Sports briefs
In the NBA
Lakers teammates Brandon Ingram and Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul of the Rockets were suspended without pay Sunday for an on-court fight, with Paul taking the heaviest financial hit.
Ingram was suspended four games, Rondo will sit out three games and Paul two games. The NBA handed down the punishments a day after the incident in the fourth quarter at Staples Center.
The penalty was costliest to Paul, who was fined a total of $491,782. Paul is president of the NBA Players’ Association. He began serving his suspension Sunday night and wasn’t at the arena when the Rockets played the Clippers. Rondo will be docked a total of $186,207, while Ingram’s total is $158,816.
- Trae Young had 35 points with 11 assists – the best line for an NBA rookie in eight years – and Kent Bazemore scored 23 as the Atlanta Hawks rolled to an easy 133-111 win on Sunday over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost their home opener and fell to 0-3 in their first season without LeBron James.
The No. 5 overall pick in this year’s draft, Young shook off a slow start and showed why the Hawks believe he’s a future superstar. Young is the first rookie to reach at least 35 points and 10 assists since Steph Curry in 2010.
In golf
Woody Austin shot a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Bernhard Langer in the PGA Tour Champions’ playoff-opening Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, Va.
The 54-year-old Austin finished at 11 under at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course. He won his fourth senior title and first since 2016.
Langer, the defending tournament champion and season points leader, had a 70. The 61-year-old German star won last week in North Carolina.
Jay Haas, the second-round leader after a 65, shot a 74 to tie for third with Fran Quinn (69) and Kent Jones (70) at 9 under. The 64-year-old Haas missed a chance to become the tour’s oldest winner.
- Danielle Kang won the LPGA Shanghai for her second career title, closing with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over seven players.
Kang finished at 13-under 275 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club.
The American also won the 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, one of the five women’s major championships.
Lydia Ko had a 66 to tie for second with Ariya Jutanugarn (71), Marina Alex (67), Annie Park (67), Wenbo Liu (68), Brittany Altomare (71) and Sei Young Kim (72).