turnovers: 13 (Barton 3, Murray 3, tetokounmpo 2, Maker, Zeller). Turnovers: 12 for-14 shooting and five as- season games left, and each
was cut short in the fourth quarter GOLDEN STATE D.Harris 2, Jokic 2, Arthur, G.Harris, Lyles). Steals: 10 (Middleton 5, Antetokounmpo 3, Bledsoe 3, Brown). sists against the Philadel- is as important as any
(D.Harris 2, G.Harris 2, Lyles 2, Arthur, Barton, Jokic, Steals: 7 (Kilpatrick 2, Middleton 2, Antetokounmpo,
when he fell hard and hit his head Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
W.Chandler). Technical Fouls: Barton, 9:05 first. Bledsoe, Brown). Technical Fouls: Middleton, 00:25 phia 76ers on Saturday other.
Durant...........28 3-9 4-4 1-6 6 1 10
after being fouled. He wore a band- Dr.Green ........35 8-16 0-0 1-8 11 2 17 PHOENIX third. night, and 16 points and five “We can’t drop any
age in the locker room afterward. Pachulia ........15 4-5 4-4 2-3 1 3 12 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T ORLANDO assists against the Pistons games,” Rivers said.
Jackson .........39 10-19 0-3 2-7 5 3 20 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Curry.............28 7-13 0-0 1-4 8 0 17 on Friday night. “There’s not that many
Thompson......34 10-14 0-0 0-3 0 1 25 Warren ..........42 13-17 5-9 2-5 2 1 31 Hezonja .........35 8-16 6-7 0-3 0 3 23
Denver 123, at Phoenix 113: Wilson Iguodala ........26 3-7 0-0 1-6 3 3 6 Bender ..........32 9-15 2-2 4-8 4 2 23 Simmons .......25 4-14 0-0 1-2 3 3 9 Rivers then explained games left. We don’t have
Daniels..........28 2-9 0-0 0-2 1 4 6 Biyombo ........20 1-5 2-2 2-7 2 0 4
Chandler scored 26 points, Will West .............16 6-6 1-1 1-4 1 5 13
Payton...........35 8-13 3-3 0-6 9 4 19 Augustin ........23 2-7 7-7 1-4 5 0 11 the mechanics of his injury. that much room to where if
Livingston ......14 1-3 2-2 0-2 3 1 4
Barton had 25 and the Nuggets McCaw ..........13 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 Chriss............16 2-3 0-2 0-3 1 5 5 Fournier.........29 8-15 2-2 1-2 1 1 20 “I had posterior ankle im- we’re going to make the play-
Gray..............12 0-4 3-4 0-3 2 0 3 Mack ............27 8-10 1-2 0-4 10 2 19
won for the fourth time in five Looney ............7 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 0 0
Dudley...........11 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Birch.............24 2-5 2-4 4-9 1 0 6
pingement,” Rivers said. “So offs, we’ve got to start win-
McGee ............7 2-2 3-4 1-3 0 0 7
games. Nikola Jokic had 21 points, Casspi.............6 1-3 0-0 2-3 0 0 2 Len ...............11 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 2 Iwundu ..........22 1-2 2-2 0-2 0 2 4 I just had some swelling that ning these games, especially
nine rebounds and seven assists. Young..............4 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 9 Reed...............9 1-1 1-2 0-0 0 2 4 Afflalo ...........19 2-5 0-0 0-6 1 1 5 was causing impingement in the must-wins. So, we’ve got
Totals 48-85 14-15 11-44 35 18 122 Totals 46-84 14-25 8-36 24 24 113 Speights ........11 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 2 3
Shooting: Field goals, 54.8%; free throws, 56.0% Totals 37-83 22-26 10-41 23 14 104 my joints. They just had to to take every game seri-
Shooting: Field goals, 56.5%; free throws, 93.3%
Milwaukee 111, at Orlando 104: Gi- Three-point goals: 12-27 (Thompson 5-6, Young Three-point goals: 7-19 (Bender 3-5, Daniels 2-8, Shooting: Field goals, 44.6%; free throws, 84.6% inject some like anti-inflam- ously.”
annis Antetokounmpo had 32 3-4, Curry 3-7, Dr.Green 1-5, Durant 0-1, McCaw 0-1, Reed 1-1, Chriss 1-2, Dudley 0-1, Gray 0-1, Jackson Three-point goals: 8-30 (Mack 2-4, Fournier 2-5, matory stuff to let it go down.
0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 15 (20 Afflalo 1-3, Speights 1-3, Hezonja 1-5, Simmons 1-6,
points and the Bucks snapped the
Iguodala 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 16
(18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Durant 2, Dr.Green, Living- PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Jackson 4, Bender 2, Chriss, Augustin 0-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: I’m good to go now.” Etc.
Magic’s three-game win streak. ston, McGee, West). Turnovers: 16 (Dr.Green 3, Thomp- Gray, Len). Turnovers: 15 (Chriss 5, Payton 3, Bender 12 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Biyombo, Fournier,
2, Daniels 2, Gray 2, Warren). Steals: 7 (Gray 3, Mack). Turnovers: 12 (Mack 4, Fournier 3, Hezonja 2,
Rivers worked hard with Milos Teodosic missed
son 3, Curry 2, West 2, Durant, Iguodala, Livingston,
McCaw, McGee, Pachulia). Steals: 5 (Curry 2, Dr- Bender, Jackson, Len, Reed). Technical Fouls: Dan- Speights 2, Augustin). Steals: 7 (Hezonja 3, Mack 2, the Clippers medical per- his second straight game
.Green, Livingston, Looney). Technical Fouls: None. iels, 9:05 first. Birch, Simmons). Technical Fouls: None.
at Dallas 130, Lakers 123 sonnel to return. with a sore right foot.
San Antonio 37 18 20 30— 105 Denver 28 34 32 29— 123 Milwaukee 24 26 28 33— 111
Golden State 27 31 33 31— 122 Phoenix 23 37 29 24— 113 Orlando 29 25 20 30— 104 He worked hard with the
at Philadelphia 112, Clippers 98 A—19,596. T—2:10. O—Marc Davis, Kevin Cutler, A—16,325. T—2:09. O—Lauren Holtkamp, Marat A—18,347. T—2:07. O—Ray Acosta, Mark Lindsay,
coaching staff to get his broderick.turner@latimes.com
— associated press Derrick Collins Kogut, John Goble Leroy Richardson game and condition right. Twitter: @BA_Turner
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NBA

LAKERS REPORT

Thomas accepts coming off bench

By Tania Ganguli
DALLAS — Lonzo Ball
and Kyle Kuzma were
playing their regularly
scheduled shooting game
against assistant coaches
Brian Shaw and Miles Si-
mon on the court at the
American Airlines Center,
shouting and laughing as
they always do.
Amid it all stood Isaiah
Thomas, calmly shooting
three-pointers from differ-
ent areas, smiling some-
times at his new teammates.
It was his first time on the
court with them.
“I was shocked,” Thomas
said of being traded from
Cleveland. “I only played 15 the Lakers’ plans Friday “My mentality is to just postseason, and his shoot- sprained knee ligament.
games for the Cavs. It was a night during dinner. Walton help this team,” Thomas ing percentages suffered Ball participated in
surprise, but at the same didn’t rule out the possibility said. “Whatever role I am in. when he finally debuted with shootaround Saturday,
time I am happy to have a that Thomas would start at Like I said, yes, I would love the Cavaliers on Jan. 2. though he sat out the five-
new start, I am happy to be some point, but neither to be a starter, but I am on a On Saturday, Thomas on-zero part. Shootaround
here with the Lakers, happy would he commit to it. new team that is playing said his body “feels good.” does not include any con-
to be with a young team that “He wants to start; of very well right now and I “There’s nothing wrong tact, and Walton wants to
is exciting, that likes to get course he does,” Walton don’t want to mess any of with him — you’re gonna see Ball take some contact
up and down — that’s my said. “Everybody wants to that up.” see,” said forward Channing before he practices fully. He
style of play.” start. But he was great. He Thomas was part of a Frye, who came over from must practice fully before he
Despite acquiring a play- was absolutely great when four-player trade that net- Cleveland, too. “He’s gonna plays in a game.
er that coach Luke Walton we were at dinner last night. ted a first-round draft pick ball. … I think this is a better “So then the next stage
called “one of the best point I expect him to really help for the Lakers. It was the system for him. But he’s go- after that would be doing
guards in our league,” the our team out, and I expect second time in six months ing to be fine. He’s a great some stuff with contact,”
Lakers stuck with the start- him to be a positive influ- he’d been traded, the previ- player.” Walton said. “Let Miles lean
ing lineup they’d been using ence on our team and help us ous time being dealt from a on him a little bit. See what it
during a four-game winning win ballgames.” Boston team he led to the Ball update feels like when there’s people
streak, which features Bran- In the hours after the best record in the East last The Lakers have three pushing on him and fighting
don Ingram at point guard. trade, Thomas’ agent was season to Cleveland for Ky- days between games, which over screens and stuff.”
He averaged nearly 20 points vocal about wanting Thom- rie Irving. Thomas took a might provide an opportuni-
over the previous five games. as to start. Thomas took a long time to return from a ty for Ball to return. He has tania.ganguli@latimes.com
Walton told Thomas of softer stance Saturday. hip injury that derailed his missed 13 games with a Twitter: @taniaganguli

Defense is the
Achilles’ heel
in loss at Dallas
[Lakers, from D3]
“I got my powers back
playing with this team,”
Thomas said, allowing a tiny
smile.
But Thomas shrugged
even when describing the
better parts of his game. He
lamented that the Lakers
lost to the Mavericks,130-123,
noting their Achilles’ heel:
defense.
The Mavericks scored 100
points through three quar-
ters, making more than 50%
of their shots, and pulled
away to end the Lakers’ win-
ning streak at four.
The Lakers brought
Thomas off the bench in his
first game and he scored 22
points on seven-of-12 shoot-
ing, making four of eight
MAVERICKS 130, LAKERS 123
LAKERS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Hart..................29 3-7 0-0 0-2 1 2 9
Randle ..............37 10-14 6-8 2-8 7 6 26
Lopez................25 6-13 3-4 1-2 5 3 16
Caldwell-Pope ....35 5-8 2-4 2-6 4 4 14
Ingram ..............35 9-16 0-0 0-1 3 3 22
Kuzma ..............32 5-12 0-2 2-15 3 1 12
Thomas .............30 7-12 4-4 0-1 6 5 22
Brewer ..............13 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 1 2
Zubac .................0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Caruso................0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 46-84 15-22 9-37 29 25 123
Shooting: Field goals, 54.8%; free throws, 68.2%
Three-point goals: 16-34 (Ingram 4-5, Thomas 4-8,
Hart 3-6, Caldwell-Pope 2-5, Kuzma 2-5, Lopez 1-5).
Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 17 (29 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers: 17 (Thomas 6, Randle 5,
Ingram 2, Brewer, Hart, Kuzma, Lopez). Steals: 7 (Cald-
well-Pope 3, Kuzma 2, Ingram, Thomas). Technical
Fouls: coach Lakers (Defensive three second), 3:47
first.
DALLAS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Barnes ..............26 6-9 7-7 0-6 2 1 21
Matthews ..........26 4-7 2-2 0-1 4 2 13
Nowitzki ............24 8-11 2-2 0-4 2 4 22
Barea ...............24 5-8 0-0 0-1 9 2 10
Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times
Smith Jr.............34 5-12 2-4 0-5 6 0 14 LUOL DENG not too long ago was a valued veteran forward who could go at guys like Kevin Durant on both
Ferrell ...............26 2-11 2-2 2-5 2 3 7
Powell ...............23 8-12 3-4 3-7 1 2 19
ends of the court. Now he’s a $17-million practice player who doesn’t fit in the Lakers’ plans or rotation.

Lakers’ Deng lives in limbo

three-point attempts. Bran-
don Ingram also scored 22
points and Julius Randle
had another big game in his
hometown with 26 points,
eight rebounds and seven
assists.
Kyle Kuzma contributed
12 points and 15 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki had a sea-
son-high 22 points and Har-
rison Barnes 21 for Dallas.
The Mavericks started
the third quarter five for five
and shot nearly 60% in that
period. After three quarters,
the Lakers trailed 100-95 and
had allowed more points
than their prior two oppo-
nents, the Oklahoma City
Thunder and Phoenix Suns,
scored the entire game.
The 130 points were their
most allowed in a month.
“Really easy [to fix],”
Randle said. “Just commu-
nication; just gotta talk to
each other. There were key
defensive plays down the
stretch where we just didn’t
talk to each other. We
could’ve made stops and we
just didn’t talk.”
The Lakers matched the
Mavericks score for score
most of the night but Dallas
took a late six-point lead af-
ter a game-high sixth turn-
over by Thomas led to a
score by Salah Mejri.
“I had one key turnover
where I might have jumped
in the air; I don’t know where
guys are,” Thomas said.
“That’s just getting familiar
Richard W. Rodriguez Associated Press
JULIUS RANDLE has another big game in his
hometown: 26 points, eight rebounds, seven assists.
McDermott.........21 4-9 0-0 1-3 3 0 8
Kleber...............14 4-8 1-2 2-4 0 3 9
Collinsworth .......11 1-1 1-2 1-1 2 1 3
Mejri...................7 1-1 2-2 1-3 1 3 4
Totals 48-89 22-27 10-40 32 21 130
Shooting: Field goals, 53.9%; free throws, 81.5%
Three-point goals: 12-27 (Nowitzki 4-4, Matthews
3-6, Barnes 2-3, Smith Jr. 2-6, Ferrell 1-3, Barea 0-1,
Kleber 0-1, Powell 0-1, McDermott 0-2). Team Re-
bounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 9 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots:
3 (Mejri 2, Kleber). Turnovers: 9 (Barea 3, Matthews 2, [Plaschke, from D3]
Barnes, Collinsworth, Powell, Smith Jr.). Steals: 8 (Pow- Deng watches the game
ell 2, Smith Jr. 2, Barea, Ferrell, Matthews, McDermott).
Technical Fouls: None. on television and imitates
LAKERS 36 30 29 28— 123 its flow. When there’s action,
Dallas 34 31 35 30— 130 he runs on a treadmill.
A—20,162. T—2:10. O—Jason Goldenberg, Kane When there’s a timeout, he
Fitzgerald, Tony Brown
stops. When the whistle
blows, he runs again. When
with each other. While we’re the Lakers are playing
playing more, practicing defense, he slides his feet as
more, that will come easier. if playing imaginary de-
But at the same time it’s fense.
tough just putting the new In honoring an All-Star
guy out there. I didn’t know career that once featured 11
any plays. We couldn’t ex- consecutive seasons of
ecute like probably the pre- 30-plus minutes a game, he
vious games that this team stays active in his make-
has played.” believe game for about 35
Thomas, who didn’t join minutes, at which point the
the team until Friday night, real game is usually ending.
did some cramming earlier He waits for the buzzer,
Saturday. The Lakers tried waits for his teammates to
to teach him some terminol- return to the locker room,
ogy and loaded some plays then slips out into the night,
onto his tablet. another chance wasted for a
“We couldn’t run a ton of 32-year-old body that is not
stuff because he has been getting any younger.
with us for one day,” coach The Nowhere Man would
Luke Walton said. “But he rather be anywhere but
was good. You can see his here.
competitive spirit come “It sucks,” Deng said.
out a little bit. He was scrap- “It’s hard.”
ping and knocking down He knows what you’re
shots. Overall he had a good saying, right now, probably
night.” screaming, in wholly unsym-
pathetic astonishment.
tania.ganguli@latimes.com “Hard? Are you kidding
Twitter: @taniaganguli me? How can getting paid
$17.2 million for playing
pretend games be hard?”
He hears it every day, on
social media, on the streets,
and he understands.
“I know what people are
thinking,” Deng said.
“They’re thinking, ‘Yeah,
he’s not playing, but he’s
making all this money’ …
and I would be thinking the
same thing.”
But there’s also a very
human price being paid
here, the slow chipping
away at Deng’s career and
his reputation while he is
stuck in the oddest of NBA
limbos.
The Lakers don’t want
the Nowhere Man, but they
can’t get rid of him.
When he signed a four-
year, guaranteed $72-million
deal in the summer of 2016,
Kobe Bryant had just re-
tired and the Lakers were
going to use Deng’s veteran
skills in an attempt to stay
competitive. But midway
through his first season, the
blueprint was torn up, the
front office was shaken up,
the decision was made to
teach and tank, and Deng
no longer was needed.
“I’ve never before seen a
guy brought over to make a
change, but then there was a
different change,” Deng
said. “I had no idea I wasn’t
going to be part of the plan.”
Last February, five days
after Jim Buss and Mitch
Kupchak were dumped and
Magic Johnson became
basketball boss, Deng
played his last meaningful
minutes as a Laker. He
missed the final 22 games of
last season. He made a
substitute start on opening
night this year, played 13
minutes, scored one basket,
and hasn’t played in the 54
games since.
“This is going to be a
phase in my career when I
look back and wonder, how
could this have happened?”
Deng said.
He has asked to be
traded. They can’t trade
him because nobody will
take on his salary. He wishes
they could cut him. They
can’t yet for salary cap
reasons, although that
could happen this summer.
He says they haven’t dis-
cussed a buyout, but he has
more than $40 million left on
his contract, so that
wouldn’t work for the Lak-
ers.
So a two-time All-Star
with career averages of 15
points and six rebounds — a
guy just two seasons re-
moved from a brilliant play-
off series for the Miami Heat
against the Charlotte Hor-
nets — isn’t allowed to enter
games, but also can’t leave.
He’s not part of the team,
yet he’s very much part of
the team. He never plays a
minute, yet he hasn’t missed
a game. He hasn’t missed a
practice. He’s never skipped
a shootaround. He shows up
and plays hard in every
moment that doesn’t count.
He travels with the team,
stays with the team, goes to
the visiting arenas with the
team, where he watches the
game from the visiting
locker room.
He mentors the younger
players, gives veteran input
to the coaching staff, serves
as a consultant in every
moment except the ones
that count the most.
“He’s handled his situa-
tion with so much class and
dignity. He’s somebody you
can really look up to,” team-
mate Kyle Kuzma said.
The rookie was then
asked whether he ever
imagined any player being
in this type of situation. His
face went blank.
“No,” he said.
The current freeze was
finalized before the season
in a meeting with Deng and
Lakers officials. It was mu-
tually decided that, instead
of playing Deng just a few
minutes of garbage time
each night, he would just sit
out entirely so younger
players could get the min-
utes.
Said Deng: “How am I
going to help the team going
out there two minutes? If
you’re trying to get younger,
and you’re not using me to
win games, just fill in those
minutes with those young
guys.”
Said coach Luke Walton:
“It was mutually decided
that would not be the best
road for him.”
Walton echoes his play-
ers’ admiration for how
Deng has handled the situa-
tion.
“We need him to stay
involved, stay engaged, and
he’s been amazing like that,”
Walton said. “He’ll come to
me in practice, bringing
ideas to me that he’s seen
work in other places. He’s
helped our younger players
— a ton of credit to him.”
Walton knows what
people think, but he also
knows what he sees.
“People say he makes so
much money, he shouldn’t
complain, but as a human,
living this life isn’t all about
the money. You want to play,
and he’s not able to play
right now,” Walton said. “It
would be easier to pout, sulk
and complain, but he
hasn’t.”
Deng says little, but he
hears everything, and some-
times that’s the hardest
part. He and Timofey Moz-
gov became big-contract
symbols of the final moves
of Buss and Kupchak, yet
Mozgov got lucky and was
traded, leaving Deng as the
last remaining punchline.
In fact, this week, Deng
was literally and cheaply
turned into a punchline,
when Magic Johnson made
national headlines at a news
conference by actually
mocking the idea that any
team would want him.
When asked whether
they had discussions with
anyone about trading Deng,
Johnson laughed and said,
“We wish, huh? No, that
didn’t happen. Thanks,
though. You want to make a
move for us?”
Standing next to John-
son was general manager
Rob Pelinka, who, to his
credit, clearly was uncom-
fortable with the flippant
response and jumped to
Deng’s defense.
“I think it’s important to
add this, I mean, Luol has
been an unbelievable pro-
fessional and has stayed
very positive,” Pelinka said.
“He understands the situa-
tion, and at some point, we’ll
figure out a way to resolve
that — that’s a win for him
and us.”
Deng surely was stung by
Johnson’s words. But he
won’t fire back. He never
fires back. He is one of the
NBA’s great community
leaders who is known for
many charitable works in
his home country of South
Sudan, and he has perspec-
tive. He’s seen and heard
much worse than someone
ridiculing a basketball play-
er.
“I know how people think
about sports,” he said.
“People forget you actually
love the game. Once they
know how much you make,
the humane part has been
forgotten.”
That humane part sur-
faced at Christmas when
Deng’s family flew in from
London for their traditional
holiday celebration, but
with one difference. None of
his family attended the
Lakers’ Christmas Day
game at Staples Center
against Minnesota.
“My mom loves coming
over and watching and
supporting, but they felt it
would be very hard to come
to the game and not even
see me anywhere,” he said.
Deng, of course, showed
up. He always shows up.
Even on Christmas, he
played his pretend game on
his make-believe court
before showering and leav-
ing his locker virtually un-
touched as always.
The other night before
the Lakers’ victory against
Oklahoma City, Deng
looked at that game’s pris-
tine black uniform hanging
there and shook his head
with a weary laugh.
“If the Lakers ever sell
my jersey after I leave, who-
ever gets it, a good deal,
huh?” the Nowhere Man
said, before heading off to
another pretend game on
another empty night.
“Never used. Good as new.”
bill.plaschke@latimes.com
Twitter: @BillPlaschke
L AT I ME S . CO M / S P O RT S SS S U N DAY, F E B RUARY 11, 2 018 D9
THE DAY IN SPORTS GOLF TENNIS

U.S. off on
$7.4-MILLION AT&T NATIONAL PRO-AM $624,335 OPEN SUD DE FRANCE
At Pebble Beach At Montpellier, France
p-Pebble Beach Golf Links, par 72, Surface: Hard-Indoor
6,816 yards; SINGLES (semifinals)—Richard Gasquet (5),
s-Spyglass Hill, par 72, 6,953 yards France, d. David Goffin (1), Belgium, 6-4, 0-6,
m-Monterey Peninsula, par 71, 6,958 yards 6-3; Lucas Pouille (2), France, d. Jo-Wilfried
54-Hole Leaders Tsonga (3), France, 1-6, 5-5 retired.
Ted Potter, Jr.............68p-71s-62m—201 -14

right foot
DOUBLES (semifinals)—Ken Skupski-Neal
Dustin Johnson.........67s-64m-70p—201 -14 Skupski, Britain, d. Tristan Lamasine-Lucas
Jason Day................69s-65m-69p—203 -12 Pouille, France, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-5.
Troy Merritt...............67p-67s-69m—203 -12 $624,335 SOFIA OPEN
Steve Stricker ...........69s-65m-70p—204 -11 At Sofia, Bulgaria
Patrick Rodgers.........70s-65m-69p—204 -11 Surface: Hard-Indoor
Jon Rahm ................67m-67p-70s—204 -11
Chez Reavie .............67p-72s-66m—205 -10 SINGLES (semifinals)—Marius Copil, Roma-
Kevin Streelman .......65s-69m-72p—206 -9 nia, d. Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-2; Mirza

in Fed Cup
wire reports
Venus Williams used her 1,000th singles match
to get the United States off to a strong start in its
Brian Gay ................69s-69m-68p—206 -9 Basic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, d. Stan Wawrinka
Beau Hossler ...........65p-67s-74m—206 -9 (1), Switzerland, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Phil Mickelson ..........69s-65m-72p—206 -9 DOUBLES (semifinals)—Robin Haase-Matwe
Kevin Na .................70s-68m-69p—207 -8 Middelkoop (4), Netherlands, d. Scott Lipsky,
Paul Casey...............67p-70s-70m—207 -8 and Divij Sharan, India, 6-4, 6-2.
Pat Perez .................68m-70p-69s—207 -8 $501,345 ECUADOR OPEN
Daniel Summerhays ..70s-68m-70p—208 -7 At Quito, Ecuador
Tyrone Van Aswegen ..67m-68p-73s—208 -7 Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Russell Knox ............71s-70m-67p—208 -7 SINGLES (semifinals)—Roberto Carballes
K.J. Choi..................69m-70p-69s—208 -7 Baena, Spain, d. Andrej Martin, Slovakia, 4-6,
Russell Henley..........68m-70p-70s—208 -7 6-3, 6-2; Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, d. Thiago
Aaron Wise ..............65m-69p-74s—208 -7 Monteiro, Brazil, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4;
William McGirt..........73s-69m-66p—208 -7 DOUBLES (final)—Nicolas Jarry-Hans Podlip-
Sangmoon Bae.........71p-69s-68m—208 -7 nik-Castillo, Chile, d. Austin Krajicek, and Jack-
Peter Malnati............67m-69p-72s—208 -7 son Withrow, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Jordan Spieth...........72s-66m-70p—208 -7
Rafa Cabrera Bello....69m-69p-70s—208 -7 FED CUP
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Shane Lowry ............67m-73p-68s—208 -7
Stephan Jaeger.........68p-71s-69m—208 -7 First Round

Fed Cup title defense.

