Wall, Wizards end Clippers’ 9-game streak
NBA: The first John Wall-Chris Paul showdown of the season turned into a mismatch, with Wall controlling the game with 10 points and 11 assists and Paul struggling with a season-high six turnovers as host Washington snapped the Clippers’ nine-game winning streak with a 104-96 victory Friday night.
Bradley Beal was top scorer with 29 points, while Paul finished with 19 points.
• Young’s 3 is 2OT game-winner for Lakers: Kobe Bryant didn’t catch Michael Jordan, though he got a victory thanks to Nick Young.
Young scored 29 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds left in overtime, Bryant had 22 points and the visiting Lakers overcame a shaky ending to beat San Antonio 112-110.
Bryant is now eight points shy of Jordan and will have to wait until Sunday in Minnesota to possibly surpass Jordan at No. 3 on the NBA career scoring list.
• Rose scores 31, Bulls beat Blazers: Derrick Rose scored a season-high 31 points, and host Chicago beat Portland 115-106.
Rose scored over 30 for the first time since March 12, 2012.
Blazers LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard both had 35.
• James returns, but Pelicans beat Cavaliers: Tyreke Evans scored 31 points, Ryan Anderson tied a career high with eight 3-pointers on his way to 30 points, and New Orleans beat LeBron James and visiting Cleveland 119-114.
James, returning from a one-game absence because of a sore knee, scored 41 points.
Penguins say Crosby doesn’t have mumps
NHL: Pittsburgh says there is no indication at this time that Sidney Crosby has the mumps, but have decided to hold him out of the next two games as a precautionary measure. Crosby missed practice on Thursday but was cleared to skate Friday morning.
A mumps outbreak has hit the NHL this season, with at least a dozen players on teams from both coasts coming down with the illness in recent weeks.
• Comeau, Letang lead Penguins past Flames: Blake Comeau and Kris Letang scored early in the first period to lead host Pittsburgh over Calgary 3-1. Rob Klinkhammer also scored for the Penguins.
Johnny Gaudreau had the only goal for the Flames.
Wisconsin not settled on football coach
College Football: Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says he hasn’t offered the Badgers’ football coaching job to anyone, including current Pittsburgh coach and apparent front-runner Paul Chryst.
Alvarez said Friday that Wisconsin state law prevents the university from making an offer to anyone before Wednesday, the date given in a job posting that went up after Gary Andersen’s departure this week for Oregon State.
Alvarez reportedly met with Chryst in Florida, where Alvarez was attending an Outback Bowl promotion. Alvarez will coach the Badgers in the bowl against Auburn on Jan. 1.
• Muschamp hired as defensive coordinator at Auburn: Auburn hired former Florida coach Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator.
A person with knowledge of the move said Muschamp will make $1.6 million a year, making him one of college football’s highest paid assistants. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school didn’t release terms of the deal.
Muschamp coached Florida’s final two regular-season games after being fired Nov. 16.
• Court reinstates suit against Saban’s daughter: The Alabama Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit filed against Kristen Saban, daughter of University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban.
A Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge dismissed the suit in March, ruling Saban was defending herself, but the justices ruled Friday from Montgomery, Alabama, that the Tuscaloosa judge was wrong to dismiss the suit.
The Supreme Court says Sarah Grimes should get to pursue her suit claiming Saban injured her during a fight after a night of drinking in August 2010. Evidence showed the two were sorority sisters but got into a brawl over a Facebook post.
Virginia advances to men’s soccer final
Soccer: Darius Madison scored in the fifth minute, and Virginia beat Maryland- Baltimore County 1-0 in Cary, North Carolina, to reach the championship of the NCAA College Cup.
The Cavaliers will play UCLA on Sunday. Virginia is seeking its sixth title.
• UCLA beats Providence in 2OT: Chase Gasper scored in the second overtime to give UCLA a 3-2 victory over Providence in the NCAA College Cup semifinals in Cary, North Carolina.
Providence was playing in its first College Cup after setting a school record for victories
• Impact select KC goalkeeper Kronberg: The Montreal Impact selected Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Eric Kronberg with the first pick in Stage 1 of the MLS re-entry draft in New York.
Kronberg had seven shutouts last season.
In the only other selections, San Jose used the second overall pick to take Kansas City goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum, and Toronto FC selected Real Salt Lake forward Robbie Findley with the sixth pick.
No. 14 Iowa State wins 90-75 over Iowa
College Basketball: Naz Long scored a season-high 21 points and 14th-ranked Iowa State pounded Iowa 90-75 on the road without suspended star Bryce Dejean-Jones.
Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg suspended Dejean-Jones, the team’s second-leading scorer at 17.1 points per game, after he was arrested Thursday on a marijuana charge and noise violations.
Aaron White led Iowa with 18 points.
Day, Tringale take 3-shot Shootout lead
Golf: Jason Day and Cameron Tringale shot an 8-under 64 in modified alternate-shot play to reach 25-under 119 and increase their lead to three strokes in the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Naples, Florida.
Graeme McDowell and Gary Woodland were second after a 63.
Skiing: Marcel Hirscher set the fastest times in both runs to win a giant slalom race under floodlights in Are, Sweden. In the process, he became only the fifth Austrian skier to reach 25 World Cup wins.
He posted a combined time of 2 minutes, 30.18 seconds, with American Ted Ligety 1.22 seconds behind in second place.