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Evan Mobley powers Cavaliers past Jazz
Evan Mobley scored a season-high 34 points, collected 17 rebounds, and blocked three shots to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 122-113 victory over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Monday night.,Donovan Mitchell added 34 points to help Cleveland (47-28) win its fifth consecutive road game. James ...

As Kraken battle for playoff spot, Oilers eye division title
The Edmonton Oilers will continue their late push for a possible Pacific Division championship on Tuesday when they host the Seattle Kraken.,Edmonton (37-28-9, 83 points) comes into the contest with just its second three-game winning streak of the season. The Oilers, who entered Monday's play in sec...

Avalanche D Cale Makar exits game due to upper-body injury
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar sustained an upper-body injury late in the second period against the Calgary Flames on Monday in Denver and did not play in the third period.,Makar, who finished with three assists, took a hard hit from Adam Klapka late in the second, finished the shift and p...

Wolves ride Ayo Dosunmu's triple-double to win over Mavs
Ayo Dosunmu recorded his second career triple-double, finishing with 18 points, a career-high 15 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 124-94 road rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.,With All-NBA guard Anthony Edwards coming off the bench and limited to 22:37 of playing...

Clippers prep for two matchups with potential play-in foe Portland
The Los Angeles Clippers ride a five-game winning streak into a potential play-in round preview on Tuesday, as they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Inglewood, Calif., for the first of two late-season matchups between the teams.,Los Angeles (39-36) moved to the right side of .500 and within str...

WTA Roundup: Yulia Putintseva wins in Charleston; will face defending champ Jessica Pegula
Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva won a tough first set tie-breaker and went on to defeat New Zealand's Lulu Sun, 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Charleston Open.,There were no breaks of serve in the first set and none through nine points of the tie-breaker. Sun got a mini-break and ear...

Suns take control in 4th to roll over Grizzlies
Devin Booker scored 36 points in the first three quarters and Jalen Green added 21 points and six boards to lead the visiting Phoenix Suns to a 131-105 victory Monday night over the Memphis Grizzlies.,Booker made 16 of 24 shots and finished with five assists. Green was 9-of-18 shooting.,The Suns (42...

Jose Altuve's 2 HRs, 4 hits power Astros to blowout of Red Sox
Jose Altuve slugged two home runs and Lance McCullers Jr. carried a shutout bid into the seventh inning of his season debut as the Houston Astros claimed the opener of their three-game series with the visiting Boston Red Sox 8-1 on Monday.,Yordan Alvarez and Brice Matthews added home runs for the As...

Victor Wembanyama goes for 41 as Spurs roll past Bulls
Victor Wembanyama continued his brilliant play by racking up 41 points and 16 rebounds while helping the host San Antonio Spurs to a 129-114 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday in a late season interconference clash.,The Spurs (57-18) won for a league-leading ninth straight outing and kept pace...

Rockies explode for 7-run inning, rout Jays for first victory
Troy Johnston hit a two-run homer to ignite a seven-run sixth inning Monday night and the visiting Colorado Rockies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 14-5.,Ezequiel Tovar had three hits and three RBIs and TJ Rumfield added three hits and two RBIs to help Colorado win for the first time in four games th...

Bo Bichette breaks through for new club as Mets defeat Cardinals
The slumping Bo Bichette had a pair of RBIs and the visiting New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series Monday.,Bichette, who was 1-for-14 and heard boos at Citi Field during the Mets' season-opening series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, had an RBI groundout...

9th-inning rally propels Rays to win over Brewers
Nick Fortes doubled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to give the visiting Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday in the opener of the three-game series.,Tampa Bay's Jonny DeLuca, who tied it 2-2 with a leadoff homer in the seventh, battled back from a 1-2...

Cubs' big hits back up Edward Cabrera in winning team debut vs. Marlins
Edward Cabrera pitched six innings of one-hit ball and Ian Happ homered for the third straight game to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 victory against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Monday.,Carson Kelly and Moises Ballesteros both contributed two-run singles for the Cubs, who out-hit the Angels 9...

Hawks top Jayson Tatum-less Celtics, extend home win streak to 13
Jalen Johnson collected 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists as the Atlanta Hawks extended their home winning streak to 13 games with a 112-102 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.,Atlanta (43-33) received 20 points, 10 rebounds and three assists from Onyeka Okongwu, plus 18 points fr...

Nationals blast Phillies with 13 runs on 17 hits
Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs and Jose Tena notched three hits and two RBIs to guide the visiting Washington Nationals to a comfortable 13-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.,Washington, which has won three of its first four games, totaled 17 hits, all of which were singles or doub...

Heat use late 14-0 run to push past 76ers
Tyler Herro hit two key 3-pointers, Bam Adebayo recorded a 23-point, 16-rebound double-double in a head-to-head with Joel Embiid and the Miami Heat came on strong down the stretch to turn back the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 119-109 on Monday night.,Herro finished with a game-high 30 points and Pell...

Penguins bury Islanders with seven unanswered goals
Anthony Mantha scored twice and added an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins produced a five-goal second period amid seven unanswered goals to claim an 8-3 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Monday in Elmont, N.Y.,Rickard Rakell scored twice, Bryan Rust posted one goal and one assist, an...

Bryce Elder, three Braves relievers combine to blank Athletics
Bryce Elder threw six scoreless innings and Mauricio Dubon drove in three runs to help the Atlanta Braves keep the visiting Athletics winless with a 4-0 victory on Monday in the opening game of their three-game series.,Elder (1-0) allowed five hits and one walk, struck out five and picked off a batt...

Jack Leiter helps Rangers shut down Orioles
Jack Leiter pitched six solid innings with eight strikeouts and Jake Burger drove in a pair of runs as the Texas Rangers defeated the host Baltimore Orioles 5-2 to begin a three-game series Monday night.,Relievers Jakob Junis, Jalen Beeks and Tyler Alexander completed the combined seven-hitter with ...

Miguel Vargas' slam leads White Sox past Marlins for first win
Miguel Vargas blasted a grand slam and drove in six runs, Austin Hays slugged a three-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox earned their first win of the season, beating the host Miami Marlins 9-4 on Monday.,Munetaka Murakami, the first player ever to homer in his first three games with the White Sox...