CoCo Vandeweghe needed to stage a comeback
to make sure that momentum continued.
Williams and Vandeweghe won their singles
matches Saturday in Asheville, N.C., to give the
U.S. a 2-0 lead over the Netherlands.
Williams beat Arantxa Rus 6-1, 6-4 to run her
singles record to 776-224.
“Honestly, I don’t really know about these mile-
stones,” Williams said. “It’s just great to play the
game that I love. I’m not really going for milestones,
but then they happen.”
Vandeweghe had to rally from a set and a break
down to defeat Richel Hogenkamp 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Vandeweghe lost seven consecutive games at one
point and fell behind 3-0 in the second set before
rallying.
The best-of-five match continues Sunday and
features the return of Serena Williams, who hasn’t
played competitively since winning the 2017 Aus-
tralian Open title and gave birth in September. She
and Lauren Davis are scheduled to face Lesley
Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs in doubles.
When neither Williams sister played in the Fed
Cup last year, Vandeweghe led the U.S. to its 2017
title by going 6-0 in singles matches and 2-0 in dou-
bles. She became the first American to win six Fed
Cup singles matches in one year since the World
Group format was introduced in 1995.
ETC.
Ryan Armour ............70p-70s-69m—209 -6
Scott Piercy .............71p-71s-67m—209 -6
NO L AUG HI NG M AT T E R Winners to semifinals, losers to
playoffs, April 21-22
Ben Martin ..............68m-75p-66s—209 -6 United States 2, Netherlands 0
Julian Suri ...............66s-67m-76p—209 -6
Bubba Watson..........68m-71p-70s—209 -6
Stand-up comedian Larry the Cable Guy tries to blast out of a At Asheville, N.C.
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Bryson DeChambeau.70m-69p-70s—209 -6 bunker on the 18th hole at Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the SINGLES—Venus Williams d. Arantxa Rus,
Sam Ryder...............73p-69s-67m—209 -6 Netherlands, 6-1, 6-4; CoCo Vandeweghe d.
Xinjun Zhang ............68p-72s-69m—209 -6 third round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Richel Hogenkamp, Netherlands, 4-6, 7-6 (6),
Ryan Blaum .............68m-71p-70s—209 -6 6-3.
Will Zalatoris ............67s-69m-73p—209 -6
Scott Stallings ..........72p-69s-68m—209 -6 Belarus 1, Germany 1
Cameron Tringale ......70p-68s-71m—209 -6 At Minsk, Belarus
Ricky Barnes............70p-71s-69m—210 -5 Surface: Hard-Indoor
Jimmy Walker ...........68s-69m-73p—210 -5 SINGLES—Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, d. Tat-
Eric Axley.................69m-67p-74s—210 -5 jana Maria, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Antonia Lottner, Ger-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Rory Sabbatini .........68m-74p-68s—210 -5 many, d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 7-5,
Sam Saunders .........72s-66m-72p—210 -5 SOUTHLAND W. Kentucky 83, FIU 76 Penn 69, Harvard 49 6-4.
Brandt Snedeker.......71s-70m-69p—210 -5 Arizona 81, USC 67 William & Mary 83, Delaware 66 Princeton 82, Dartmouth 63 Czech Republic 2, Switzerland 0
Kevin Chappell .........73s-68m-69p—210 -5 Arizona St. 88, UCLA 79 Winthrop 82, High Point 70 Richmond 60, La Salle 57 At Prague
Patrick Cantlay..........66m-72p-72s—210 -5 Santa Clara 70, San Diego 64 MIDWEST Robert Morris 55, LIU Brooklyn 44 Surface: Hard-Indoor
Jonathan Randolph ...69s-69m-72p—210 -5 Loyola Marymount 85, Pepperdine 79 Akron 69, Cent. Michigan 63 Sacred Heart 61, Wagner 49 SINGLES—Petra Kvitova d. Viktorija Golubic,
Jason Kokrak............70s-67m-74p—211 -4 Cal St.-Fullerton 68, UC Davis 66 St. Joseph’s 69, Duquesne 50 Switzerland, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Barbora Strycova d.
Johnson Wagner .......73p-69s-69m—211 -4 Austin Peay 76, E. Illinois 69
UC Irvine 62, UC Riverside 52 Bowling Green 70, E. Michigan 63, OT St. Louis 70, Rhode Island 66 Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-4.
Nick Watney.............70s-69m-72p—211 -4 Nevada 83, San Diego St. 58 Cleveland St. 86, Ill.-Chicago 78 St. Francis (Pa.) 94, St. Francis Brooklyn 71 Belgium 1, France 1
Branden Grace .........68p-72s-71m—211 -4
Brice Garnett............71p-72s-68m—211 -4 Long Beach St. 73, Cal Poly 54 Drake 71, N. Iowa 64 Stetson 72, NJIT 53 At La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Chapman 72, La Verne 57 Iowa St. 88, Oklahoma 80 Central Florida 64, Temple 57 Surface: Hard-Indoor
Aaron Baddeley ........70m-69p-72s—211 -4
Pomona-Pitzer 93, Cal Lutheran 62 Loyola of Chicago 75, Indiana St. 71 Connecticut 124, Wichita St. 43 SINGLES—Elise Mertens, Belgium, d. Pauline
Bronson Burgoon ......70m-70p-71s—211 -4
Grayson Murray.........74p-68s-69m—211 -4 Whittier 74, Occidental 73 Michigan St. 68, Purdue 65 Yale 65, Cornell 55 Parmentier, France, 6-2, 6-1; ristina Mladenovic,
Chris Stroud.............68s-68m-75p—211 -4 Caltech 78, Redlands 72 Milwaukee 74, Wright St. 73 SOUTH France, d. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-2, 6-4.
Trey Mullinax ............72s-67m-72p—211 -4 Westmont 89, San Diego Christian 80 Missouri 89, Mississippi St. 85, OT Alabama St. 55, Alabama A&M 44
Jonathan Byrd ..........73p-71s-68m—212 -3 Cal St. Northridge at Hawaii, late Missouri St. 72, Evansville 55 Arkansas St. 75, South Alabama 60
Derek Fathauer.........69p-72s-71m—212 -3 WEST Murray St. 75, SIU-Edwardsville 66 Belmont 68, Tennessee Tech 60
Rod Pampling...........69m-73p-70s—212 -3 Gonzaga 78, St. Mary’s 65 N. Illinois 90, Buffalo 88, OT Bethune-Cookman 73, Md.-Eastern Shore 61
Brandon Harkins .......68m-71p-73s—212 -3 S. Utah 63, N. Arizona 54 Nebraska 67, Rutgers 55 Charlotte 88, UTSA 75 AUTO RACING
Rob Oppenheim .......67p-73s-72m—212 -3 UNLV 85, Wyoming 70 Nebraska-Omaha 90, Fort Wayne 85 Coastal Carolina 73, Appalachian St. 68 DRAG RACING
Keith Mitchell ...........67s-73m-72p—212 -3 Pacific 60, Portland 58 Notre Dame 84, Florida St. 69 NHRA Winternationals
ROCKIES
Zecheng Dou............67p-74s-71m—212 -3 Oregon St. 97, Washington 94, 2OT Ohio St. 82, Iowa 64 N. Colorado 71, Weber St. 69 At Auto Club Raceway, Pomona
James Hahn.............74s-68m-70p—212 -3 Rio Grande 68, CS Bakersfield 66 After Saturday’s qualifying;
Alex Cejka ...............69s-72m-71p—212 -3 EAST N. Arizona 72, S. Utah 55
Boston College 72, Miami 70 St. Louis 70, La Salle 62 Boise St. 68, Utah St. 60 today’s eliminations pairings.
Chesson Hadley........68m-74p-70s—212 -3 Seattle 91, Chicago St. 81 TOP FUEL: 1. Clay Millican, 3.628 seconds,
Matt Kuchar .............66s-71m-75p—212 -3 Brown 91, Columbia 88, OT New Mexico 57, Air Force 49
Bryant 79, Mount St. Mary’s 77 Texas Tech 66, Kansas St. 47 Wyoming 69, Nevada Las Vegas 56 327.74 mph vs. 14. Steven Chrisman, 8.066,
Vaughn Taylor ...........70m-70p-72s—212 -3
Mo. Kansas City 77, Utah Valley 70 90.75. 2. Brittany Force, 3.675, 322.04 vs. 13.
Joel Dahmen............71p-72s-69m—212 -3 Canisius 71, Quinnipiac 64 Utah Valley 68, Mo. Kansas City 65
Sean O’Hair .............69m-70p-73s—212 -3 Dartmouth 72, Princeton 56 W. Michigan 69, Ohio 60 Terry Haddock, 4.133, 254.76. 3. Steve Tor-
DePaul 80, Providence 63 Wichita St. 95, Connecticut 74 rence, 3.676, 329.83 vs. 12. Steve Faria, 4.081,
Denny McCarthy........72p-66s-74m—212 -3
249.44. 4. Leah Pritchett, 3.687, 330.23 vs. 11.
J.T. Poston................71p-69s-72m—212 -3 Fordham 80, Duquesne 57 Xavier 72, Creighton 71 TRANSACTIONS
Nonqualifiers included: Georgetown 83, Seton Hall 80 Youngstown St. 84, IUPUI 80 Scott Palmer, 3.796, 325.53. 5. Doug Kalitta,
Gary Woodland.........69s-72m-73p—214 -1 Harvard 76, Penn 67 SOUTHWEST BASEBALL 3.703, 330.15 vs. 10. Richie Crampton, 3.782,
Rory McIlroy.............68s-74m-72p—214 -1 Holy Cross 73, Boston U. 62 Abilene Christian 80, Incarnate Word 69 Toronto—Agreed to terms with pitcher John 314.75. 6. Antron Brown, 3.717, 332.51 vs. 9.
Ernie Els..................77s-68m-71p—216 +1 Iona 86, St. Peter’s 77 Arkansas 72, Vanderbilt 54 Axford on a minor league contract. Mike Salinas, 3.748, 326.71. 7. Terry McMillen,
Luke Donald ............75s-70m-71p—216 +1 N.Y. Mets—Designated third baseman Matt 3.727, 327.03 vs. 8. Tony Schumacher, 3.732,

Johnson and Potter are tied

Lehigh 80, American U. 78, OT Baylor 80, Kansas 64
Adam Scott..............77s-70m-70p—217 +2 Manhattan 93, Monmouth (NJ) 76 Grambling St. 90, Prairie View 85 Reynolds for assignment. 331.20.
Vijay Singh...............75p-69s-76m—220 +5 Navy 68, Army 59 New Orleans 62, Texas A&M-CC 53 Philadelphia—Agreed to terms with pitcher FUNNY CAR: 1. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger,
Ken Duke ................79s-70m-71p—220 +5 Josh Tols on a minor league contract. 3.822, 336.32 vs. 16. Jim Campbell, Charger,

for the lead at Pebble Beach

Niagara 95, Fairfield 83 S. Dakota St. 85, Oral Roberts 75
Padraig Harrington ....75m-76p-71s—222 +7 Northeastern 77, Towson 62 Sam Houston St. 71, Lamar 69 BASKETBALL 4.059, 311.92. 2. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro,
Oklahoma St. 88, West Virginia 85 Stephen F. Austin 97, Northwestern St. 50 New Orleans—Waived guards Rashad Vaughn 3.850, 334.24 vs. 15. Jeff Diehl, Toyota Camry,
CHAMPIONS TOUR Rider 89, Marist 79 TCU 87, Texas 71 and Mike James. 4.059, 313.58. 3. Jack Beckman, Charger,
$1.6-MILLION BOCA RATON CHAMPIONSHIP Robert Morris 96, LIU Brooklyn 82 Texas A&M 85, Kentucky 74 FOOTBALL 3.860, 332.84 vs. 14. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mus-
Dustin Johnson overcame a sloppy back nine by At Boca Raton, Fla.—Par 72 Sacred Heart 67, CCSU 50 Texas Southern 86, Jackson St. 75 N.Y. Jets—Signed defensive back Kacy tang, 3.984, 322.50. 4. Courtney Force, Ca-
The Old Course at Broken Sound—6,807 yards St. Joseph’s 85, Massachusetts 73 Texas Arlington 70, Texas State 68, OT Rodgers II to a reserve/future contract. maro, 3.877, 328.94 vs. 13. Jonnie Lindberg,
making a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a two- 36-Hole Leaders St. Bonaventure 97, Richmond 88 UTSA 63, UTEP 59 Pittsburgh—Signed fullback Roosevelt Nix to Camry, 3.950, 322.58. 5. Ron Capps, Charger,
under-par 70 that gave him a share of the lead going Mark Calcavecchia...............64-66—130 -14 St. Francis (Pa.) 90, St. Francis Brooklyn 65 a four-year contract. 3.882, 331.12 vs. 12. Shawn Langdon, Camry,
Bernhard Langer..................66-66—132 -12 ROCKIES
St. John’s 86, Marquette 78 3.949, 328.06. 6. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang,
into the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Na- Bart Bryant.........................70-64—134 -10 Stetson 84, NJIT 80
Air Force 100, New Mexico 92 HOCKEY
3.886, 327.43 vs. 11. Del Worsham, Camry,
Jerry Smith.........................67-67—134 -10 Denver 66, N. Dakota St. 63 Edmonton—Called up defenseman Keegan
tional Pro-Am. Paul Broadhurst ..................69-66—135 -9 Villanova 86, Butler 75 Idaho St. 82, North Dakota 67 Lowe from Bakersfield (AHL).
3.943, 320.97. 7. J.R. Todd, Camry, 3.908,
Yale 74, Cornell 65 Utah St. 71, Boise St. 65 326.79 vs. 10. John Force, Camaro, 3.937,
Ted Potter Jr. needed to birdie one of his final Steve Flesch .......................67-68—135 -9 N.Y. Rangers—Called up goaltender
SOUTH Weber St. 71, N. Colorado 66, OT Alexandar Georgiev from Hartford (AHL). 314.75. 8. Cruz Pedregon, Camry, 3.924,
Michael Allen......................67-68—135 -9
three holes for a 59 at Monterey Peninsula. He fin- Fred Funk...........................66-70—136 -8 Alabama 78, Tennessee 50 Portland St. 80, Montana St. 77 Washington—Signed center Lars Eller to a
326.48 vs. 9. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger,
Alabama St. 69, Alabama A&M 50 BYU 75, San Francisco 73, OT 3.932, 320.36.
ished par-bogey-bogey for a 62 and was tied with Rocco Mediate....................65-71—136 -8 five-year extension.
Alcorn St. 94, MVSU 90, OT Colorado St. 90, San Jose St. 79 PRO STOCK: 1. Vincent Nobile, Chevy Camaro,
David Toms.........................69-68—137 -7 SOCCER 6.529, 210.41 vs. 16. Alan Prusiensky, Dodge
Johnson at 14-under 201. Kevin Sutherland .................68-69—137 -7 Appalachian St. 81, Coastal Carolina 66 New Mexico St. 74, Grand Canyon 70 U.S. Soccer—Elected Carlos Cordeiro
Jesper Parnevik ...................66-71—137 -7 Auburn 78, Georgia 61 Montana 71, Sacramento St. 69, OT Dart, 6.733, 207.02. 2. Drew Skillman, Camaro,
Jason Day, coming off a victory two weeks ago at Marco Dawson ....................69-69—138 -6
president. 6.547, 210.60 vs. 15. Joey Grose, Camaro,
Belmont 75, Tennessee Tech 70 Utah 77, California 43
Torrey Pines, shot a 69 and was two shots behind. Tom Byrum .........................69-69—138 -6 Bethune-Cookman 87, Md.-Eastern Shore 67 6.699, 207.46. 3. Greg Anderson, Camaro,
WOMEN SOCCER 6.554, 211.30 vs. 14. Val Smeland, Camaro,
Scott Dunlap ......................69-69—138 -6 Campbell 88, Longwood 54
Johnson is going for his second consecutive Gene Sauers.......................68-70—138 -6
AP TOP 25 INTERNATIONAL 6.691, 207.91. 4. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.557,
Charleston Southern 64, Presbyterian 54 No. 1 Connecticut 124, Wichita State 43
PGA Tour victory as he closes in on a full year at No. Joe Durant..........................70-69—139 -5 Coll. of Charleston 89, Drexel 67 ENGLAND 209.33 vs. 13. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.624,
No. 3 Baylor 83, No. 24 TCU 63 Premier League 207.40. 5. Alex Laughlin, Camaro, 6.558,
Wes Short, Jr.......................71-68—139 -5 E. Kentucky 75, Morehead St. 73
1 in the world. Jay Williamson ....................71-68—139 -5 E. Tenn. St. 70, VMI 56
No. 6 Texas 76, Kansas State 54 Tottenham 1, Arsenal 0 209.62 vs. 12. Steve Graham, Camaro, 6.621,
Lee Janzen .........................70-69—139 -5 No. 20 Green Bay 65, Milwaukee 36 Stoke 1, Brighton 1 208.30. 6. Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.569, 210.54
Florida 65, South Carolina 41 No. 22 Oklahoma State 81, Iowa State 73
Todd Hamilton.....................70-69—139 -5 Florida A&M 65, N.C. Central 56 Everton 3, Crystal Palace 1 vs. 11. Tanner Gray, Camaro, 6.598, 209.98. 7.
General admission parking for this week’s Gen- Ken Tanigawa......................71-68—139 -5
Florida Gulf Coast 88, S.C. Upstate 71
SOUTHLAND West Ham 2, Watford 0 Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.577, 209.14 vs. 10. Jeg
Tommy Armour III.................72-67—139 -5 San Diego St. 75, Nevada 72 Swansea 1, Burnley 0 Coughlin, Camaro, 6.596, 209.14. 8. Deric
esis Open at Riviera Country Club will be at Santa Jeff Sluman ........................72-67—139 -5 Furman 76, Wofford 52 Cal St. Bakersfield 71, Rio Grande 30 Man City 5, Leicester 1 Kramer, Camaro, 6.580, 209.75 vs. 9. Chris Mc-
Monica’s downtown parking structures S1-S8 on Corey Pavin ........................69-70—139 -5 George Mason 72, George Washington 65 Pepperdine 85, Loyola Marymount 74
Hampton 82, Norfolk St. 52 ITALY Gaha, Camaro, 6.582, 210.37.
Jeff Maggert........................65-74—139 -5 UC Irvine 76, UC Riverside 63
Wednesday through Sunday. There will be free Colin Montgomerie...............70-70—140 -4 Kennesaw St. 78, Jacksonville 54 Cal Poly 70, Long Beach St. 61
Serie A
Spal 0, AC Milan 4
shuttle service from Santa Monica to the course Glen Day............................69-71—140 -4 LSU 82, Mississippi 66 San Diego 51, Santa Clara 40 Crotone 1, Atalanta 1
THE ODDS
Billy Andrade ......................73-67—140 -4 Liberty 77, Gardner-Webb 65 UC Davis 72, Cal St. Northridge 46
and back each day. Kent Jones ..........................67-73â140 -4 Lipscomb 82, North Florida 75 UC Santa Barbara 59, Cal St. Fullerton 52
Napoli 4, Lazio 1
College Basketball
Russ Cochran .....................68-72—140 -4 Louisiana-Lafayette 102, Georgia Southern 91 SPAIN
On Monday, for the college showcase at Riviera, Kirk Triplett .........................67-73—140 -4 Louisiana-Monroe 90, Georgia St. 82, OT
Cal Lutheran 57, Pomona-Pitzer 55
La Liga Favorite Line Underdog
Redlands 56, Caltech 36
general admission parking will be at Paul Revere John Daly ...........................67-73—140 -4 Marshall 79, Fla. Atlantic 68 Chapman 99, La Verne 72 Villarreal 1, Alaves 2 at Syracuse 71⁄2 Wake Forest
Tom Pernice Jr. ....................70-71—141 -3 Maryland 73, Northwestern 57 Malaga 0, Atletico 1
Charter Middle School. The course will be closed to Mercer 84, Chattanooga 75
Whittier 61, Occidental 55
Leganes 0, Eibar 1
Michigan 3 at Wisconsin
PGA EUROPEAN TOUR Westmont 73, San Diego Christian 57 Louisville 11 at Pittsburgh
the public Tuesday. $1.75-MILLION WORLD SUPER 6 PERTH
Middle Tennessee 79, North Texas 73
WEST
Madrid 5, Sociedad 2
N. Kentucky 86, Green Bay 80 FRANCE at Memphis 1 ⁄2
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Central Florida
Additional details: GenesisOpen.com. At Perth, Australia—Par 72 Nicholls 94, Houston Baptist 67
Portland St. 62, Montana St. 53
Ligue 1 at S. Illinois 4 ⁄2
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— Mike James Lake Karrinyup Country Club—7,143 yards North Carolina 96, NC State 89
Grand Canyon 50, New Mexico St. 34
Toulouse 0, PSG 1 at Valparaiso 5 Illinois St.
54-Hole Leaders Old Dominion 82, Louisiana Tech 69
Portland 89, Pacific 67
Dijon 3, Nice 2
Prom Meesawat, Thailand 67-70-67—204 -12 Colorado St. 73, San Jose St. 66 at Colorado 3 Stanford
Lucas Herbert, Australia...68-69-69—206 -10 S.C. State 90, N.C. A&T 85 Guingamp 0, Caen 0
The USC men’s 1,600-meter relay team set a St. Mary’s 72, Gonzaga 56 St. Cincinnati 7 at SMU
Thor Olesen, Denmark .....70-67-69—206 -10 SE Louisiana 74, McNeese St. 67 Metz 0, Montpellier 1
San Francisco 76, BYU 73
SE Missouri 81, Tenn. Martin 77, OT Angers 0, Monaco 4 at Houston 14 Tulane
world and NCAA indoor record when winning the Sean Crocker, U.S. ..........70-69-67—206 -10
Samford 116, The Citadel 103
Sacramento St. 79, Montana 64
Bordeaux 3, Amiens 2
Sam Horsfield, England ...68-72-68—208 -8 Seattle 72, Chicago St. 60 Duke 9 ⁄2
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Clemson Tiger Paw Classic event in 3 minutes 1.98 Yusaku Miyazato, Japan ...70-70-68—208 -8 Savannah St. 97, Morgan St. 94, OT GERMANY
South Alabama 87, Arkansas St. 67 EAST Penn St. 2 ⁄2
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seconds. Zach Shinnick, Rai Benjamin, Ricky Brad Kennedy, Australia ...69-72-67—208 -8 Bundesliga
D. Papadatos, Australia....69-73-66—208 -8 Southern Miss. 72, Charlotte 54 American U. 60, Lehigh 44 at Oregon 141⁄2 Washington St.
Leverkusen 0, Hertha Berlin 2
Morgan Jr. and Michael Norman were only two- Grant Forrest, Scotland....69-68-72—209 -7 Southern U. 70, Ark.-Pine Bluff 62 Boston U. 64, Holy Cross 58
Hoffenheim 4, Mainz 2 Updates at Pregame.com
Marcus Fraser, Australia...68-74-67—209 -7 Temple 73, South Florida 55 Brown 84, Columbia 80
tenths of a second off the U.S. indoor record, which Eintracht 4, Cologne 2 —Associated Press
Matt Millar, Australia .......73-70-67—210 -7 Tennessee St. 65, Jacksonville St. 47 Bucknell 63, Colgate 42
Hannover 2, Freiburg 1
was not ratified by the IAAF, track’s governing a-Min Woo Lee, Australia .69-70-71—210 -6 Troy 82, Ark. Little Rock 64 CCSU 62, Bryant 59
Dortmund 2, Hamburger SV 0
Ben Eccles, Australia.......72-69-69—210 -6 Ala. Birmingham 61, Rice 56 Creighton 87, Providence 84 COLLEGE
body, as a world record. Bayern 2, Schalke 1
P. Tngkmlprsrt, Thailand....70-71-69—210 -6 UNC Asheville 66, Radford 64 Lafayette 73, Loyola (Md.) 64
Nick Cullen, Australia ......72-68-70—210 -6 UNC Greensboro 65, W. Carolina 48 Manhattan 55, Fairfield 44 VOLLEYBALL
James Nitties, Australia....66-76-68—210 -6 UNC Wilmington 90, Hofstra 70 Monmouth (NJ) 65, Niagara 63 COLLEGE TENNIS MEN
The Washington Capitals signed center Lars Chase Koepka, U.S..........70-74-70—214 -2 VCU 88, Dayton 84, OT Mount St. Mary’s 55, Fairleigh Dickinson 53 MEN Nonconference
Lee Westwood, England ...66-70-78—214 -2 Navy 55, Army 46 Nonconference UCLA d. Grand Canyon, 25-19, 25-18, 25-18
Eller to a $17.5-million, five-year contract exten- a—Amateur
Virginia Tech 61, Virginia 60, OT
UCLA 5, Nevada Las Vegas 2 BYU d. USC, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25
sion. Eller has11goals and17 assists in 53 games this
season, three points shy of his career high.

