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Dec. 29—SALT LAKE CITY — Perhaps Nick Nurse landed on the perfect term while describing a bizarre officiating sequence near the end of the first half of Saturday's 76ers game against the Utah Jazz. While trying to call a timeout to challenge what the coach believed was a "clear out-of-bounds win," the Sixers were instead whistled for delay of game — twice. But that allowed Nurse to challenge two out-of-bounds calls down the stretch, which the Sixers won both times. "Weird-good," Nurse said to end his postgame news conference, before chuckling at his own word choice as he walked out of the room. Apply that to how several aspects of the game unfolded. The Sixers followed up their most beautiful win of the season — at the defending-champion Boston Celtics, on Christmas — with one of their choppiest. Their 114-111 victory over the rebuilding Jazz definitely included some weird, and just enough good. But for a team still clawing out of a horrendous, injury-riddled start to a highly anticipated 2024-25 season, the Sixers cannot be picky about how they clinched their ninth win in 12 games to up their record to 12-17. "That was a good game for us, after coming off of the Christmas Day high and the hoopla," said All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey, who finished with 32 points, six assists, and two steals. "[The Jazz] play extremely hard. I think they're better than what their [7-23] record shows. "I was really proud of how resilient we were." Nurse had gotten even more simplistic earlier in his media session, saying his team played Saturday at "two extremes" — from poor to very good — in the span of those 48 minutes. That duality was present on the defensive end. Nurse lamented that his team could not guard the ball while trailing by as many as 14 points during a bad first quarter, acknowledging a mental letdown he found surprising following a shootaround he described as "bouncy and focused." After that, the Sixers surrendered only 18 points during a game-flipping second quarter. Then that unit slipped again when the Jazz rapidly erased the Sixers' 11-point third-quarter advantage. Then the Sixers amassed enough stops down the stretch to overcome a six-point deficit and seize the lead. "It wasn't the greatest defensive performance for 48 minutes," Nurse said. "But it was really good in critical times." "Good" and "weird" also continue to exist within Paul George, the Sixers' perennial All-Star newcomer. He again struggled to generate a consistent scoring flow (13 points on 4-of-11 shooting), and uncharacteristically split two free-throw trips in the final minute. But he unleashed two of his better highlights of the season when he whipped a behind-the-back pass to Maxey for a one handed dunk and later exploded into the lane for his own slam. George also remained an all-over-the-place defender, compiling a season-high five steals. "We're just figuring out who we are," George said. "How we play. How we jell. How we mesh. And, I think, just who works well together. ... I try to find spots throughout the game where I can be aggressive and take a load off [Maxey and Joel Embiid], try to get to my shot, just so I can start to get in rhythm again." What was very good and not at all weird again Saturday? That two-man game between Maxey and Embiid, which, even amid long stretches with Embiid unavailable through the first 29 games, has swiftly recaptured what made them one of the NBA's more dangerous offensive tandems last season. Even Saturday came with some uncertainty, as Embiid entered the matchup listed as questionable to play because of a left foot sprain. Embiid rolled to the basket after screening more than usual on Saturday, helping create an action in the middle of the floor that Nurse called "so deadly." Perhaps the best evidence of those players' natural synergy, however, was Embiid's fourth-quarter desperation pass after falling to the floor to Maxey, who drilled an off-balance three-pointer at the end of the shot clock that put the Sixers up, 105-103, with about three minutes remaining. Yet Embiid and Maxey said they do not want to become too reliant on playing solely off each other. "It's a balance," said Embiid, adding that he wants to "build the same relationships" with other teammates. "We've got to find a way to kind of stabilize a little bit, as far as the record [goes]. Just got to find the right balance on working on our game and chemistry, and also doing whatever it takes to win." This remains a stretch of the season when the Sixers can continue pocketing wins. They next travel to Portland for a Monday matchup against the Trail Blazers, a team that fits the Utah mold of young and rebuilding. Wednesday's opponent, the 13-19 Sacramento Kings, abruptly fired coach Mike Brown on Friday. After that, the Sixers face a Golden State Warriors team that is 4-12 in its last 16 games. And right now, the Sixers will take victories in any form — including weird-good. "We're not worried about April," Maxey said. "We're worried about December. We've got to worry about winning games right now. We're getting better every single day. That's the main thing I think we're worried about." (c)2024 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at www.inquirer.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday committing wealthy historic polluters to $300 billion annually for poor and vulnerable nations that had demanded far more to confront the crisis of global warming. After two exhaustive weeks of chaotic bargaining and sleepless nights, nearly 200 nations banged through the contentious finance pact in the early hours beneath a sports stadium roof in Azerbaijan. