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Rockets drill Wizards for 6th win in 7 games
Jalen Green scored a season-high 37 points as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 135-119 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Thursday for their sixth win in seven games....

Brayden Point's 6-point night carries Lightning past Rangers
Brayden Point netted his fourth career hat trick during a career-high six-point night as the Tampa Bay Lightning roared back in the third period against the visiting New York Rangers, topping the visitors 6-3 on Thursday night....

Clippers' balanced attack keeps Bulls at bay
Paul George scored 28 points and Kawhi Leonard added 27 to lead five players in double figures and boost the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to a 126-111 win against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday....

Senators rally past Blue Jackets for shootout win
Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle each scored in the third period and again in the shootout to lift the visiting Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night....

Jaylen Brown fires in 37 as Celtics slam Suns
Jaylen Brown made five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 37 points to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games with a 127-112 decision against the visiting Phoenix Suns on Thursday....

Frederik Andersen stops 21 shots as Hurricanes blank Panthers
Evgeny Kuznetsov notched his first goal since joining the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-0 victory against the Eastern Conference-leading Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C....

No. 7 Iowa St. defeats Kansas St., moves to Big 12 semis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Robert Jones led four Cyclones players in double figures with 18 points as No. 2 seed Iowa State defeated 10th-seeded Kansas State 76-57 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship....

Coyotes extend Red Wings' slide to seven games
Clayton Keller and Nick Bjugstad each had a goal and an assist and the visiting Arizona Coyotes handed the host Detroit Red Wings their seventh consecutive loss, 4-1, on Thursday night....

Penguins top struggling Sharks to end slide
Rookie John Ludvig had the go-ahead goal in the third plus an assist Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins downed the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-3....

Jake DeBrusk lifts Bruins over Canadiens in OT
Jake DeBrusk scored the game-winning goal 25 seconds into overtime as the Boston Bruins beat the host Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Thursday night....

Free-throw edge carries Texas A&M past Ole Miss
Wade Taylor IV scored 20 points while leading Texas A&M to an 80-71 win over Ole Miss in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday in Nashville....

Sabres' 2nd-period surge too much for Islanders
Victor Olofsson, Dylan Cozens and Zach Benson scored within a five-minute span in the second period Thursday night for the Buffalo Sabres, who inched closer to an Eastern Conference wild-card spot by blanking the New York Islanders, 4-0....

Providence stuns No. 8 Creighton in Big East quarters
NEW YORK — Big East Player of the Year Devin Carter had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead seventh-seeded Providence to a 78-73 victory over No. 8-ranked Creighton on Thursday in the Big East quarterfinals....

NC State stays hot, knocks off No. 11 Duke
DJ Horne scored 18 points and 10th-seeded North Carolina State continued its surprising run with a 74-69 victory over No. 11 Duke on Thursday night to reach the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at Washington....

Brother of Raptors wing RJ Barrett dies
The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday that the younger brother of wing RJ Barrett died Tuesday....

Quin Snyder returns to Utah as Hawks take on Jazz
Friday's game between the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks will be a homecoming for Quin Snyder. It will be the first game in Salt Lake City for the former Jazz coach, who spent eight seasons as head coach in Utah....

Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffle, Wyndham Clark share lead at The Players
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, No. 5 Wyndham Clark and No. 6 Xander Schauffele shared the lead at 7-under par when the first round of The Players Championship was suspended by darkness Thursday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla....

Jamison Battle's big second half carries Ohio State past Iowa
Jamison Battle scored all of his 23 points in the second half when surging No. 10 seed Ohio State defeated seven-seed Iowa 90-78 in a second-round game of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday in Minneapolis, Minn....

N’Faly Dante scores late as Oregon holds off UCLA
LAS VEGAS — N'Faly Dante's basket and free throws by Jermaine Couisnard and Jackson Shelstad in the final 36 seconds of Thursday's Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal helped fourth-seeded Oregon survive a UCLA comeback attempt with a 68-66 win....

Report: Texans sign new RB Joe Mixon to contract extension
The Houston Texans have locked in new running back Joe Mixon with a three-year, $27 million contract extension, including $13 million guaranteed, ESPN reported Thursday....