Pro Bowl fullback Roosevelt Nix signed a four-

year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. SANTA ANITA RESULTS
Wally Moon, an All-Star and Gold Glove out- Copyright 2018 by Equibase Co. 27th day of 59-day meet. Alesia, Christensen, Hudock, and Legan. 8 Also Ran: Ax Man, Kris’ Rocket Kat, Mr. Jagermeister. 2234 NINTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Starter allowance.
8 Scratched: none. 8 Time: 22.00, 44.25, 1.09.89, 1.22.62. Cloudy & Fast. Trainer: Jerry
fielder who played on the Dodgers’ World Series- 2226 FIRST RACE. 6 furlongs. Claiming. Four-year-olds 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (7-1) paid $46.00, $1 Exacta (1-4) paid Hollendorfer. Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds.
Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $50,000. Purse
and up. Claiming price $12,500. Purse $16,000. $30,000.
winning teams in 1959, 1963 and 1965, died Friday in $28.30, $1 Superfecta (1-4-2-3) paid $375.20, $1 Super High Five 8 Scratched: none.
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show (1-4-2-3-6) paid $688.10, 50-Cent Trifecta (1-4-2) paid $63.50, $1 Pick 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (6-5) paid $154.00, $1 Exacta (5-3) paid
Bryan, Texas. He was 87. 5 Adventurous Baze 23.20 10.20 4.60 Three (5-7-1) paid $343.90. $94.50, $1 Superfecta (5-3-4-1) paid $744.70, 50-Cent Trifecta (5- 9 Conqueror Desrmux 5.80 4.20 3.20
10 Quick Finish Van Dyke 4.00 3.40
Moon, a left-handed hitter, developed the 7 True Ranger Pereira 5.80 3.20
2229 FOURTH RACE. 11⁄16 mile. Santa Maria Stakes. 3-4) paid $192.90, $1 Pick Three (4-6-5) paid $109.20, 50-Cent Pick
12 Desert General Baze 4.00
8 Celebrate Life Elliott 2.40 Four (4-8-1-5(CC PICK 4)) 4 correct paid $2,700.40.
“Moon Shot” when the Dodgers moved to Los An- 8 Also Ran: Yo La Tengo, Big Champion, Squared Squared, Upper-
Fillies and mares. Four-year-olds and up. Purse 8 Also Ran: Super Duper Cooper, Acker, Arch Prince, Liberty Jack,
$200,000. 2232 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile. Maiden claiming. Caray, Super Echelon, Bacoli, Taco Tuesday.
geles and played four seasons in the Coliseum, classman, Julia’s Summer.
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $20,000. Purse 8 Time: 22.71, 45.39, 1.10.15, 1.23.19. Cloudy & Fast. Trainer: Vladi-
8 Time: 22.27, 45.50, 58.37, 1.12.64. Cloudy & Fast. Trainer: Ken-
where left field was 251 feet from the plate but had a neth D. Black. Owner: Patricia Warren. 4 Unique Bella Smith 2.20 2.10 2.10 $18,000. mir Cerin. Owner: Wilson, Holly and David.
2 Mopotism Gutierrez 2.80 2.10 8 Scratched: Fire to the Wire.
40-foot-high screen that he would clear with an in- 8 Scratched: none.
5 Majestic Heat Prat 2.10
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (6-9) paid $24.80, $1 Exacta (9-10) paid
8 Exotics: $1 Exacta (5-7) paid $64.60, $1 Superfecta (5-7-8-6) paid 2 Seau Conner 8.20 4.60 3.60
side-out swing. $1,039.70, 50-Cent Trifecta (5-7-8) paid $126.80, $1 X-5 Super High 8 Also Ran: Shenandoah Queen, Kathy’s Song. 1 Second Gear Ceballos 11.80 8.00 $11.70, $1 Superfecta (9-10-12-2) paid $551.60, $1 Super High Five
In five seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and Five (5-7-8--6-1) , X-5 Super High Five Carryover $1,619. 8 Time: 23.54, 46.80, 1.10.95, 1.36.49, 1.43.45. Cloudy & Fast. 5 Path of Exile Puglisi 4.60 (9-10-12-2-1) paid $1,077.00, 50-Cent Trifecta (9-10-12) paid $26.60,
Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer. Owner: Don Alberto Stable. 8 Also Ran: Is Trevor Clever, Son of the South, Black Storm, Wise $1 Pick Three (2-6-9) paid $74.70.
seven with the Dodgers, Moon batted .289 with 142 2227 SECOND RACE. 6 furlongs. Claiming. 8 Scratched: none. Curlin, Kewanee Coyne, Bryan Habana (ARG). 2235 TENTH RACE. about 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Maiden
Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $12,500. Purse 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (1-4) paid $9.80, $1 Exacta (4-2) paid
home runs and 661 runs batted in. $16,000. $2.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (4-2-5) paid $2.15, $1 Pick Three (7-1-4) paid
8 Time: 24.09, 47.98, 1.13.00, 1.26.48, 1.40.57. Cloudy & Fast. special weight. Three-year-olds. Purse $54,000.
Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer. Owner: Hill n Dale Equine Holdings Inc., P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show $29.40. Hollendorfer, LLC and Three Kings Racing. 10 Masked Van Dyke 20.80 10.20 6.20
The Utah Jazz released Derrick Rose, the 2011 7 Trapalanda Conner 11.40 6.20 4.20 2230 FIFTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Thunder Road Stakes. 8 Scratched: Traffic Thief. 9 Majestic Eagle Nakatani 6.40 3.80
2 Informality Pedroza 7.40 4.20 4-year-olds and up. Purse $100,000. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (5-2) paid $176.00, $1 Exacta (2-1) paid 1 Jungle Warfare Bejarano 3.00
NBA MVP, after trading for him Thursday. Rose, 29, 8 Rocky’s Show Maragh 3.20 $53.90, $1 Superfecta (2-1-5-4) paid $509.40, $1 Super High Five 8 Also Ran: Frenchmen Street, Eskimo Roses, Pointed, Elevated
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
averaged 9.8 points in16 games for Cleveland. ... The 8 Also Ran: Liberation, Kaboom, Gutsy Streak, Summer Buddha. 6 Om Prat 11.40 4.80 3.40 (2-1-5-4-6) paid $2,402.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (2-1-5) paid $107.75, $1 Knight, Dignitaire, Fightinirishtabit, Desolation Sound.
8 Time: 21.87, 45.54, 58.85, 1.12.53. Cloudy & Fast. Trainer: David 2 Bowies Hero Nakatani 3.40 3.00 Pick Three (6-5-2) paid $297.60. 8 Time: 22.15, 44.86, 1.07.74, 1.13.69. Cloudy & Firm. Trainer: Bob
Philadelphia Sixers will sign shooting guard Marco Jacobson. Owner: David Jacobson. 1 Next Shares Bejarano 4.00 Baffert. Owner: Abdullah Saeed Almaddah.
2233 EIGHTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Allowance optional
Belinelli once he clears waivers Monday, according 8 Scratched: Amodei. 8 Also Ran: Tequila Joe, Blackjackcat, Ohio (BRZ). claiming. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price 8 Scratched: Phoenix Fire.
8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (5-7) paid $143.00, $1 Exacta (7-2) paid 8 Time: 22.58, 45.75, 1.10.11, 1.21.77, 1.33.54. Cloudy & Firm. 8 Exotics: $2 Pick Six Jackpot (6-5-2-6-6/9-10) , Pick Six Jackpot
to reports. He averaged 11.4 points and shot 37.2% $29.20, $1 Superfecta (7-2-8-4) paid $448.90, $1 Super High Five $40,000. Purse $56,000.
Carryover $18,592, $2 Daily Double (9-10) paid $76.80, $1 Exacta
Trainer: Dan L. Hendricks. Owner: Sareen Family Trust.
on threes this season before Atlanta bought him (7-2-8-4-3) paid $1,267.80, 50-Cent Trifecta (7-2-8) paid $48.90. 8 Scratched: none. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show (10-9) paid $52.60, $1 Superfecta (10-9-1-5) paid $1,236.50, $1 Super
6 Sawyer’s Hill Pedroza 7.20 4.20 2.80 High Five (10-9-1-5-8) 8 tickets paid $2,671.50, 50-Cent Trifecta (10-
out last week. 2228 THIRD RACE. 1 mile turf. Allowance optional 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (4-6) paid $13.80, $1 Exacta (6-2) paid 1 Tartini Bejarano 7.80 4.80
claiming. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $17.20, $1 Superfecta (6-2-1-4) paid $203.80, 50-Cent Trifecta (6-2-1) 9-1) paid $115.60, $1 Pick Three (6-9-10) paid $163.30, 50-Cent Pick
5 Van Cortlandt Prat 2.60 Four (2-6-6/9-10) 2186 tickets with 4 correct paid $339.70, 50-Cent
$40,000. Purse $56,000. paid $23.15, $1 Pick Three (1-4-6) paid $29.40, 50-Cent Pick Four
(7-1-4-6) 4 correct paid $91.05, 50-Cent Pick Five (5-7-1-4-6) 5 correct 8 Also Ran: Dreams of Valor, Tony Blackjack, Incredible Luck, Cali- Pick Five (5-2-6-6/9-10) 69 tickets with 5 correct paid $6,442.45, $2
Yoel Romero knocked out Luke Rockhold in P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show fornia Journey, Mongolian Greywolf, Lord Admiral. Pick Six (6-5-2-6-6/9-10) 41 tickets with 5 out of 6 paid $462.80, Pick
paid $1,287.75.
the third round of their main event at UFC 221 in 1 Maestro Dearte Nakatani 6.80 4.00 3.20 8 Time: 22.79, 46.14, 1.10.02, 1.22.08, 1.34.17. Cloudy & Firm. Six Carryover $86,767.
4 Malibu Music Elliott 9.00 5.80 2231 SIXTH RACE. 7 furlongs. San Vicente Stakes. Trainer: Kristin Mulhall. Owner: Red Castle Farms.
Australia to earn a shot at middleweight champion 2 Burning Brightly Prat 4.80 Three-year-olds. Purse $200,000. 8 Scratched: none. ATTENDANCE/MUTUEL HANDLE
Robert Whittaker. 8 Also Ran: Temple Keys, Broken Up, Lymebyrd, Fortune of War (GB), P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (2-6) paid $38.80, $1 Exacta (6-1) paid On-track attendance-9,307. Mutuel handle-$1,749,056
Rigoletto (SWI), Gustnado. 5 Kanthaka Prat 24.20 7.20 4.80 $27.40, $1 Superfecta (6-1-5-2) paid $520.30, $1 Super High Five Inter-track attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$2,913,488
8 Time: 22.90, 46.01, 1.09.95, 1.22.55, 1.34.50. Cloudy & Firm. 3 Nero Espinoza 7.80 5.60 (6-1-5-2-7) paid $1,881.70, 50-Cent Trifecta (6-1-5) paid $37.90, $1 Out-of-state attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$9,050,498
Trainer: Peter Eurton. Owner: Burns Racing LLC, Ciaglia Racing LLC, 4 All Out Blitz Baze 5.00 Pick Three (5-2-6) paid $324.50. Total attendance-9,307. Mutuel handle- $13,713,042

Record runs at SANTA ANITA ENTRIES

Winternationals 28th day of a 59-day thoroughbred meet.

2236 FIRST RACE (12:30 p.m.). 1 mile turf. Claiming.
Fillies. 4-year-olds. Claiming prices $40,000-$35,000.
Purse $38,000.
....

....
Ike,6

Rumpus Cat,5
2185 El Asesino,3
D Van Dyke,122
8117 Crazy Uncle Rick,1 E Roman,X117
.... American All Star,2 T Baze,122
R Maragh,122
S Elliott,122
9-5
7-2
5-1
8-1
15-1
2241 SIXTH RACE. 1 mile. Maiden claiming. 3-year-olds.
Claiming price $30,000. Purse $21,000.
PR Horse (PP)
2100 Old School Ike,6
Jockey,Wt
T Baze,122
Odds
3-5
PR
2070
2084
6019
Horse (PP)
Liar’s Smoker,6
Backintheacademy,1
Ipray,3
Jockey,Wt
E Roman,X116
A Jimenez,121
R Bejarano,121
Odds
5-2
3-1
3-1
2084 Yes Mongolia,8 D Sanchez,121 5-1
staff reports PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2239 FOURTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Claiming. 4-year-olds 2160 Shackalov,7 J Talamo,122 4-1 2080 Jill Madden,7 M Pedroza,121 6-1
.... Vasilika,4 R Maragh,121 2-1 and up. Claiming price $32,000. Purse $33,000. 2100 Dos Palos,5 J Ochoa,122 6-1
2071 Colonel Jim,4 A Espinoza,XXX112 8-1 1080 Stole My ’Art,2 F Ceballos,X116 12-1
2079 War Moccasin,2 R Bejarano,121 5-2 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2190 Veronica Bay,4 B Pena,121 12-1
2147 Looking At Thelake,7 E Roman,121 3-1 2100 Starship Chewy,1 M Chaves,122 8-1
Clay Millican set a national record with a 3.628- 2079 Aura Rose,3 F Prat,121 4-1
2090 A Red Tie Day,5 F Prat,121 5-2 2160 Dynamic Duo,8 C Franco,XX115 20-1 2139 Very Hot,5 A Solis,121 15-1
(2142) Clever Royal,7 G Franco,123 3-1 2110 Derby Kingdom,2 S Gonzalez,122 30-1
second pass to earn a Top Fuel No.1qualifying posi- .... Giant Mongolian,1 D Sanchez,121 10-1 2142 Crown the Kitten,4 K Desormeaux,121 7-2 2110 Nine Issues,3 S Elliott,122 30-1 2244 NINTH RACE. About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Sweet Life
2079 November Tale B Blanc,121 12-1 2105 Little Scotty,1 T Baze,121 4-1 Stakes. Fillies. 3-year-olds. Purse $75,000.
tion Saturday at the season-opening NHRA Win- (IRE),6 2026 Banze No Oeste R Bejarano,121 6-1 2242 SEVENTH RACE. 11⁄4 mile turf. Allowance optional PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds
ternationals at Pomona. 2079 Midnight Lilly,5 G Franco,121 15-1 (BRZ),8 claiming. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up.
2116 Out of The Flames F Prat,120 3-1
2237 SECOND RACE. 6 furlongs. Allowance optional 1092 Senator Robert,6 B Pena,121 10-1 Claiming price $62,500. Purse $58,000.
Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Vincent Nobile claiming. Fillies. 3-year-olds. Claiming price $50,000. 4187 Cardiac,2 R Fuentes,121 12-1 (GB),1
2154 Drummer (GER),3 T Conner,121 30-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds (2116) Ms Bad Behavior,8 T Pereira,122 7-2
(Pro Stock) also qualified No. 1 in their classes at State bred. Purse $56,000. 2111 Laseen (IRE),1 V Espinoza,122 5-2 2069 War Heroine,4 T Baze,120 4-1
2240 FIFTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Maiden claiming.
Auto Club Raceway, with Hagan hitting a track PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $16,000. Purse
2104 Lucy De,3 K Desormeaux,124 3-1 2035 Finess Bere (FR),5 D Van Dyke,122 6-1
(2146) Kiss of Dahpespe,5 E Roman,X115 8-5 2024 Coachwhip,7 F Prat,122 4-1 .... Mraseel (IRE),3 A Quinonez,122 8-1
record speed of 336.32 mph. 2102 Smiling Tigress,4 T Baze,122 2-1
$17,000. 6315 Nodiac (IRE),4 G Franco,120 4-1 9030 Treasuring (GB),7 R Maragh,124 10-1
Defending Top Fuel champ Brittany Force 2102 Twisted Rosie,3 S Elliott,120 5-2 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2065 Beautiful Becca,2 M Gutierrez,120 8-1
2104 Shazara,5 T Pereira,122 8-1 8073 Miss Puddles M Gutierrez,120 12-1
(2058) Sapphire Kid,1 D Van Dyke,120 4-1 4364 Sagittari,6 K Desormeaux,122 8-5 (IRE),11
qualified second (3.675 seconds). 2102 Sharona Sunset,2 A Quinonez,122 12-1 2136 Magical More,7 A Quinonez,122 7-2 9014 Lynne’s Legacy,8 D Van Dyke,122 12-1
2201 Royal Seeker,5 T Pereira,122 4-1 8076 Space Cadet,6 F Ceballos,X115 15-1 .... My Masterpiece,2 S Camacho,120 12-1
Eliminations begin Sunday at 11 a.m. 2238 THIRD RACE. 6 ⁄2 furlongs. Maiden special weight.
1
2151 Western Warrior,1 F Ceballos,X117 4-1 (2086) Atrevida,12 B Blanc,120 20-1
3-year-olds. Purse $54,000. 2243 EIGHTH RACE. 1 mile. Claiming. Fillies and mares. 1024 Ismelucky,10 E Roman,124 20-1
2136 Call Me Soul,4 I Puglisi,122 6-1 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $6,250. Purse
PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2151 Big Bang,2 A Jimenez,122 12-1 .... Theodosia,6 M Pedroza,122 20-1
sports@latimes.com 2041 More Honor,4 J Talamo,122 8-5 6190 You’ll Be Lucky,3 A Espinoza,XXX112 12-1
$14,000.
2203 Holy Diver,9 C Franco,120 50-1
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March (with the Trojans on
a six-game win streak) has
turned into one of uncer-
tainty.
A win Saturday would
have given USC a share of
the lead in the Pac-12.
Instead, after three con-
secutive losses, at UCLA,
Arizona State and Arizona
(20-6, 10-3), the Trojans fall
into a logjam of five-loss
teams.
“We’re fine,” USC’s Jor-
dan McLaughlin said. “We
know we’re a good team and
we know it’s a tough sea-
son.”
USC’s defense, which
sparked its six-game run,
became its downfall at Ari-
zona.
The Wildcats shot 56%
(32-57). Guard Rawle Alkins
connected on four three-
pointers and finished with
Kelly Presnell Associated Press 20 points.
ALLONZO TRIER of Arizona finds himself Forward Deandre Ayton
swarmed by Trojans as he tries to shoot. scored 18 and center Dusan
Ristic had 16.
“The whole game going
up against guys who are 7
feet and 250, that’s going to
be brutal for anybody,”
USC’s Nick Rakocevic said.
“Just seeing those guys
block to block, it was diffi-
cult.”
Rakocevic finished with
12 points and fouled out with
4:37 remaining.
The Trojans, who shot
44% (24-54), struggled to
penetrate the Wildcats’ de-
fense throughout the game.
They forced errant shots,
often with the shot clock set
to expire.
Chimezie Metu scored 18
and McLaughlin, scoreless
in the first half, finished with
16.
Enfield chose to sit
Shaqquan Aaron and give
Derryck Thornton his first
start.
“Derryck has been
playing well and we wanted
some speed,” Enfield said.
Thornton finished with
seven points and three as-
sists.
The Wildcats started fast
from the opening whistle,
making five of their first six
shots to take a 12-7 lead be-
fore USC settled in.
An Elijah Stewart three-
pointer and a Metu layup,
followed by a pair of Rakoce-
vic baskets, tied the score at
20. But USC went cold for
the next 3 minutes 19 sec-
onds and Arizona went on a
9-0 run to lead 27-20.
The Wildcats took a 37-31
lead into halftime after
three three-point baskets by
Alkins.
USC, sparked by con-
secutive three-pointers
from McLaughlin, opened
the second half on a 10-0 run
before Arizona pulled away
for good.
UP NEXT
Thursday vs. Oregon, 6
p.m., Galen Center. TV:
ESPN2. Radio: 690 — USC
defeated Oregon 75-70 in Eu-
gene, Ore., last month to
break a 14-game losing
streak to the Ducks.
lindsey.thiry@latimes.com
Twitter @LindseyThiry
No. 13 ARIZONA 81, USC 67
USC
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Metu ................31 6-13 6-8 1-4 0 2 18
Rakocevic..........25 6-8 0-0 4-9 0 5 12
McLaughlin........30 5-9 3-4 1-4 5 2 16
Stewart .............28 3-7 0-2 0-0 1 3 7
Thornton ...........31 1-4 4-4 0-1 3 2 7
Boatwright.........26 3-7 0-0 0-3 0 2 7
Mathews ...........17 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Usher ...............12 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0
Totals 24-54 13-18 6-22 11 17 67
Shooting: Field goals, 44.4%; free throws, 72.2%
Three-point goals: 6-20 (McLaughlin 3-4, Thornton
1-2, Boatwright 1-3, Stewart 1-4, Mathews 0-2, Usher
0-2, Metu 0-3). Team Rebounds: 0. Team Turnovers: 8
(19 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Stewart). Turnovers: 8
(Stewart 3, Rakocevic 2, McLaughlin, Metu, Thornton).
Steals: 4 (McLaughlin, Metu, Rakocevic, Stewart). Tech-
nical Fouls: None.
ARIZONA
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Ayton................32 7-16 3-4 2-7 0 2 18
Ristic................30 7-9 2-2 4-11 1 4 16
Alkins ...............33 7-12 2-2 2-3 5 2 20
Jcksn-Crtwrht .....32 2-3 0-1 1-3 4 3 5
Trier..................38 5-8 1-2 1-8 4 3 14
Pinder...............12 2-2 0-1 1-4 0 2 4
Smith .................9 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0
Akot ...................7 1-1 0-0 1-3 1 1 2
Lee ....................5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
Randolph ............2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 32-57 8-12 12-39 17 19 81
Shooting: Field goals, 56.1%; free throws, 66.7%
Three-point goals: 9-20 (Alkins 4-7, Trier 3-5, Jack-
son-Cartwright 1-2, Ayton 1-3, Randolph 0-1, Smith
0-2). Team Rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 11 (10 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 6 (Alkins, Ayton, Jackson-Cartwright,
Pinder, Randolph, Ristic). Turnovers: 11 (Alkins 3, Ran-
dolph 2, Ristic 2, Trier 2, Ayton, Jackson-Cartwright).
Steals: 4 (Jackson-Cartwright 2, Alkins, Trier). Technical
Fouls: None.
USC 31 36— 67
Arizona 37 44— 81
A—14,644 (14,644).

