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Nuggets notch record-setting, 54-point rout of Trail Blazers
Nikola Jokic recorded 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in three quarters and the Denver Nuggets rolled to a record-setting 157-103 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.,The 157 points were the most scored by an NBA team this season. It was the sixth-highest single-g...

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard (ankle soreness) exits vs. Lakers
Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard departed Friday's 125-122 road loss against the Los Angeles Lakers with 5:10 remaining while dealing with left ankle soreness, the team announced., ,Leonard finished with 31 points for his 35th consecutive game with at least 20 points., ,Leonard, w...

Top 25 roundup: No. 18 SLU tops VCU, which ends with 4 on court
Kellen Thames scored 16 points and made five steals as No. 18 Saint Louis rallied past visiting VCU 88-75 on Friday night in a testy game that featured a fight and extensive ejections in the closing seconds when the result was in hand.,The Rams' Nyk Lewis stole the ball in the final second and was k...

Vitality, The MongolZ, MOUZ, PARAVISION in semis of PGL Cluj-Napoca playoffs
Team Vitality, The MongolZ, MOUZ and PARAVISION won their single-elimination quarterfinal matches on Friday in the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 playoffs Friday in Romania.,The $625,000 Counter-Strike 2 tournament began Feb. 14 with 16 teams and concludes Sunday with the winning team taking home a top prize ...

No. 18 Saint Louis beats VCU after chaotic, ejection-filled ending
Kellen Thames scored 16 points and made five steals as No. 18 Saint Louis rallied past visiting VCU 88-75 on Friday night in a testy game that featured a fight and extensive ejections in the closing seconds when the result was in hand.,The Billikens (25-1, 13-1 Atlantic 10) trailed by 14 in the firs...

Team Liquid stave off elimination again at LCS Lock-In
Team Liquid remained in contention with a 3-0 sweep of Disguised in the first lower-bracket quarterfinal of the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Los Angeles on Friday.,After finishing sixth (out of eight teams) in the Swiss Stage and winning the last-chance tiebreaker match, Liquid again s...

NBA roundup: Cavaliers dump Hornets for 7th straight win
Donovan Mitchell's 32 points and Jarrett Allen's 26 points carried the Cleveland Cavaliers as they extended their season-best winning streak to seven games by beating the host Charlotte Hornets 118-113 on Friday.,James Harden had a strong second half and finished with 18 points and eight assists whi...

Anthony Edwards (40 points), Wolves too strong for Mavs
Anthony Edwards scored 40 points on 16-for-30 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 122-111 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert notched a double-double with 22 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row as it returne...

Top 25 roundup: No. 18 Saint Louis bounces back with win over VCU
Kellen Thames scored 16 points and made five steals as No. 18 Saint Louis rallied past visiting VCU 88-75 on Friday night to remain atop the Atlantic 10 standings.,The Billikens (25-1, 13-1 A-10) trailed by 14 in the first half before outscoring the Rams (21-7, 12-3) by a 55-33 margin in the second ...

Second-quarter spurt propels Thunder past Nets
Jared McCain scored 21 off the bench and Chet Holmgren had 15 points and seven rebounds to help lift the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-86 home win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.,The Thunder won for the third time in four games, while the Nets have lost three straight and six of thei...

ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz, Arthur Fils set for Doha final
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz remained undefeated on the season, advancing to the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over defending champion Andrey Rublev on Friday in Doha.,Alcaraz, a 22-year-old Spaniard who completed the career Grand Slam three weeks ago at the Australian Open...

Luke Skaljac, unbeaten No. 22 Miami (Ohio) handle Bowling Green
Luke Skaljac racked up 24 points and Eian Elmer supplied 21 as No. 22 Miami (Ohio) kept the only perfect record in Division I men's basketball intact with a 91-77 win over Bowling Green on Friday in Oxford, Ohio.,Skaljac shot 5 of 10 from 3-point range and Elmer went 5 of 8 to account for most of Mi...

Bucks' surge continues in win vs. overmatched Pelicans
Cam Thomas and Ryan Rollins each scored 27 points and Kevin Porter Jr. added 25, fueling the visiting Milwaukee Bucks to a 139-118 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.,Thomas sank 11 of 17 shots from the floor in 21 minutes off the bench. ,Rollins drained a career-high seven 3-pointers a...

Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves too strong for Mavs
Anthony Edwards scored 40 points on 16-for-30 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 122-111 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert notched a double-double with 22 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row as it returne...

No. 7 Purdue's balance, hot shooting sink rival Indiana
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Fletcher Loyer and Omer Mayer each added 18 as No. 7 Purdue routed visiting Indiana 93-64 on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Purdue (22-5, 12-4 Big Ten), which has won five of its last six, never trailed while sending Indiana (17-10, 8-8) to its second straight ...

After historic debut, San Diego FC opens '26 vs. CF Montreal
After a stunning inaugural season, San Diego FC won't take anybody by surprise in its second MLS campaign.,San Diego FC begins defense of its Western Conference regular-season title when it hosts CF Montreal on Saturday night.,MLS Best XI midfielder Anders Dreyer will lead San Diego after being an M...

Quakes open vs. SKC, hope for big things in Year 2 under Bruce Arena
After narrowly missing the MLS Cup playoffs, the San Jose Earthquakes are hoping history repeats itself when it comes to head coach Bruce Arena heading into Saturday night's season opener with visiting Sporting Kansas City.,The Earthquakes are the fifth MLS team coached by the 74-year-old Arena, a f...

Tyler Herro stars in return as Heat earn key win vs. Hawks
Tyler Herro returned from a lengthy injury to score 24 points and lead the visiting Miami Heat to a 128-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.,Herro had missed 15 straight games with a fractured rib, the latest in a series of injuries that caused him to miss 45 games this season. He came off the b...

Grizzlies put eight in double figures en route to win over Jazz
Olivier-Maxence Prosper scored 23 points and GG Jackson added 20 as the Memphis Grizzlies rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit to defeat the visiting Utah Jazz 123-114 and snap a four-game losing streak Friday. ,Javon Small contributed 16 points, Jaylen Wells had 13 and Lawson Lovering (11 p...

Recent addition Alondes Williams leads Wizards past Pacers
Alondes Williams posted career highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds off the bench as the Washington Wizards completed a two-game sweep of the visiting Indiana Pacers with a 131-118 win on Friday.,Sharife Cooper scored 18 points, Tre Johnson and Tristan Vukcevic added 14 apiece and Bilal Coulibaly had ...