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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks overpower Knicks in 2nd half
Giannis Antetokounmpo continued his hot start by scoring 23 of his game-high 37 points in the second half Tuesday night, sparking the Milwaukee Bucks' comeback from a double-digit deficit to a 121-111 win over the visiting New York Knicks.,Antetokounmpo's layup with 5:31 left snapped a 103-103 tie, ...
Zemgus Girgensons' breakout helps Lightning pull past Predators
Tampa Bay's Zemgus Girgensons scored his first two goals of the season, and Andrei Vasilevskiy beat the Nashville Predators for a 10th straight time as the Lightning won 5-2 on the road Tuesday.,Vasilevskiy needed to make just 18 saves in helping Tampa Bay win its third straight.,Charle-Edouard D'As...
Led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder top Kings to stay undefeated
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 107-101 home victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday.,The Thunder remained undefeated, winning their fifth consecutive game to start the season.,Oklahoma City did it, on the second night of a back-to-back, without Chet Hol...
Heat trounce Hornets behind Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s 28 points
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a season-high 28 points off the bench to lead the Miami Heat to a 144-117 win over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday.,Bam Adebayo added 26 points and Andrew Wiggins scored 21 for the Heat, who shot a clinical 54.2% from the field, 44.4% from 3-point range and 90.9% fr...
Tyrese Maxey fuels fierce rally as Sixers top Wizards in OT
Tyrese Maxey scored 23 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers remained unbeaten after storming back from a 19-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 139-134 on Tuesday.,Joel Embiid scored 25 points in 23 minutes for Philadelphia whi...
Bruins sink Islanders with second-period explosion
The Boston Bruins scored three goals in less than four minutes during the second period to erase an early two-goal deficit on the way to a 5-2 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Tuesday night.,David Pastrnak, Michael Eyssimont and Elias Lindholm recorded a goal and an assist apiece while Fr...
Ducks' shootout heroics negate Panthers comeback
Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the host Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night in Sunrise.,Leo Carlsson scored short-handed and Cutter Gauthier added a goal on a 5-on-3 power play for the Ducks.,Lukas Dostal made 30 saves for the win.,Anton Lundell ...
Miles Wood tallies twice late to lift Blue Jackets past Sabres
Miles Wood scored off a deflection to forge a tie in the third period, then converted from the doorstep 2:53 into overtime to fuel the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.,Jet Greaves stopped Jiri Kulich on a breakaway early in overtime before Wood capp...
Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev power Golden Knights past Hurricanes
Jack Eichel scored twice in the final five minutes to go with an earlier assist and Pavel Dorofeyev posted two first-period goals as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Brett Howden scored early in the third period and Tomas Hertl had an em...
NYCFC comes away with road win over Charlotte to begin Round 1 series
Alonso Martinez scored a wonderful individual goal in the 34th minute and visiting New York City FC earned a 1-0 victory over Charlotte FC on Tuesday night in the opener of their Round One MLS Cup Playoff series.,Martinez's second-career playoff goal helped NYCFC, the Eastern Conference fifth seed, ...
Bobby Brink delivers Flyers to chaotic shootout win over Penguins
Bobby Brink scored a dazzling shootout goal Tuesday, providing the difference in the Philadelphia Flyers' action-packed 3-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.,Travis Konecny scored his 200th career goal -- all with the Flyers -- while Brink also scored in regulation for the hosts. Samuel Ers...
Max Domi's late winner elevates Maple Leafs over lowly Flames
Max Domi's second goal of the game broke a tie late in the third period Tuesday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Calgary Flames 4-3.,Domi scored at 17:56 of the third on a setup by Matthew Knies shortly after Calgary had tied the game.,Knies had two goals and an assist for the ...
Yandex, MOUZ, Spirit, BetBoom reach FISSURE Playground 2 semis
Team Yandex, MOUZ, Team Spirit and BetBoom Team opened the playoffs with victories in the upper-bracket quarterfinal round of the FISSURE Playground 2 event on Tuesday in Belgrade, Serbia.,Team Yandex rallied past Tundra Esports 2-1, MOUZ swept Team Falcons 2-0, Team Spirit blanked HEROIC 2-0 and Be...
Cameron Norrie shocks No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in Paris
Cameron Norrie of Great Britain came back to stun No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Round of 32 on Tuesday at the Rolex Paris Masters.,Alcaraz is the World No. 1, but the result put a halt to his 17-match winning streak in ATP Masters 1000 events. He had previously won the Mont...
No. 2 Indiana begins run of Big Ten bottom-dwellers at Maryland
No. 2 Indiana and Maryland welcomed new quarterbacks this season who have been game-changers for their respective offenses.,While it has translated to team success for the Hoosiers and Heisman Trophy candidate Fernando Mendoza, the Terrapins have failed to improve despite flashes of brilliance from ...
Rockets eager to build on first victory in matchup vs. Raptors
The Houston Rockets will be out to build on their first win of the season when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.,The Rockets won for the first time in three games on Monday night, 137-109 over the visiting Brooklyn Nets.,"It was stressful the last couple nights, being 0-2, feeling w...
Whitecaps' Tristan Blackmon is MLS Defender of Year
Tristan Blackmon of the Vancouver Whitecaps was named the 2025 MLS Defender of the Year on Tuesday.,He anchored a defense that allowed the second-fewest goals (38) and logged the second-most clean sheets (13).,Blackmon, 29, added two goals and one assist in 25 MLS matches (23 starts) in his fourth s...
Aroldis Chapman: I'd rather retire than play for Yankees again
Hard-throwing left-handed reliever Aroldis Chapman is dead set against re-signing with the New York Yankees.,Literally.,"No way, not even dead," Chapman said when asked if he'd consider joining the Yankees during an appearance on the "Swing Completo" podcast, as translated from Spanish.,"If I were t...
Gen.G jolt Hanwha Life, advance to semis at World Championship
Gen.G Esports recorded a 3-1 win over Hanwha Life Esports on Tuesday to punch their ticket to the Knockout Stage semifinals of the $5 million League of Legends 2025 World Championship in Beijing.,Gen.G bolted to a fast start with a 33-minute victory on blue and a 59-minute triumph on red. HLE counte...
On Freddie Freeman HR in 18th, Dodgers win epic Game 3 vs. Jays
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have a chance to ride another inspirational game-ending home run from Freddie Freeman to another World Series title., ,Freeman ended an 18-inning marathon with a leadoff home run, Shohei Ohtani added two homers and the Dodgers pulled off a 6-5 victory over the ...