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The 28-year-old described it as a “special moment” and said he “really got emotional” when he realised the scale of his achievement.

“I wish I could relive it twice,” Adebayo said.

Paying tribute to his family and trainers, he said: “They’ve seen me at the lowest, at the bottom of the bottom, trying to figure out how to really pick myself up.

“To have this moment and share it with all them, it’s a pretty emotional moment.”

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-106 at home thanks to Luka Doncic’s 31 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

The Lakers climbed to fourth in the Western Conference, ahead of the Timberwolves on a tie-breaker as they both have 40-25 records.

Eastern Conference leaders the Detroit Pistons moved to 46-18 with a 138-100 win at the Brooklyn Nets as Jalen Duren scored 26 points.

HOUSTON — Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States 8-6 Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic.

The U.S. is done with pool play at Houston’s Daikin Park and needs the Italians to beat Mexico Wednesday night to be guaranteed a spot in the quarterfinals. If Mexico beats Italy, the three teams will be knotted at 3-1 and the winners will be determined by a tiebreaker, with the team that allowed the most runs eliminated.

Italy starter Michael Lorenzen allowed two hits in 4 2/3 scoreless innings to keep the Americans off balance.

Pete Crow-Armstrong homered twice and drove in four runs, and Gunnar Henderson added a solo shot for the U.S., but the rally came up short when Greg Weissert struck out Aaron Judge with a runner on to end it.

Crow-Armstrong’s second homer, a shot to the second deck in right field, cut the lead to 8-6 with one out in the ninth. Bobby Witt Jr. singled and Henderson struck out before Judge whiffed to start the Italian celebration.

The U.S. was down by 8-1 with two out in the seventh when Crow-Armstrong hit a majestic three-run homer to right field.

Kyle Schwarber and Will Smith hit back-to-back singles with two out in the eighth before Roman Anthony’s RBI single on a line drive to left field. But Ron Marinaccio retired pinch-hitter Bryce Harper on a fly ball to end the inning.

Teel’s home run to the Crawford boxes in left field gave Italy an early lead with two out in the third. McLean then plunked Caglianone before Antonacci’s homer to the bullpen in right-center made it 3-0.

Caglianone’s two-run shot off Ryan Yarbrough pushed the lead to 5-0 with no outs in the fourth.

The Italians added a run on an error, another on a sacrifice fly and a third on a wild pitch by Brad Keller to push the lead to 8-0 in a sloppy sixth by the U.S.

The U.S. finally got on the board with Henderson’s homer in the sixth.

When a freshman is wondering whether to play sports or focus on academics because of the immense time commitment, it’s usually the parents who have to give a nudge toward one or the other. Except this time, the decision was left to 15-year-old Javier Zarate, and he chose to give up club soccer to try for straight A’s last year at Garfield High.

Last spring, Garfield soccer coach Pablo Serrano, knowing he had a highly regarded goalie on his campus, began a lobbying campaign with emails and text messages inviting him to try out for the Bulldogs’ soccer team.

“He told me if I wanted to give it a shot, I could try out,” Zarate said. “They were very welcoming and nice.”

The rest is going to be part of Garfield sports lore, because Zarate saved three penalty kicks when Garfield won the City Section Division II championship game against Canoga Park and delivered more saves last week in helping the Bulldogs beat Bakersfield Taft 1-0 in the Southern California Division V regional final.

Incredibly, Garfield is headed to Sacramento this week to play in the first CIF state soccer championships, against Branford on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Natomas High.

“I’m super pumped up,” Zarate said.

Who knows how many alumni from Garfield are living in Sacramento or nearby, but they have been known to travel around the country to support their Bulldogs, especially if rival Roosevelt is the opponent. Something tells me there’s going to be a caravan from Boyle Heights headed to Sacramento to provide support.

“I know some will make the drive,” Serrano said.

It’s been a strange season in City Section soccer, with six schools removed from the playoffs for using ineligible players, most of whom played for club teams while also playing tor their high school team, in violation of CIF bylaw 600.

Serrano said there’s always a reminder making sure his players know the rule.

“There’s a lot of soccer going on in this community,” he said. “It’s always a challenge because kids play outside with club. It’s something I do from the beginning of tryouts. We talk to the kids that if they play in a club outside of school, they are not allowed to play high school or vice versa. There’s no excuse,”

In the case of the 5-foot-6 Zarate, he didn’t play any soccer last year while focusing on academics and being part of the school’s ROTC program. His weighted grade-point average is at 4.4. He wants to study to become a firefighter.

