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Blazers use balanced effort to sink Mavs, Kyrie Irving
Shaedon Sharpe had 23 points and Anfernee Simons added 22 points and eight assists to help the Portland Trail Blazers post a 126-122 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,Deandre Ayton contributed 21 points and 16 rebounds and Deni Avdija recorded 21 points, five assists and ...

Bryson Daily, No. 22 Army cap big season with Independence Bowl win
Bryson Daily rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns, setting a single-season FBS record for scores by a quarterback along the way, as No. 22 Army rolled past Louisiana Tech 27-6 in the Independence Bowl on Saturday in Shreveport, La.,Hayden Reed carried 20 times for a career-high 114 yards and a ...

Flames extend point streak, keep Sharks reeling
Jonathan Huberdau scored twice to lead the visiting Calgary Flames to a 3-1 victory over the struggling San Jose Sharks on Saturday.,Goaltender Dustin Wolf -- who hails from Gilroy, Calif., a half-hour drive from San Jose -- made 21 saves in the win, including a handful late in regulation when the h...

Coach's challenges help 76ers hang on vs. Jazz
Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey each scored 32 points to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 114-111 victory over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Saturday night.,Embiid hit a go-ahead jumper with 1:38 remaining to make it 110-108, and the Sixers then held off the Jazz from the free-throw line in the fi...

Colby Rogers shines as Memphis rolls past No. 16 Ole Miss
Colby Rogers made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 28 points as host Memphis defeated No. 16 Ole Miss 87-70 on Saturday afternoon.,Rogers fouled out and finished one 3-pointer and one point short of his career-highs in both categories, and Memphis never trailed. PJ Haggerty added 17 points, seven reboun...

Nuggets use star power to tackle Pistons
Nikola Jokic scored 37 points, Jamal Murray added 34 and the host Denver Nuggets held off a furious rally in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 134-121 on Saturday night.,Michael Porter Jr. contributed 26 points and Christian Braun scored 10 for Denver, which is 6-0 this season in the se...

No. 22 UCLA edges No. 14 Gonzaga in another classic between rivals
Sebastian Mack made up for a pair of missed late free throws by converting a three-point play with 33 seconds remaining as No. 22 UCLA earned a 65-62 victory over No. 14 Gonzaga on Saturday in the West Coast Hoops Showdown at Inglewood, Calif. ,Eric Dailey Jr. led UCLA with 18 points and shot 4 of 5...

Late interceptions help Rams defeat Cardinals, extend win streak
Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon intercepted a pass in the end zone with 37 seconds left to preserve the Los Angeles Rams' 13-9 win Saturday over the Arizona Cardinals in Inglewood, Calif.,Witherspoon made a diving catch after the ball bounced high off the helmet of Arizona tight end Trey McBride on t...

Jonathan Kuminga has career night off bench as Warriors clip Suns
Reserve Jonathan Kuminga tied a career high with 34 points, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 109-105 win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night in San Francisco. ,Stephen Curry chipped in 22 points for Golden State, while Draymond Green and Trayce Jackson-Davis added 16 apiece. Jackson-Davis ...

No. 17 BYU's defense stymies No. 23 Colorado in Alamo Bowl
No. 17 BYU's stout defensive effort shut down No. 23 Colorado's explosive offense in the Cougars' 36-14 Alamo Bowl win on Saturday night in San Antonio.,The Cougars, who had four sacks and two interceptions, held Colorado to just two rushing yards and 210 yards of total offense. The Buffaloes averag...

Bulls hold off rival Bucks, end modest skid
Josh Giddey returned from a four-game absence to record a 23-point, 15-rebound, 10-assist triple-double, and his go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining in regulation helped the Chicago Bulls beat the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 116-111 on Saturday.,Giddey had been sidelined by a sprained right ankle bu...

Casey Cizikas, Anders Lee each score twice as Islanders top Penguins
Casey Cizikas posted his first two-goal game in more than three years Saturday night, leading the New York Islanders to a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the opener of a back-to-back, home-and-home set in Elmont, N.Y.,The two-goal game was the sixth of Cizikas' career and his first since Mar...

High-scoring Brayden Point leads Lightning past Rangers
Brayden Point scored two goals in a three-point night to tie for the NHL lead in goals, Tampa Bay scored four times on special teams, and the host Lightning pounded the reeling New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night.,Point's 24th goal came in the second period to match Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl for ...

Hurricanes' four-goal third period cools off Devils
The Carolina Hurricanes scored twice in less than 90 seconds in the third period to break a tie and defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday night., ,Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist, Sebastian Aho a goal and an assist and Dmitri Orlov and Jackson Blake also scored for Caroli...

Jalen Brunson drops 55 as Knicks slide by Wizards in OT
Jalen Brunson scored nine of his season-high 55 points in overtime and the visiting New York Knicks extended their season-best winning streak to seven games, beating the Washington Wizards 136-132 on Saturday.,Brunson hit two foul shots in overtime to put the Knicks ahead 134-131 with 4.2 seconds le...

Alex Ovechkin scores in return as Caps take down Leafs
Alex Ovechkin scored into an empty net in his return from a broken fibula and the visiting Washington Capitals defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night.,It was Ovechkin's 869th goal, leaving him just 26 shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894. The Russian superstar missed 1...

Bruins blank Blue Jackets, avenge home-and-home loss
Justin Brazeau scored only 2:29 into the first period, and the Boston Bruins never looked back in a 4-0 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets in the latter game of the teams' home-and-home series on Saturday night.,Morgan Geekie had one goal and one assist, while David Pastrnak and Cole Koepke...

86-yard run carries East Carolina past NC State in Military Bowl
East Carolina's Rahjai Harris broke off a dazzling 86-yard touchdown in the final two minutes of a record-setting night, and the Pirates snapped a three-game losing streak to the North Carolina State Wolfpack with a 26-21 win in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Md, on Saturday.,With East Carolina tra...

Late heroics lift Utah State over No. 20 San Diego State
Tucker Anderson made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.8 seconds left, helping the visiting Utah State Aggies pull off a 67-66 upset of the No. 20 San Diego State Aztecs in their Mountain West Conference matchup on Saturday.,Anderson had 14 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers, while Ian Martin...

Bengals keep playoff hopes alive, survive in OT vs. Broncos
Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes to Tee Higgins, including a game-winning scoring strike with 1:07 left in overtime, to give the host Cincinnati Bengals an electrifying 30-24 win over the Denver Broncos on Saturday. ,Cade York could have given Cincinnati (8-8) the win with 2:43 to go in the e...