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Labaron Philon Jr. lifts No. 12 Alabama past Clemson
Labaron Philon Jr. scored 29 points and made a crucial late jump shot as No. 12 Alabama beat Clemson 90-84 in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,With the Crimson Tide clinging to a 1-point lead, Philon popped the jumper at 2:07 to make it 86-83. After the Tigers missed thre...

De'Aaron Fox nets 31 as Spurs survive late Magic rally
De'Aaron Fox made two foul shots with 1.4 seconds left and finished with 31 points as the visiting San Antonio Spurs withstood a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Orlando Magic 114-112 on Wednesday.,Luke Kornet blocked Franz Wagner's shot at the buzzer to secure the win for San Antonio, which improve...

Jamal Murray's 52 points help Nuggets blast Pacers
Jamal Murray scored a season-high 52 points on 10-for-11 shooting from 3-point range, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 135-120 in Indianapolis on Wednesday night.,It was the third time Murray has scored 50 or more in the regular season, and he did it two nights after suffering a right ...

Deni Avdija, Blazers snap three-game losing streak at Cavs' expense
Deni Avdija posted 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists while Caleb Love scored 20 points off the bench as the visiting Portland Trail Blazers never trailed in the second half of a 122-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.,Shaedon Sharpe added 20 points, nine points and fiv...

Minnesota hands No. 22 Indiana first loss in Big Ten opener
Cade Tyson scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Minnesota held on for a 73-64 win over No. 22 Indiana in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams on Wednesday in Minneapolis.,Langston Reynolds also scored 17 points for Minnesota (5-4, 1-0 Big Ten), which snapped a three-game losing str...

West Virginia shrugs off slow start to wallop Coppin State
Chance Moore and Honor Huff each scored 17 points to lead West Virginia to a 91-49 nonconference win against Coppin State on Tuesday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Brenen Lorient contributed 12 points and Treysen Eaglestaff tallied 11 points and eight rebounds for the Mountaineers (7-2), who won their second...

Seton Hall rides long-range shooting to victory over CCSU
Seton Hall set a season high with 11 3-pointers while downing Central Connecticut State 77-61 on Wednesday in South Orange, N.J.,Adam "Budd" Clark had 10 points and 12 assists as Seton Hall (8-1) surpassed its win total from last season. The Pirates finished the game 11 of 20 from 3-point range.,Mik...

Brisker pace could benefit both Hurricanes and Maple Leafs in matchup
The Carolina Hurricanes could benefit from a brisker pace after a bit of a slowdown.,The Toronto Maple Leafs have sped up as well, so this could make for a good matchup when the teams meet Thursday night at Raleigh, N.C.,The Maple Leafs have won two games in a row and three of their last four. They ...

Raptors eager to extend one streak, snap another with Lakers in town
The Toronto Raptors go for their ninth straight home victory Thursday night while also trying to snap their run of five consecutive losses to the Los Angeles Lakers.,The Raptors last defeated the Lakers when they earned a 126-113 home verdict on Dec. 7, 2022.,Toronto is on a five-game homestand that...

Reports: PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp, Tiger Woods pitch "significant" schedule changes to Hero field
After the PGA Tour's Future Competitions Committee met on Tuesday, PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp and committee chair Tiger Woods met with the 20 players competing in this week's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, according to multiple media reports.,In what was reportedly a 90-minute presentation to t...

Capitals pursue sixth straight win in showdown vs. Sharks
The Washington Capitals head into Wednesday's game at San Jose with a share of first place in the Metropolitan Division.,The Capitals' 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night served as their fifth straight win and eighth in the last nine games. Washington is tied with the Carolina Hu...

Passion UA sneak into Stage 3 at StarLadder Budapest Major
Passion UA rallied for a 2-1 win over M80 on Tuesday to earn one of the last three Stage 3 berths at the StarLadder Budapest Major event in Hungary.,In the other Round 5 matches in Stage 2, Team Liquid swept Astralis 2-0 and 3DMAX got past Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0.,Thirty-two teams began play in the $1...

Thunder dump Stephen Curry-less Warriors for 13th straight win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points while leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 124-112 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday in San Francisco.,The Thunder have won 13 consecutive games, their second-longest winning streak since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City. The franchise recor...

Capitals dump Kings for 5th straight victory
Tom Wilson scored in his third straight game and the visiting Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Tuesday night.,Anthony Beauvillier and Aliaksei Protas also scored for the Capitals, who have won five straight and eight of nine. Alex Ovechkin had two assists, and Logan Thompson mad...

Carter Hart, back from acquittal, leads Knights past Blackhawks in SO
Shea Theodore logged two assists and scored the game-winner in the fourth round of a shootout and Carter Hart made 27 saves in his return to the NHL as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.,Ivan Barbashev and Braeden Bowman each had a goal and an assis...

Cal rallies past Utah for 4th straight win
Dai Dai Ames posted 25 points, and Justin Pippen had 23 as Cal rallied out of an early hole to defeat Utah 79-72 on Tuesday at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif.,Pippen also went 3-for-7 from 3-point range and was 4-for-4 in free-throw shooting for the Golden Bears (7-1), who have now won four straig...

Chad Baker-Mazara, No. 24 USC edge Oregon in Big Ten opener
Chad Baker-Mazara capped his 25-point night by sinking a step-back 3-pointer with 66 seconds remaining and No. 24 Southern California beat Oregon 82-77 on Tuesday in the Big Ten opener for both teams at Eugene, Ore.,USC (8-0, 1-0 Big Ten), playing its second consecutive game without injured Rodney R...

Derek Dixon's layup leads No. 16 UNC past No. 18 Kentucky
North Carolina freshman Derek Dixon became the star of the night as his driving layup with 16 seconds left lifted the 16th-ranked Tar Heels to a 67-64 victory over No. 18 Kentucky on Tuesday in Lexington, Ky.,The signature matchup of the ACC/SEC Challenge didn't disappoint, as the contest featured 1...

Nathan MacKinnon nets pair as Avalanche top Canucks
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to extend his NHL lead, Brock Nelson also scored, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away all 10 shots he faced in relief of Scott Wedgewood for C...

Cole Certa's late treys propel Notre Dame past Missouri
Cole Certa drained a pair of clutch 3-pointers on assists from Markus Burton in the final two minutes as Notre Dame edged Missouri 76-71 in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Tuesday night at South Bend, Ind.,Burton found Certa for the go-ahead left-wing 3-pointer that gave Notre Dame (6-3) the lead for good ...