PAC-12 ROUNDUP

Oregon St. wins

in double OT
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PAC-12
Stephen Thompson Jr. STANDINGS
made a three-point basket
with 0.3 seconds to play in Conf. Overall
the second overtime period TEAM W L W L
and Oregon State defeated Arizona 10 3 20 6
Washington 97-94 on Sat- UCLA 8 5 17 8
urday night at Corvallis,
USC 8 5 17 9
Ore.
Thompson finished with Washington 7 5 17 8
22 points, six assists and a Stanford 7 5 13 12
career-high six steals, and Oregon 6 5 16 8
Tres Tinkle had 29 points, 11 Arizona State 7 6 19 6
rebounds and eight assists
Utah 7 6 15 9
for the Beavers (13-11, 5-7),
who trailed by 13 points with Colorado 6 6 14 10
eight minutes and change Oregon State 5 7 13 11
left in regulation. California 2 11 8 18
Drew Eubanks finished Washington State 1 10 9 14
with 18 points, 13 rebounds
and four blocks. TODAY’S GAMES
Noah Dickerson bullied Arizona State 88, UCLA 79
his way down low to 28 Arizona 81, USC 67
points and 12 rebounds, and Utah 77, California 43
Jaylen Nowell scored 23 Oregon State 97, Washington 94 (2 OT)
points for the Huskies (17-8,
7-5). SUNDAY’S GAMES
Stanford at Colorado ....................... 1 p.m.
at Utah 77, California 43: Washington State at Oregon ............. 5 p.m.
David Collette scored 18
points, Justin Bibbins had 15
and the Utes (15-9, 7-6 goal, a three-pointer by Don
Pac-12) won their fourth Coleman, over the final five
game in a row at home minutes of the first half.
against a conference oppo- Utah led by as many as 34
nent. Darius McNeill scored points in the second half and Photographs by Rick Scuteri Associated Press
10 points for the Golden took their largest lead in the UCLA GUARD Aaron Holiday, left, fouls Arizona State guard Remy Martin. Holiday finished with 20 points.
Bears (8-18, 2-11), who lost final minute on consecutive

Four-game win streak halted

their sixth road game in a baskets by Parker Van Dyke
row. Cal scored one field and Jayce Johnson.

[UCLA, from D3] half. They missed nine con-

ing the tiebreaker. USC also
lost, 81-67.
UCLA had to settle for
something closer to a heart-
breaker given the opportunity
for a breakthrough, though
the outcome was hardly in
doubt in the final minutes giv-
en that Arizona State led by as
many as 16 points.
“We definitely missed a
huge opportunity that we had
with this loss tonight,” UCLA
forward GG Goloman said af-
ter the Bruins fell to 17-8 over-
all and 8-5 in the Pac-12. “But
we beat Arizona on the road,
which is a good thing and not a
Timothy J. Gonzalez Associated Press lot of teams can say that they
OREGON STATE’S Drew Eubanks shoots in front of did that.”
Washington’s Dominic Green in the first half. Bruins guard Aaron Holi-
day was a capable distributor
early with four assists in the
first six minutes. He was a
SOUTHLAND strong scorer late with 15
points in the final 2 minutes 42
MEN seconds. He did very little in
at Loyola Marymount 85, Pepperdine 79: Steven Haney between those bursts of pro-
ductivity and struggled to dis-
scored a career-best 31 points for the Lions (8-17, 3-11 West
Coast Conference), who ended a losing streak at three rupt Sun Devils counterpart
games. Haney was eight for 15 from the field, including six Tra Holder, who collected 22
three-point baskets, and made all nine of his free throws. points, six rebounds and four
Cal State Fullerton 68, at UC Davis 66: The Titans (14-9, 7-4 assists.
Big West Conference) made five free throws down the stretch “I wasn’t tired,” said Holi-
to seal the victory. Siler Schneider made a three-point basket day, who finished with 20
secutive shots, their only
points coming on two free
throws, as Arizona State
transformed a four-point defi-
cit into a nine-point lead.
UP NEXT
Thursday vs. Oregon State,
8 p.m., Pauley Pavilion, FS1
— The Beavers used a late
surge to beat the Bruins last
month in Corvallis, Ore., but
have gone 0-5 on the road in
Pac-12 Conference games.
Each of those defeats have
come by single digits, howev-
er.
ben.bolch@latimes.com
ARIZONA ST. 88, UCLA 79
UCLA
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Goloman...........31 5-7 0-0 1-7 3 3 11
Welsh ...............36 5-10 3-3 0-8 2 1 14
Hands ..............29 4-9 0-0 0-3 1 3 9
Holiday .............35 6-15 4-5 0-1 5 5 20
Wilkes ..............27 4-15 2-2 3-7 0 3 11
Ali....................21 3-5 2-2 0-3 0 4 8
Smith ...............13 2-3 0-0 0-3 0 0 4
Olesinski.............8 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 4 2
Totals 30-66 11-12 5-33 11 23 79
Shooting: Field goals, 45.5%; free throws, 91.7%
Three-point goals: 8-26 (Holiday 4-10, Goloman 1-1,
Hands 1-4, Welsh 1-4, Wilkes 1-4, Olesinski 0-1, Ali
0-2). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 12 (6 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 4 (Goloman, Hands, Holiday, Welsh).
Turnovers: 12 (Holiday 5, Goloman 2, Smith 2, Ali,
Hands, Olesinski). Steals: 2 (Goloman 2). Technical
SUN DEVILS guard Tra Holder is fouled by Bruins Fouls: None.

to give the Aggies (16-9, 7-4) a 64-63 lead with 1 minute 45 sec- points on six-for-15 shooting
onds to play. But it was the last time the Aggies would have to go with five assists and five
the lead as Kyle Allman and Khalil Ahmad made four con- turnovers in 35 minutes.
secutive free throws. “They just played better than
us tonight.”
UC Irvine 62, at UC Riverside 52: Evan Leonard scored 18
Shannon Evans II scored
points, Tommy Rutherford scored 15 and Jonathan Gallo-
23 points and Kodi Justice
way had 11 rebounds to lead the Anteaters (13-14, 8-3 Big
had 17 for Arizona State (19-6,
West), who took a 10-2 lead before the Highlanders (6-18, 1-9)
7-6), which completed a home
countered with an 11-1 run.
sweep of the L.A. schools
at Long Beach State 73, Cal Poly 54: Gabe Levin and Temi- while winning its only meeting
dayo Yussuf posted double-doubles and the 49ers (13-14, 7-4) of the season with the Bruins.
pulled away in the second half of a Big West Conference UCLA had trouble closing
game. out on three-point shooters or
Cal State Northridge 77, at Hawaii 71 stopping dribble penetration
despite trying a variety of de-
WOMEN TODAY
fenses.
Arizona at USC ...........................................................................1 p.m. Holiday was finally spared
No. 25 Arizona State at No. 8 UCLA.....................................1 p.m. from the futile pursuit when
center Thomas Welsh. Holder scored 22 points.
he fouled out with 35 seconds
left. He clapped his hands in
frustration and untucked his
jersey before walking over to
the bench. He momentarily
faked out Sun Devils students
who yelled “Sit down!” by go-
ing halfway down and rising
before taking a seat.
Alford said he empathized
with Holiday, whose job du-
ties entail guarding an oppo-
nent’s top wing player while
leading his team in scoring
and ball handling amid heavy
minutes. A rare off night could
easily be forgiven.
“We understand what he’s
going through — he’s getting
the toughest assignment ev-
ery night and we can’t give
him a break on that, so I think
he fights,” UCLA coach Steve
Alford said. “Was it one of his
more outstanding games? No,
but we certainly understand
it.”
UCLA had already been
down for the count long before
Holiday took a seat in the
game’s final minute.
The Bruins were doomed
by a cold stretch that spanned
61⁄2 minutes late in the first
ARIZONA ST.
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Shibel ................9 0-1 0-0 1-4 0 1 0
White ...............25 3-4 2-2 0-5 0 2 8
Evans ...............36 6-17 7-8 0-3 2 2 23
Holder ..............36 6-19 8-8 2-6 4 2 22
Justice ..............30 7-11 1-2 1-4 4 2 17
Mitchell.............16 0-0 1-2 0-2 1 4 1
Lawrence...........16 3-4 2-2 2-7 1 4 8
Lake.................15 1-1 0-0 0-5 0 0 2
Martin ..............14 1-7 4-4 1-1 1 0 7
Witherill ..............1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Salzman .............1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Fogerty ...............1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 27-64 25-28 7-37 13 17 88
Shooting: Field goals, 42.2%; free throws, 89.3%
Three-point goals: 9-29 (Evans 4-13, Justice 2-4,
Holder 2-7, Martin 1-3, Lawrence 0-1, Shibel 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 7 (11 PTS). Blocked
Shots: 4 (Lake 2, Lawrence, White). Turnovers: 7 (White
3, Holder 2, Justice, Mitchell). Steals: 9 (Lawrence 3,
Evans 2, Holder, Justice, Martin, Mitchell). Technical
Fouls: None.
UCLA 32 47— 79
Arizona St. 40 48— 88
A—14,025 (10,754).
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BASKETBALL

Westchester and Fairfax

draw top spots in City
Western League rivals
are seeded 1-2 in the
eight-team Open
Division tournament.
By Eric Sondheimer
Westchester and Fairfax,
two Western League rivals
who have been considered
the top boys’ basketball
teams in the City Section
all season, were seeded
No. 1 and No. 2 in the eight-
team Open Division playoff
pairings released on Sat-
urday.
They split their two
league meetings and could
face off a third time in the
championship game on
March 3 at Cal State Domin-
guez Hills. But there are po-
tential obstacles ahead.
Marine League champi-
on Narbonne is seeded No. 4
and is much improved since
losing to Westchester by 18
points in the third game of
the season. Transfers Jor-
dan Griffin and Malik
Muhammad have adjusted
to their Gaucho teammates
and freshman Zion Sutton
has come on strong.
A Westchester-Narbonne
semifinal is a distinct pos-
sibility.
Fairfax, led by guards
Ethan Anderson and Jamal
Hartwell, has gained mo-
mentum after its league win
last month over Westch-
ester.
A semifinal game against
No. 3-seeded Taft would fit
the Lions well, since both
teams rely on guard play.
The big challenge in the
Open Division was choosing
a No. 8 seed, for if a team
wasn’t picked, it would be
No.1seed in Division I. El Ca-
mino Real got the nod over
View Park Prep.
The schedule: No. 8
Birmingham at No. 1
Westchester; No. 7 El Ca-
mino Real at No. 2 Fairfax;
No. 6 Crenshaw at No. 3 Taft;
No. 5 Granada Hills at No. 4
Narbonne. The semifinals
will be Feb. 24 at Roybal.
View Park Prep was
seeded No.1in Division I and
Fremont No. 2.
Fairfax is the No. 1 seed in
the girls’ Open Division
playoffs. Granada Hills is
No. 2 Granada Hills, El Ca-
mino Real No. 3 and Westch-
ester No. 4.
eric.sondheimer@latimes.com
Twitter: @latsondheimer

Boys’ basketball matchups

are as good as first round gets
Top-ranked Bishop
Montgomery and No.
2 Etiwanda could end
up playing for a title.
By Eric Sondheimer
The Open Division boys’
basketball matchups re-
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leased Saturday are about
as good as any first-round
DE’ANDRE HUNTER of Virginia shoots over Virginia Tech’s Kerry Blackshear
playoff games in Southern
Jr. during Saturday’s game. Blackshear would later score the game winner. Section history.
No. 1 Torrance Bishop
TOP 25 ROUNDUP Montgomery (25-0) will play
ity League. If the high seeds playing once a week. But all
prevail, Bishop Mont- eight teams wanted to be in
gomery and Etiwanda the tournament.
would meet in the champi- “It’s unique and a situa-
onship game on March 2 at tion we’ll embrace because
the Pyramid in Long Beach. we’re respected as one of
Then there’s No. 3- the best teams in Califor-
seeded Mater Dei (20-6) nia,” Crespi coach Russell
hosting Encino Crespi White said.
(25-2), which won the Mis- Teams have engaged in a
sion League with a 12-0 season-long grind. Players
record and has Arizona- have been banged up and
bound guard Brandon stricken with flu, but for
Williams. some, the season won’t end
Finally, there’s No. 4 Te- until the state champi-
mecula Rancho Christian onship games in Sacra-
(26-2), led by the Mobley mento on March 23-24.
brothers, 6-foot-10 Evan and Teams that win their

Virginia Tech stuns

host on Friday to Bellflower
St. John Bosco (21-6), the
third-place finisher in the
Trinity League that ended
Santa Ana Mater Dei’s 69-
6-9 Isaiah, taking on No. 5
Chatsworth Sierra Canyon
(21-3), the team with five
highly touted transfer stu-
dents in its starting lineup.
opener automatically ad-
vance to the state Open Di-
vision playoffs.
Teams that lose their
opener will be in the state

Virginia in overtime
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Kerry Blackshear Jr.
turned a forgettable night
into a most memorable one,
and he and his Virginia Tech
game league winning streak The tournament, re- Division I playoffs and also
this season. duced from 16 teams to participate in a consolation
No. 2 Etiwanda (27-1) will eight this season, will be a bracket.
play host to No. 7 Santa challenge. Instead of two or
Margarita (20-6), the sec- three games a week, the eric.sondheimer@latimes.com
ond-place team in the Trin- eight-team bracket means Twitter: @latsondheimer
4-8) have lost three consecu-
tive games.
Top 25 scores
at Baylor 80, No. 10 Kan-
No. 1 Villanova 86 sas 64: Manu Lecomte
Butler
Virginia Tech
75
61
scored eight straight points
to help the Bears (15-10, 5-7) WIN A PERFECT PAIR

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*
No. 2 Virginia (OT) 60
Virginia from ascending to Jayhawks (19-6, 8-4 Big 12)
No. 1 for the first time since No. 4 Michigan State 68 had more turnovers (nine)
1983 with a 61-60 overtime No. 3 Purdue 65 than made field goals (sev-
victory Saturday night. en) before halftime but only
No. 5 Xavier 72
Blackshear scored on a Creighton 71 trailed 58-56 with 7:14 left in
putback with 5.8 seconds the game.
left, just his third basket of No. 7 Texas Tech 66
the game, to give the Hokies Kansas State 47 No. 12 Gonzaga 78, at No.
the upset, ending the Cava- 11 Saint Mary’s 65: Rui *2018 AUDI A5 S
No. 8 Auburn 78
liers’ 16-game home winning Georgia 61 Hachimura scored 23
streak and likelihood of re- points, and the Bulldogs
placing Villanova atop the Baylor 80 (23-4, 13-1 West Coast Con-
top 25 when it is released No. 10 Kansas 64 ference) kept the ball out of
Monday. No. 12 Gonzaga 78 Jock Landale's hands to end
“It wasn't really a motiva- No. 11 St. Mary’s 65 the nation’s longest active
tion,” Blackshear said. “It winning streak at 19 games.
was more that we know No. 13 Arizona 81 The Bulldogs jumped on the
they’re a good team and we USC 67 Gaels (24-3, 13-1) early and
have to be us this time” No. 14 Ohio State 82 never trailed.
The Hokies failed to do Iowa 64
that in losing 78-52 to Virgin- at No. 14 Ohio State 82,
ia at Cassell Coliseum on Alabama 78 Iowa 64: Hot shooting at the
Jan. 3, but exacted their re- No. 15 Tennessee 50 end of the first half and the
venge by closing off the mid- Iowa State 88 beginning of the second pro-
dle to the Cavaliers and forc- No. 17 Oklahoma 80 pelled the Buckeyes (22-5,
ing them to try to win from 13-1) to an insurmountable
outside. Oklahoma State 88 lead against the Hawkeyes
Virginia (23-2, 12-1 At- No. 19 West Virginia 85 (12-15, 3-11). Keita Bates-
lantic Coast Conference) did No. 21 North Carolina 96 Diop had 14 points and eight
hit 11 three-pointers, but North Carolina State 89 rebounds for Ohio State,
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The player wasn’t so sure.
“I will remember that I
missed every shot before
that more than [the finish],”
he said after missing all six of
his three-point attempts
and not scoring until just
3:53 remained in regulation.
“I enjoyed the energy my
teammates gave me the
whole game. That was big for
me.”
Blackshear rebounded a
missed layup by Justin Rob-
inson and banked it in as he
was being fouled.
He missed the free throw,
but Ty Jerome’s 28-foot at-
tempt at the other end
missed badly and the Hokies
(18-7, 7-5) had a marquee vic-
tory.
at No. 1 Villanova 86,
Butler 75: Donte DiVin-
cenzo scored a career-high
30 points for the injury
plagued Wildcats (23-2, 10-2
Big East), who avoided los-
ing consecutive games for
the first time since March
2013. Kelan Martin scored 30
and Kamar Baldwin had 25
for Butler (17-9, 7-6), which
handed Villanova its first
loss of the season Dec. 30.
No. 24 Kentucky 74
Boston College 72
No. 25 Miami 70
at No. 4 Michigan State
68, No. 3 Purdue 65: Miles
Bridges made a tiebreaking
three-pointer with 2.7 sec-
onds left and finished with
20 points for the Spartans
(24-3, 12-2 Big Ten). The
Boilermakers (23-4, 12-2)
missed on chances to go
ahead in the final minute.
No. 5 Xavier 72, at
Creighton 71: Quentin
Goodin made two free
throws with three-tenths of
a second left to lift the Mus-
keteers (23-3, 11-2 Big East).
Ronnie Harrell Jr. of the
Bluejays (18-7, 8-5) made
three straight free throws
before Goodin drove to the
basket and was fouled.
No. 8 Auburn 78, at Geor-
gia 61: Jared Harper scored
24 points for the Tigers (22-3,
10-2 Southeastern Confer-
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without top scorer Bryce
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IS IN THEIR
THOUGHTS
By Helene Elliott
PYEONGCHANG,
South Korea — Coach Tony
Granato had a full comple-
ment of players for the first
time at the U.S. men’s
Olympic hockey practice
Saturday. Yet, there was an
empty stall in the team’s
locker room at Gangneung
Hockey Centre, the space
occupied only by a jersey
that will never be worn, a viv-
id reminder of a loss that can
never be erased.
Jim Johannson, Team
USA’s general manager,
chief talent evaluator, prime
strategist and, really, its
soul, died in his sleep at 53 on
Jan. 21 in Colorado Springs.
His absence was palpable
Saturday as the team began
its final preparations for its
Olympic opener against
Slovenia on Wednesday.
He should have been sit-
ting in the stands, his ginger-
colored hair visible in the
crowd as he watched the line
rushes and discussed the
power-play formations. He
should have been striding
through the hallway to make
sure every last detail had
Brendan Smialowski AFP/Getty Images been taken care of so that
KOREAN WOMEN’S hockey players Eom Suyeon, left, and Shin So-jung embrace after losing against Switz- players and team staffers
erland. “The chemistry on the team is better than I could have ever predicted,” coach Sarah Murray says. would have the best oppor-
tunity to make him and their
Granato said.
That was especially true
Saturday, when they were all
together but really weren’t.
“It’s devastating, hon-
estly,” said defenseman
James Wisniewski, a former
Duck who had been playing
for a second-division team in
Germany when Johansson
called him with the news
that he had earned an
Olympic berth. “He was one
of the closest people in my
hockey family. I got such
great pride and joy when he
got to call me and tell me
that. I had chills down my
spine.”
Johannson’s wife, Abi-
gail, and their young daugh-
ter, Ellie, were special guests
at Saturday’s practice, a
source of comfort and sor-
row at the same time. Ellie
wore an oversized jersey and
happily skipped around the
arena, charming everyone
she met and enjoying the at-
tention. Abigail will be part
of every team function here.
“It makes you feel good
and it makes you miss
Jimmy more, realizing that
he’s not here,” Granato said.
“He left a beautiful family
and it was nice of them to be
here today.”
Another of Johannson’s
greatest legacies is the team
he molded carefully for the

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country proud in these
Games. He did a little bit of
everything for USA Hockey
and for U.S. teams at every
level, and he made the or-
ganization and its players
Pyeongchang tournament.
Without NHL players the
12-team field is unpre-
dictable, though the
Olympic Athletes from Rus-
sia appear to have an edge in

