SPORTS
Blazers Fall To Spurs In San Antonio; Portland Will Miss Playoffs For First Time Since 2013
At San Antonio on Friday, Devin Vassell scored 22 points while Keldon Johnson added 21 as the San Antonio Spurs (32-45), with eight players scoring in double figures, overpowered the visiting Portland Trail Blazers (27-50) 130-111, thus assuring the Blazers of missing the NBA Playoffs for the first time in nine years.
Portland, like San Antonio, had eight players scoring in double figures, led by Keon Johnson, scored scored 20.
Soccer Roundup: Saints Dominate On Road
At Connah's Quay, Wales on Friday, Louis Robles scored twice (56', 72') as The New Saints, leading the Welsh Premier League standings, broke open what had been at halftime a scoreless stalemate and wound up overpowering hosts Caernarfon Town 3-0 on the road in a Championship Round contest.
FRESNO STATE CAPTURES TBC CROWN
At the HTC Center in Conway South Carolina on Friday, Orlando Robinson (named the tournament's Most Valuable Play) scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Fresno State Bulldogs (23-13), with all five starters scoring in double figures, outlasted the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (19-14) 85-74 to win the championship of The Basketball Classic.
Rudi Williams topped the Chanticleers with 23 points.
More Soccer: Wolves, Ajax, Bayern Post Saturday Wins; Grasshoppers Draw In Zurich Derby
At Wolverhampton, England on Saturday, Jonny Castro (7') and Ashley Young (OG-36') each scored once as Wolverhampton Wanderers topped visiting rivals Aston Villa 2-1 in English Premier League action..............In German Bundesliga play, Serge Gnabry scored the game winner in the 73rd minute as Bayern Munich dominated SC Feiburg 4-1 on the road at Freiburg Im Breisgau............From the Dutch Eredivisie, Davy Klaassen (45'+1), Dusan Tadic (PK-45'+7), and Steven Berguis (90'+1) each scored once as league-leading Ajax Amsterdam topped FC Gronigen 3-1 on the road in Gronigen, Netherlands.....In Zurich, Zurich, Grasshoppers, fighting to avoid relegation from the Swiss Super League, gained a 1-1 road draw with FC Zurich.
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