PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 24 points and the Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 105-98 on Wednesday night, capping Portland’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of the team’s 1977 NBA championship. CJ McCollum added 24 points for the Blazers, who have won 11 straight regular-season games against the Lakers.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Shannon Evans II scored 25 points and Tra Holder tallied 21 of his 23 points in the second half, leading Arizona State to an 86-75 win over Washington Wednesday night in a battle of two teams in the lower half of the Pac-12 standings. Arizona State (10-11, 3-5 Pac-12) ended a four-game losing streak while Washington (9-11, 2-6) lost its fourth in the last five.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Freddy Adu will train with the Portland Timbers during the preseason, the team said Wednesday. Adu, 27, is expected to join the Timbers this week in training camp in Tucson, Arizona, the team said.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano has hired Sanjay Lal as receivers coach. Lal replaces Lee Hull, who was let go last week. Lal has been an NFL assistant for 10 seasons, the last two with the Buffalo Bills, where he worked with star receiver Sammy Watkins. He spent the previous three years with the New York Jets and worked for five seasons in Oakland. He also worked at the college level with California, St. Mary’s and Los Medanos after finishing his career in NFL Europe in 1999. Lal played on two Rose Bowl teams at the University of Washington and was part of the Huskies’ 1991 team that finished the season No. 1 in the coaches’ poll.
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