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[Elliott, from D1]
ceremony flag bearer
Hwang Chung Gum and put
them on different lines.
“I have a lot of control,”
said Murray, who has shown
great poise in blending
players from the South and
the North after the arrange-
ment was agreed on only a
few weeks ago and players
who had been with the team
for years were consigned to
a practice squad. “I thought
that I might get more push-
back from the North with
who I was picking and who I
wasn’t picking, but they’ve
been nothing but support-
ive.”
That included telling one
North Korean player she
would be scratched from
Saturday’s game. Murray
said she told the North
Korean coach of her deci-
sion, and he told her to do
what it would take to win.
It was all but certain they
wouldn’t win. Switzerland
earned a bronze medal in
the 2014 women’s Olympic
tournament and has many
North American-trained
players. One of them, for-
ward Phoebe Staenz of Yale,
scored two goals in the
second period after Alina
Muller had scored four in a
row. Staenz said her team
was aware of the evening’s
historic overtones as the
game began but fell into a
familiar hockey rhythm and
dictated play against the
smaller but energetic Kore-
ans.
Still, Staenz believes
Korea could soon become
competitive despite the
score and having been out-
shot 52-8.
“Definitely. They showed
it. They had chances,”
Staenz said. “I feel like
they’re a good team. We
were always on our toes
anyway. On this stage or
this level, you can’t let up.”
No one let up in that
game, including the cheer-
leaders.
“They’re very in unison,
aren’t they?” Brandt said.
That they were, contrib-
uting to a lively atmosphere
that players appreciated.
“There was a really great
energy in the arena tonight.
It was nice to have so much
support,” said Korea for-
ward Randi Heesoo Griffin,
the North Carolina-born
daughter of a South Korean
mother. “It was nice to have
so much support. I think
there are some nerves that
come from that level of
energy in the rink and that
many people watching us,
but it also was great to feel
how many people turned up
to support us.”
Griffin said the North
Koreans had been accepted
on the team.
“They’re hockey players.
And they showed up,” she
said. “In two weeks, they’ve
had to digest a lot of new
information. And I know
that’s been challenging for
them, but I have nothing
but positive things to say
about them as teammates.
They work hard, they have a
great attitude and they’re
doing everything they can to
connect with their team-
mates and learn our sys-
tems.”
It will take time for sig-
nificant improvement to
come about, but Murray
said the North Korean
additions have had a pos-
itive impact.
“I think the North Kore-
ans are improving dramati-
cally. The chemistry on the
team is better than I could
have ever predicted,” she
said. “They laugh together,
and they eat meals together.
The chemistry is really
good. I’ll walk into the locker
room and they’re laughing
together and you can’t tell
who’s from the North and
who’s from the South.
They’re just girls playing
hockey.”
Better than that. Those
girls became a symbol of
hope and harmony.
helene.elliott@latimes.com
Twitter: @helenenothelen
better for his presence.
His was the voice every-
one welcomed hearing,
whether he was telling them
where the team meal would
be, when the bus would
come, or, so happily for
many, that they had become
Olympians.
“Every decision that’s
made from USA Hockey on
how to get USA Hockey bet-
ter, he’s been part of that
equation,” Granato said.
On his jacket Granato
wore a pin of an American
flag, with the initials JJ in
the foreground. He wore a T-
shirt that also honored the
memory of Johannson, who
was Granato’s teammate at
the 1988 Calgary Olympic
hockey tournament and
longtime friend. Team
staffers keep in their pockets
coins with the same motif as
the pin. Because Olympic
rules don’t allow tributes or
messages on teams’ uni-
forms, the border inside the
neck of every U.S. player’s
practice jersey bore Jo-
hannson’s old number, 24. A
jersey with Johannson’s
name on it has a place of
pride in the coaches’ offices
and back at the athletes’ vil-
lage, too.
“We think of him often,”
skill and scoring potential.
Johansson bet that speed
and skill and character will
carry the U.S. far. Along with
experienced players such as
former NHL forward Brian
Gionta and defensemen
Wisniewski and Jon Blum,
Johannson made sure to
bring in young legs by in-
cluding NCAA players Troy
Terry, a Ducks draft pick,
and Will Borgen, Ryan Do-
nato and Jordan Greenway,
who at 6 feet 6 gives the team
size up the middle
“I like the way we built
our team. And again, Jimmy
put a lot of work into this to
make sure that we put the
right pieces in. This is all Jim
Johannson’s work as far as
every piece of it. ... And that’s
what excites me, to play out
the plan that he had in place
for all of us to execute,” Gra-
nato said.
The plan remains. So do
memories of a man who
helped shape lives as much
as he shaped careers.
“He’s here in our hearts
and our minds and our
souls,” Wisniewski said,
“and we’re going to do him
proud.”
helene.elliott@latimes.com
Twitter: @helenenothelen

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U.S. SKATE
TEAM IN A
NICE SPOT
Staff and wire reports
Team USA put itself in
position to medal in the
team skating event after the
ice dance and ladies’ short
programs on Sunday from
Gangeung Ice Arena.
The U.S. got a strong per-
formance to the required
Latin theme from siblings
Maia and Alex Shibutani
and Bradlee Tennell set a
season best in the ladies’
short program to stay only
six points behind Canada for
first place.
“I’m super happy with
the performance I put out
there,” said Tennell, “It’s
what I’ve been training a
long time for.”
Joining Canada and the
U.S. in the team finals are
the Olympic Athletes from
Russia, and Japan and Italy.
The team event con-
cludes with medals handed
out after the men, ladies and
Martin Bureau AFP/Getty Images ice dance free skates on
RED GERARD competes during qualifying in the men’s snowboard slopestyle event at the Phoenix Snow Monday.
Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. At 17, he’s the youngest Olympic snowboarder to medal in any event. — associated press
Olympic Committee official
has used the word “attack”
to describe an outage that
hit the internet and Wi-Fi
systems of the Pyeongchang
Olympics just minutes be-
fore the opening ceremony.
The network at some venues
was disabled for several
hours.
Organizers initially de-
clined to use the charged
word. IOC spokesman Mark
Adams is now calling it an at-
tack but says “the best in-
dustry practice is you don’t
talk about an attack at this
stage.”
“We’re not going to com-
ment on the issue because
it’s an issue we’re dealing
with,” Adams said. “We
wouldn’t start giving you the
details of an investigation
before it’s come to an end.”
He described the Olympic
systems “as secure.”
Organizing committee
spokesman Sung Baik-you
said, “We know the cause of
the problem and we have de-
cided with the IOC that
we’re not going to reveal the
source.”

HE KEEPS HIS COOL

Winds postpone
men’s downhill
Strong winds that are ex-
pected to increase through-
out the day forced the post-
The opening ceremony
was attended by several
heads of state and included
North Korea’s ceremonial
leader, Kim Yong Nam, and
the sister of North Korean

WHEN IT COUNTS
Snowboarder Red
Gerard calms nerves
to claim first gold for
U.S., in slopestyle.
By Nathan Fenno
PYEONGCHANG,
South Korea — Nerves don’t
usually bother Red Gerard.
The mop-haired snow-
boarder from Colorado is
known for his relaxed de-
meanor, even during his first
trip to the Winter Olympics.
That changed Sunday,
as subzero winds ripped
through the slopestyle
course at the Phoenix Snow
Park and Gerard faced his fi-
nal run.
His previous two tries
had been forgettable, leav-
ing him in last place among
11 riders.
“I think I was just a little
nervous,” Gerard said. “I
came all the way out here,
and I just wanted to land a
run.”
The 17-year-old did much
more than that. He flew
through a flawless, jaw-
dropping run that earned a
score of 87.16 to pass three
heavy favorites in the event
and claim the first U.S. gold
medal of the Games.
“He is such a calm and
collected kid, he can handle
himself no matter what,”
said Kyle Mack, a fellow U.S.
snowboarder who is Ger-
ard’s roommate. “He laid
down the run of his life.”
The run made history,
too. Gerard is the youngest
Olympic snowboard med-
alist in any event and the
second-youngest man ever
to win a medal at the Games
in an individual event. Fin-
land’s Toni Nieminen won a
ski jumping gold at age 16 in
1992.
After finishing, Gerard
clapped repeatedly, then
pumped his left arm in the
air. A large group of family
and friends roared. They
waved American flags,
chanted “U-S-A!” and held
up larger-than-life photo
cutouts of his face. Someone
thrust a handwritten sign
above the fray: “We’re here to
get Gerarded.”
Even IOC President
Thomas Bach was on hand
for the event.
Gerard, who stands 5-
foot-5 and weighs 115
pounds, knew he had done
something special.
“It’s just mind blowing,”
he said. “I can’t believe
everything worked out.”
Born in Ohio and raised
in Silverthorne, Colo., Ger-
ard started snowboarding at
age 2. By the time he was a
Snowboarding
Men’s slopestyle
G Red Gerard
United States
S Max Parrot
Canada
B Mark McMorris
Canada
teenager, he had a slew of
sponsors and a website that
offered a simple mission
statement: “Always in
search of the funnest ways to
shred.” He developed his ar-
senal of tricks on a course in
his backyard.
The night before his his-
toric run, Gerard fell asleep
in the middle of an episode of
‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine.’ He set
two alarms to make sure
he’d wake up. Mack ensured
his roommate got coffee and
a breakfast sandwich, then
got him on the bus to the
snow park.
“Apparently I’m a good
roommate,” Mack said.
On Gerard’s final run, the
mistakes that plagued his
first two tries disappeared.
The difficult weather condi-
tions didn’t seem to matter.
He navigated the rails sec-
tion — he likened it to a jun-
gle because of the plethora
of options — with his usual
creativity.
Let Gerard, who will also
compete in the big air con-
test Feb. 24, describe the fi-
nal stretch:
“Then frontside Miller
Flip 540 into switchback
backside 12,” he said without
pausing for breath, “and
then a front double 10 out of
the side hit into a backside
triple cork.”
Gerard had to watch
runs by four more competi-
tors before the gold be-
longed to him.
Canada’s Max Parrot
scored an 86.0 in the final run
of the event to finish second,
touching off another rau-
cous celebration by Gerard’s
entourage.
“He’s a very creative
rider,” Parrot said of Gerard.
Another Canadian, Mark
McMorris, who had led the
event until Gerard passed
him, placed third. He fell on
the final jump of his final
run, skidding headfirst
down the hill.
Gerard, who figured he’d
probably be in school if he
wasn’t at the Games, re-
mained in shock.
“I’m shaking right now,
maybe from the cold or from
the excitement, I don’t
know,” he said. “But I’m ec-
static. … To get first is crazy.”
The celebration nearby
grew louder.
nathan.fenno@latimes.com
ponement of the men’s
downhill Sunday, in what
would have been the first
Alpine skiing event of the
Pyeongchang Games.
“With this being an out-
door sport, this is not abnor-
mal,” said Sasha Rearick,
the U.S. men’s Alpine coach.
“The excitement, the energy
on the team right now is fan-
tastic…. Now the key is to
take that energy and har-
ness it, stay relaxed and then
be able to ramp back up.”
The event has been re-
scheduled for Thursday and
the men’s super-G pushed
to Friday, originally an off
day.
Bryce Bennett, Tommy
Biesemeyer, Jared Goldberg
and Wiley Maple are sched-
uled to compete in the down-
hill for the U.S. None of them
placed in the top three dur-
ing three days of training
runs.
Despite gusts that
pushed wind chills below
zero, competition continued
Sunday at Phoenix Snow
Park, about a 30-mile drive
from the downhill site at
the Jeongseon Alpine Cen-
ter.
The first Alpine event will
now be the the women’s gi-
ant slalom Monday at the
Yongpyong Alpine Center,
where U.S. star Mikaela
Shiffrin will challenge for a
gold medal.
—Nathan Fenno
Olympics official
confirms ‘attack’
An International
leader Kim Jong Un. Also on
hand was U.S. Vice Presi-
dent Mike Pence.
The games are being held
about 80 kilometers (50
miles) from the border be-
tween North and South Ko-
rea, countries that techni-
cally have been at war since
an armistice in 1953.
— associated press
Canada continues
curling dominance
Canada has secured a
first place spot in curling’s
mixed doubles semifinals on
the last day of the
Olympic competition’s
round robin.
The Canadians beat Ko-
rea, bringing their record to
6-1. Canada’s John Morris
shared a triumphant grin
with teammate Kaitlyn
Lawes at the end of the
game, exclaiming: “We did it!
We’re in the playoffs!”
Canada will be joined in
the semifinals by Switzer-
land and a team of athletes
from Russia.
A tiebreaker match on
Sunday night will determine
whether China or Norway
secures the final playoffs
spot.
American sibling duo
Matt and Becca Hamilton
lost 7-5 to Finland, ending
the U.S. team’s Olympic
mixed doubles bid. The
Hamiltons will compete
with their respective teams
in the traditional single-gen-
der curling matches that be-
gin later this week.
— associated press

‘AMAZING’ SPEEDSKATING SCENE

[Hernandez from D1]
Olympics gold medalist,
Ki-hoon Kim. He won the
1,000-meter competition at
the Albertville Games in
1992, when short-track
speedskating awarded
medals for the first time.
Counting the latest
addition by Lim, 22 of South
Korea’s 27 gold medals in
the Winter Olympics have
been won in short track.
South Korea’s domination
of the sport is such that
Da-Woon Sin, the reigning
1,500-meter world champi-
on, failed to qualify for the
country’s Olympic team.
That dominance is ex-
pected to continue in these
Games. Experts predict
that South Korea’s men and
women would match their
gold medal count from the
two previous Olympics and
win six in these Games,
including four on short
track.
The crowd reflected the
country’s optimism. South
Korean president Moon
Jae-in made an appearance,
with United States Vice
President Mike Pence by his
side. Dynamic Duo, who at
one time had the country’s
highest selling hip-hop
album, performed between
events.
The mere sight of a
South Korean skater elic-
ited frenzied responses from
the fans, starting in the
preliminary rounds of the
1,500 meters (in which Lim
and fellow countryman
Daeheon Hwang won their
respective heats to advance
to the final).
The athletes were also
taken by the atmosphere,
which was enhanced by a
North Korean cheering
section.
“It’s amazing to skate for
12,000 people in a small ice
rink like this,” said the
Netherlands’ Sjinkie Knegt,
who won the silver medal. “I
enjoyed it.”
The biggest cheers of the
night didn’t come from the
1,500-meter, but rather, one
of the heats of the women’s
3,000-meter relay. South
Korea recovered from an
early spill and staged a
furious comeback to claim
victory in the four-team race
and advance to the final on
Feb. 20.
As the event’s top-ran-
ked skater in the world,
WITH FANS roaring, Lim Hyojun of South Korea celebrates his gold medal win.
South Korea has enjoyed the most success on the short track.
Hwang, 18, entered the
1,500-meter final as the
favorite. (Hwang’s opening-
round race featured a North
Korean, Un Song Choe, who
was the last of the six skat-
ers to complete the race.)
The public address an-
nouncer asked for silence as
the nine competitors inched
toward their starting posi-
tions. The crowd still made
noise.
“Quiet, please!” the
Mladen Antonov AFP/Getty Images
announcer said again.
Hwang and Lim were
content to sit in the middle
of pack for the first handful
of turns around the track.
On the sixth revolution,
they made their moves and
Speedskating
Men’s 1500m
G Lim Hyojun
South Korea
S Sjinkie Knegt
Netherlands
B Semen Elistratov
Olympic Athletes From
Russia
surged into the front.
The crowd erupted with
cheers.
With a little more than
300 meters remaining, one
of Hwang’s skates somehow
grazed the mask of French-
man Thibaut Fauconnet.
Hwang and Fauconnet spun
out and crashed into the
purple pads covering the
nearby wall. Neither fin-
ished the race.
As a shocked Hwang
slowly skated along the wall,
a jubilant Lim crossed the
finish line, a step in front of
Knegt and Semen Elistra-
tov from the Olympic Ath-
letes from Russia.
“That’s when I started
dreaming,” Lim said.
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Twitter @dylanohernandez
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CHADWICK BOSEMAN drew ideas about how a “Black Panther” movie should be made from real life, architecture and more well before being cast in the titular role.

PRIDE OF A
MOVIE REVIEW

‘PANTHER’
Chadwick Boseman praises Marvel’s big leap forward in diversity
BY JEN YAMATO >>> Long before he was cast as the first black superhero of the modern Marvel era, and
before he brought the Avengers-adjacent King T’Challa of Wakanda to life in his own groundbreaking
standalone tentpole, Chadwick Boseman was keeping notes on what a “Black Panther” movie should be.
¶m“I can remember several times writing in my journals, ‘That would be a cool thing to see in Black ‘BLACK
Panther’ – ideas from real life, from real history, or real archaeology or architecture,” said Boseman, 40,
PANTHER’
taking in the sunshine on a Beverly Hills hotel terrace in the midst of a frenetic press tour.m¶m“The proj-
ects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be
WINS OVER
impactful, for the most part, to my people — to black people,” said Boseman, a playwright and theater KENNETH
director turned actor and, now, blockbuster movie star. “To see black people in ways which you have not TURAN
seen them before. So ‘Black Panther’ was on my radar, and in my dreams.”m¶mHaving first come to wide E4
attention as baseball legend Jackie Robinson in 2013’s “42,” Boseman went on to [See Boseman, E5] Matt Kennedy Marvel Studios