“My family motivated me to be academically focused and I found a balance to do both,” he said of his return to soccer.

Goalies are usually much taller than Zarate, but he received lots of lessons on how to overcome the size disadvantage.

“I get that a lot that I’m very short for a goalie,” he said. “As a kid I, got training by a good trainer. He told me, ‘You’re pretty short for a goalie. As long as you can master being able to dive and jump high, you should be as good as them.’”

Garfield finished fourth in the Eastern League behind City Section soccer powers South East and Marquez, both of whom were eliminated after making the semifinals because of ineligible players.

Given the opportunity to get hot in the playoffs, the Bulldogs have done just that. Junior Noe Marmolejo has been the leading goal scorer.

The team is scheduled to take a bus to Sacramento on Friday, stay at a hotel Friday night, rise early for its game on Saturday, then immediately return home. Considering how loyal the Boyle Heights community is, look for lots of fans supporting the team in Sacramento and when that bus returns home.

“It’s an honor,” Serrano said of being the first City team to play for a state soccer title.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, SOFTBALL SCORES
Tuesday’s Results

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION
Birmingham 9, Verdugo Hills 0
Downtown Magnets 10, University Prep Value 9

SOUTHERN SECTION
Agoura 10, Simi Valley 1
Alemany 12, Crespi 3
Alhambra 20, Mark Keppel 1
Alta Loma 6, Walnut 3
Apple Valley 4, Granite Hills 3
Arcadia 9, Muir 0
Ayala 15, South Hills 4
Bolsa Grande 4, Artesia 2
Brentwood 11, Crossroads 4
Buckley 2, de Toledo 1
Buena Park 4, La Palma Kennedy 2
Burbank Burroughs 17, Glendale 1
Calvary Baptist 26, Pomona 1
Carter 8, Colton 2
Cathedral 3, Bosco Tech 1
Chaminade 6, Loyola 2
Chaparral 7, Yorba Linda 5
Chino 4, Ontario 0
CIMSA 15, ACE 6
Claremont 6, Victor Valley 3
Colony 12, Patriot 2
Cornerstone Christian 17, California Lutheran 0
Corona Santiago 8, Bonita 1
Crescenta Valley 13, Hoover 1
Culver City 11, Lawndale 2
Diamond Bar 2, Esperanza 1
Dominguez 10, Lynwood 3
Don Lugo 16, Chaffey 5
Dos Pueblos 14, Buena 3
Downey 5, Ontario Christian 4
Eisenhower 15, Arroyo Valley 5
El Modena 7, Sonora 1
Etiwanda 13, Dana Hills 6
Flintridge Prep 6, Mountain View 1
Fontana 14, Rubidoux 5
Foothill tech 15, Milken 7
Fullerton 5, Costa Mesa 0
Garden Grove 12, Godinez 0
Glenn 11, Saddleback 4
Hawthorne 7, Beverly Hills 5
Heritage Christian 5, Grace 3
Hesperia Christian 10, Loma Linda Academy 4
HMSA 10, Vistamar 0
Huntington Beach 6, Edison 3
Jurupa Hills 7, Bloomington 0
Jurupa Valley 10, San Bernardino 0
Kaiser 5, Rialto 2
Laguna Hills 2, Estancia 1
La Habra 5, Capistrano Vallet 4
La Salle 11, Bishop Amat 1
Leuzinger 16, Inglewood 0
Linfield Christian 5, Redlands East Valley 0
Long Beach Wilson 4, Anaheim Canyon 2
Los Alamitos 2, Fountain Valley 0
Los Altos 22, Downey Calvary Chapel 0
Lucerne Valley 19, Packinghouse Christian 5
Magnolia 7, Rancho Alamitos 2
Maranatha 2, Valencia 2
Mayfair 14, Firebaugh 0
Montebello 2, Schurr 1
Newport Harbor 3, Marina 0
Northview 2, La Quinta 1
Ocean View 5, Katella 3
Orange 7, Placentia Valencia 0
Oxnard Pacifica 3, Oxnard 2
Paramount 4, Norwalk 3
Pasadena 16, Burbank 6
Pasadena Poly 19, Pasadena Marshall 4
Pioneer 9, Santa Ana 8
Rancho Cucamonga 7, Ramona 2
Ridgecrest Burroughs 15, Barstow 0
Rowland 8, Gabrielino 2
Royal 7, North Torrance 5
San Gorgonio 11, Pacific 1
San Jacinto Valley Acacemy 7, Redlands 6
San Juan Hills 10, Northwood 1
San Marcos 10, Rio Mesa 4
San Marino 10, Village Christian 0
Santa Ana Foothill 1, El Dorado 0
Santa Barbara 4, Ventura 0
Santa Margarita 20, Trabuco Hills 3
Santa Monica 18, Compton Centennial 0
Santa Rosa Academy 16, Cathedral City 0
Savanna 17, Big Bear 8
Serrano 11, Silverado 3
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 4, St. Francis 2
South El Monte 4, Edgewood 3
South Pasadena 8, Temple City 3
St. Anthony 3, St, Monica 0
St. Bonaventure 2, Fillmore 0
St. John Bosco 13, Los Osos 1
St. Paul 6, Gardena Serra 3
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 12, Verbum Dei 2
Sultana 6, Adelanto 3
Summit 6, Grand Terrace 0
Tahquitz 11, West Valley 0
Temecula Prep 11, Anza Hamilton 1
Temescal Canyon 10, San Jacinto 0
United Christian Academy 6, Southlands Christian 1
University Prep 6, Palm Springs 2
Villa Park 5, Garden Grove Pacifica 1
Western Christian 12, Webb 3
Westminster La Quinta 4, Los Amigos 3
West Torrance 13, Rolling Hills Prep 9
Whittier Christian 10, Trinity Classical Academy 0
Windward 4, Viewpoint 3

