Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz drives past Talen Horton-Tucker of the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP
Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz drives past Talen Horton-Tucker of the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP
Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz drives past Talen Horton-Tucker of the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP
Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz drives past Talen Horton-Tucker of the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP

Jazz go from strength to strength after Lakers thrashing


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The Utah Jazz continued to prove they are a force to be reckoned with this season, cruising past the reigning-champions Los Angeles Lakers 114-89.

The Lakers were still without Anthony Davis but had few other excuses, with the Jazz heating up from deep in the first quarter and refusing to let their foot off the pedal until the final buzzer.

Utah finished with 22 threes on 45 per cent shooting from beyond the arc, compared to just eight for the Lakers.

The Jazz had six players in double digits, while LeBron James led all scorers with 19.

Luguentz Dort was the hero for Oklahoma City as he drained a three at the buzzer to propel the Thunder past the San Antonio Spurs 102-99.

After getting off to a quick start, the Thunder almost harmed their chances in the second, being held to just 12 points.

However they bounced back strongly with 36 in the third before Dort's buzzer-beater clinched their 13th win of the season.

Devin Booker's 33-point effort was not enough for the Phoenix Suns, who suffered just their second loss in 11 games with a 124-121 defeat against the Charlotte Hornets.

The Hornets shook off some early struggles to hang on for the three-point win on the back of 29 points from Malik Monk.

The Golden State Warriors left it late against Indiana, with a run of six-straight points late in the fourth enough to hold off the Pacers 111-107.

On an inefficient night for Steph Curry, Draymond Green stepped up with several clutch plays down the stretch as he finished one rebound short of a triple-double.

The Boston Celtics' recent horror run continued with a 15-point loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

Danilo Gallinari fired 10 threes for Atlanta in the 127-112 win as Boston officially registered a month without consecutive victories.

In the rest of the day's action: the Cleveland Cavaliers breezed past the Houston Rockets 112-96, the Miami Heat made it four in a row with a 116-108 win over the Toronto Raptors, the Chicago Bulls secured a 133-126 overtime victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Zion Williamson led the New Orleans Pelicans over the Detroit Pistons 128-118.

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A lesson in simple, seasonal eating. Wedges of tomato, chunks of cucumber, thinly sliced red onion, coriander or parsley leaves, and perhaps some fresh dill are drizzled with a crushed walnut and garlic dressing. Do consider yourself warned: if you eat this salad in Georgia during the summer months, the tomatoes will be so ripe and flavourful that every tomato you eat from that day forth will taste lacklustre in comparison.

Badrijani nigvzit

A delicious vegetarian snack or starter. It consists of thinly sliced, fried then cooled aubergine smothered with a thick and creamy walnut sauce and folded or rolled. Take note, even though it seems like you should be able to pick these morsels up with your hands, they’re not as durable as they look. A knife and fork is the way to go.

Pkhali

This healthy little dish (a nice antidote to the khachapuri) is usually made with steamed then chopped cabbage, spinach, beetroot or green beans, combined with walnuts, garlic and herbs to make a vegetable pâté or paste. The mix is then often formed into rounds, chilled in the fridge and topped with pomegranate seeds before being served.

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Sector: Transport

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The strait is 33 km wide at its narrowest point, but the shipping lane is just three km wide in either direction. Almost a fifth of oil consumed across the world passes through the strait.

Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the strait, a move that would risk inviting geopolitical and economic turmoil.

Last month, Iran issued a new warning that it would block the strait, if it was prevented from using the waterway following a US decision to end exemptions from sanctions for major Iranian oil importers.

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Uefa Champions League semi-final, first leg

Barcelona v Liverpool, Wednesday, 11pm (UAE).

Second leg

Liverpool v Barcelona, Tuesday, May 7, 11pm

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It then dropped to an estimated 111,000 in the year to June 2020 when restrictions introduced during the pandemic limited travel and movement.

The total rose to 254,000 in the year to June 2021, followed by steep jumps to 634,000 in the year to June 2022 and 906,000 in the year to June 2023.

The latest available figure of 728,000 for the 12 months to June 2024 suggests levels are starting to decrease.

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