Basketball
Rockets through to the play-offs
The Houston Rockets played without their star player, James Harden, but that didn’t stop them from punching their ticket to the play-offs.
Eric Gordon scored 26 points and Chris Paul poured in 24 points and 12 assists to lead the Rockets’ 105-82 rout of the Dallas Mavericks.
Football
Napoli held by Inter in Serie A
Napoli missed their chance to regain their one-point lead in the Serie A as they were held to a goalless draw by Inter Milan.
With Paulo Dybala inspiring Juventus to a 2-0 win over Udinese, Juve now lead Napoli by a point and also have a game in hand over their title rivals.
Tennis
Federer cruises, Djokovic stumbles
While Roger Federer had no trouble in continuing his rain-delayed match and registering a straight sets win over Federico Delbonis, Novak Djokovic fell at the first hurdle in Indian Wells, losing his opener against Taro Daniel 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1.
