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Luka Doncic scores 39, Lakers clinch 3 seed
Luka Doncic recorded 39 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the Western Conference's No. 3 seed with a solid 140-109 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Friday night.,LeBron James had 14 points and eight assists in 22 minutes before sitting out the ...
Flames take down Wild, slice wild-card deficit
The Calgary Flames provided a huge boost to their slim playoff hopes with a 4-2 home-ice victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday.,Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich, Nazem Kadri and Ryan Lomberg all scored for the hosts. Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 16 saves, likely his biggest on Kirill Kaprizov ...
Jimmy Butler III scores 24 as Warriors top Blazers
Jimmy Butler III had 24 points and seven assists and the visiting Golden State Warriors got a win they needed, beating the Portland Trail Blazers, 103-86, on Friday night.,The win moves the Warriors to 48-33 this season with their last regular-season game at home against the LA Clippers Sunday. Gold...
James Harden's triple-double leads Clippers to 7th straight win
Behind James Harden's triple-double and Kawhi Leonard's 20-point first half, the Los Angeles Clippers extend their season-long winning streak to seven games with a 101-100 defeat of the host Sacramento Kings on Friday.,Harden earned his third triple-double of the season in a closing stretch, grabbin...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto fans nine as Dodgers shut out Cubs
Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six scoreless innings and Tommy Edman hit a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers remained perfect at home this season with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.,Yamamoto (2-1) gave up two hits and had nine strikeouts and one walk while beating t...
Connor McDavid tallies 4 assists as Oilers beat Sharks
Corey Perry broke a tie in the third period, Connor McDavid had four assists and the host Edmonton Oilers defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 and clinched a playoff spot for the sixth consecutive season on Friday night.,Defenseman Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist and Ty Emberson and Connor Brown ...
Cal Raleigh's 8th-inning blast leads Mariners past Rangers
Cal Raleigh hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday.,Jorge Polanco and Rowdy Tellez also went deep for Seattle in the opener of a three-game series between the American League West rivals. The Mariners won for the...
Ryan Dunn leads balanced Suns attack in romp over Spurs
Ryan Dunn scored 26 points and took 11 rebounds to help the host Phoenix Suns to a 117-98 romp past the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in the penultimate game of the season for both teams.,Both the Suns (36-45) and Spurs (33-48) will miss the postseason, with Phoenix falling short of the playoffs for t...
Portland gets first win, keeps Utah winless
Reilyn Turner's first-half goal stood up and gave the Portland Thorns FC a 1-0 victory against the Utah Royals in a matchup of previously winless teams Friday night at Sandy, Utah.,Goalkeeper Bella Bixby made one save to earn the clean sheet for Portland (1-1-2, 5 points).,Utah (0-2-1, 1 point) had ...
Jose Quintana shuts down D-backs in Brewers debut
Milwaukee left-hander Jose Quintana pitched seven scoreless innings in his team and season debut as the Brewers shut out the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-0 in Phoenix on Friday.,Jackson Chourio singled and scored in the Brewers' two-run fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Brice Turang h...
Nick Pivetta strikes out 10 as Padres blank Rockies
Nick Pivetta fanned 10 hitters over seven shutout innings Friday night while Jose Iglesias poked two RBI singles in a six-run fifth inning as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 8-0.,Pivetta (2-1) gave up just three hits and a walk in his second dominant performance at Petco P...
Nuggets storm back in final minutes, topple Grizzlies
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists for the Denver Nuggets, who outscored Memphis 14-1 in the final six minutes to beat the visiting Grizzlies 117-109 on Friday night.,Jokic guaranteed he will be the third player to average triple-double for a season, and the first center. He has ...
Matt Corral rallies Stallions for last-minute win over Renegades
Matt Corral threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Cade Johnson with 33 seconds remaining, then ran for the winning extra point as the host Birmingham Stallions edged the Arlington Renegades 10-9 on Friday.,Arlington (2-1) led 9-0 after halftime after field goals of 27, 33 and 20 yards by Lucas Havrisik....
Isaiah Joe's 10 3-pointers fuel Thunder's rout of Jazz
Aaron Wiggins scored 35 and Isaiah Joe drained 10 3-pointers for 32 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 145-111 Friday night in Salt Lake City.,With both teams relying on reserves, the Thunder (67-14) shot the lights out en route to a third straight win. They hit 56.0 percent ...
Four-run inning helps Tigers down Twins
Dillon Dingler finished 3-for-5 with an RBI, Zach McKinstry drove in two, and the Detroit Tigers held on for a 7-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Trey Sweeney and Javier Baez each doubled and drove in a run for Detroit, which won for the eighth time in its past 10 games...
Rudy Gobert's career-high-tying 35 points lead Wolves past Nets
Rudy Gobert matched his career-high with 35 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the visiting Brooklyn Nets 117-91 on Friday night.,Gobert also had 11 rebounds while fellow frontcourt veteran Julius Randle added 21 points -- including 5 of 6 on 3-point attempts -- as Minnesota (48-33) overt...
Chandler Smith outduels Kyle Larson in Bristol Truck race
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- After Chandler Smith charged into the lead Friday night in the Weather Guard Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, his work was far from over.,The driver of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford then had to hold off NASCAR Cup Series moonlighter Kyle Larson over a seven-lap dash to...
Anthony Davis' triple-double powers Mavericks past Raptors
Anthony Davis notched his fourth career triple-double, tallying 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a blowout 124-102 win over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Friday.,Despite being locked into next week's play-in, Dallas played with a palpable sense of urgency. The ...
Yainer Diaz's career night guides Astros over Angels
Yainer Diaz clubbed his first career grand slam and produced a career-high five RBIs as the Houston Astros thumped the visiting Los Angeles Angels 14-3 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.,The Astros sent 20 batters to the plate in the fifth and sixth innings and totaled 10 runs in tho...
Julian Phillips' career night carries Bulls past Wizards
Julian Phillips posted career-highs in scoring and rebounding, and Chicago cruised past the Washington Wizards 119-89 in the Bulls' regular-season home finale on Friday.,Phillips' 23 points led all scorers, pacing five Bulls scorers with at least 12 points. Among them was Nikola Vucevic, who flirted...