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Knights' Bruce Cassidy gets milestone win against Ducks
Tomas Hertl scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and also had an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights completed a four-game regular-season series sweep of the Anaheim Ducks with a 3-1 victory on Monday in Las Vegas.,The victory was the 119th for coach Bruce Cassidy with the Golden ...
Pacers contain Stephen Curry, Warriors
Pascal Siakam gave Indiana the lead for good with a three-point play with 4:43 remaining, Andrew Nembhard harassed Stephen Curry into a poor shooting night and the Pacers earned a 111-105 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Monday in San Francisco. ,The Pacers, playing the tail end of a back-t...
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe scores 23 as Seattle stuns Washington
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe had a game-high 23 points and 16 rebounds and John Christofilis scored 21 as Seattle University defeated host Washington 79-70 Monday night in the Battle for Seattle.,Houran Dan and Paris Dawson had 10 points apiece for the Redhawks (5-8), who snapped an 18-game losing s...
Nebraska takes care of Hawaii, advances to tournament championship game
Brice Williams scored 21 of his game-high 32 points in the second half Monday night as Nebraska advanced to the finals of the Diamond Head Classic with a 69-55 win over Hawaii in Honolulu.,Juwan Gary added 21 for the Cornhuskers (9-2), who will play Oregon State on Wednesday in the championship game...
Nikola Jokic powers for 32 as Nuggets thrash Suns
Nikola Jokic scored 32 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 24 points on 10-for-12 shooting, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 117-90 on Monday night.,Aaron Gordon contributed 12 points and Russell Westbrook scored 11 apiece for the Nuggets, who have won five of their past six games. Den...
Elias Pettersson tallies twice as Canucks nip Sharks
Elias Pettersson scored twice and Quinn Hughes added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks edged the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Monday night.,Brock Boeser and Kiefer Sherwood also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a three-game skid (0-1-2) and won for the second time in six outings (2-2-2).,Th...
Casey DeSmith, Stars hold off Utah Hockey Club
Casey DeSmith made 24 saves in his first start since Dec. 2, helping the Dallas Stars end a two-game skid with a 3-2 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,DeSmith's previous start also came at Utah, when he made 36 saves in a 2-1 win. Jake Oettinger started the next eig...
Packers shut out Saints, wrap up playoff berth
Jordan Love threw a touchdown pass, the Green Bay defense dominated and the Packers clinched a playoff berth by beating the visiting New Orleans Saints 34-0 on Monday night.,Love passed for 182 yards, three teammates rushed for touchdowns and the Packers (11-4) scored touchdowns on their first three...
Luka Doncic leads Mavs to easy win over Blazers
Luka Doncic paired a game-high 27 points with seven assists and seven rebounds, helping lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 132-108 rout of the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Monday.,Daniel Gafford added 23 points off the bench on 7-for-7 shooting while Kyrie Irving scored 20 for Dallas, which won it...
Jonathan Marchessault pushes Predators past Hurricanes
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist and the Nashville Predators have won back-to-back games for the first time since October by defeating the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Monday night in the final game before a three-day holiday break.,Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly and Mark Jank...
Strong finish helps Clippers end Grizzlies' home win streak
Norman Powell scored 29 points, including four in the final minute, and Ivica Zubac had 20 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 114-110 victory at Memphis on Monday, snapping the Grizzlies' eight-game home winning streak.,Powell's 15-footer with 25.4 seconds left broke a 110-...
Wild edge Blackhawks to halt 4-game skid
Brock Faber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov, Jared Spurgeon and Marcus Foligno each added one goal for Minnesota, which snapped a four-game losing streak....
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander puts up 41 as Thunder top Wizards
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overcame a slow start to score 41 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder powered to a 123-105 home win over the Washington Wizards on Monday.,The Thunder extended their regular-season winning streak to eight, their longest winning streak since January 2018.,Oklahoma City hasn't ...
Sabres snap 13-game skid with emphatic win over Islanders
Beck Malenstyn scored just 2:07 into the game Monday night for the visiting Buffalo Sabres, who never trailed as they snapped a 13-game losing streak by routing the New York Islanders 7-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,Jiri Kulich posted his first career two-goal game while Rasmus Dahlin collected a career-high fo...
Bench production helps Hawks knock off Wolves
Reserve Garrison Mathews scored a season-high 25 points and tied a career high with seven 3-pointers to help the Atlanta Hawks defeat the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 117-104 on Monday. ,Mathews went 7-for-8 from the field -- all 3-point attempts -- and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line as Atlanta...
Bucks hammer Bulls despite two top scorers missing
Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez scored 21 points apiece and Bobby Portis had a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds to boost the visiting Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-91 win against the Chicago Bulls on Monday.,Milwaukee won for the sixth time in seven games despite missing its top two scorers. ...
Cavaliers share scoring load in victory over Jazz
Darius Garland scored 23 and was one of four Cleveland Cavaliers with at least 20 points in a 124-113 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Monday night.,Donovan Mitchell added 22 points, Evan Mobley scored 22 with 10 rebounds and three blocks, and Utah native Sam Merrill contributed season highs i...
OG Anunoby keys hot shooting night as Knicks dump Raptors
OG Anunoby scored 31 points on 13-of-15 shooting from the floor against his former team as the New York Knicks cruised to their fourth consecutive win with 139-125 defeat of the visiting Toronto Raptors on Monday.,Anunoby, a member of the Raptors from 2017 until his trade to New York last season, hi...
Hot-shooting Heat top Nets to snap three-game skid
Bam Adebayo had 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as the Miami Heat snapped a three-game losing skid with a 110-95 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Monday.,Nikola Jovic scored a season-high 18 points and Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro added 17 apiece for Miami, which bounced back af...
Short-handed Magic fend off Jaylen Brown, Celtics
Tristan da Silva scored a team-high 18 points and the Orlando Magic overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to beat the visiting Boston Celtics 108-104 on Monday.,The Celtics were within one point until da Silva capped the scoring by making a 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds to play. The Magic received 17 po...