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West-best Thunder set for rematch against Mavs
Less than a week after a heated game between the teams, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks will square off again.,The Thunder will host the Mavericks on Thursday night, six days after Dallas handed visiting Oklahoma City a 106-98 defeat.,Five technical fouls and a flagrant foul were call...
Hawks hope to reverse course in first of two games vs. Raptors
Losers of two straight games, the Atlanta Hawks will look to get back on track and improve their standing in the Eastern Conference on Thursday night when they host the Toronto Raptors.,The Hawks, who hold the seventh seed in the conference, will host Toronto in back-to-back games as the teams wrap ...
Hot teams face off as Blue Jackets oppose Hurricanes
There were times that the Carolina Hurricanes seemed a little out of kilter during the past month, but they might be hitting their stride again.,They will see if they can keep the recent momentum going when they face the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes have wo...
Fancy, JonBeast roll into Madden playoff semifinals
Top-seeded Jacob "Fancy" Worthington and second-seeded Jonathan "JonBeast" Marquez charged into the semifinals of the $1 million Madden Championship Series playoffs with one-sided wins on Wednesday.,Fancy, a Frisco, Texas, resident who owns two MCS championship belts, produced a 34-21 victory over e...
Bruins return home, look to rebound vs. Senators
The Boston Bruins have little time to dwell on negatives.,A night after the Bruins' season of ups and downs continued with a 5-1 road loss to the New Jersey Devils, Boston returns to home ice for a Thursday night matchup against the Atlantic Division rival Ottawa Senators.,Boston had been on a four-...
Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Texas A&M rallies, edges No. 16 Ole Miss
Manny Obaseki sank the decisive 3-pointer with 12.5 seconds left as No. 13 Texas A&M rallied to beat No. 16 Ole Miss 63-62 on Wednesday night in Oxford, Miss.,Zhuric Phelps scored 14 points, Obaseki contributed 12 and Pharrel Payne added 10 points for the Aggies (15-4, 4-2 Southeastern Conference), ...
Arkansas gets first SEC win in wild finish vs. Georgia
Adou Thiero split a pair of free throws with 1.6 seconds left, then scored a layup at the buzzer after rebounding his missed second attempt, giving Arkansas a 68-65 win over visiting Georgia in Fayetteville, Ark., on Wednesday in Southeastern Conference play.,With the score tied at 63, Thiero's jump...
No. 5 Florida gets only lead when it counts, edges South Carolina
Will Richard capped a 22-point showing by hitting the go-ahead layup with five seconds left as fifth-ranked Florida executed down the stretch and rallied for a 70-69 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night in Columbia, S.C.,The Gators (17-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) trailed 58-45 with 8:4...
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 54 in OKC's win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-114 home win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.,Neither team led by double digits until the Thunder pulled away in the last three minutes.,Gilgeous-Alexander easily topped his previous career high of 45. ...
NHL roundup: Jackets' Adam Fantilli logs first hat trick
Adam Fantilli scored his first career hat trick as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday night.,Luca Del Bel Belluz added a goal and an assist and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won seven of nine (7-1-1).,Elvis Merzlikins ...
Maxime Raynaud, Stanford overwhelm Miami
Maxime Raynaud's 28 points and 12 rebounds led host Stanford to an 88-51 blowout win over Miami in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Northern California on Wednesday night.,Raynaud made 4 of 6 3-pointers, part of the 11 that the Cardinals (13-6, 5-3) made for the game. It was Raynaud's 12th 20-po...
Celtics need overtime to slip past Clippers
Jaylen Brown scored 25 points and Jayson Tatum added 24 as the visiting Boston Celtics pulled out a 117-113 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif., on a night when key players were missing from both sides.,While the Celtics won without Jrue Holiday (shoulder...
Kings race past Warriors with fourth-quarter surge
De'Aaron Fox saved eight of his 14 points for a game-ending flurry, DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points and the Sacramento Kings overcame an big deficit to beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 123-117 on Wednesday night.,Seeking to rebound from a 40-point home loss to Boston on Monday, the Warriors us...
Big night from deep not enough for Warriors against Kings
De'Aaron Fox saved eight of his 14 points for a game-ending flurry, DeMar DeRozan had 32 points and the Sacramento Kings overcame an 18-point deficit to beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 123-117 on Wednesday night.,Seeking to rebound from a 40-point home loss to Boston on Monday, the Warriors ...
Kings score twice in third period, overtake Panthers
Adrian Kempe continued his hot streak by netting the game-winner as the host Los Angeles Kings cued up a third-period comeback to claim a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.,Samuel Helenius scored his first NHL goal and Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for the Kings, who snapped a two-gam...
Jets win in OT, topple Avalanche once again
Neal Pionk scored 17 seconds into overtime and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Morgan Barron and Gabriel Vilardi also scored and Josh Morrissey and Vladislav Namestnikov had two assists each for Winnipeg, which won th...
After some rest, Pens resume SoCal swing in Anaheim
After getting a well-earned two-day break in Southern California, the Pittsburgh Penguins resume a seven-day road trip on Thursday night with a game against the slumping Anaheim Ducks.,It's the fourth contest on a trip that began with three games over four days -- a run that also included a six-hour...
Arkansas gets first SEC win on wild fiinish
Adou Thiero split a pair of free throws with 1.6 seconds left, then scored a layup at the buzzer after rebounding his missed second attempt, giving Arkansas a 68-65 win over visiting Georgia in Fayetteville on Wednesday in Southeastern Conference play.,With the score tied at 63, Thiero's jumper gave...
Heat suspending Jimmy Butler two more games
The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for a second time this month on Wednesday after he missed the team flight to Milwaukee.,In a statement, the club said Butler was suspended "for (a) continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team, including...
No. 13 Texas A&M overtakes No. 19 Ole Miss in final seconds
Manny Obaseki sank the decisive 3-pointer with 12.5 seconds left as No. 13 Texas A&M rallied to beat No. 16 Ole Miss 63-62 on Wednesday night in Oxford, Miss.,Zhuric Phelps scored 14 points, Obaseki contributed 12 and Pharrel Payne added 10 points for the Aggies (15-4, 4-2 Southeastern Conference), ...