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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander puts up 41 as Thunder top Wizards
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overcame a slow start to score 41 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder powered to a 123-105 home win over the Washington Wizards on Monday.,The Thunder extended their regular-season winning streak to eight, their longest winning streak since January 2018.,Oklahoma City hasn't ...

Eagles' Jalen Hurts in concussion protocol; Kenny Pickett hurt, too
Philadelphia gets its next chance to clinch the NFC East title against the visiting Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, but the Eagles don't know whom they will have at quarterback.,Jalen Hurts exited Philadelphia's 36-33 road loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday due to a head injury, and coach Nick Si...

Sabres snap 13-game skid with emphatic win over Islanders
Beck Malenstyn scored just 2:07 into the game Monday night for the visiting Buffalo Sabres, who never trailed as they snapped a 13-game losing streak by routing the New York Islanders 7-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,Jiri Kulich posted his first career two-goal game while Rasmus Dahlin collected a career-high fo...

Bench production helps Hawks knock off Wolves
Reserve Garrison Mathews scored a season-high 25 points and tied a career high with seven 3-pointers to help the Atlanta Hawks defeat the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 117-104 on Monday. ,Mathews went 7-for-8 from the field -- all 3-point attempts -- and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line as Atlanta...

Bucks hammer Bulls despite two top scorers missing
Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez scored 21 points apiece and Bobby Portis had a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds to boost the visiting Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-91 win against the Chicago Bulls on Monday.,Milwaukee won for the sixth time in seven games despite missing its top two scorers. ...

Cavaliers share scoring load in victory over Jazz
Darius Garland scored 23 and was one of four Cleveland Cavaliers with at least 20 points in a 124-113 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Monday night.,Donovan Mitchell added 22 points, Evan Mobley scored 22 with 10 rebounds and three blocks, and Utah native Sam Merrill contributed season highs i...

OG Anunoby keys hot shooting night as Knicks dump Raptors
OG Anunoby scored 31 points on 13-of-15 shooting from the floor against his former team as the New York Knicks cruised to their fourth consecutive win with 139-125 defeat of the visiting Toronto Raptors on Monday.,Anunoby, a member of the Raptors from 2017 until his trade to New York last season, hi...

Hot-shooting Heat top Nets to snap three-game skid
Bam Adebayo had 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as the Miami Heat snapped a three-game losing skid with a 110-95 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Monday.,Nikola Jovic scored a season-high 18 points and Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro added 17 apiece for Miami, which bounced back af...

Short-handed Magic fend off Jaylen Brown, Celtics
Tristan da Silva scored a team-high 18 points and the Orlando Magic overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to beat the visiting Boston Celtics 108-104 on Monday.,The Celtics were within one point until da Silva capped the scoring by making a 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds to play. The Magic received 17 po...

Nikita Kucherov gets goal, ejection as Lightning blank Panthers
Nikita Kucherov netted the game-winner before being ejected and the Tampa Bay Lightning split their home-and-home set against the Florida Panthers by blanking the Stanley Cup champions 4-0 on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.,Lightning backup goaltender Jonas Johansson stopped 36 shots for his first shutout s...

Kirill Marchenko scores late winner to lift Blue Jackets over Canadiens
Dimitri Voronkov lit the lamp twice and Kirill Marchenko scored the game winner with just over two minutes remaining to help the host Columbus Blue Jackets outlast the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Monday night.,Marchenko blasted a wrist shot past Sam Montembeault with 2:12 left in the game to hand the ...

Sidney Crosby ties Mario Lemieux's mark in Penguins' win
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to match a Penguins legend as host Pittsburgh beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-3 on Monday night.,The three assists tie Crosby with Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux as the franchise's all-time leader with 1,033 each. They are tied for 12th in NHL history.,Lemieux,...

Bruins pull away from Capitals in third period
Elias Lindholm and Charlie Coyle scored third-period goals within a span of 2:18 as the Boston Bruins surged past the visiting Washington Capitals 4-1 on Monday night.,After the Bruins killed off a five-minute major penalty and went scoreless on a power play in the final frame, Lindholm took captain...

Tyrese Maxey shines late as 76ers hold off Spurs
Tyrese Maxey racked up 32 points that included eight in a rousing run over the final two and a half minutes as the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers held off the visiting San Antonio Spurs 111-106 on Monday in a gritty clash.,The 76ers won for the third time in four games despite losing former league ...

Blues get hat trick from Dylan Holloway, blank Wings
Dylan Holloway notched his first career hat trick and the visiting St. Louis Blues snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 on Monday.,Jordan Binnington made 19 saves for his second shutout this season and the 17th of his career.,Alexandre Texier also scored for the ...

Rockets too much for cold-shooting Hornets
Fred VanVleet scored 20 points, Jabari Smith Jr. and Amen Thompson added double-doubles and the Houston Rockets cruised to a 114-101 victory over the host Charlotte Hornets on Monday.,VanVleet tallied 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting in the first half, and his shot-clock buzzer-beater lifted Houston to...

Nuggets G Jamal Murray has sprained ankle, out vs. Suns
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray will not play against the visiting Phoenix Suns on Monday night due to a sprained ankle, coach Michael Malone announced in his pregame availability.,Malone said Murray sustained the injury in Sunday's overtime win at New Orleans and is hopeful Murray will be able to...

Bruins F David Pastrnak suffers upper-body injury vs. Capitals
Boston Bruins star forward David Pastrnak was deemed "unlikely to return" to Monday's game against the visiting Washington Capitals due to an upper-body injury.,It was unclear when or how Pastrnak was hurt. Pastrnak did not see the ice for much of the second period and did not return from the locker...

No. 1 Vols shake off rough half, dump Middle Tennessee
Chaz Lanier made five 3-pointers while scoring 23 points to help top-ranked Tennessee notch an 82-64 victory over Middle Tennessee on Monday night in nonconference play at Knoxville, Tenn.,Zakai Zeigler had 17 points and a career-best 15 assists for the Volunteers (12-0), who trailed by at halftime ...

Matthew Tkachuk hurt in collision; Nikita Kucherov ejected
Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk exited with a lower-body injury after a knee-on-knee collision with Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla. ,With 3:09 remaining in the first period and Florida trailing 3-0 on the back end of a home-and-home ser...