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DeMar DeRozan carries Kings to overtime win against Mavs
DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 42 points and made the game-winning floater with 1.9 seconds remaining in overtime, leading the Sacramento Kings to a 129-128 win over the host Dallas Mavericks on Monday.,Klay Thompson buried a deep 3-pointer to give the Mavericks a 128-127 lead with 9.8 seconds r...
Thunder rout Pelicans behind franchise-record 27 3's
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 137-101 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday.,The Thunder extended their winning streak to six games while the Pelicans' losing streak was extended to nine.,During the winning streak, the Thunder have won by ...
Stephen Curry pours in 38 as Warriors best Bucks
Stephen Curry scored 38 points on 12-of-24 shooting from the floor while leading the Golden State Warriors to a 125-111 road win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.,Golden State earned its second win in a row after falling twice in a row. Jimmy Butler added 20 points and nine boards in his sec...
Nets hold off injury-plagued Hornets
Nic Claxton scored 16 points as the Brooklyn Nets took control in the third quarter and earned a 97-89 victory over the Charlotte Hornets Monday night in New York.,Cameron Johnson and Day'Ron Sharpe added 14 apiece as the Nets won for the fifth time in six games since enduring a seven-game losing st...
Celtics overcome slow start to freeze Heat
Jayson Tatum tossed in a game-high 33 points to help the Boston Celtics extend their road winning streak to six games by beating the Miami Heat 103-85 on Monday night.,Tatum, who missed his first five shots, scored 20 points in the third quarter. He was 13 of 26 from the floor and also collected eig...
Spurs use star power to take down Wizards
Victor Wembanyama produced a 31-point, 15-rebound double-double and De'Aaron Fox added 30 points, 12 of them in the fourth quarter, as the visiting San Antonio Spurs defeated the Washington Wizards 131-121 on Monday. ,The Spurs were up by three points at halftime, by four heading into the final quar...
Trae Young ends big day by guiding Hawks past Magic
Trae Young capped a memorable day by scoring 19 points while leading the visiting Hawks to a 112-106 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday, Atlanta's third consecutive victory.,Young made four free throws in the final 24 seconds to ice the outcome. He also had eight assists and five rebounds to help ...
Cavaliers handle Timberwolves in wire-to-wire victory
De'Andre Hunter's Cleveland debut was a rousing success -- even if he didn't have to do much -- as the Cavaliers never trailed in a 128-107 pounding of the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night.,Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards had a game-high 44 before subbing out with 4:45 left and his team ...
No. 23 Clemson notches 20-point win over North Carolina
Viktor Lakhin scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half and No. 23 Clemson kept riding waves of momentum in drubbing visiting North Carolina 85-65 on Monday night.,Chase Hunter added 19 points and Jaeden Zackery poured in 16 points to go with seven rebounds and seven assists for Clemson (20-5, 12...
While Philly celebrates, struggling 76ers try to get right vs. Raptors
While Philadelphia is preparing to host a parade to celebrate its Super Bowl-winning football team, the city's basketball squad isn't giving its fans much to cheer of late.,Losers of three in a row and 12 of their last 17 games, the 76ers will look to change their fortunes on Tuesday when they host ...
Three-time defending champ Iga Swiatek starts strong in Doha
Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland rolled into the third round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open with a 6-3, 6-2 win Monday against Maria Sakkari of Greece.,The second-seeded Swiatek, who had a bye in the first round of the WTA 1000 event in Doha, trailed 3-2 in the first set before s...
Rapids acquire M Ted Ku-DiPietro from D.C. United
The Colorado Rapids acquired midfielder Ted Ku-DiPietro from D.C. United on Monday.,In exchange, D.C. United receives $1.125 million and up to an additional $275,000 based on certain performance metrics, plus a future sell-on percentage.,Ku-DiPietro, 23, tallied seven goals and seven assists in 65 M...
FlyQuest takes lower bracket in Championship of The Americas
FlyQuest won two matches to claim the lower-bracket title at the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles on Sunday.,FlyQuest defeated Team Liquid, and both of those teams have qualified for the Cross-Conference tournament, which will start on Saturday and run...
Eagles stymie Chiefs, fly to 40-22 victory in Super Bowl LIX
NEW ORLEANS -- The Philadelphia Eagles earned their second Super Bowl championship in franchise history Sunday, using two first-half interceptions to build a 24-0 halftime lead and defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 at Super Bowl LIX in the Caesars Superdome.,The Eagles, who had previously won Supe...
Team Vitality claim IEM Katowice grand final
Team Vitality knocked out Team Spirit in three straight maps to win the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event in Poland on Sunday.,Vitality claimed the top prize of $460,000, which was revised upward from $400,000 over the weekend. Spirit pocketed $216,000 as the runner-up.,Vitalit...
Team Liquid, Avidity cruise at OCS NA Stage 1
Team Liquid and Avidity won via sweeps to conclude Week 2 of the Overwatch Champions Series' North American Stage 1 on Sunday.,Liquid's 3-0 victory over Shikigami put them atop the standings at 3-1 (tied with Spacestation Gaming), and Avidity beat Rad Esports by the same score.,The $100,000 tourname...
Yealimi Noh picks up maiden LPGA win at Founders Cup
Yealimi Noh carded a steady 3-under-par 68, and that was enough to pull away from the pack and win the Founders Cup by four shots on Sunday at Bradenton (Fla.) Country Club.,Noh entered the day with a one-stroke edge on South Korea's Jin Young Ko after she rolled in eight birdies in her final 11 hol...
Thomas Detry earns first PGA win at WM Phoenix Open
Belgium's Thomas Detry shot 6-under-par 65 to collect his first PGA Tour victory, winning the WM Phoenix Open on Sunday at TPC Scottsdale Stadium course in Scottsdale, Ariz.,Detry kept improving on his way to a 24-under 260 total and a seven-shot victory, becoming the first Belgian to win a PGA Tour...
WTA roundup: Anastasia Potapova wins Transylvania final
Top seed Anastasia Potapova of Russia claimed the Transylvania Open title in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, defeating unseeded Italian Lucia Bronzetti 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday for her third career WTA title., ,Ran...
Damian Lillard (43 points), Bucks use 3-point barrage to beat 76ers
Damian Lillard scored a season-high 43 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 135-127 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday afternoon.,Lillard added seven rebounds and eight assists for Milwaukee, which played without All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo (strained left calf). Six other B...