BASKETBALL

Red Claws top Charge in first game at Showcase

Abdul Nader hit a 3-pointer with 22.2 seconds remaining to give the Maine Red Claws the lead for good Thursday night in a 122-117 victory over the Canton Charge in Maine’s first game at the NBA D-League Showcase in Missisauga, Ontario.

Nader’s basket gave the Red Claws (17-9) a season-high 21 3-pointers on 39 attempts.

Nader finished with 29 points and was 6 of 10 from behind the arc. Marcus Georges-Hunt added 23 points, while Demetrius Jackson and Jalen Jones each had 18, with Jones grabbing 10 boards.

Jackson scored 11 in the third quarter as Maine used a 38-23 advantage to open a 92-82 lead. The Charge (13-11) answered in the fourth, using a 7-2 run to tie the game at 115-all with 47 seconds to play, setting up Nader’s key shot.

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John Holland led Canton with 28 points, and Quinn Cook had 27 points.

FIGURE SKATING

U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS: Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea’s defense of their pairs title got off to a crushing start at Kansas City, Missouri, when a rough fall derailed their routine.

Kayne did not complete her throw triple lutz rotation and crashed face first on the ice when O’Shea tossed her during the short program. Kayne and O’Shea sit in fifth place and will need plenty of help and a flawless performance in the free skate on Saturday.

Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc topped the board with 69.33 points in the first day of competition at the Sprint Center. Cain and LeDuc nailed their split triple twist, solo triple loops and throw triple flip to take the top spot.

Haven Denny and Brandon Frazier were second with 65.39 points and Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Nathan Bartholomay were third with 65.39 points.

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GOLF

PGA: Phil Mickelson shot a scrambling 4-under 68 in the first round of the CareerBuilder Challenge, leaving him four strokes back in his return from two sports hernia surgeries.

The 46-year-old Mickelson had surgery Oct. 19 and again Dec. 12. He opened the three-course event at La Quinta Country Club in California.

Tour rookie Dominic Bozzelli shot a 64 on the Stadium Course at PGA West – the most difficult of the courses – to top the leaderboard. He holed out from 115 yards for eagle on the par-4 14th.

Jhonattan Vegas, the 2011 champion, was a stroke back at 65 along with Harold Varner III, Hudson Swafford and Patton Kizzire.

Rain fell off and on in the morning and more was expected Friday.

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EUROPEAN TOUR: Henrik Stenson chipped in from 30 yards and had seven other birdies in a bogey-free, 8-under 64 for a two-stroke lead after one round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, his first tournament of the year.

Three-time Abu Dhabi champion Martin Kaymer was tied for second after a 66 on a course he thrives on, along with Oliver Fisher, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Marc Warren after a calm and warm day in the United Arab Emirates.

HOCKEY

MINORS: A bus carrying a minor league hockey team was involved in a rollover crash Thursday, leaving three people in serious condition.

The charter bus carrying the Columbus (Georgia) Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League team overturned on Interstate 74 near Peoria, Illinois.

Twenty-three passengers were taken to a hospital. Team spokeswoman Abbie Meadows said none of the players or other team staff suffered life-threatening injuries.


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