INTERSECTIONAL
Alliance Ouchi 22, CNDLC 0
Boron 28, Trona 1
Mammoth 10, Lone Pine 6
Monrovia 5, Garfield 0
Palo Verde Valley 5, Needles 0

SOFTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION
AAE 8, Hesperia 7
Adelanto 9, CIMSA 8
Agoura 5, South Torrance 4
Alemany 6, Village Christian 5
Aliso Niguel 10, Rosary Academy 0
Anaheim 18, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 8
Anaheim Canyon 7, Yorba Linda 2
Apple Valley 8, Canyon Springs 1
Arcadia 17, Hoover 0
Arlington 6, Citrus Valley 1
Arrowhead Christian 8, Redlands 4
Bonita 13, San Dimas 12
Burbank Burroughs 9, Glendale 1
Cantwell-Sacred Heart 7, Ramona Convent 5
Chaminade 25, Calabasas 0
Chino 3, Ontario 1
Chino Hills 10, Ayala 4
Coachella Valley 13, Yucca Valley 10
Compton Early College 29, Compton 3
Corona del Mar 7, Los Amigos 6
Costa Mesa 24, Downey Calvary Chapel 3
CSDR 13, Desert Mirage 3
Dana Hills 5, Villa Park 3
Del Sol 24, Carpinteria 12
Diamond Ranch 11, Montclair 1
Don Lugo 4, Chaffey 3
Dos Pueblos 10, Buena 0
Downey 3, Paramount 0
Eastside 15, Palmdale 4
Edison 14, Mayfair 4
El Dorado 4, St. Paul 2
El Segundo 10, Mira Costa 3
Elsinore 5, Jurupa Hills 4
Etiwanda 5, California 4
Firebaugh 11, HMSA 0
Flintridge Sacred Heart 10, Mayfield 0
Fontana 24, Rubidoux 2
Glendora 8, La Palma Kennedy 0
Glenn 12, Samueli Academy 11
Grand Terrace 8, Los Osos 1
Granite Hills 19, Arroyo Valley 14
Heritage Christian 22, Rosemead 1
Hesperia Christian 17, Loma Linda Academy 0
Highland 13, Lancaster 3
Indio 8, San Bernardino 0
Jurupa Valley 14, Bloomington 4
Katella 14, Placentia Valencia 2
Knight 26, Littlerock 16
La Habra 13, Gahr 3
Lakewood St. Joseph 15, Bishop Montgomery 0
La Salle 14, St. Anthony 0
Linfield Christian 11, Heritage 5
Long Beach Cabrillo 14, Bolsa Grande 13
Monrovia 26, Blair 5
Moreno Valley 14, San Gorgonio 6
Muir 13, Burbank 4
Newport Harbor 9, Capistrano Valley Christian 6
North Torrance 9, Leuzinger 3
Northview 9, Alta Loma 8
Oak Park 7, Santa Paula 1
Ontario Christian 6, Covina 5
Orcutt Academy 11, Coastal Christian 0
Oxnard 12, Oxnard Pacifica 1
Quartz Hill 19, Antelope Valley 1
Rancho Alamitos 25, Estancia 13
Ridgecrest Burroughs 16, Santa Ana Foothill 4
Rio Hondo Prep 5, Alhambra 2
Rio Mesa 3, San Marcos 2
Riverside North 18, Rialto 1
Riverside Prep 5, Corona Centennial 3
Royal 11, Grace 2
San Juan Hills 10, Irvine 0
Santa Ana Valley 13, Century 0
Sante Fe 5, Whittier 0
Santa Margarita 10, San Clemente 0
Santa Maria 18, Valley Christian Academy 2
Santa Ynez 8, Santa Clarita Christian 5
Saugus 12, Harvard-Westlake 1
Segerstrom 22, Troy 2
Serrano 6, Silverado 5
Simi Valley 13, Santa Monica 1
South Pasadena 4, San Marino 3
St. Bonaventure 15, Foothill Tech 3
St. Monica 10, Bishop Conaty-Loretto 4
St. Pius X-St, Matthias Academy 18, St. Bernard 6
Sunny Hills 20, Fountain Valley 10
Torrance 17, Culver City 0
Trabuco Hills 2, Irvine University 1
Twentynine Palms 12, Desert Hot Springs 2
Valley View 9, Sultana 1
Ventura 18, Faith Baptist 2
Walnut 18, Hacienda Heights Wilson 3
Warren 14, Long Beach Wilson 11
West Torrance 8, Wiseburn-Da Vinci 0
West Valley 14, Bevies Bridge 3