Hollywood’s bitcoin fever

The cryptocurrency craze
promises directors, writers
endless scenarios for ruin,
redemption, cyber intrigue.
By Jeffrey Fleishman
Nearly 10 years after bitcoin was
invented, a cryptocurrency craze
is sweeping the planet with the
ferocity of a Trump tweet, inspir-
ing songs, creating millionaires,
unnerving banks and giving writ-
Lee Starnes ers and filmmakers potent narra-
“BITCOIN HEIST,” with Veronica Ngo, a Vietnamese film tives of Gold Rush fever and
streaming on Netflix, dives into the underworld of global finance. dark web intrigue.
Bitcoin and other cryptocur-
rencies have stitched new jargon
into our vocabularies and offered
an egalitarian rethinking of the fi-
nancial order. They have spurred
an infectious fervor to buy in big,
which, as any screenwriter knows,
presents endless scenarios for ruin
and redemption. Recent surges
and tumbles in value along with
our deepening fascination with
the virtual world have given cryp-
tocurrencies a cultural moment at
a time when headlines are taunt-
ing, “Everyone Is Getting Hilari-
ously Rich and You’re Not.”
“Bitcoin is the amorphous thing
that everybody knows a little bit
about but nobody is really sure
what it is,” said director Christian
Cashmir, who in April will begin
shooting “Bitcoin,” a road-trip
movie about two brothers set in
Tucson. “Cryptocurrency is chang-
ing people’s lives. A year ago, a
coin was worth $750,” and now it’s
worth more than $8,000. “It’s just
crazy. It’s a great plot device,”
Cashmir added.
A hard-to-trace digital cur-
rency with no central authority,
bitcoin, whose value has fluctuated
wildly in recent months, allows
people to trade across the internet
free of banks and institutions. The
speculative currency has been
around since 2009; its sinister el-
ements were [See Bitcoin, E8]
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Grammy ratings are down
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in neighborhood Kathleen McCord
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film’s story, characters and
costumes.
As important as the
topic of sexual harassment
Faced with the possibil- is, few people want to be
I was thrilled to read ity that a knock-off of his browbeaten by actresses.
that Tom Hanks will be
portraying Fred Rogers in a Hidden gem in movie might already be in
the works, Chaplin aban-
Awards shows are supposed
to be fun, where the public
movie [“Quick Takes:
Hanks Cast as Mister Rog- the funny papers doned it and began working
on another idea.
can view the beautiful peo-
ple and hear them make
ers,” Jan. 30], because I Luckily, after several silly speeches thanking
hope it will inspire more Regarding “Pearls Be- days, he resumed work on “I everyone but the kitchen
children to discover the real fore Swine” [Feb. 4]: My Should Worry,” which was sink.
“Mister Rogers.” perusal of the comics sec- eventually released as “A Television and movies
I not only grew up watch- tion revealed the most Dog’s Life.” I say “luckily” are a form of escapism for
ing “Mister Rogers’ Neigh- profound philosophical gem because it remains one of most people. If they want to
borhood” in the early 1970s I’ve seen in a long time. his best. listen to politics, they can
but I also even met Rogers Thank you, Stephan Pastis. Dan Kamin, turn on CNN, MSNBC or
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to speak at my school. He Signal Hill of Charlie Chaplin: shallowness and the fun of
was exactly the same person Artistry in Motion” the old Grammys and Os-
in real life as he was on Pittsburgh cars.
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Curling’s cult appeal
By Chris Barton
The Winter Olympics have
launched in Pyeongchang, South
Korea, but for all the televised offer-
ings that include the daredevil
speeds of downhill skiing, the bal-
letic grace of figure skating and the
physical wonders of snowboarding,
only one set of the Games’ elite ath-
letes can lay claim to being in com-
petition each day: curlers.
Introduced in the first Winter
Olympics in 1924, curling was a spo-
radic presence at the Games before
taking hold in the late ’90s. Involv-
ing a long sheet of ice and polished
granite stones being slid toward a
bull’s-eye target (the house) while
guided by vigorous use of a broom,
the sport was a ratings hit during
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,
Russia.
Hugely popular in Canada, the
competition carries an eccentric
sort of viewer appeal — the sight of
a huddle of people furiously sweep-
ing a path for a stone across an icy
surface for initially mysterious
ends will do that. Plus, there’s the
ever-formidable Norwegian team,
which has a reputation for uni-
forms that boast pants so colorful
they border on psychedelic (seri-
ously, they’re impressive).
But as its fans from far colder cli-
mates can attest, the game itself
has an approachable, engrossing
quality, combining elements of
baseball, shuffleboard and chess
for a surprisingly addictive experi-
ence for players and viewers.
“People love it,” said veteran
sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek,
who for the second consecutive
Winter Olympics will join NBC’s
broadcast to cover curling. She was
reached by phone from her hotel in
South Korea a few days before the
opening ceremonies.
“Because it seems like, ‘Oh, this
is easy. I could do this,’ but it’s
really, really difficult. Like you
watch snowboarding and you’re
like, ‘OK. I don’t think I can do what
Shaun White does or what Lindsey
Vonn does on alpine [skiing], but I
think I could throw a rock to the
house.’ ”
Below, Kusnierek talks more
about curling and what the sport’s
fans can expect in Pyeongchang.
This is your third Olympics after
Rio de Janeiro and Sochi. Is it a
similar vibe in Korea right now to
what you’ve experienced?
Yeah. I mean I feel like all of the
Olympics have been all different in
their own way. But Korea has sort
of ... I don’t know. Maybe it’s the
destination. Maybe it’s the land-
scape around us. There’s some-
thing very calming and chill about
it. Our hotel is on the East Korean
sea, which is also known as the Sea
of Japan, but that’s sort of ... That’s
one of the many political hot but-
ton things here.
How did you become sort of the
go-to curling reporter for the
Olympics?
You know, I really just got lucky,
like a lot of people in broadcasting.
In 2012, it was actually supposed to
be Steve Sands, who was a Golf
Channel reporter. He had done all
the curling trials and at the last
minute [NBC sportscaster]
Michelle Tafoya was unable to go
to Sochi and so there was sort of a
domino effect.
I had never really covered curl-
ing before, but NBC does such a
tremendous job of ... I mean if you
saw our research packets it’s like
reading “War and Peace,” you
know? They gave me all of the
resources and the tools and the
help that I needed, and my play-by-
play analysts were fantastic. I
guess I did a good enough job that
they kept asking me back.
Was there something that you
could kind of latch onto with
curling that helped you approach
the game?
Some people relate it to shuffle-
board. I had covered baseball for
eight years. I worked at MLB Net-
work for a time . . . and everyone
said, “Just kind of think of it like
baseball.” And that made it easy
for me.
Obviously it’s different in strat-
egy, but baseball too is such a
strategic sport. You know people
think of it as “throw a pitch, hit the
ball, score a run.” But you have to
decide in baseball what pitch are
NBC SPORTS reporter Trenni Kusnierek will cover curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
you going to throw. How are you
going to fool the hitter? How are
you going to put yourself in the
best position to score a run? Well,
curling is kind of the same. It’s so
strategic.
Curling has taken off ratings-wise
in previous Olympics. Why do you
think it’s been striking such a
chord with viewers?
I don’t know if it’s because you
can turn it on, maybe come home
from work and because of the time
changes in many of the Olympics
you have it on while you’re in bed
and . . . it’s mesmerizing. I think
that’s part of the draw to it, [but]
trust me it’s not easy. I tried to do
it. I actually went and learned how
to curl before I came out here. You
need so much core strength and
balance, and I couldn’t throw the
rock because I was so worried
about falling on camera.
Also, it’s the only sport in the
Olympics where the athletes are
miked during competition. A lot of
the teams speak their own lan-
guage, but they also speak English.
You can hear them discussing
strategy, and so you learn about
the sport while you’re watching.
Wow.
And like tennis with the grunt-
ing, everybody kind of gets into
that, all the different sounds that
the people make. It’s the same in
curling — when they sweep they
often yell, “Hard! Hard!” and de-
pending on what language, it can
be like, “What in the world are they
yelling? What is happening?” But
it’s entertaining and mesmerizing.
And having watched in 2014,
there’s a quality to curling where
it seems sort of like bowling in a
way, where you can have a beer
afterward.
Oh, and they do. I really hate
using this, but it really is like a
gentleman’s sport.
You know, it’s similar to golf, or
... I know this is going to sound
weird, but like rugby. In rugby after
you play a match, both sides go
have a beer afterwards. So it’s like
fierce competition on the field, or
in this case on the ice, but after-
wards [it’s a] “we’re all in this
together” kind of a thing.
Are there any sort of misconcep-
tions that you could correct about
the sport for people who still may
not be familiar with it?
One, that it’s easy. Two, sort of
along the same lines, that anybody
can just go pick up a rock and a
broom and do it. The United States
has a high-performance team.
They have a nutritionist. They
have workout plans they have to do
every single day. It’s not as if they
just show up and you know, throw a
rock down the ice and become a
top world competitor.
I think one of the misconcep-
tions, and our analyst said this —
our analyst is Kevin Martin, who is
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about to be inducted into the
World Curling Hall of Fame. He’s
one of the most decorated curlers
of all time, but he said, “When I was
growing up, all the dorks curled.
You know? It was kind of a dorky
sport, but now it’s so different.”
And if you look, you’ve got Nor-
way with the pants, and Canada in
2014, they were like body builders.
One of their sponsors was a sup-
plement company. They’re real
athletes. These aren’t just a bunch
of people who get up off the couch
and then go curl.
How do the medal prospects look
for the U.S. team?
Our analyst thinks that [sib-
lings] Becca and Matt [Hamilton]
and the way that they’ve been
playing lately have a decent chance
at competing for a medal in mixed
doubles. The early prediction by
NBC’s research team does not
have the United States medaling in
any of the three [events] but the
men’s team. They were the bronze
medalists in the world champi-
onships in 2016 and they were
fourth in 2017. So I would say that
they have a shot at medaling. And
just for the simple fact that the
women’s tournament, none of the
teams have any experience in the
Olympics, makes it a little bit more
of a wide open field. Maybe that’s
just me being hopeful.
chris.barton@latimes.com
Twitter: @chrisbarton
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UNDERRATED
The Winter Olympics:
Arriving with less fanfare
than their summer counter-
parts with their tidily mar-
keted narratives of Ameri-
can dominance, the Winter
Olympics deserve equal
notice for the opposite
reason. For all the talk of
American exceptionalism
we hear in our politics,
advertisements and politi-
cal advertisements, there’s
something instructive
about the U.S. existing
outside the center of the
universe — to say nothing of
all the staggering inter-
national skill on display. If
we can watch Northern
Europe outshine us in luge,
who knows what other
lessons we might learn?
MAST’s “Thelonious
Sphere Monk”: Produced
by the multi-instrumental-
ist and electronic artist also
known as Tim Conley, this
record calls upon some of
the top names circulating
around L.A.’s progressive
jazz scene — Makaya Mc-
Craven, Daniel Rosenboom
and Gavin Templeton, to
name a few — and honors
Monk’s centennial with an
tribute album that’s as
reverent as it is relentlessly
inventive. A bent “Bemsha
Swing” recalls ’90s jazz-funk
weirdos T.J. Kirk, and
“Straight No Chaser” is
upended by Brian Marsel-
la’s piano and a stuttering
beat on what amounts to an
album-length testimony to
the timelessness of Monk.
OVERRATED
Surprise releases: Once
upon a time, a pop star
upended tradition by drop-
ping a new album with zero
notice. Ever since then
everyone has wanted to be
Beyoncé, and Netflix was
the latest with the sudden
reveal of “The Cloverfield
Paradox,” a sequel of sorts
to “Cloverfield” that was
released after the Super
Bowl. But based on the
reviews, the result didn’t live
up to the fanfare. Going
forward, we probably
should be mindful of the
differences between artist-
centered surprise-releases
and those that arrive to
generate buzz around a
middling movie no one
trusted to open in theaters.
The need for “Solo: A Star
Wars Story”: One of the
more talked-about trailers
during the Super Bowl’s ad
blitz, this production has
had its share of troubles
that culminated with Ron
Howard taking over direct-
ing duties. You can under-
stand Disney’s desires to
wring cash out of every
possible angle in the “Star
Wars” universe, exploring
the backstory for an already
well-explored character
isn’t the easiest or most
compelling way. While we’re
probably 10 years or so away
from the jawas getting a
“Fraggle Rock”-like spinoff,
“Lando: The Last Calris-
sian” (or something) needs
to get in the pipeline ASAP.
— Chris Barton
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brings the quality of belief he’s brought
to playing real people such as Jackie
Robinson, James Brown and Thur-
good Marshall to the role of King
T’Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther.
This character made his first Mar-
vel appearance in 2016’s “Captain
America: Civil War,” which saw T’Chal-
la’s father, King T’Chaka, killed in an
Joe Robert Cole (“American Crime
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lenge to T’Challa’s rule that must be
played out according to strict ancient
protocols followed by a fence-mending
expedition to old friend W’Kabi (“Get
Out’s” Kaluuya).
Then the new king has to deal with
both Nakia (Nyong’o), his former sig-
nificant other now fully involved in her
life as a spy, and his precocious young-
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T’CHALLA (Chadwick Boseman), left, and Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) can symbolize the disconnect between black Americans and African counterparts.
We’re not ‘crabs in a basket’
[Boseman, from E1]
play James Brown in “Get On Up”
the following year and then-future
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall in last year’s “Marshall.”
That run of critically acclaimed
performances cemented Boseman
as a go-to actor for (real life) heroes
even before the high-profile “Black
Panther” gig came along.
Fifty-two years after debuting
in the pages of Marvel Comics, the
character created by Stan Lee and
Jack Kirby is getting his biggest
pop culture berth yet. Directed by
“Fruitvale Station” and “Creed”
helmer Ryan Coogler and co-writ-
ten by Coogler and Joe Robert
Cole, “Black Panther” arrives in
theaters Thursday night on a wave
of overwhelming critical acclaim
and is poised for a domestic box of-
fice opening in the range of $150
million.
Boseman and Coogler, 31, have
already made an impact with their
take on “Black Panther,” a sprawl-
ing work of Afrofuturistic fantasy
flair exploding its way out of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe for-
mula and flourishing in the ab-
sence of, well, the Avengers. In-
stead of Tony Stark and his crew,
it’s Boseman’s T’Challa and his fel-
low countrymen and women —
played by Lupita Nyong’o, Daniel
Kaluuya, Danai Gurira, Forest
Whitaker, Letitia Wright, Winston
Duke and Angela Bassett, leading
a predominantly black cast — who
take center stage.
The lineup of black talent in
front of and behind the camera, un-
precedented for a movie of this
scale, has already established
Coogler’s film as a standard-
bearer for black representation in
Hollywood. Even the setting — the
fictional African country of
Wakanda, a tech-forward tribalist
nation that has long kept its ad-
vances, and its stockpiles of the
powerful metal vibranium, secret
from the outside world — is revolu-
tionary in the comic book genre.
Coogler’s world-building is
transporting and vibrant, weaving
the DNA of African cultures into
the fabric of the film with the help
of collaborators both new (veteran
costume designer Ruth E. Carter)
and familiar (production designer
Hannah Beachler, cinemato-
grapher Rachel Morrison). But it’s
within the fraught dynamic be-
tween the hero and his primary ad-
versary where “Black Panther”
deftly explores subversive and
probing concerns around race,
history, heritage and identity.
Building off T’Challa’s intro-
duction in “Captain America: Civil
War,” Boseman steps fully into the
hero’s suit with stately gravitas as
the newly crowned king wavers be-
tween his late father’s isolationist
principles and the impulse to open
Wakanda to the world. In the pro-
cess, he encounters a new threat in
the form of a mysterious American
dubbed Killmonger (Michael B.
Jordan, who has starred in each of
Coogler’s films).
“Most African Americans have
had a moment where they’re like, ‘I
know I’m of African descent — but I
don’t have that connection,’ ” said
the South Carolina-born Bose-
man. “That’s something that
needs to be healed. That’s some-
thing that’s broken and has to be
made whole. That conflict within
the movie, and the conflict be-
tween an African American and his
African [counterpart], is one that
has existed since colonialism and
since slavery.
BOSEMAN successfully fought to have his King T’Challa character speak in an African accent.
“It’s interesting to me because
it’s an in-house conversation that
we’re allowing y’all to see,” he add-
ed with a smile, “that I think will
also affect you in a much different
way because you bring something
different.”
He’s excited for young people,
especially black men and women,
to see themselves reflected on-
screen. “The thing that I’ve noticed
is that I have brothers from the
continent — people from Nigeria
and Mozambique, Sierra Leone,
Senegal, South Africa — coming up
to me and saying, ‘I know you’re
from here, but you represent what
we are back home.’ It’s touching to
me that they get to see an African
character onscreen and that they
identify with him.
“There will be other people from
the States who will see [Michael B.
Jordan’s] character and identify
with him. I actually do. Because his
argument is a valid argument, the
disconnection from Africa and the
need to know where you come
from.”
But people of all ages and walks
of life will leave the theater with
what they bring to it, he muses.
“There are also a lot of little white
kids that are excited about ‘Black
Panther’ — who I’ve seen in Black
Panther costumes, who want auto-
graphs and toys signed — kids that
are Asian, Latino,” he said.
“There’s no limitation on ethnicity
and gender or even age. All of that
is humbling, to say the least.”
Back in 2013, Boseman was
overseas in Zurich promoting “42”
when he got the career-changing
call from Marvel’s head honchos.
Boseman admits he weighed the
pros of taking on the role against
the only con, in his mind — “that
Marvel might not be as committed
as they should be to making a
‘Black Panther’ movie on par with
the other movies that they make ...
that it would be some kind of sec-
ond-class citizen, a second-class
superhero movie for black people.”
Walking into his first meeting
with Marvel’s cinematic brain
trust, including studio head Kevin
Feige and executive producers
Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso
and Nate Moore, put those fears at
ease.
“I went in and I met with them
— and I saw that Nate was black,”
he said with a laugh, “which was
important because as a minority
you can have this viewpoint of how
it looks inside the corporation and
inside the building, this view that
it’s a table full of white men, be-
cause we’ve had to deal with tables
full of white men a lot. To walk in
there and see that there were wom-
en and that one of the shot-callers
was black made me feel more com-
fortable with what was going on.”
S U NDAY , F E B RUA RY 11, 2 018
Jay L. Clendenin Los Angeles Times
The battle to realize Black Pan-
ther in the right ways began before
Coogler came onboard, as Bose-
man shaped the character for his
“Captain America: Civil War” de-
but. One of his hardest-fought vic-
tories was keeping T’Challa’s ac-
cent grounded in his African roots,
for which the actor traveled to
South Africa to study and chose a
South African dialect coach.
The people of Wakanda had ne-
ver been conquered by British or
other colonists, but unnamed
parties behind the scenes sug-
gested T’Challa should have a
British accent, an American one or
even one just a few shades more
European, said Boseman.
“Well, why would he have gone
to study anywhere? Who could ed-
ucate him outside of Wakanda?” he
argued, opening the door for the
“Black Panther” cast to use a range
of authentic accents — including
the South African tongue isi-
Xhosa, the canonical official lan-
guage of Wakanda. “That makes
no sense. As wealthy and advanced
as [Wakanda is], he must speak to
his people in his language and in
their sound.”
Perhaps surprisingly for an ex-
pected blockbuster, “Black Pan-
ther” proudly represents not only a
wide swath of heritage, history and
celebratory black identity but tou-
ches openly on the ripple effect
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Matt Kennedy Marvel Studios
their presence and absence can
have across generations.
“The truth of the matter is Stan
Lee and Jack Kirby and the whole
Marvel bullpen created Wakanda
and created T’Challa and created
Black Panther and made him a
smarter, more accomplished char-
acter than any of the other white
characters, in the mid-1960s,” Feige
told journalists at a press confer-
ence after the film’s premiere.
“They had the guts to do that in
the mid-1960s. The least we could
do is live up to that and allow this
story to be told in the way it needed
to be told and not shy away from
things that the Marvel founders
didn’t shy away from in the height
of the Civil Rights Era.”
The momentum behind “Black
Panther” has been palpable even
before the Los Angeles world
premiere turned Hollywood’s
Dolby Theatre into a royal affair,
where everyone from Ava Du-
Vernay to Snoop Dogg turned out
in support. The feeling that the
film marks not only a moment but
the heralding of a movement in the
industry is one Boseman has seen
building around him in recent
years.
“I think we’ve been feeling it and
talking about it before we could say
it,” he said. “At this point, with this
movie coming out, you can say it.
Me as the lead on a poster, at a
movie theater, beside John Boyega
on a [‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’]
poster… You have ‘A Wrinkle in
Time’ following both of those mov-
ies. You have ‘Atlanta’ and ‘Inse-
cure’ and ‘Empire’; it is an inter-
esting moment in film and TV.
“It was different being at the
[NAACP] Image Awards this year
because people were genuinely ex-
cited about seeing each other and
enjoying each other’s work,” he
continued, citing the acceptance
speech DuVernay delivered, which
went viral. “Hollywood doesn’t
have us in a position where we’re —
there’s a term called ‘crabs in a bas-
ket’ — fighting over one spot, fight-
ing for position. There’s a celebra-
tion to a certain degree of each
other’s work.
“You couldn’t say that three
years ago. You couldn’t say that
five years ago. You couldn’t say
that when Ryan was doing ‘Fruit-
vale’; there was ’42’ and ‘Selma’ —
you could feel it easily then, but you
couldn’t say that.”
Ahead of opening his first $200-
million movie, Boseman thought
to 10 years ago. That’s when every-
thing changed thanks to a move
from New York, where he was pri-
marily in theater, to Los Angeles,
where his film career took off.
Boseman, who has a BFA in di-
recting from Howard University
and helmed two short films, plans
to direct more. He also hopes to
make the thriller “Expatriate” for
director Barry Jenkins, which he
co-scripted, as one of his next proj-
ects. But with T’Challa confirmed
to return to screens in this sum-
mer’s all-hands-on-deck Marvel
epic “Avengers: Infinity War,” Bose-
man admits that “Black Panther”
commitments have made it tricki-
er to figure out his next steps.
“Is [‘Expatriate’] the next thing
I’m going to do? I’m not exactly
sure how it’s going to fall, schedule-
wise. I’m trying to open this mov-
ie.” He paused, correcting himself,
and flashed a confident smile. “I’m
not trying to. I am opening this
movie.”
jen.yamato@latimes.com
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Diane Warren’s Oscar parade
For songwriter Diane Warren, the songs — and the Oscar nominations — just keep on coming.m¶m She got her ninth Academy
Award nod this year for best original song (along with Common who wrote the rap lyrics) for “Stand Up for Something” from the
movie “Marshall.”m¶mWarren, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, has written music that’s been featured in more than
100 movies. She’s won Grammy, Golden Globe and Emmy awards and written songs for everyone from Celine Dion to Beyoncé to
Justin Bieber .m¶mHere are Warren’s memories of each of her Oscar-nominated tunes.
By Diane Warren
‘Nothing’s Gonna
Stop Us Now’
‘Mannequin’ (1987)
This was the first song I was
ever nominated for an Oscar for. It
was also my first No. 1 song on the
Billboard charts. I wrote it with
my friend Albert Hammond.
Starship recorded it. We were
supposed to write a wedding song
for a man ... and a mannequin?
Somehow, we achieved that and
this song has stood the test of
time, and the movie has become a
guilty pleasure classic and evi-
dently a favorite of mannequins
everywhere.
‘Because You
Loved Me’
‘Up Close and Personal’ (1996)
This song was a tribute to
Robert Redford’s character by
Michelle Pfeiffer’s character. It is
about his love and belief in her and
what it meant and how she was a
better person because of it. I also
wanted to thank my dad for his
belief in me and in my music, so in
a way it also was a thank-you letter
to my dad. Along the way it has
become a wedding standard and
used for a lot of father-daughter
dances, which makes me espe-
cially happy.
I won my first and only
Grammy for this song and re-
ceived both Oscar and Golden
Globe nominations. To this day, it
is one of Celine Dion’s best-loved
and most requested songs.
‘How Do I Live’
‘Con Air’ (1997)
This was the first song I did for
Jerry Bruckheimer. There were
about a hundred songs written for
“Con Air,” one of them being mine.
I happened to run into LeAnn
Rimes and told her I wrote this
song for “Con Air” (without men-
tioning the other 99 possibilities).
She loved it and went home to
record it and do a video. (The song
still hadn’t been approved, but I
sometimes get a little ahead of
myself.) Jerry ended up loving the
song but wanted a more mature
artist to do it since LeAnn was
only 14. What happened was that
both LeAnn and Trisha Yearwood
ended up releasing the song si-
multaneously with Trisha’s being
used in the movie and becoming a
No. 1 country single and one of the
biggest songs of her career.
LeAnn’s became one of the biggest
pop records and to this day is still
in the top 10 of biggest Billboard
songs of all time.
‘I Don’t Want to
Miss a Thing’
‘Armageddon’ (1998)
I had heard James Brolin had
done an interview where he said
he missed Barbra Streisand when
he is asleep, and I loved the idea of
that and came up with the title “I
Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
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MICHELLE PFEIFFER and Robert Redford.
MERYL STREEP in “Music of the Heart.”
ANDREA PINO in “The Hunting Ground.”
When Jerry Bruckheimer and
Disney’s then-music head, Kathy
Nelson, showed me the film, I
thought that would be a great
song to write for “Armageddon”
where it could possibly be the end
of the world and what would
someone say to someone they
loved with the time they had left.
Steven Tyler’s daughter Liv was in
the movie, and he was very emo-
tional when he heard the song and
wanted to sing it. It became Aero-
smith’s first No. 1 record and
biggest hit of their career.
‘Music of My Heart’
‘Music of The Heart’ (1999)
This movie was the true story
of Roberta Guaspari, a music
teacher portrayed by Meryl
Streep. I wanted to write a song
from the point of view of her stu-
dents, thanking her for all she had
done for them, for believing in
them so much and pushing them
and making them better musi-
cians as well as better people. I
remembered a counselor from
summer camp who had an amaz-
ing influence on me by being kind
and encouraging. So I wrote this
song as a way to thank her and
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this song helped take it out of the
shadows. It is also a subject that
hit home as I had dealt with
molestation in my own life. I
wanted the song to also be open
enough to move beyond that so
that anyone hearing it could
relate to anything difficult that
they had gone through, whether it
was bullying, losing someone you
loved or depression. Most people’s
reactions are it’s going to get
better, you will be fine and when
you are in that place it doesn’t feel
like that at all. This song was a
Ken Regan Touchstone Pictures Frank Masi reaction to that. It’s like no, you
NICOLAS CAGE played a parolee in “Con Air.” don’t know how it feels. ’Til it
happens to you, you don’t know. I
thought there would be no better
artist on the planet to do this than
Lady Gaga, so I called her and
played her the song on the phone
and she was in tears. The record
she made and performance she
gave is a masterpiece, and her
Oscar performance is one for the
ages. This song has touched so
many people and has really made
a difference, and at the end of the
day, what more can you ask for?
‘Stand Up for
Something’
Kerry Hayes Miramax Andrew Cooper Touchstone Pictures
BEN AFFLECK as a pilot in “Pearl Harbor.” ‘Marshall’ (2017)
I was having dinner with my
friend Jackie Fuchs and she men-
tioned her cousin had written a
movie about Thurgood Marshall
that Reggie Hudlin, whom I had
met when he produced the Os-
cars, was directing. I called Reg-
gie to ask if he wanted a song for
the movie, and he said yes and
sent me the script. After reading it
I wrote down the lines “it all
means nothing if you don’t stand
up for something” because it
represented who Thurgood was.
He stood up in a time when it was
RADiUS Barry Wetcher a huge risk to do that. I came in to
work and listened to Sam Cooke’s
JOSH GAD , Chadwick Boseman in “Marshall.”
“A Change is Gonna Come” over
those people in our lives who make and over. I wanted to capture that
‘Grateful’ stirring inspiring kind of song
such a huge difference in them.
Gloria Estefan, who is a dear friend ‘Beyond the Lights’ (2014) that was a call to action. I wrote
of mine co-starred in the movie, so the chorus pretty quickly. I
There are some movies that
we all wanted her to do the song. wanted it to be a song that would
don’t get the audience they de-
Then the idea came for her to make you want to change the
serve. This is one. In all honesty, I
record it with ’N SYNC, who were world.
was happily surprised that this
one of the biggest groups on the Then I thought, what if there
song got nominated. It’s very hard
planet at that time. was a rap on it, which you would
to make a movie about the music
never hear in this kind of song and
biz and make it realistic and com-
it would be a really cool mashup of
‘There You’ll Be’ pelling. This one did both. “Be-
genres. I thought no one would be
yond the Lights” was a powerful
‘Pearl Harbor’ (2001) better than Common, and we had
story that was beautifully written
previously talked about doing
This was my third nominated and directed by Gina Prince-
something together. Not even a
song that I did for Jerry Bruck- Bythewood and brilliantly acted
week later, I was on the way to
heimer. I thought Faith Hill would by Gugu Mbatha-Raw. I wrote
Sundance and he was right be-
be the perfect artist for it. Jerry “Grateful” to say that after all the
hind me on the plane! I sang him
kept making me rewrite it over and lead character went through, all
the chorus, and he said send the
over and said not to send the song the pain of being forced to be
song ASAP. The next day, he
to Faith until he approved it, which someone she wasn’t, that becom-
wanted to be a part it. It was so
of course I didn’t do. I sent her the ing her authentic self was worth
meant to be. What’s amazing
song anyway, and she loved it and all of that. Whatever we go
about this song is that so many
wanted to record it. After Jerry through makes us who we are, and
finally approved it, he said to send sometimes no matter how painful, people and different causes have
it. He probably wondered why she you have to just be grateful for embraced it, from the ACLU to
said yes so fast! The song is about that. NAACP to CNN Heroes to Stand
when we lose someone they are Up to Cancer to the #MeToo and
never really gone, that they live Time’s Up movements and oth-
‘ ’Til It Happens To You’ ers. This song is about integrity.
forever in our hearts and are with
us everywhere we go. There’s some- ‘The Hunting Ground’ (2015) It’s about standing up because in
thing comforting about that. It has When I wrote this song for this the times we are living in, we
a life of its own after the movie, documentary, sexual assault cannot afford not to.
where the song is often used wasn’t a subject people talked
honoring those we have lost. about very openly. I like to think calendar@latimes.com
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Movies’ currency du jour
[Bitcoin, from E1]
exposed four years later when Ross
Ulbricht was arrested and later
sentenced to life
in prison for selling drugs bought
by bitcoin on his black market
website, the Silk Road. Ulbricht’s
libertarian fascinations and crimi-
nal leanings, including peddling
poisons and weapons, are chroni-
cled in the book “American King-
pin” by Nick Bilton.
The case echoed with the men-
acing and the surreal, a 21st cen-
tury parable of a digital bazaar run
from the glow of a laptop. Fox is
basing its thriller “Dark Web” on
Ulbricht, a bookseller and psyche-
delic mushroom farmer who took
on the cyber alias Dread Pirate
Roberts, the name of a character
in the novel “The Princess Bride.”
The film, in development, draws on
Bilton’s work and reporting from
Wired magazine. Those who have
worked on the script include the
Coen brothers and Steve Zaillian.
Susceptible to hackers and
Ponzi schemes, cryptocurrencies
have been the focus of docu-
mentaries and alarmist essays
about how drug dealers and cyber-
terrorists are exploiting our hyper-
connected world. The currencies
are a new ghost in the machine,
enticing strands of codes and
squiggles that move like quick-
silver and hold strange power over
our imaginations. They have been
referenced and sketched into plot
lines in TV, film and in music vide-
os, including “The Simpsons,”
“House of Cards” and “Almost Hu-
man.” A shadowy Mr. Bitcoin
raised suspicions in “The Good
Wife,” and Billy Joel’s 1983 “Uptown
Girl” hit was updated by satirists
in 2014 as “Bitcoin Girl.”
“I think that now as bitcoin be-
comes more popular, it will become
a topic in films and thrillers. I can
easily imagine the retelling of ‘The
Firm’ all through bitcoins,” said
Ham Tran, whose 2016 Vietnamese
movie “Bitcoin Heist,” streaming
on Netflix, delves into the deadly
underworld of global finance. “One
of the ideas we’re kicking around
for a sequel is the cryptocurrency
war and who’s going to win it,
who has the most incentive to ruin
the whole [financial] system and
bring it back to the purity of the
idea of bitcoins, which is decentral-
ized power.”
This decentralization may
change how many films are made,
financed and distributed in an era
of streaming and studio consolida-
tion. Producer Scott Glassgold is
teaming with XYZ Films and Sin-
gularDTV, a blockchain entertain-
ment company, and others on
“New Frontiers,” a sci-fi adventure
anthology that will be funded by
cryptocurrency. The project,
whose directors include Ruairi
Robinson and Stephan Zlotescu, is
scheduled to go into production in
May. It will be distributed through
blockchain, a technology that en-
ables peer-to-peer networking.
“It allows us to put creativity
above all else,” said Glassgold,
whose credits include “The Be-
yond,” a sci-fi thriller, and “Hurri-
cane Season,” a basketball story
starring Forest Whitaker. “We can
go straight to the audience, and
that’s the spirit of cryptocurrency.
It’s a fast-changing landscape from
a producer’s point of view. The tra-
ditional marketplace [studios and
distribution companies] is not
what it was five years ago. It’s not
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even what it was one month ago.”
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was inspired by the recent cyrp-
tocurrency sensation.
“I thought, ‘What was it I
wanted to do with acting in the first
place?’ ” he said. “I wanted to make
a difference. But I see what’s hap-
pening with cryptocurrency and
blockchains as the same thing.
It’s a movement about how can we
make a better system.”
Two prominent Bitcoin in-
vestors — Cameron and Tyler
Winklevoss — have already had a
brush with Hollywood. The twins’
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Katie Falkenberg Los Angeles Times
battle with Mark Zuckerberg over
ownership of Facebook was por-
trayed in Aaron Sorkin’s “The So-
cial Network.” The Harvard-edu-
cated Olympic rower brothers
reached a $65-million settlement
with Zuckerberg, investing part of
the money in bitcoin in 2013. News
reports said a surge in the cryp-
tocurrency to $18,500 in December
— it is now trading around $8,000 —
made their bitcoin holdings worth
more than $1 billion.
“I don’t think anybody expected
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bitcoin to blow up the way it did,
because nobody really knew what
it was,” said Lauren Cribb, pro-
ducer of “Bitcoin,” which follows
two down-and-out brothers on the
road as they try to sell a $20-million
bitcoin wallet they stumbled
upon. “I am still learning about
[the currency] and still trying to
figure it out. Everybody’s checking
what bitcoin is doing. It’s all
over the news.”
The challenge of “Bitcoin,” writ-
ten by Brent Craft, and other cryp-
tocurrency films is parsing a com-
plicated, opaque economic system
so that viewers are at once educat-
ed and entertained. Other direc-
tors have faced similar hurdles
with elegance and flair: Oliver
Stone’s “Wall Street” (1987) broke
down the intricacies and cruelties
of corporate raiders and the stock
market, and Adam McKay had
Margot Robbie sipping Cham-
pagne in a bubble bath to elucidate
the housing mortgage crisis in
“The Big Short” (2015).
“We’ve got to be able to explain
it to them so they won’t be lost,”
said Cashmir.
Tran’s “Bitcoin Heist,” partly
inspired by Ulbricht’s Silk Road
empire, opens with an old prisoner
talking to a younger one: “Kid, tell
me again what a bitcoin is.” The kid
answers: “You can transfer it any-
where in the world without going
through a bank.” The old inmate,
who didn’t appear to have a Twit-
ter account or Facebook page,
was curious if a bit perplexed at
this new wrinkle in his world.
“We sprinkled the explanation
of bitcoin and how it’s used,” said
Tran, whose consultant was a boy-
hood friend-turned-computer
wizard who knew how to outflank
hackers, including a program that
holds computer files hostage
until a ransom is paid in bitcoins.
“In the edit, we added more voice-
over from the cop to further ex-
plain bitcoin.”
The essence of cryptocurrency
and blockchain technology is, to its
proponents, a strategy to siphon
power from institutions, corpora-
tions and the government. It mir-
rors the early ethos of the web to
make information open and free-
flowing, so the internet would be
propelled more by equality and
personal choice than by the com-
mercial designs of Facebook and
Google, to say nothing of Russian
trolls and credit-card scammers.
The inherent conflicts in the rises
and dips of cryptocurrencies —
Warren Buffett predicts they are
a bubble waiting to burst, and
regulators are increasing pressure
on them — make for good crime
dramas and morality tales.
Television shows often “portray
bitcoin in a negative light. It is
almost like if bitcoin was the 21st
century villain,” according to Bit-
coin Chaser, a website dedicated
to all iterations of the currency.
It adds that as bitcoin and high-
tech development become more
popular, TV shows like “Silicon
Valley” will gain prominence and
bitcoin cultural references will be
more positive.
Cryptocurrency has been “rele-
gated to darker, sinister intentions,
because the institutions are too
scared by it,” said Tran. “They
don’t know how to monetize it. It
would kill them.”
jeffrey.fleishman@latimes.com
Twitter: @JeffreyLAT
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fairy tale. Screening in 70 mm. With Don’t Hug Me, We’re Family New mu- 8 p.m.; ends March 28. $35. (323) 960- land, Lennon & McCartney, et al. La- Orchestra Santa Monica Haydn’s
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MOVIES
Compiled by Kevin Crust
Openings
W E D N E S DAY
Double Lover A troubled young wom-
an starts a complicated affair with her
analyst. Written and directed by
François Ozon. With Marine Vacth,
Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset. In
French with English subtitles. (1:47)
NR.
F R I DAY
Being Black Enough A young African
American from a white neighborhood
gets a look at the reality of urban life.
Written, directed by and starring Dev-
Corpse Bride (2005), a Victorian-era
tale of an arranged marriage gone
quite wrong. American Cinema-
theque, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Holly-
wood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 466-
3456. Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. $12; $8 for Cine-
matheque members. www.american
cinematheque calendar.com
“Hairspray” Sing-Along Sing your
hearts out and shimmy in your seats
to the 2007 musical comedy directed
by Adam Shankman. With John
Travolta, Nikki Blonsky and Queen
Latifah. Costumes, bee-hives and
bouffants encouraged. Gift bags
included. La Mirada Theatre, 14900
La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, (562)
944-9801. Feb. 16, 8 p.m. $15 in ad-
vance; $18 day of. www.lamirada
theatre.com
Writers Guild of America West
Groundbreakers The breakout-hit
each the host of their own radio show,
in a rural Minnesota town. Theatre
Unlimited (T.U. Studios), 10943 Cam-
arillo St., North Hollywood. Fri.-Sat.,
8 p.m.; next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends Marc
25. $15-$24. (818) 850-9254.
An Illegal Start Two young men begin
an unlikely friendship after a near-fa-
tal car accident in James Harris’ site-
specific drama; Tony winner Paul
Sand directs. Santa Monica Pier (the
merry-go-round inside the Looff Hip-
podrome), 200 Santa Monica Pier,
Santa Monica. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends
March 10. $24-$30. www.eventbrite-
.com.
Joseph and the Amazing Techni-
color Dreamcoat Tim Rice-Andrew
Lloyd Webber musical based on the
biblical tale of Joseph. Glendale Cen-
tre Theatre, 324 N. Orange St., Glen-
dale. Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 3 and 8 p.m.;
Pirates of Penzance For those who
have dreamed of being part of the
merriment of a Gilbert & Sullivan
light opera, this semi-immersive stag-
ing by the Chicago company the Hyp-
ocrites represents the opportunity of
a lifetime. The stage, outfitted with
kiddie pools, fairy lights and even a
tiki bar that serves alcoholic refresh-
ments, is where theatergoers congre-
gate for this jocular, beach party up-
date of a musical entertainment al-
ready overtopped with daffy cle-
verness. (C.M.) Pasadena Playhouse,
39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Sun.,
next Sun., 2 and 7 p.m.; Tue.-Fri.,
8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; ends Feb. 25.
$25 and up. (626) 356-7529.
Sapo Wild and crazy guys for 30
years-plus, Culture Clash, backed by
Los Angeles band Buyepongo, dishes
up a fanciful melange, based on Aris-
Road, Laguna Beach. Sun., 3 p.m. $38
and up. (949) 553-2422.
Musica Angelica and Orchester Wie-
ner Akademie Conductor Martin
Haselböck leads the combined en-
sembles in a period-instrument per-
formance of Beethoven’s Symphonies
Nos. 1 and 3. Zipper Hall, the Colburn
School, 200 S. Grand Ave., L.A. Sun.,
7:30 p.m. $20-$59. (562) 276-0865.
Brandon Ridenour The trumpeter,
with pianist Peter Dugan, plays pieces
by Gershwin, Ravel, Debussy, et al.
Raitt Recital Hall, Pepperdine Uni-
versity, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy.,
Malibu. Sun., 2 p.m. $28 and up. (310)
506-4522.
The Songs of Salamone L.A.– based
period instrument ensemble Tesserae
performs works by Salamone Rossi
and his colleagues from the Court of
Bizet’s Symphony in C; and Hummel’s
Trumpet Concerto featuring trum-
peter Marissa Benedict. New Roads
School, Moss Theater, 3131 Olympic
Blvd., Santa Monica. Next Sun.,
2:30 p.m. $10-$30. (310) 525-7618.
Peter Richard Conte in Recital The
organist plays pieces by Bernstein,
Ives, Puccini, et al.; with organist and
flugelhorn player Andrew Ennis. Walt
Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave.,
L.A. Next Sun., 7:30 p.m. $20-$59. (323)
850-2000.
Sundays Live Flutist Susan Green-
berg, et al., perform pieces by Mozart,
Poulenc and Thuille. Bing Theater,
LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.
Next Sun., 6 p.m. Free. (323) 857-6234.

