Monday Roundup

SPORTS

Jazz Overpower Blazers As Portland Concludes season on 11-game losing (and going 2-21

At Portland, Oregon:

Juancho Hernangomez scored a season-high 22 points to go with eight rebounds on Sunday as the Utah Jazz (49-33) overpowered the homestanding Portland Trail Blazers (27-55) 111-80 in the NBA regular-season finale for both clubs.

Reggie Perry topped the Blazers with 20 points while grabbing eight boards.

Portland will miss the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2013 as they closed out the season with eleven straight defeats (and 21 in 23 games since the All-Star Break, playing on too many occasions like a club team playing in a major professional league.

Giants Top Marlins To Take Series With Miami 2-1

At Oracle Park, San Francisco:

In his Major League Baseball debut, Heliot Ramos had two hits and scored a run on Sunday as the San Francisco Giants (2-1) topped the visiting Miami Marlins 3-2.

Soccer Leftovers

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

In Saturday Dutch Eredivisie action, Davy Klaassen (49') and Dusan Tadic (PK-62') each scored a goal as league leading Ajax Amsterdam defeated visiting cellar-dwelling Sparta Rotterdam 2-1.

At Zurich, Switzerland:

Asumah Abubaker (63') and Silvan Sidler (90') each scored once to lift FC Lucerne to a 2-2 Saturday Swiss Super League road draw with Grasshoppers in a battle of relegation-threatened clubs.

Allan Arigoni (13') and Francis Momoh (29') each scored once in the first half hour for the hosts, who sit five points above the relegation playoff berth.

At Fontvieille, Monaco:

Kevin Volland scored the game winner at 57 minutes on Sunday as AS Monaco officially clinched French Ligue 1 survival by defeating visiting Troyes 2-1.

At Turin, Italy:

The Sunday Italian Serie A contest between Torino and visiting league-leading AC Milan ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

At Paisley, Scotland:

A natural hat trick from Kemar Roofe (2', 45'+4. 50') carried Rangers to a 4-0 Sunday Scottish Premiership demolition of St. Mirren.