INTERSECTIONAL
Agoura 4, Venice 0
Canyon Country Canyon 13, San Fernando 4
Granada Hills 4, Louisville 0
San Pedro 24, Long Beach Jordan 0
San Pedro 4, Redondo Union 3
Simi Valley 4, Carson 2

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS

TUESDAY’S RESULTS
FINALS

BOYS

OPEN DIVISION
#1 Sierra Canyon 63, #2 Harvard-Westlake 57

DIVISION I
#6 Damien 48, #4 St. John Bosco 41

DIVISION II
#3 Bakersfield Christian 59, #8 Palisades 57

DIVISION III
#3 Birmingham 73, #5 Colony 58

DIVISION IV
#3 San Juan Hills 74, #1 Tulare Union 66

DIVISION V
#2 Sylmar 66, #1 Coalinga 58

GIRLS

OPEN DIVISION
#2 Ontario Christian 73, #4 Sage Hill 51

DIVISION I
#5 Corona Centennial 81, #2 Rancho Christian 61

DIVISION II
#2 Santa Maria St. Joseph 60, #4 Saugus 55

DIVISION III
#2 Placentia El Dorado 61, #5 Leuzinger 56

DIVISION IV
#5 Palisades 54, #2 Godinez Fundamental 38

DIVISION V
#4 Laguna Hills 43, #6 Schurr 24

Note: State Championships are March 13-14 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

WINNIPEG, Canada — Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist to lead the Ducks to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.

Alex Killorn and Jackson LaCombe also registered a goal and an assist. Tim Washe also scored for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal made 12 saves for the Ducks, who extended their lead in the Pacific Division to three points over Vegas.

Morgan Barron scored for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck had 30 saves for the Jets, who saw their three-game win streak and six-game point streak halted.

After a scoreless first period in which Anaheim outshot Winnipeg 8-2, the Jets opened the scoring at 5:04 of the second when Barron notched his 10th of the season, assisted by Elias Salomonsson and Cole Perfetti.

The Ducks quickly flipped the script, scoring three times in less than two minutes. Washe tied it at 6:24 and Poehling gave Anaheim the lead just 14 seconds later. Killorn added the insurance marker at 8:08 to give the visitors a two-goal lead.

The Ducks outscored the Jets 12-6 in three games this year. Dostal has won 13 of his past 15 games.

BOSTON — Charlie McAvoy scored 39 seconds into overtime and Jeremy Swayman stopped 14 shots on Tuesday night to earn the Boston Bruins their 13th straight victory at home, 2-1 over the Kings.

Mason Lohrei scored midway through the third period to break a scoreless tie. But the Kings tied it five minutes later when Drew Doughty’s shot from the blue line deflected off the heel of Bruins forward Elias Lindholm and into the net.

It was the seventh straight time the teams had gone to overtime in Boston.

In the overtime, Mark Kastelic blocked a shot in the defensive zone and made a long pass to David Pastrnak, who waited for McAvoy to come into the zone. The Bruins’ defenseman and U.S. Olympian, who went to the locker room at the end of the second period after taking a puck off his mouth, skated in on Darcy Kuemper and went to his backhand for the winner.

