Recap Page 5 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Lakers ride 39-point 3rd quarter to surge past Clippers
Austin Reaves scored 28 points and added nine assists while Luka Doncic recorded 23 points as the Los Angeles Lakers used a third-quarter surge to stay perfect through two games with a 125-117 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.,Walker Kessler scored 22 points, Ziaire Williams ...
Alperen Sengun, Rockets win physical battle against rival Spurs
Alperen Sengun pounded his way to 29 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, as the Houston Rockets ground out a 114-110 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Austin, Texas.,The Rockets led by three at halftime and four after three quarters. San Antonio rallied to take a 104-103 lead on Dy...
Jaren Jackson Jr., Jazz eke out home-opening win over Pelicans
Jaren Jackson Jr. logged 24 points and 10 rebounds and Keyonte George added 19 points and 10 assists to rally the Utah Jazz to a 120-119 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday in Salt Lake City.,Utah rookie Darryn Peterson scored 15 points, including two go-ahead free throws with 50.5 secon...
Nathan MacKinnon's 4-point night powers Avs past Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists, Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 31 shots, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Denver on Friday night.,Martin Necas had a goal and two assists, Artturi Lehkonen and Devon Toews each collected a goal and an assist, and Nazem Kad...
Brewers survive harrowing 9th to edge Rays in World Series opener
MILWAUKEE -- Jacob Misiorowski allowed one run over five gritty innings and closer Trevor Megill stranded the tying run at third base to preserve the Milwaukee Brewers' 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night in the opening game of the World Series.,Milwaukee, whose only other World Seri...
Jake Evans tallies twice, adds assist as Canadiens topple Blackhawks
Jake Evans produced two goals and an assist and Jacob Fowler stopped 20 shots, lifting the visiting Montreal Canadiens to a 4-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.,Kaiden Guhle added a goal and assist to help Montreal earn its first road victory since opening night. Mike Matheson also ...
Pistons jump out to big lead, hand Heat second straight loss
John Collins scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Paul Reed finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 128-111 victory over the host Miami Heat on Friday night.,The Pistons (2-0) led wire to wire after scoring the game's first 11 points and built a lead of a...
Duke uses RB Nate Sheppard’s TD pass to slip past Virginia
Running back Nate Sheppard threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Brody Keefe with 1:14 remaining and Duke pulled out a 19-16 victory against Virginia on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va.,Sheppard, who has been one of the leading rushers in the country, was held to 55 yards on 15 carries but instead u...
Mavericks beat Pacers as Cooper Flagg leaves with shoulder soreness
Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 24 points as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Indiana Pacers 121-105 on Friday in Indianapolis, but the victory was overshadowed by a left shoulder injury to Cooper Flagg.,With 59.7 seconds left in the second quarter, Aaron Nesmith challenged Flagg's dunk attempt fro...
Jayson Tatum puts up 36 as Celtics send Knicks to second straight loss
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 36 points, including nine late in the fourth quarter, as the Boston Celtics withstood a late comeback bid by the visiting New York Knicks to escape with a 107-103 victory on Friday.,Tatum finished with nine rebounds and seven assists for the Celtics, who have split th...
Timberwolves cruise past Magic to sweep Florida road trip
Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels scored 15 points apiece, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 115-93 win over the host Orlando Magic on Friday night.,Rudy Gobert added 14 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, which won its second game in a row to start the season. Ayo Dosunmu finished w...
Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett fuel Raptors past Wizards
Scottie Barnes collected 28 points and 14 rebounds and RJ Barrett added 23 and nine, respectively, lifting the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 112-102 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday.,Barnes made 12 of 26 shots from the floor to offset eight turnovers for the Raptors, who never trailed i...
Hot-shooting Hawks set franchise mark with 47-point rout of Hornets
Jalen Johnson and reserve Aaron Wiggins each scored 19 points as visiting Atlanta blew out the Charlotte Hornets 128-81 on Friday, the biggest margin of victory in Hawks history.,The 47-point gap topped the old record of 46 points set in a 126-80 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Nov 15,...
Sammy Smith wins Truck Race at Talladega, Kaden Honeycutt extends lead
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Only a few hours after announcing he'll be competing full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next year, Sammy Smith went out and delivered a strong message to the competition -- leading the final lap of overtime to claim the win in Friday afternoon's Love's RV Stop 225 on t...
Bulls storm back from early deficit to beat Bucks
Norman Powell scored 25 points and rookie Caleb Wilson added 21 on Friday to help the visiting Chicago Bulls earn a 132-125 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.,Leonard Miller had 19 points, while Jalen Smith chipped in 14 points and 13 rebounds for Chicago, which rebounded after suffering a 43-point l...
Darren Clarke takes early lead in Schwab Cup playoff opener
A double bogey did not deter Darren Clarke from setting the pace at the Stifel Charity Classic, as the Northern Irishman captured the first-round lead at the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs opener on Friday in St. Louis.,Clarke rattled off nine birdies in his opening round at Norwood Hills Country Club,...
Kensei Hirata joins Chandler Blanchet atop Bermuda leaderboard
Kensei Hirata of Japan fired a 7-under-par 64 on Friday to join Chandler Blanchet atop the leaderboard halfway through the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda.,Hirata and Blanchet are tied at 13-under 129 after two rounds at Port Royal Golf Course. Blanchet held the first-round ...
Haeran Ryu holds 2-shot lead at BMW Ladies Championship
Two eagles carried two-time major winner Haeran Ryu to a two-stroke lead on Friday after two rounds of the BMW Ladies Championship in Haenam-gun, South Korea.,Ryu eagled both par-5 holes on the front none and added four birdies on the back to card an 8-under 64, moving her to 13-under for the tourna...
Team Yandex roll to opening victory at PARI Universe Dota 2 event
Team Yandex needed just 70 minutes to complete a two-map sweep of GamerLegion as the PARI Universe tournament got underway on Thursday.,All of opening-day action ended with 2-0 wins. Joining Team Yandex with a victory in Group A, Team Liquid took down 1w Team. In Group B, Team Spirit topped LEGION, ...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's record 20-point streak ends as Thunder beat Nuggets
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored just 17 points to snap an NBA-record streak, but the Oklahoma City Thunder knocked off the Denver Nuggets 96-84 at home Thursday.,Gilgeous-Alexander had scored 20 or more points in an NBA-record 141 consecutive games. He hadn't been held below 20 points in the regular...