in Rice. (1:31) NR.
Black Panther Chadwick Boseman
stars as the King of Wakanda faces ex-
ternal threats to his peaceful home.
With Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Ny-
ong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Free-
man. Written by Ryan Coogler & Joe
Robert Cole. Directed by Coogler.
(2:14) PG-13. Stories on Pages E1 and
E4
Early Man A caveman unites his tribe
in this animated comedy directed by
Nick Park. Voices by Eddie Red-
1995 Waiting to Exhale, starring Whit-
ney Houston and Angela Bassett, and
1972’s Lady Sings the Blues, with Di-
ana Ross as Billie Holiday, screen.
There will be a discussion between
films with “Waiting” writer Terry Mc-
Millan, who adapted her own novel,
with Ronald Bass, and Suzanne De
Passe, who started her career at Mo-
town and received an Oscar nomina-
tion for co-writing “Lady Sings the
Blues.” 35 mm. American Cinema-
theque, Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana
Ave., Santa Monica, (310) 260-1528.
Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. $12; $8 for Cinema-
next Sun., 3 p.m.; ends April 7. $20-
$32. (818) 244-8481.
My Janis Writer-performer Arianna
Veronesi portrays 1960s rock singer
Janis Joplin in this solo show; part of
SoloFest 2018. Whitefire Theatre,
13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks.
Fri., 8 p.m. $30. (800) 838-3006.
Nice Fish Interact Theatre Company
stages Mark Rylance and Louis Jenk-
ins’ comedy about two old friends ice
fishing on a frozen Minnesota lake.
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles,
tophanes’ “The Frogs,” that takes
dead aim at the country’s fractured
immigration policies. The show is al-
most indescribable — hyper, nutty,
bawdy, savagely hilarious — and
wrenching. (F.K.F.) Getty Villa, Fleis-
chman Theater, 17985 Pacific Coast
Highway, Pacific Palisades. Sun., next
Sun., 4 p.m.; Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 4 and
8 p.m.; ends Feb. 18. $20; advance tick-
ets required. (310) 440-7300.
MUSEUMS
Mantua. All Saints’ Episcopal Church,
304 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills.
Sun., 5 p.m. $10-$30. www.tesserae-
la.com
Reviews by Leah Ollman.
True/Blues Rachael Worby and the Compiled by Matt Cooper.
Muse/ique orchestra are joined by vet-
eran bluesman John Hammond. Kos-
mic Krylon Garage at the Pasadena
Openings
Museum of California Art, 490 E. Sarah Cain: Now I’m going to tell
Union St., Pasadena. Sun., 7 p.m. $50. youeverything Large-scale tempo-
(626) 539-7085. rary work by the L.A.-based artist in-
spired by a poem by Bernadette May-
All-Beethoven: Orchestra of the Age er. The Institute of Contemporary Art
of Enlightenment The Philharmonic Los Angeles, 1717 E. 7th St., L.A. Now

Mayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie
Williams, Timothy Spall. (1:29) PG.
Golden Exits Two Brooklyn house-
holds are upended by an Australian
visitor.With Emily Browning, Adam
theque members. www.americancine
matheque calendar.com
1238 W. 1st St. L.A. Fri.-Sat., 8:30 p.m.;
next Sun., 4 p.m.; ends March 25. $25.
(818) 765-8732.
One Year Later
Open Fist Theatre
presents 14 short plays by writers
MUSIC
Society of Orange County presents
the British period ensemble perform-
ing the composer’s Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Nicola Benedetti
Pop and Symphony No. 4. Renée and
Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Seg-
on view; ends March 11. Closed Mon.-
Tue. Free. (310) 284-8100.
Robert Hudson: Selected Work
1968-1971 A survey of minimalist
sculptures by the acclaimed artist.

Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily
Rabe, Jason Schwartzman, Chloë Se-
vigny, Analeigh Tipton. Written and
Directed by Alex Ross Perry. (1:34)
NR.
Hidden Light A mobster-turned-
priest is drawn back to his old life.
With Jack Jovcic. Written and di-
rected by Aaron Kamp. (1:33) NR.
Honor Up Damon Dash directed and
stars in this crime drama about an
OG trying to protect his family after a
shootout in Harlem. Written by Stu-
art Acher, James Dubose; story by
Damon Dash, Kevin Bennett. (1:24)
R.
Irreplaceable You A sudden diagnos-
is causes a young woman to seek a
new love for her longtime sweetheart.
With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michiel
Huisman, Steve Coogan, Christopher
Walken, Kate McKinnon, Jacki
Weaver. Written by Bess Wohl. Di-
rected by Stephanie Laing. NR.
Looking Glass The motel a couple
buy after a tragedy is not what it ap-
pears. With Nicolas Cage, Robin Tun-
ney, Marc Blucas. Written by Jerry
Rapp. Directed by Tim Hunter. R.
Loveless The sudden disappearance
of their son shakes a divorced Moscow
couple. With Maryana Spivak, Alek-
sey Rozin, Matvey Novikov. Written
by Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev.
Directed by Zvyagintsev. In Russian
with English subtitles. (2:07) R.
The Monkey King 3 The fantasy ac-
tion-adventure continues as the simi-
an monarch is captured in all-female
land. With Aaron Kwok. Directed by
Soi Cheang. In Mandarin with Eng-
lish and Chinese subtitles. NR.
Nostalgia Love, loss and memories
are explored in this ensemble drama.
With Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener,
John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, Bruce
Dern and Ellen Burstyn. Written by
THEATER
Capsule reviews are by
Philip Brandes (P.B.), F.
Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.),
Margaret Gray (M.G.),
Charles McNulty (C.M.)
and Daryl H. Miller
(D.H.M.) Compiled by
Matt Cooper.
Openings
The Cake A lesbian asks her late
mother’s best friend to bake a cake for
her same-sex wedding in Bekah
Brunstetter’s new comedy. La Jolla
Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive,
La Jolla. Sun., 7 p.m.; Tue.-Wed.,
7:30 p.m.; Thu.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and
8 p.m.; next Sun., 2 and 7 p.m.; ends
March 4. $20 and up. (858) 550-1010.
High Society Musical Theatre Guild
stages this Cole Porter musical come-
dy about a socialite, her fiancé and
her ex-husband. The Alex Theatre,
216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Sun.,
7 p.m. $45. (818) 243-2539.
Louisiana Purchase Musical Theatre
West offers a staged reading of Irving
Berlin’s musical satire about former
Louisiana Gov. Huey Long. Beverly
O’Neill Theatre, Long Beach Conven-
tion Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long
Beach.Sun., 7 p.m. $27, $32. (562) 856-
1999.
Mummenschanz: you & me The
Swiss-based mask-theater and mime
troupe celebrates its 45th anniversary
with this new spectacular. Younes
and Soraya Nazarian Center for the
Performing Arts, 18111 Nordhoff St.,
Northridge. Sun., 3 p.m. $23 and up.
(818) 677-3000.
One Day Plays Six new plays created
and performed within a 24-hour pe-
riod. IAMA Theatre Company, At-
from around the country examining
America’s social and political divides.
Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas
Ave., L.A. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun.,
7 p.m.; ends March 3. $25. (323) 882-
6912.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert The
Musical Stage adaptation of the hit
1994 comedy film about a trio of drag
performers touring the Australian
Outback. Celebration Theatre, 6760
Lexington Ave., L.A. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.;
next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends March 25. $25-
$45; opening night only, $75 and $100.
(323) 957-1884.
Pygmalion A British professor gives a
Cockney flower girl a high-society
makeover in George Bernard Shaw’s
classic satire. West Valley Playhouse,
7242 Owensmouth Ave., Canoga Park.
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 2:30 p.m.;
ends March 11. $26, $28. (818) 884-1907.
Slices d’Amor: Valentine’s Tales of
Love and Woe Scenes and mono-
logues, etc., about romance. The
Ruby Theatre @ The Complex Thea-
tre, 6470 Santa Monica Blvd., Holly-
wood. Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 7:30 and
9:30 p.m.; next Sun., 2:30 and 4 p.m.;
ends Feb. 18. $20. (323) 960-4443.
Anatomy of the Piano (for begin-
ners) A young man takes a fantastical
journey through the history of the in-
strument in this family-friendly tale.
Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center
for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa. Sat., next Sun., 1 p.m.
$20 and up. (714) 755-5799.
The Cape and the Klan A reporter
goes undercover to expose the KKK
in Tin Penavic and Ted Ryan’s new
1950s-set drama. The Group Rep,
Lonny Chapman Theatre, 10900 Bur-
bank Blvd., North Hollywood. Sat.,
2 p.m.; next Sun., 7 p.m.; ends March
11. $20. (818) 763-5990.
Grail Project Theatre Movement
Bazaar mixes drama, comedy, music
Picks by August Brown.
Cuco What’s occurred in the 15
months since has catapulted a 19-
year-old Hawthorne romancer with a
funny Twitter handle to the role of
heartthrob musical auteur able to sell
out a club tour. Currently the subject
of a bidding war among a host of la-
bels, the first-generation Mexican
American artist and his first-genera-
tion Mexican American manager
have found themselves in the unique
position of being young, independent
and holding a golden ticket: the undy-
ing devotion of an expanding fan base
and an industry desperate to find new
could-be superstars. (R.R.)The El
Rey, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 9 p.m.
Wed. $20. theelrey.com.
Dua Lipa The U.K. singer has quietly
become a major force operating at the
edges of electro, R&B and pop. Sin-
gles like “New Rules” come with
meme-able dance moves and athletic
swagger; Lipa, who recently played
“SNL,” is as compelling as they come
as a live performer. (A.B.) Hollywood
Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd.,
L.A. 7 p.m. Thu. and Mon. $68-$221.
livenation.com
YG One of the first things YG said
when he walked onto the main stage
at the Day N Night Festival was a
barb at President Trump. (Hint: It’s
the profane hook of the song that de-
fined the election-night protests in
L.A.) People thought they knew what
was coming next. But then the Comp-
ton rapper shifted gears. "We’re about
to have a party before we get into that
political [stuff]," he said. And party he
did. He toted out stripper poles for a
pair of gifted dancers; he shouted out
anyone in the crowd on a litany of
drugs; he giddily applauded some
women lifting their tops in the crowd
and roasted a dude up front for not
dancing hard enough. If a saucy set
from YG could double as a little re-
prieve from American political life,
well, great. He plays with longtime co-
erstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town
Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Mon.,
8 p.m. $38 and up. (949) 553-2422.
Morton Subotnick: 50th Anniversa-
ry of Silver Apples of the Moon The
pioneering electronic-music com-
poser revisits his landmark 1967 work.
REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd St., L.A. Tue.-
Wed., 8:30 p.m. $24, $30. (213) 237-2800.
All-Beethoven Members of the LA
Phil perform works for strings. Walt
Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave.,
L.A. Tue., 8 p.m. $20-$59. (323) 850-
2000.
Yefim Bronfman The pianist per-
forms works by Schumann, Schubert
and Debussy. Musco Center for the
Arts, Chapman University, 415 N.
Glassell St., Orange. Thu., 8 p.m. $25-
$55. (844) 626-8726.
In Focus Los Angeles Chamber Or-
chestra launch this new series with
pieces by Mozart and Brahms. Moss
Theater, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa
Monica. Thu., 7:30 p.m. (Also in San
Marino, Wed., Feb. 21) $49 and up.
(213) 622-7001.
Birdman Live CAP UCLA presents
composer Antonio Sanchez perform-
ing his score to accompany a screen-
ing of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Oscar-
winning 2014 drama. Royce Hall,
UCLA, 340 Royce Drive, Westwood.
Fri., 8 p.m. $29 – $59. (310) 825-2101.
Composer Salonen: Wing on Wing
Salonen leads the LA Phil in a revised
version of the work he composed for
the opening of Disney Hall; program
also includes selections from Mozart’s
“The Impresario,” and Beethoven’s
Violin Concerto featuring violinist
Vilde Frang. Walt Disney Concert
Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., L.A. Fri.,
8 p.m.; Sat., next Sun., 2 p.m. $20-$188.
(323) 850-2000.
Jackie Evancho The young soprano
performs. Cerritos Center for the Per-
Luckman Gallery, Cal State LA, 5151
State University Drive, L.A. Now
open; ends April 14. Closed. Fri., Sun.
Free. (323) 343-6604.
GALLERIES
Reviews by Leah Ollman.
Compiled by Matt Cooper.
Critic’s Choices
Vija Celmins This quietly gripping
show, the first in L.A. for Celmins in
more than a decade, concentrates on
recent work — paintings, drawings,
sculpture and prints. Imagery that
Celmins has mined for 50 years pre-
vails (rippling oceans and star-
flecked night skies), but there are also
thrilling, newer directions repre-
sented, such as “reverse” night skies,
and an exquisite mapping of the veiny
cracks of a glazed ceramic surface.
Celmins’ focus on outward appear-
ances registers, ultimately, as a
deeply personal, interior process.
Matthew Marks Gallery, 1062 N. Or-
ange Grove and 7818 Santa Monica
Blvd., West Hollywood. Ends March
31. Open Tue.-Sat. (323) 654-1830.
Robert Irwin Now approaching 90,
the painter-turned-pioneering-artist-
of-light-and-space continues to as-
tonish. Irwin has reimagined the
gallery’s 5,000 square foot ground lev-
el space as an immaculate, immersive
sculpture. The environment reinvents
itself — or rather, we reinvent it, per-
ceptually — through shifts in light
and perspective. This is Irwin at his
catalytic best. Sprüth Magers, 5900
Wilshire Blvd., L.A Ends April 21.
Open Tue.-Sat. (323) 634-0600.

