Life and sport

LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES: Bojan Bogdanovic shook off a frustrating shooting night time by using nailing a take hold of 3 pointer at the buzzer to lift the Utah Jazz to a 114-113 win over the Houston Rockets Sunday (Monday in Manila). Bogdanovic is averaging 21 points in step with recreation this season but the Croatian megastar finished with 8 factors in opposition to the Rockets. He sank simply two area dreams. But he made it remember when it mattered the most. The Jazz executed the final play to perfection as Bogdanovic shot over James Harden for the prevailing basket.“They made a heck of a shot,” Houston teach Mike D’Antoni stated. “We had two men on him. I turned into afraid we were going to foul him (due to the fact) it turned into so near. Hats off to that shot.” With just over 4 minutes left, Bogdanovic hit a three pointer after which Donovan Mitchell nailed a jumper to present the Jazz a 107-a hundred lead. But the Rockets weren’t finished. Harden replied with a nifty...

Ateneo de Manila University Ateneo de Manila University staved off University of Santo Tomas’ (UST) late fightback to tug off an 82-71 victory and clinch a Final Four spot within the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) UAAP-NCAA Challenge on Sunday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City. The UAAP champion Blue Eagles erected a large lead early in the sport but needed to douse the late comeback attempt of the runner-up Growling Tigers to snag their seat inside the subsequent round with a perfect 2-0 record.Sophomore guard SJ Belangel waxed warm with 26 factors constructed on six triples however it was 6-foot-10 Ivorian center Angelo Kouame who took price within the endgame to finish with a fifteen-marker, 13-rebound double-double for Ateneo. New recruit Dwight Ramos chipped in eight factors and two forums while Matthew Daves and Troy Mallillin added seven markers apiece to go with a combined 12 rebounds in the win. With Belangel on the helm, the Eagles soared ...