Kuemper stopped 21 shots for the Kings, who entered the night one point out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The victory kept Boston in possession of the East’s second wild-card spot.

Swayman tied his career high with his 25th win of the season. The Bruins haven’t lost at the TD Garden since before Christmas.

After the game, Kings forward and future Hall of Famer Anze Kopitar stayed on the ice to shake hands with the Bruins after what is expected to be his last game in Boston.

PHOENIX — It hasn’t been the smoothest spring training for right-hander Roki Sasaki as he prepares for his second season with the Dodgers.

Sasaki’s first two starts in Cactus League play featured some problems with command and plenty of hard contact. But with left-hander Blake Snell and right-hander Gavin Stone sidelined with shoulder issues, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts left no doubt where Sasaki stood as he got ready to pitch in a B-game against White Sox minor leaguers on Tuesday.

“Having Blake [Snell] late to the season, which we know, [and] Gavin Stone, late to the season, as we know, we’re going to need Roki,” Roberts said. “With the buildup, I just don’t see a world in which he doesn’t break with us as a starter, and so, we’re going to need those innings.”

Sasaki took a promising step forward on a minor-league field at Camelback Ranch.

The hard-throwing right-hander threw 59 pitches, 40 for strikes, across four innings while striking out nine of the 13 batters he faced and allowing two to reach base.

Although Roberts did not see Sasaki’s outing, he heard rave reviews from members of the organization who attended.

“They said it was electric,” Roberts said after the Dodgers’ 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Camelback Ranch. “They said [he was touching] 98 to 100 [mph]. The fastball was spraying a little early, but then he locked it in. And then the split was on-play, short, lot of swing-and-miss. Couldn’t have asked for a better day.”

Sasaki surrendered a single through the right side of the infield to the first batter he faced, then proceeded to strike out the next seven batters. His only other hiccup came in the third inning, when he hit Jason Matthews with a stray breaking ball on a full count.

“I actually felt pretty bad the last couple days, but today I was able to make an adjustment, so that’s what I really need for right now,” Sasaki said via an interpreter after his outing. “I think I can keep moving forward.”

Sasaki was shelled in his second Cactus League start last week, yielding four runs, three walks, a single and a grand slam to the Cleveland Guardians at Goodyear Ballpark. He was lifted from the game without recording an out, only to get re-inserted in the second inning to complete two scoreless innings.

Sasaki noted mechanical issues as the reason for his struggles after the game. Tuesday, he said he felt much better, focusing on his core and obliques.

“I was actually focusing on core, oblique stuff,” Sasaki said. “I think it’s all about mechanics. If my mechanics are really good, my command is good too.”

Roberts took away plenty of value from the outing, even one against a lineup of minor leaguers.

“There’s still value in getting hitters out and seeing guys swing and miss,” Roberts said. “I think we accomplished what we wanted to today, we built him up. Obviously, built up some confidence. So, just go from there.”

HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders said Baltimore has backed out of the trade that was supposed to send star pass rusher Maxx Crosby to the Ravens for two first-round draft picks.

The deal was agreed to last Friday but couldn’t be finalized until the start of the league year on Wednesday. The Raiders announced Tuesday that Baltimore backed out of the deal. The team said it had no further comment.

The trade was called off after Crosby didn’t pass his physical, according to multiple reports.

Crosby underwent surgery in January to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and would have needed to pass a physical for the deal to be finalized. He missed the final two games of the season because the injury despite wanting to play through it at the time.

Crosby said on a recent appearance on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” that he was “ahead of schedule” in his rehab.

The addition of Crosby was supposed to be the piece to help lift the Ravens over the top, with the draft picks expected to be part of a rebuilding effort for the Raiders.

The 28-year-old Crosby had 10 sacks and a career-high 28 tackles for loss last season, and has reached double- digit sacks four times in his seven seasons.

Baltimore, which has a first-year coach in Jesse Minter, is in a win-now mode with three-time All-Pro quarterback Lamar Jackson. Crosby would have been a significant boost for a defense that finished tied for 28th in the league in sacks with only 30 last season.

The Raiders own the No. 1 pick in the draft and are widely expected to select Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. Las Vegas has been extremely aggressive at the start of free agency, agreeing to deals with several new players and agreeing to trade quarterback Geno Smith to the New York Jets, according to several people familiar with the moves who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deals can’t be finalized until Wednesday.

The biggest move the Raiders made was agreeing to a deal with three-time Pro Bowl center Tyler Linderbaum. He gets a three-year, $81 million contract with $60 million guaranteed to leave Baltimore and join Las Vegas.