Alex Ross Perry. Directed by Mark
Pellington. (1:54) R.
The Party A get-together at the home
of a London politician unravels in this
dark comedy. With Patricia Clarkson,
Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily
Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin
Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall. Writ-
ten and directed by Sally Potter. (1:11)
R.
Poop Talk Scatological documentary.
Featuring Eric Stonestreet, Kumail
Nanjiani, Dr. Drew Pinsky. Directed
by Aaron N. Feldman. (1:15) NR.
Samson The biblical hero battles the
Philistines. With Taylor James, Billy
Zane. PG-13.
Surfer A teenager faces his fears after
a serious wipeout. With Sage Burke.
Written and directed by Douglas
Burke. (1:38) PG.
MPAA categories: (G) for general au-
diences; (PG) parental guidance
urged because of material possibly
unsuitable for children; (PG-13) par-
ents are strongly cautioned to give
guidance for attendance of children
younger than 13; (R) restricted,
younger than 17 admitted only with
parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no
one 17 and younger admitted.
water Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas
Ave., L.A. Sun., 7 p.m. $40. (323) 380-
8843.
Onward Ed Asner and Julie Newmar
star in a reading of Christine Rosen-
steel’s new comedy-drama. The Road
on Lankershim, 5108 Lankershim
Blvd., North Hollywood. Sun.,
5:30 p.m. $40. (818) 761-8838.
Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s ro-
mantic tragedy is updated to reflect
America’s present-day political divi-
sions. Loft Ensemble Theater, 13442
Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Sun.,
next Sun., 7 p.m.; Sat., 8 p.m.; ends
March 25. $20. (818) 616-3150.
Water by the Spoonful The lives of re-
covering addicts in an online chat
room intersect with the tragic story of
an Iraq War veteran in Quiara Alegría
Hudes’ drama. Mark Taper Forum,
135 N. Grand Ave., L.A. Sun., 7 p.m.;
Tue.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2:30 and 8 p.m.;
next Sun., 1 and 6:30 p.m.; ends March
11. $25-$95. (213) 628-2772.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham —
1963 Adaptation of Christopher Paul
Curtis’ award-winning novel about an
African American family from Michi-
gan on a road trip through the South
during the Civil Rights era. Hudson
Backstage Theater, 6539 Santa Moni-
ca Blvd., L.A. Sun., next Sun., 3 p.m.;
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends Feb. 25. $10-$30.
(323) 960-5521.
and dance in this exploration of the
Arthurian legends. Bootleg Theater,
2220 Beverly Blvd., L.A. Sat., 7 p.m.;
next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends March 10. $15-
$25. (213) 389-3856.
Guys and Dolls Musical Theatre West
stages the classic musical based on
Damon Runyon’s stories about gam-
blers, gangsters and gals in the Big
Apple. Carpenter Performing Arts
Center, 6200 Atherton St., Long
Beach. Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 1 p.m.;
ends March 4. $20 and up. (562) 856-
1999.
Play Like a Girl Composer-performer
Eve Beglarian presents the newest
segment of her multimedia work “A
Book of Days.” REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd
St., L.A. Feb. 17. Sat., 8:30 p.m. $20,
$25. (213) 237-2800.
Shattered Writer-performer Diana
Varco plays 35 characters in this solo
show about dating, frigidity and
trauma recovery; part of SoloFest
2018. Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura
Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Next Sun.,
7 p.m. $15, $20. (800) 838-3006.
Critics’ Choices
Alright Then Orson Bean and Alley
Mills, one of L.A. theater’s most vis-
ible couples, thank the heavens for
their later-life marriage in a feel-good
show about love and gratitude. They
hort DJ Mustard and “Gucci Gang”
phenom Lil Pump. (A.B.) Shrine, 665
W. Jefferson Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. Sat.
$39.50-$60. goldenvoice.com.
Classical
Compiled by Matt Cooper
Camerata Pacifica Works by Schu-
bert, Walter Rabl, Rebecca Clarke, et
al.; with pianist Warren Jones and
baritone Andrew Garland. Museum of
Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ven-
tura. Sun., 3 p.m. Also, Huntington Li-
brary, Ritchie Auditorium, 1151 Oxford
Road, San Marino. Tue., 7:30 p.m.;
Hahn Hall, UC Santa Barbara, 1070
Fairway Road, Santa Barbara. Fri.,
7:30 p.m.; and Zipper Hall, the Col-
burn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., L.A.
Sat., 8 p.m. $50, $56. (805) 884-8410.
Candide Kelsey Grammer and Chris-
tine Ebersole star in LA Opera’s stag-
ing of the Leonard Bernstein operet-
ta. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N.
Grand Ave., L.A. Sun., 2 p.m.; Thu.,
7:30 p.m.; Sat.-next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends
Feb. 18. $18 and up. (213) 972-8001.
Colburn Chamber Music Society
London Symphony Orchestra clari-
netist Andrew Marriner joins student
musicians for works by Brahms,
Strauss and Dvor ák. Zipper Hall, the
Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave.,
L.A. Sun., 3 p.m. $13, $27. (213) 621-1050.
forming Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive,
Cerritos. Fri., 8 p.m. $70-$110. (562) 916-
8500.
Steven Vanhauwaert: Romancing
the Piano The pianist plays pieces by
Schumann, Busoni, Respighi and
Liszt. Boston Court, 70 N. Mentor
Ave., Pasadena. Fri., 8 p.m. $30 and
up; discounts available. (626) 683-
6883.
The Great American Songbook
Broadway’s Susan Egan and David
Burnham join Long Beach Symphony
Pops for an evening of romantic favor-
ites. Long Beach Arena, 300 E. Ocean
Blvd., Long Beach. Sat., 8 p.m. $42-
$165. (542) 436-3203.
Pasadena Symphony Stravinsky’s
“Firebird” Suite, local composer Dale
Trumbore’s new work “Infinitely and
Without Apology,” and Dvor ák’s Cello
Concerto featuring cellist Inbal Segev.
Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S. St.
John Ave., Pasadena. Sat., 2 and
8 p.m. $35 and up. (626) 793-7172.
Black Violin The string duo mixes
classical and hip-hop. Musco Center
for the Arts, Chapman University, 415
N. Glassell St., Orange. Next Sun.,
7:30 p.m. $30-$55. (844) 626-8726.
Nixon Library Sunday Concerts Stu-
dent violinists perform. Richard M.
Nixon Library, 18001 Yorba Linda
Blvd., Yorba Linda. Next Sun., 2 p.m.;
DANCE
Compiled by Matt Cooper
Astaire Dances
American Contem-
porary Ballet re-creates four of movie
legend Fred Astaire’s classic dance
routines. The Bloc, 32nd floor, 700 S.
Flower St., L.A. Sun., 4 p.m.; Tue.-
Wed., 8 p.m.; ends Feb. 14. $40-$105.
(213) 304-3408.
Okwui Okpokwasili: Poor People’s
TV Room The Bessie Award winner
and company celebrate women’s
movements in Nigeria. REDCAT, 631
W. 2nd St., L.A. Sun., 7 p.m. $26-$35.
(213) 237-2800.
Betroffenheit Canada’s Kidd Pivot
and Electric Company Theatre join
forces for choreographer Crystal Pite
and writer Jonathon Young’s dance
theater work about coping with a
tragic personal loss; not recom-
mended for children. The Broad
Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica.
Wed.-Fri., 7:30 p.m. $45 and up. (310)
434-3200.
Bhumi: Mother Earth Balinese
dance-and-music troupe Çudamani
presents the U.S. premiere of this na-
ture-inspired fable. The Broad Stage,
1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Next Sun.,
2 p.m. (family show) and 7 p.m. (full
performance). $15-$50. (424) 232-

Events & Revivals 4Play: Sex in a Series New York

share stories from their at-times
rocky upbringings to set the scene for Composer Salonen: Violin Concerto
also Feb. 25. Free. (714) 993-5075. 8423.

Compiled by Kathleen
Craughwell
“Mahogany” The 1975 Diana Ross ve-
hicle is most memorable these days
for its stirring theme song, but several
of the plot lines are decidedly timely.
Ross’ aspiring fashion designer finds
herself in a manipulative and sexually
confusing relationship with a Sven-
gali-like high-fashion photographer
(Anthony Perkins) to whom she owes
her career while her first love, a com-
munity organizer (Billy Dee
Williams), fights gentrification in Chi-
cago. Tony Richardson was the origi-
nal director, but Motown’s Berry
Gordy took over. A discussion will fol-
low as part of the Black Book series.
Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Thea-
tre, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
(310) 443-7000. Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Free.
www.hammer.ucla.edu
“Roman Holiday” Audrey Hepburn
won an Oscar for her first big Ameri-
can film role playing the surreptitious
princess who spends an utterly
ordinary and wonderful week with
a puckish American reporter (Grego-
ry Peck) in this 1953 film. Directed
by William Wyler. Pre-movie
bubbly, photo booth, and DJs.
Los Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broad-
way, Los Angeles, (323) 522-6870.
Feb. 14; doors, 7 p.m.; film, 9 p.m. $33.
Ages 21 and over only.
www.ticketfly.com
City’s trip. theater ensemble relo-
cates to L.A. with the West Coast pre-
miere of this romantic comedy ex-
ploring gay and straight relation-
ships. The Actors Company, 916-A N.
Formosa Ave., L.A. Wed.-Sat., 8 p.m.;
ends March 17. $25; two-ticket pack-
age, $70 (Feb. 14-17 only). (800) 838-
3006.
Patti LuPone The Tony winner shares
songs and stories with host and
pianist Seth Rudetsky. Wallis Annen-
berg Center for the Performing Arts,
Bram Goldsmith Theater, 9390 N.
Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills.
Wed., 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $45-$149. (310)
746-4000.
42nd Street A Broadway understudy
gets her big break in this classic back-
stage musical. Rose Center Theater,
14140 All American Way, Westminster.
Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; next Sun., 2 p.m.;
ends March 4. $20, $25. (714) 793-1150.
Uncle Vanya New translation of Che-
khov’s classic Russian drama about
assorted characters at a country es-
tate. The Old Globe, San Diego, 1363
Old Globe Way, San Diego. Thu.-Fri.,
8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; next Sun., 2
and 7 p.m.; ends March 11. $30 and up.
(619) 234-5623.
Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross
the Face of the Moon) An octogenari-
an laborer looks back on his life on
both sides of the U.S.-Mexico order in
the miracle of their meeting, making
each other laugh and shedding grate-
ful tears. (D.H.M.) Pacific Resident
Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Sun., next Sun., 3 p.m.; Thu.-Sat.,
8 p.m.; ends March 25. $25-$34. (310)
822-8392.
The Chosen Learning to see past dif-
ferences and getting to know the per-
son underneath is a lesson for all time
in Chaim Potok’s 1940s-set novel, ad-
apted by Potok and Aaron Posner.
The tale of an unexpected friendship
between Brooklyn teens from differ-
ent strains of Judaism is given a
poignant staging, with particularly
fine performances by Sam Mandel as
the youthful narrator and, unforget-
tably, Alan Blumenfeld as a char-
ismatic rabbi. (D.H.M.) The Fountain
Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave., L.A.
Sun., next Sun., 2 p.m.; Mon., Sat.,
8 p.m.; ends May 14. $20-$40. (323) 663-
1525.
A Delicate Ship Anna Ziegler peels
away the layers of her characters to
their pulsing human core in this prac-
tically perfect memory play, a fateful
romantic triangle that commences in
the simplest situation and escalates
to the dire. Josh Zuckerman dazzles
in a tour-de-force turn as a wayward
yearner whose cheekiness covers hid-
den depths of anguish. (F.K.F.) The
Road on Magnolia, 10747 Magnolia
Blvd., North Hollywood. Sun., next
Sun., 2 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends
Conductor laureate Esa-Pekka Salo-
nen leads the LA Phil in his Violin Program Subject To Change
Concerto featuring violinist Leila Jo-
sefowicz, plus Beethoven’s Symphony
No. 7 and Biber’s “Battalia.” Walt Dis- Times for 02/11/18 only
ney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave.,
L.A. Sun., 2 p.m. $20-$210. (323) 850-
2000.
Happy Birthday, Bernstein Members
of Pacific Symphony play chamber
music by Bernstein, Reich, et al. Sam-
ueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for
ALONG WITH THE GODS: THE TWO WORLDS (NR) 9:45,
the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa. Sun., 3 p.m. $70 and up. 12:35, 3:25, 6:15, 9:10
(714) 755-5799. 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES (NR) 10:30, 1:15, 4:00,
6:45, 9:30
Israel in Egypt Los Angeles Master
Chorale and a 48-piece chamber or- KEYS TO THE HEART (NR) Eng. Subtitles 11:15, 1:50, 4:25,
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chestra perform Handel’s biblical ora- 7:15, 9:45
torio, with animations and live visuals
by Syrian-Armenian artist Kevork
Mourad. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111
S. Grand Ave., L.A. Sun., 7 p.m. $29
and up; student rush, $10. (213) 972-
7282.
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony
No. 1, plus new works by Viet Cuong,
Aart Strootman and Alyssa Weinberg.
ALONG WITH THE GODS: THE TWO WORLDS (NR) Eng.
First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd
St., Santa Monica. Sun., 2 p.m. Pay Subtitles 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20
what you can. www.kco.la. 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES (NR) Eng. Subtitles 11:30,
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Le Salon de Musiques The intimate CALL THEATER FOR SHOWTIMES
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Tim Burton Double Feature The Bur-
bank-born writer-director may be the
master of macabre, but the truth is
the wild-haired Burton is a romantic
in the deepest regions of his cardiac
this “mariachi musical” created by
Broadway’s Leonard Foglia and the
late Jose “Pepe” Martinez of Mariachi
Vargas de Tecalitlan; in Spanish with
projected English translation. The
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center
March 11. $17.50, $34. (818) 761-8838.
I Am Not a Comedian... I’m Lenny
Bruce Actor Ronnie Marmo and di-
rector Joe Mantegna offer subse-
quent generations not only a sense of
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(213) 237-
muscle. Johnny Depp was at his be- for the Performing Arts, 18111 Nordhoff who comedian Bruce was, but more
guiling best as the titular Edward St., Northridge. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next importantly why he mattered. (P.B.) Laguna Beach Music Festival Three- WINCHESTER (PG-13) 11:50, 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40
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new comedy series “Our Cartoon Presi- nage drama “Homeland” on Showtime. ine in Ireland reaches the Albert in the Scottish High- James I becomes England’s Secret Service
dent.” 8 and 8:30 p.m. Showtime queen. Å lands. (N) Å new monarch. (N) Å (TVPG) Å
A TV producer and a celebrity chef get “The Notebook?” “Love Actually”? Pop- KDOC Paycheck ›› (2003) Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart. (PG-13) Family Guy Å Seinfeld Å
busy in the kitchen in the romantic new TV star magazine counts down “The Top 14 KLCS Antiques Roadshow (TVG) Film School Å On Story Å Global Spirit (TVG) Å Money Å
movie “Cooking With Love.” With Ali Greatest Valentine’s Day Movies of All A&E Storage Wars: Biggest Fights (TVPG) Ivy and Rene team up against Darrell. (N) Å
Liebert. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel Time” in this new special. 9 p.m. KTLA AMC The Walking Dead Preview of The Walking Dead (TVMA) The Walking Dead (TVMA) Claimed. (10:15)
This is them: Oscar winners Tim Robbins The miraculous maritime rescue of Allied season 8. (N) Å Inmates. (9:14) Å Å
and Holly Hunter plays the parents of a troops from a French port by a civilian flo- ANP North Woods Law North Woods Law (TVPG) (N) Lone Star Law (TV14) North Woods
multi-racial Portland family in “Here and tilla during WWII is recalled in “Great Es- BBC The Hunt for Red October ››› (1990) Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. (PG) Å Planet Earth
Now,” a new dramedy from “Six Feet Under” cape at Dunkirk” on “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE BET True to the Game (2017) Erica Kevin Hart: I’m a Grown Little The BET Social Awards 2018 The BET Social
creator Alan Ball. 9 p.m. HBO A new “Impossible Builds” looks at the Peeples. (R) (6:55) Man (TV14) Å (TV14) (N) Awards (TV14)
design and construction of several man- Bravo Real Housewives: Atlanta (N) To Rome for Love (TV14) (N) Real Housewives: Atlanta Å What Happens
Carrie Mathison (Emmy winner Claire
Danes) tries to make America safe for de- made luxury islands off the coast of Dubai in CMT Son-in-Law › (1993) Pauly Shore. (7:30) (PG-13) Å Zookeeper › (2011) Kevin James. (PG) Å
mocracy in a seventh season of the espio- the United Arab Emirates. 10 p.m. KOCE CNN The Seventies Å Radical Story: Patty Hearst Å Radical Story: Patty Hearst Å Newsroom (N)
nage drama “Homeland.” Emmy winner Com Happy Gilmore ›› (6:50) Å Happy Gilmore ›› (1996) Adam Sandler. (PG-13) Å Zohan Å
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Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty enjoy a Disn Cars 2 ›› (2011) (7) (G) Å Stuck in Middle Andi Mack Å Andi Mack Å Stuck in Middle Bunk’d (TVG)
MONDAY little “Splendor in the Grass” in director
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They’ll be raising the “woof ” at the “142nd Elia Kazan’s 1961 big-screen adaptation of
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Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show” from the William Inge play about young love gone
wrong. 9:15 p.m. Turner Classic Movies Food Guy’s Grocery Games (TVG) Worst Cooks in America (TVG) Beat Bobby Å Beat Bobby Å Beat Bobby Å
NYC’s Madison Square Garden. 5 p.m. Fox FNC Scandalous Å Next Revolution: Steve Hilton Å Fox Report Å Fox News Sun.
Sports 1; concludes Tue. She’s back: The special “Roseanne: The
Free Good Dinosaur (6:50) (PG) Wreck-It Ralph ››› (2012) John C. Reilly. (8:55) (PG) Å Into the Woods
Rebecca Cammisa’s new exposé “Atomic Return” offers a sneak peek at the upcoming
reboot of the 1980s-’90s era Roseanne Barr- FX Terminator Genisys ›› (2015) Arnold Schwarzenegger. (PG-13) Å Terminator Genisys ›› (2015)
Homefront” looks at the health hazards cre-
John Goodman sitcom. 10 p.m. ABC Hall Very, Very Valentine (2018) (7) Cooking With Love (2018) Ali Liebert. Å Golden Girls Å
ated by the dumping of radioactive waste in
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St. Louis decades ago. 8 p.m. HBO The shy, retiring LaVar Ball challenges
his son, Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, on a new Hist American Pickers: Bonus Buys (TVPG) A century-old snack icon. (N) Å
It’s an honor just to be nominated: The
“Lip Sync Battle.” 10 p.m. Paramount IFC Meet the Fockers ›› (2004) Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller. (PG-13) Å Meet the Parents ››› (2000)
documentary “The Pulitzer at 100” cele-
Life The Other Mother (2017) Annie Wersching. Å A Mother Betrayed (2015) Lynn Collins.
brates writers, journalists and others who’ve FRIDAY
received the prestigious prize. 9 p.m. Starz MSN Lockup: Charleston Å Lockup: Charleston Å Lockup: Charleston Å Dateline Å
The maestro: Gael Garcia Bernal picks MTV The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ›› (2010) Kristen Stewart. (7) Å Catfish: The TV Show (TVPG) Catfish Å
The increasing militarization of police up the baton for a fourth season of “Mozart NGC Inside North Korea Å Inside North Korea (N) Å Inside North Korea (TV14) Å North Korea Å
forces around the country is detailed in film- in the Jungle.” Any time, Amazon
maker Craig Atkinson’s documentary “Do Nick Full House Å Full House Å Full House Å Full House Å Full House Å Full House Å Friends Å
Not Resist” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE “Everything Sucks!” for the drama-club OWN 227 (TVG) 227 (TVG) 227 (TVG) 227 (TVG) 227 (TVG) 227 (TVG) 227 (TVG)
geeks and AV-club nerds at an Oregon high Para John Wick (2014) Keanu Reeves. (7) (R) Jurassic Park ››› (1993) Sam Neill. (PG-13) Å
TUESDAY school circa 1996 in this new comedy series. Sund Roots: The Next Generations Å Roots: The Next Generations (10:15) Å
Olympics, schmolympics! Sexy singles Any time, Netflix Syfy The Transporter (2002) (7) The Mechanic ›› (2011) Jason Statham, Ben Foster. (R) Å Faster ›› (R)
from around the world look for love in the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei sur- TBS We’re the Millers ›› (2013) Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis. (R) Å 50 First Dates ›› (2004) Å
new spinoff “The Bachelor Winter Games.” veys ongoing refugee crises in countries all TCM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ›››› (1936) (7:30) The Awful Truth ››› (1937) Irene Dunne. (9:45) Å
Chris Harrison hosts. 8 p.m. ABC; also Thu. around the globe in the poignant new docu- TLC Sister Wives (TVPG) (N) Seeking Sister Wife (TVPG) (N) (10:03) Å
People seek to reconnect with the heroes mentary “Human Flow.” Any time, Amazon
TNT Avengers: Age of Ultron ››› (2015) Robert Downey Jr. (7) The Alienist (TVMA) Å Minority Report
who came to their aid during the Sept. 11 ter- It’s like “High School Musical” with just a Toon King of the Hill King of the Hill Bob’s Burgers American Dad Family Guy Å Family Guy Å Rick and Morty
rorist attacks on a new “We’ll Meet Again.” smidge of “The Walking Dead” in the new TV Travel Food Paradise (TVG) (N) Å Food Paradise (TVG) (N) Å Food Paradise (TVG) Å Food Paradise
Ann Curry hosts. 8 p.m. KOCE movie “Zombies.” 8 p.m. Disney Channel
Tru Jokers Å Jokers Å Jokers Å Jokers Å Jokers Å Jokers Å Jokers Å
“The Bombing of Wall Street,” a still-un- They hip-hop and they don’t stop in TV L Raymond Å Raymond Å Raymond Å Raymond Å Mom (TV14) Mom (TV14) King of Queens
solved 1920 attack on New York’s financial “Word Is Bond,” Sacha Jenkins’ 2017 docu- USA Law & Order: SVU (TV14) Å Law & Order: SVU (TV14) Å Law & Order: SVU (TV14) Å Modern Family
district, is recalled in this new episode of mentary about the lyrical roots of the rap-
VH1 I Love NY (TV14) (7:40) Å I Love New York (TV14) (8:45) I Love New York (TV14) (9:50) I Love NY
“American Experience.” 9 p.m. KOCE music genre. 10 p.m. Showtime
WGN Bones (TV14) Å Bones (TV14) Å Elementary (TV14) Å Elementary Å
“Frontline” explores the history of the SATURDAY Cine The Mummy ›› (2017) Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe. (PG-13) Identity ››› (2003) John Cusack. (9:55)
notorious criminal enterprise Mara Salva-
Old married couple: Jack Wagner and Encr The Shallows ›› (2016) The Lady Vanishes ›››› (1938) Å Unfaithful (2002) (10:39)
trucha — a.k.a. MS-13 — in the new episode
“The Gang Crackdown.” 10 p.m. KOCE Josie Bissett return in the new made-for-ca- EPIX Baywatch › (2017) Dwayne Johnson. (R) Å Silence ››› (2016) Andrew Garfield. (R) Å
ble franchise entry “Wedding March 3: Here HBO Wonder Woman (6:35) Å Here and Now (Premiere) (N) Divorce (N) Crashing (N) Here and Now
WEDNESDAY Comes the Bride.” 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel Show Our Cartoon Our Cartoon Homeland (TVMA) Employees The Chi Brandon and Ronnie The Chi
Comics Maria Bamford, Bill Burr, et al., Country rocker Chris Stapleton will rip it President (N) President (N) are in prison. (N) Å have a confrontation. (N) Å (TVMA) Å
joke about “Relationships Just for Laughs” up on a new installment of the concert series Starz Counterpart (TVMA) (N) Å Counterpart (TVMA) Å Counterpart (TVMA) Å Mission… Å
in this new stand-up special. 8 p.m. KTLA “Austin City Limits.” 11 p.m. KOCE TMC Carol ››› (2015) Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara. (R) Å In the Bedroom (2001) Sissy Spacek. (R) Å

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