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Raptors, Spurs hope to build momentum for next season
The San Antonio Spurs and visiting Toronto Raptors hope to end disappointing campaigns on a winning note when they square off Sunday on the final day of the NBA's regular season. ,Neither the Raptors (30-51) nor Spurs (33-48) will participate in the postseason. Toronto will miss the playoffs for the...

Bobby Brink shootout winner lifts Flyers past Islanders
Tyson Foerster scored twice in regulation and Bobby Brink netted the only goal of the shootout as the Philadelphia Flyers eliminated the New York Islanders from playoff contention with a 4-3 home victory on Saturday.,Samuel Ersson made 37 saves in regulation before stopping all five shootout attempt...

Blue Jackets score seven in lopsided shutout vs. Caps
Jet Greaves made 22 saves for his first NHL shutout and the Columbus Blue Jackets kept their playoff hopes alive with a 7-0 win against the visiting Washington Capitals on Saturday.,Adam Fantilli scored two goals and James van Riemsdyk had a goal and two assists for the Blue Jackets (37-33-9, 83 poi...

Carlos Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti set for Monte-Carlo final
Carlos Alcaraz defeated fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters in Monaco.,It is the first ATP Masters 1000 final for Alcaraz, the No. 2 seed, since he won at Indian Wells in March 2023. He is a 17-time tour winner with four ...

Canadiens face Leafs, try again to clinch playoff berth
The Montreal Canadiens will try again to clinch a playoff spot when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.,The Canadiens (39-31-9, 87 points) had a chance to reach the postseason by winning on Friday, but they lost 5-2 to the host Ottawa Senators to end their season-best, six-game win...

PARIVISION pulls out win at ESL One Raleigh
PARIVISION came from behind to beat Team Liquid 2-1 on Friday and advance to the lower-bracket semifinal at the Dota 2 ESL One Raleigh event.,In lower-bracket first-round action earlier Friday, Team Liquid swept AVULUS 2-0, and BetBoom Team ousted Nigma Galaxy 2-0.,The $1 million tournament in North...

Heretics handle OpTic in CDL Stage 3 qualifying
The Miami Heretics climbed into first place in the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying standings after defeating OpTic Texas 3-1 on Friday.,The Heretics are the lone 2-0 team, while OpTic slipped to 2-1. The Carolina Royal Ravens, who edged the Minnesota Rokkr 3-2 on Friday, and the Vancouv...

Pete Alonso homers, knocks in three as Mets edge A's
Pete Alonso remained red hot Friday night, when the Mets slugger homered and finished with three hits and three RBIs to lead New York to a 7-6 win over the Athletics in the opener of a three-game series in West Sacramento, Calif.,Luisangel Acuna added two hits for the Mets, who have won seven of eig...

Luka Doncic scores 39, Lakers clinch 3 seed
Luka Doncic recorded 39 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the Western Conference's No. 3 seed with a solid 140-109 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Friday night.,LeBron James had 14 points and eight assists in 22 minutes before sitting out the ...

Flames take down Wild, slice wild-card deficit
The Calgary Flames provided a huge boost to their slim playoff hopes with a 4-2 home-ice victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday.,Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich, Nazem Kadri and Ryan Lomberg all scored for the hosts. Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 16 saves, likely his biggest on Kirill Kaprizov ...

Jimmy Butler III scores 24 as Warriors top Blazers
Jimmy Butler III had 24 points and seven assists and the visiting Golden State Warriors got a win they needed, beating the Portland Trail Blazers, 103-86, on Friday night.,The win moves the Warriors to 48-33 this season with their last regular-season game at home against the LA Clippers Sunday. Gold...

James Harden's triple-double leads Clippers to 7th straight win
Behind James Harden's triple-double and Kawhi Leonard's 20-point first half, the Los Angeles Clippers extend their season-long winning streak to seven games with a 101-100 defeat of the host Sacramento Kings on Friday.,Harden earned his third triple-double of the season in a closing stretch, grabbin...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto fans nine as Dodgers shut out Cubs
Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six scoreless innings and Tommy Edman hit a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers remained perfect at home this season with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.,Yamamoto (2-1) gave up two hits and had nine strikeouts and one walk while beating t...

Connor McDavid tallies 4 assists as Oilers beat Sharks
Corey Perry broke a tie in the third period, Connor McDavid had four assists and the host Edmonton Oilers defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 and clinched a playoff spot for the sixth consecutive season on Friday night.,Defenseman Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist and Ty Emberson and Connor Brown ...

Cal Raleigh's 8th-inning blast leads Mariners past Rangers
Cal Raleigh hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday.,Jorge Polanco and Rowdy Tellez also went deep for Seattle in the opener of a three-game series between the American League West rivals. The Mariners won for the...

Ryan Dunn leads balanced Suns attack in romp over Spurs
Ryan Dunn scored 26 points and took 11 rebounds to help the host Phoenix Suns to a 117-98 romp past the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in the penultimate game of the season for both teams.,Both the Suns (36-45) and Spurs (33-48) will miss the postseason, with Phoenix falling short of the playoffs for t...

Portland gets first win, keeps Utah winless
Reilyn Turner's first-half goal stood up and gave the Portland Thorns FC a 1-0 victory against the Utah Royals in a matchup of previously winless teams Friday night at Sandy, Utah.,Goalkeeper Bella Bixby made one save to earn the clean sheet for Portland (1-1-2, 5 points).,Utah (0-2-1, 1 point) had ...

Jose Quintana shuts down D-backs in Brewers debut
Milwaukee left-hander Jose Quintana pitched seven scoreless innings in his team and season debut as the Brewers shut out the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-0 in Phoenix on Friday.,Jackson Chourio singled and scored in the Brewers' two-run fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Brice Turang h...

Nick Pivetta strikes out 10 as Padres blank Rockies
Nick Pivetta fanned 10 hitters over seven shutout innings Friday night while Jose Iglesias poked two RBI singles in a six-run fifth inning as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 8-0.,Pivetta (2-1) gave up just three hits and a walk in his second dominant performance at Petco P...

Nuggets storm back in final minutes, topple Grizzlies
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists for the Denver Nuggets, who outscored Memphis 14-1 in the final six minutes to beat the visiting Grizzlies 117-109 on Friday night.,Jokic guaranteed he will be the third player to average triple-double for a season, and the first center. He has ...