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No. 14 Virginia, Miami set for ACC second-place showdown
Second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference will be on the line Saturday afternoon when Miami visits No. 14 Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.,The Cavaliers (23-3, 11-2 ACC) and the Hurricanes (21-5, 10-3) trail only No. 3 Duke in the league standings.,Virginia is 12-1 at home and is riding a seven-...

No. 19 Vanderbilt hosts rival Tennessee in much-anticipated clash
No. 19 Vanderbilt hosts in-state rival Tennessee on Saturday in Nashville for one of the most significant recent matchups in the 104-year history of the series.,Vanderbilt (21-5, 8-5 Southeastern Conference) enters the game looking up at the Vols (19-7, 9-4), in a three-way tie for second place. If ...

Under new leadership, St. Louis City focus on Charlotte FC
Yoann Damet will make his debut as a permanent manager on Saturday when he leads St. Louis City against visiting Charlotte FC in both teams' season opener.,The 35-year-old Frenchman was previously twice an interim manager at FC Cincinnati, promoted from his role as assistant both times at a club tha...

Bennedict Mathurin (38) lifts Clippers to tight win over Nuggets
Bennedict Mathurin scored a season-high 38 points in his home debut for the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard added 23 in a 115-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday at Inglewood, Calif.,Derrick Jones Jr. produced 22 points and John Collins had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippe...

Ready or not, banged-up Thunder open stretch run vs. Nets
The Oklahoma City Thunder could have used a longer break.,With the All-Star break over, the reigning NBA champions remain without three key players as they take the court Friday at home against the Brooklyn Nets.,Oklahoma City announced Thursday that stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams,...

Battling Hawks amid playoff race, Heat may get Tyler Herro back
The Miami Heat hope to get a boost to their playoff hopes when Tyler Herro returns to the lineup, possibly as soon as Friday when they visit the Atlanta Hawks for their first game after the All-Star break.,Herro has missed 45 games because of assorted injuries -- the first 17 with an offseason ankle...

Young players take center stage as Pacers face Wizards again
The injury report could be miles long when the Washington Wizards face the visiting Indiana Pacers for the second time in as many days on Friday.,With so many players sidelined, both teams are giving their young players extended playing time. Indiana forward Jarace Walker, for one, appears determine...

Can Hornets rediscover mojo against white-hot Cavs?
The Charlotte Hornets had been on a special run before the All-Star break. But not as special as the one the Cleveland Cavaliers are putting together.,The Cavaliers will show up in Charlotte for Friday night's game riding a season-high six-game winning streak and winners of 11 of their last 12 games...

Magic set 3-pointer mark, send Kings to record 15th straight loss
Paolo Banchero scored 30 points and the Orlando Magic set a franchise record with 27 3-pointers while routing the host Sacramento Kings 131-94 on Thursday night.,Sacramento set a franchise record with its 15th consecutive loss. The former Cincinnati Royals twice had 14-game skids -- in the 1959-60 a...

Jaylen Brown, Celtics run host Warriors off the floor in rout
Jaylen Brown collected 23 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists to lead the visiting Boston Celtics to a 121-110 triumph over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night in San Francisco.,It was Brown's third triple-double of the season and the sixth of his career.,Payton Pritchard came off the bench t...

Spurs pick on short-handed Suns, earn 7th straight win
Stephon Castle scored 20 points as the San Antonio Spurs owned the middle two quarters and dominated the short-handed Phoenix Suns 121-94 on Thursday in Austin, Texas, to win their seventh straight game.,San Antonio led by a dozen points at halftime before all but putting away the game by outscoring...

Spurs capitalize on Suns' shortcomings, win 7th straight
Stephon Castle scored 20 points as the San Antonio Spurs owned the middle two periods and dominated the short-handed Phoenix Suns 121-94 on Thursday in Austin, Texas, to win their seventh straight game., ,San Antonio led by a dozen points at halftime before all but putting away the game by outscorin...

Brandon Ingram scores 31 as Raptors take down Bulls again
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points to fuel the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 110-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.,Ingram added eight rebounds and six assists to help the Raptors defeat the Bulls for the second time this month. He scored 33 points in Toronto's 123-107 home victory over Ch...

Sporting KC trade F Daniel Salloi to Toronto
Toronto FC finalized a deal to acquire Hungarian winger Daniel Salloi from Sporting Kansas City on Thursday.,In exchange, Sporting KC received $300,000 in general allocation money and $700,000 in add-ons. Kansas City also would get a portion of the proceeds if Toronto moves Salloi to another club.,T...

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Galaxy draw in first leg at Panama
Joseph Paintsil's 68th-minute goal allowed the Los Angeles Galaxy to salvage a 1-1 draw against Sporting San Miguelito on Thursday in the opening leg of a first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series at Penonome, Panama.,The finale of the two-game, total-goal series is scheduled for Wednesday in Carson...

Behind Cade Cunningham's 42, Pistons complete season sweep of Knicks
Cade Cunningham totaled 42 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the Detroit Pistons pulled away in the second half and completed a season sweep of the host New York Knicks with a 126-111 victory on Thursday.,Detroit won the three meetings by a combined 84 points, improving its winning streak vs....

Suns star Devin Booker (hip) exits game vs. Spurs
Phoenix All-Star guard Devin Booker left Thursday's game against the San Antonio Spurs in Austin, Texas, in the second quarter with right hip soreness, per a Suns spokesman.,Booker was replaced with 2:35 remaining in the first half by Isaiah Livers. Before exiting, he scored five points on 2-for-6 s...

Rebounds key to No. 9 Nebraska rebounding versus Penn State
One of the last teams in the country to suffer its first loss, No. 9 Nebraska will try to get back to its winning ways when it hosts last-place Penn State in a Big Ten Conference game on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.,Since starting 20-0, the Cornhuskers (22-4, 11-4) have dropped four of six to...

Jalen Johnson puts up 32 as Hawks power past 76ers
Jalen Johnson recorded 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the Atlanta Hawks posted a 117-107 road win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday.,In both teams' first game following the All-Star break, Atlanta snapped a three-game skid despite 43.2% shooting from the field and a 10-of-32 showin...

Joe Gibbs Racing files $8M lawsuit against ex-competition director
Joe Gibbs Racing, in a lawsuit filed Thursday in the Western District of North Carolina, accused its former competition director, Chris Gabehart, of sharing confidential information and trade secrets with a competing team.,The suit seeks damages of at least $8 million.,Gabehart put in 13 years at JG...