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter . His more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations and a children’s story. His memoir “An Hour Before Daylight” was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, while his 2006 best-seller “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” stirred a fierce debate by likening Israel’s policies in the West Bank to the brutal South African system of racial segregation. And just before his 100th birthday, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation honored him with a lifetime achievement award for how he wielded “the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” In one recent work, “A Full Life,” Carter observed that he “enjoyed writing” and that his books “provided a much-needed source of income.” But some projects were easier than others. “Everything to Gain,” a 1987 collaboration with his wife, Rosalynn, turned into the “worst threat we ever experienced in our marriage,” an intractable standoff for the facilitator of the Camp David accords and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Carter, Rosalynn was a meticulous author who considered “the resulting sentences as though they have come down from Mount Sinai, carved into stone.” Their memories differed on various events and they fell into “constant arguments.” They were ready to abandon the book and return the advance, until their editor persuaded them to simply divide any disputed passages between them. “In the book, each of these paragraphs is identified by a ‘J’ or an ‘R,’ and our marriage survived,” he wrote. Here is a partial list of books by Carter: “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” “The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East” (With Rosalynn Carter) “Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life” “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections” “Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age” “Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems” (With daughter Amy Carter) “The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer” “Living Faith” “The Virtues of Aging” “An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood” “Christmas in Plains: Memories” “The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War” “Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis” “Faith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World” “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” “A Remarkable Mother” “Beyond the White House” “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work” “White House Diary” “NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter” “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power” “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”
Los Angeles Clippers leading scorer Norman Powell has been ruled out of Sunday's road game against the Philadelphia 76ers with a left hamstring strain. Powell, who has averaged 23.3 points over 15 games this season, was injured in the first quarter of a 102-99 victory against the Golden State Warriors on Monday. He finished the game and scored a team-best 23 points. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Scenes from the City of Stockbridge’s 2024 Free Turkey Giveaway held Saturday at the Stockbridge Amphitheater. Click for more. PHOTOS: Turkey GiveawayNone
Kyle McCord leads Syracuse to first eight-win regular season in six years with win over UConnSTEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Victor Gabalis and Kayvon Britten each accounted for two touchdowns, Darius Cooper had 190 yards receiving with a score and No. 13 seed Tarleton State won its inaugural FCS playoff game with a 43-29 victory over unseeded Drake on Saturday in a first-round matchup. Tarleton State (10-3) will travel to No. 4 seed South Dakota (9-2) in a second-round game on Dec. 7. Drake jumped out to a 14-3 lead late in the first quarter behind Blake Ellingson’s 2-yard touchdown run and Luke Bailey’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Taj Hughes. Britten answered with a 6-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter and his 1-yard TD run stretched the Texans’ lead to 29-14 late in the third. made it 36-21 with 10:49 remaining. Gabalis was 26-of-36 passing for 337 yards with two touchdowns. Cooper finished with 11 catches and Britten added 146 yards rushing on 29 carries. Kyle Weber also scored on a pair of short-yardage touchdown runs for the Texans. Bailey and Hailey connected again with a 10-yard score late in the third quarter that pulled the Bulldogs to 29-21. Bailey completed 31 of 49 passes with three touchdown passes and two interceptions. Hughes made 11 catches for 63 yards for Drake (8-3). __ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up . AP collegebasketball: and
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Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein leaves game with left leg injury against LouisvilleThe prime minister has labelled a new graffiti and arson attack as an "abhorrent anti-Semitic hate crime" after a spate of similar incidents across the country. or signup to continue reading A car was burned on Magney Street, Woollahra in Sydney's east, a suburb known for its Jewish community, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The vehicle, two buildings and a footpath were graffitied with hate speech, NSW Police said. The perpetrators are believed to be two people of slim build, aged between 15 and 20 years, wearing face coverings and dark clothing. The graffiti on one of the buildings said 'Kill Israiel' (sic). Anthony Albanese said it was an "anti-Semitic attack". "This isn't an attack on a government, this is an attack on people because they happen to be Jewish," he told ABC radio. "This is a hate crime, it's as simple as that." Mr Albanese said the perpetrators were guilty of "abhorrent criminal behaviour". "This does not change anything that is occurring on the ground in the Middle East," he said. "This is an attack against their fellow Australians." The incident has been escalated to the Australian Federal Police, after a spate of similar incidents across the country. On Friday, the Adass Israel Synagogue at Ripponlea in Melbourne's southeast was set alight in a pre-dawn attack while a number of people were inside. The federal police have set up Operation Avalanche to investigate what was labelled a "likely" act of terrorism. Operation Avalanche will now also investigate Wednesday's incident. This is the second such incident in Woollahra, which is home to more than 7000 people, after buildings and vehicles were targeted in November. A ute was set on fire, multiple cars were graffitied and a restaurant and other buildings were graffitied with anti-Israel messages. Two men were arrested and charged over that attack. NSW Premier Chris Minns branded Wednesday's incident an act of anti-Semitism. "I'll be speaking to police this morning," he posted on social media. "They will be found and they will face the full force of the law." Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin said it was designed to terrorise Jewish Australians. "The Jewish community again wakes to scenes of terror and devastation," he said. "How long will this continue and with what horrors will it end?" Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data. Read our . Advertisement
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