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Pacers prevail as Suns' Devin Booker leaves with groin injury
Pascal Siakam recorded 25 points and a season-best 18 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 120-111 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.,Myles Turner and Andrew Nembhard added 19 points apiece for Indiana, which has matched its season best with a three-game winning streak. Benned...
Clippers finish strong to knock off injury-depleted Mavericks
Norman Powell scored 29 points, Ivica Zubac posted a double-double of 21 points and 15 rebounds, and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers raced past the injury-depleted Dallas Mavericks 118-95 on Thursday night.,Los Angeles, playing the first of two straight games in Dallas, broke a stalemate that last...
Blackhawks turn back Kraken for season-high third straight win
Ilya Mikheyev scored twice and Teuvo Teravainen had two assists to back a 27-save effort from Arvid Soderblom as the Chicago Blackhawks topped the visiting Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Thursday for their season-best third win in a row.,Mikheyev continued a torrid stretch in which he has scored four goals i...
Chargers overtake Broncos, inch closer to playoff berth
Justin Herbert passed for 284 yards and two touchdowns, Gus Edwards ran for two scores and the Los Angeles Chargers closed in on a playoff spot by rallying for a 34-27 victory over the Denver Broncos on Thursday in Inglewood, Calif.,Ladd McConkey had six receptions for 87 yards and Cameron Dicker ma...
Spurs make key plays late to down Hawks in OT
Victor Wembanyama racked up 42 points and Chris Paul had a key four-point play late in regulation and a decisive 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in overtime as the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the visiting Atlanta Hawks 133-126 on Thursday.,With Atlanta up by three points late in regulation, Paul sank...
5 takeaways vs. Ga. Southern propel Sam Houston to first bowl win
Sam Houston tied a New Orleans Bowl record with five takeaways, and Hunter Watson accounted for three touchdowns as the school got its first bowl victory since moving to FBS in 2022, beating Georgia Southern 31-26 on Thursday.,Watson completed 23 of 28 passes, including 14 straight completions in th...
Bryan Rust scores first, last as Penguins nip Predators in OT
Bryan Rust's second goal of the night came 1:07 into overtime and capped his four-point night, Sidney Crosby had a goal with three assists, and the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the host Nashville Predators 5-4 on Thursday.,Rust, who opened the scoring for Pittsburgh, ended it when he snapped a wide-ope...
Jalen Green, Rockets get jump on Pelicans, win in rout
Jalen Green scored 22 of his game-high 34 points in the third quarter as the host Houston Rockets built upon a first-quarter run to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans 133-113 on Thursday.,The Rockets opened the third period with a 15-3 blitz en route to an 81-55 lead, their largest of the night, with G...
Grizzlies put historic 51-point beatdown on Warriors
Santi Aldama scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Memphis Grizzlies, who drained a franchise-best 27 3-pointers and shot 54 percent to overwhelm the visiting Golden State Warriors 144-93 on Thursday.,It was the second-biggest win in terms of margin in Grizzlies history, trailing only a 1...
Cameron Johnson pours in points late, lifts Nets past Raptors
Cameron Johnson had 33 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and the visiting Brooklyn Nets came back to defeat the Toronto Raptors 101-94 on Thursday night.,Johnson scored 13 points in the final 2:24 to help the Nets end a three-game losing streak and extend Toronto's losses to six straight.,Toronto ...
4-goal third period shoots Kings past Flyers
Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala each scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings tallied four goals in the third period in a 7-3 victory over the host Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday., ,Warren Foegele added a goal and an assist for Los Angeles, which improved to 3-1-1 on its season-long seven-game road trip...
Wizards pick up rare win as Hornets' struggles continue
Malcolm Brogdon scored 25 points in his return as the Washington Wizards downed the Charlotte Hornets 123-114 on Thursday night.,Brogdon, who came off the bench and also had six assists in 27 minutes, had missed the last four games with a strained hamstring. ,It was just the Wizards' second win in t...
Jordan Pope puts up 42 as Texas blasts New Orleans
Jordan Pope scored a career-high 42 points, including eight straight that blew open the game in the middle of the second half, as Texas rolled to a 98-62 win over New Orleans on Thursday in Austin, Texas.,The Longhorns (10-2) led by 16 points at halftime and were up 60-47 eight minutes into the seco...
Wizards pick up rare win, extend Hornets' skid to 12
Malcolm Brogdon scored 25 points in his return as the Washington Wizards extended the visiting Charlotte Hornets' losing streak to 12 with a 123-114 win Thursday night.,Brogdon, who came off the bench and played 27 minutes, had missed the last four games with a strained hamstring. Teammate Bilal Cou...
Bulls pull away from Celtics in feisty fourth quarter
Zach LaVine tossed in a game-high 36 points and Nikola Vucevic added 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead the visiting Chicago Bulls to a 117-108 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.,Chicago outscored Boston 35-22 in the fourth quarter, when three technical fouls were called on the Celtic...
Jazz knock off Pistons to end three-game skid
Collin Sexton had a season-high 30 points and the visiting Utah Jazz snapped a three-game losing streak with a 126-119 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.,Keyonte George had 28 points, while Lauri Markkanen supplied 27 points and 14 rebounds. John Collins chipped in 16 points and nine re...
Lightning win season-best 4th straight, topping Blues
Nikita Kucherov extended his points streak to nine games, Gage Goncalves scored his first goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning set a season-high with their fourth straight win, 3-1, over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.,Kucherov posted two second-period assists to give him 20 points (thre...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35 points), Thunder turn back Magic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 of his game-high 35 points in the first half, helping guide the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-99 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday.,Isaiah Hartenstein chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder, who won their sixth straight (the NBA Cup fina...
Blue Jackets cool off Devils, snap 5-game skid
Elvis Merzlikins made 41 saves for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 4-2 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Thursday.,Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist and Kirill Marchenko had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a five-game losing streak (0-3-2).,Luke Hughes had a goal and ...
Georgia pours in 100 points in blowout of Buffalo
Asa Newell and De'Shayne Montgomery scored 16 points apiece, helping lead Georgia to a 100-49 rout of Buffalo on Thursday in Athens, Ga.,Silas Demary Jr. added 13 points for the Bulldogs (10-1), who extended their winning streak to five games. Savo Drezgic chipped in 11, and Blue Cain contributed 10...