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In brief: Rose, Bulls snap Spurs’ four-game win streak

Derrick Rose, left, hit 9 of 16 shots in Bulls’ 104-81 win over Spurs. (Associated Press)
From Staff And Wire Reports

NBA: Derrick Rose scored 22 points and the struggling Chicago Bulls beat the visiting San Antonio Spurs 104-81 on Thursday night.

The Bulls came away with a much-needed win after dropping six of eight and handed the defending champions their most lopsided loss of the season.

The Central Division leaders broke this one open in the third quarter, outscoring the Spurs 31-20, and snapped San Antonio’s four-game win streak.

Pau Gasol added 12 points and 17 rebounds after being voted to his fifth All-Star game and first as a starter.

• Heat’s Wade fined for obscene gesture: Miami guard Dwyane Wade was fined $15,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture during the Heat’s 78-76 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.

• Gasol brothers to start NBA All-Star game: Pau and Marc Gasol were voted the first brothers to start in the NBA All-Star game, while Toronto’s Kyle Lowry made a late surge in fan balloting and will start for the Eastern Conference.

Lowry passed Dwyane Wade and will start alongside Washington’s John Wall, the first time the East has had two first-time starters at guard since 2000.

• Warriors’ Kerr to coach West All-Stars: Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors will coach the Western Conference in the All-Star Game on Feb. 15.

• Aldridge needs surgery on thumb ligament: Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge said he tore a ligament in his left thumb during the second quarter of the Blazers’ victory over Sacramento Monday night.

Aldridge says he will require surgery and could be out six to eight weeks.

Crosby will miss All-Star Game

Ice hockey: Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby is joining teammate Evgeni Malkin in missing Sunday’s NHL All-Star Game because of injuries.

Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford announced Crosby will miss the game with a lower-body injury.

This was to be only the second All-Star Game in the past 10 years for Crosby, who now will miss his fifth consecutive event.

• Miracle on Ice moment relived: Most members of the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team are expected to return to Lake Placid in February to participate in a special event centered around the 35th anniversary of their famed Miracle on Ice.

The evening at Herb Brooks Arena on Feb. 21 will include video, audio and photos, as well as a tribute to team member Bob Suter, who died in September while coaching kids. His No. 20 jersey will be raised to the rafters of the 1980 Rink where the U.S. team produced stirring victories over the Soviet Union and Finland to win the gold.

• Predators rookie Forsberg added to All-Star lineup: Predators forward Filip Forsberg was added to the NHL All-Star game being played Sunday, making him the only rookie in the lineup.

• Columbus goaltender Bobrovsky out: Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky will miss this weekend’s NHL All-Star game – on home ice – because of a lower-body injury he sustained Wednesday night in Winnipeg. He will be replaced by St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott.

No. 23 Hoosiers light up No. 13 Maryland

College basketball: Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell scored 24 points and Collin Hartman added a career-high 15 to lead No. 23 Indiana to an 89-70 win over No. 13 Maryland in Bloomington, Indiana.

The Hoosiers (15-4, 5-1 Big Ten) have won four straight and are tied with No. 6 Wisconsin for the conference lead.

Jake Layman had 13 points and Jared Nickens finished with 12 for Maryland (17-3, 5-2), which was off all night. The defense was shredded for a season-high point total and the league’s best 3-point defense allowed Indiana to make 15 3s.

• No. 17 FSU women stun No. 4 Louisville: Maegan Conwright scored 17 points and Shakayla Thomas added 13 points and 10 rebounds as No. 17 Florida State toppled No. 4 Louisville 68-63 in Tallahassee, Florida.

It was Florida State’s biggest win since a victory in January 2009 over No. 3 Texas A&M.

Florida State (18-2, 5-1 ACC) led 21-1 at the 13:10 mark of the first half on a Conwright jumper.

But Louisville gradually clawed back into the game and trailed just 35-32 at halftime.

Sara Hammond had 14 of her 19 points in the second half for Louisville (17-2, 5-1). Jude Schimmel added 14 points and eight rebounds.

• Boston College upsets No. 15 Duke: Emilee Daley scored 12 of her 17 points in the second half and Nicole Boudreau added 18 points, all in the first half, to help host Boston College upset No. 15 Duke 60-56.

Kelly Hughes had 11 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Boston College (9-10, 1-5 ACC).

Azura Stevens led Duke (13-6, 4-2) with 24 points and nine rebounds.

Putnam putts his way to 63 to take lead

Miscellany: Michael Putnam made nine birdies in an 11-hole stretch and finished with a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead in the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California.

Putnam birdied Nos. 7, 9 and 10 on PGA West’s Jack Nicklaus Private Course and ran off six in a row on Nos. 12-17.

Phil Mickelson had a 71 at La Quinta Country Club in his first event since the Ryder Cup.

• Alleged rape victim doesn’t remember encounter: The alleged victim of a rape at Vanderbilt University testified in Nashville, Tennessee, that she has no recollection of being sexually assaulted.

• Williams, Azarenka advance in Aussie Open: Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka advanced to the third round in the Australian Open in Melbourne with straight sets wins: Azarenka beat No. 8-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, the 2014 U.S. Open runner-up, 6-4, 6-2.

Top-ranked Williams had to save three set points, then won the last 10 games in a 7-5, 6-0 win over former No. 2-ranked Vera Zvonareva, a two-time Grand Slam finalist.

Novak Djokovic advanced with a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 win over No. 88-ranked Andrey Kuznetsov in 84 minutes.

Defending champion Stan Wawrinka, who ended four-time champion Djokovic’s 25-match winning streak at Melbourne Park in the quarterfinals last year, had a tougher 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over No. 194-ranked qualifier Marius Copil.

• Wagner wins short program: Ashley Wagner scored 72.04 points and won the short program at the U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, a year after a miserable experience at the event. Wagner leads defending champ Gracie Gold by 5.02.