Cavs defend the land

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated a motivated Boston Celtics squad 102-99, which initially looked rattled after losing forward Gordon Hayward to and injury just over five minutes into the game. LeBron James was one assist short of a triple-double with 29 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists, Kevin Love had a 15-point, 11-rebound double-double, Derrick Rose had 14 points and four rebounds, and Jae Crowder 11 points and five rebounds.

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 25 points and six rebounds, Kyrie Irving had a 22-point, 10-assist double-double, rookie Jayson Tatum also had a double-double in his maiden regular season NBA game with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Smart had 12 points and nine rebounds.

Rockets strike Warriors

The defending champions Golden State Warriors were beaten by the Houston Rockets in a closely contested game that ended 122-121. James Harden had a 27-point, 10-rebound double-double, Eric Gordon had 24 points, PJ Tucker had 20 points and six rebounds, Cameroonian forward Luc Mbah a Moute 14 points and four rebounds, Congolese/Angolan-Swiss center Clint Capela put up 12 points and grabbed four boards, while Ryan Anderson finished with 13 points and eight rebounds.

The Warriors were led by Nick Young with 23 points, Stephen Curry had 22 points, five rebounds and four assists, Kevin Durant had 20 points, five rebounds, seven assists and four blocks, Klay Thompson had 16 points and six rebounds, and Draymond Green was a point short of a triple double with nine points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

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Source: NBA

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He said: “There was no discussion about putting troops from ECOWAS countries in Nigeria.”

President Mahama, who doubles as the ECOWAS chair clarified that “there were discussions about liaising strongly with the Nigerian government in order to give it any support that it needed to be able to eliminate the menace.”

ECOWAS leaders met last Friday in Accra to discuss possible ways to curtail the exploits of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the sub-region and on the African continent.

Speaking to pressmen right after the summit, President Mahama disclosed that “President Jonathan said everything possible will be done not only to retrieve the girls, but to eliminate the menace of Boko Haram, so everything possible could include everything, it could include military action, dialogue, negotiations and any other thing”

Meanwhile, President Mahama has referred to the recurrent clashes in Mali as a breach to the Ouagadougou Agreement.

He has therefore, called on all parties to return to the table to ensure all pronouncements made in the Ouagadougou treaty are adhered to.

“What has happened recently has been a breach to the Ouagadougou agreement, and so the initial response is to ensure there is a dialogue of both parties to come back to the Ouagadougou agreement and abide by it,” he said.

Mali’s government and the rebels signed the agreement last June that allowed the Malian military to return to Kidal for the first time since the last separatist rebellion was sparked in early 2012.

However, renewed fighting over who holds the town has left some 20 Malian soldiers dead.

According to President Mahama, “there are aspects of the agreement that related to disarmament of armed men, confinement of armed men and all, that had all not yet been implemented and so the president of Mali has selected a high representative Mr. Modibo Keita to be the interlocutor between the government and all the parties involved.

By: Benjamin Epton Owusu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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