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Oilers build 4-goal lead, hold off Stars
Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-4 win against the visiting Dallas Stars on Saturday night.,Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, Viktor Arvidsson and Connor Brown also scored and Stuart Skinner made 23 saves for Edmonton, which has won three of four following...

No. 23 BYU ends regular season with win over Utah
Five players scored in double figures to help No. 23 BYU avenge a January loss to Utah with an 85-74 victory in Provo on Saturday night, giving the Cougars an eight-game winning streak heading into next week's Big 12 Conference tournament.,At 23-8 overall and 14-6 in the conference, the Cougars will...

L.J. Cryer scores 23 to lead No. 3 Houston past Baylor
L.J. Cryer tied his season high of six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help No. 3 Houston notch a 65-61 victory over Baylor on Saturday night in Big 12 play at Waco, Texas.,Milos Uzan added 12 points as the Cougars (27-4, 19-1 Big 12) won their 10th consecutive game. Houston also improved to 10-0...

Whitecaps stay perfect through 3 matches, blank CF Montreal
Mathias Laborda and Tate Johnson scored goals Saturday night and the Vancouver Whitecaps made it three wins in as many matches to start the season, blanking CF Montreal 2-0 in Vancouver.,Vancouver controlled most of the match, possessing the ball 54.5 percent of the time and outshooting Montreal 15-...

San Diego FC downs Real Salt Lake in stoppage time
Andres Dreyer scored the tiebreaking goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time and San Diego FC remained unbeaten with a 3-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night at Sandy, Utah.,Marcus Ingvartsen added an insurance goal five minutes later and Franco Negri scored late in the firs...

Stephen Curry reaches milestone as Warriors down Pistons
Stephen Curry had 32 points and hit a major milestone as Golden State downed Detroit, 115-110, in San Francisco on Saturday.,Curry reached 25,000 career points on a third-quarter 3-pointer. Jimmy Butler supplied 26 points, nine rebounds and five assists.,Draymond Green had 12 points -- including a l...

Jayson Tatum, Celtics too much for Lakers
Jayson Tatum had 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night.,It was Tatum's fourth game with at least 40 points this season. He was 12 of 28 from the field and play...

Quinton Byfield helps Kings survive Blues in OT
Quinton Byfield scored the game-winning goal 27 seconds into overtime for the Los Angeles Kings, who snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings off assists from Drew Doughty and Mikey Anderson, whose stickwork pre...

Steven Stamkos' hat trick propels Predators to OT win over Blackhawks
Steven Stamkos completed a hat trick in overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Stamkos fired a one-timer from the left circle at 2:39 of the extra frame for his 14th career hat trick.,Justus Annunen made 17 saves for the Predators, ...

Nashville converts first scores of season into win over Timbers
Ahmed Qasem scored midway through the second half in his first MLS start and Nashville SC halted its scoreless start to the season with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Portland Timbers on Saturday night.,Andy Najar also scored his first goal for his new club just before halftime, helped by an error ...

Zach Steffen records another shutout as Rapids edge Austin
Rafeal Navarro's goal in the 18th minute and Zach Steffen's second clean sheet of the season was enough for visiting Colorado Rapid to defeat Austin FC 1-0 on Saturday in an early-season Western Conference match.,The Rapids (1-0-2, 5 points) struck early on, with Navarro finding the net off an assis...

Magic win a close one against Bucks to end skid
Paolo Banchero scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic, after losing three straight games by one or two points, came away from Milwaukee a two-point winner with Saturday's 111-109 defeat of the Bucks.,The Magic entered Saturday's contest on a five-game losing skid, with defeats in six of the last sev...

Chicago catches fire with three late goals to down FC Dallas
The visiting Chicago Fire exploded for three goals late in the second half as they defeated FC Dallas 3-1 in rainy Frisco, Texas on Saturday.,Leonardo Barroso, Andrew Gutman, and Hugo Cuypers scored in a span of less than 10 minutes for the Fire (1-1-1, 4 points), who won their first match under Gre...

Bulls rally past Heat with dominant fourth quarter
Josh Giddey recorded his third triple-double of the season and hit a 3-pointer with 16 seconds left as the visiting Chicago Bulls rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 114-109 on Saturday.,Giddey had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for Chicago, which outscored Miami 36-20 in t...

Balanced attack carries Oklahoma past rival Texas
Brycen Goodine scored 14 points to lead a balanced Oklahoma attack as the Sooners defeated rival Texas 76-72 on Saturday in the teams' regular-season Southeastern Conference finale in Austin, Texas.,Both the Sooners (19-12, 6-12 SEC) and the Longhorns (17-14, 6-12) are considered on the bubble for a...

Hawks turn back Pacers for second time in three days
Trae Young had team highs of 36 points and eight assists on Saturday, helping the Atlanta Hawks post a 120-118 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers.,Caris LeVert added 26 points on 10-of-17 shooting off the bench, and Onyeka Okongwu collected 16 points and 16 rebounds. Dyson Daniels added 10 points ...

No. 9 Texas Tech uses big game from JT Toppin to top Arizona State
JT Toppin posted his 14th double-double of the season with 25 points and 11 rebounds in No. 9 Texas Tech's 85-57 victory Saturday night over Arizona State at Tempe, Ariz., in the regular-season finale for both teams.,The Red Raiders (24-7, 15-5 Big 12) will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Big 12 T...

UCLA dominates crosstown rival USC
Eric Dailey Jr.'s career-high 25 points led five UCLA double-figure scorers, and the Bruins rolled past visiting crosstown Los Angeles rival Southern California on Saturday, 90-63, to close both teams' regular season.,UCLA (22-9, 13-7 Big Ten Conference) opened on a 14-2 run and never looked back, l...

Wizards edge Raptors as game comes down to the last split-second
Jordan Poole returned after missing three games with an elbow injury to score 34 points and the visiting Washington Wizards defeated the Toronto Raptors 118-117 on Saturday night.,Washington had to wait out a review that ruled that Jamal Shead's shot that could have won the game for Toronto did not ...

Valeri Nichushkin's hat trick carries Avalanche past Maple Leafs
Valeri Nichushkin had three goals for his first career regular-season hat trick, Nathan MacKinnon had two goals to reach 100 points for the season, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied in the third period to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4 in Denver on Saturday night.,Joel Kiviranta and Jonathan Drou...