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Lakers win as Luka Doncic nets 45 in return to Dallas
Luka Doncic scored 31 of his 45 points in the first half of his highly anticipated Dallas homecoming as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Mavericks 112-97 on Wednesday.,Doncic's 46th career 40-point game was complemented by eight rebounds and six assists, while connecting on 16 of 28 from...

Lakers' Luka Doncic expects emotional evening in his return to Dallas
The eyes of the basketball world will be on Dallas on Wednesday night when Luka Doncic visits for the first time since the Mavericks and Lakers pulled off a blockbuster trade on Feb. 2 to send the superstar guard to Los Angeles.,Anthony Davis, the other centerpiece of the trade, will make his Maveri...

James Reimer stops 33 shots as Sabres blank Hurricanes
James Reimer made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season and the 31st of his career in the host Buffalo Sabres' 3-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.,Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka scored for the Sabres (35-36-6, 76 points), who won their fifth straight game. Reimer a...

Sabres' Tage Thompson aims to keep hot streak going vs. Canes
While a more prominent jumbo-sized sniper has been setting records and getting a lot of attention lately, Tage Thompson is quietly on an impressive run himself.,The Buffalo Sabres' 6-foot-6, 220-pound center had seven goals in his last four games going into Tuesday night's contest against the visiti...

Yankees bring back RHP Adam Ottavino
The New York Yankees signed veteran right-hander Adam Ottavino to a major league contract on Monday, days after designating the 39-year-old for assignment. ,The team added Ottavino to the 25-man roster and optioned LHP Brent Headrick to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ,The Yankees DFA'd Ottavino to ...

Clippers keep pace in West, wipe out Mavericks
James Harden and Kawhi Leonard each scored 29 points as the Los Angeles Clippers finished off a convincing 135-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif.,Ivica Zubac added 25 points with 10 rebounds for the Clippers (46-32), who improved to 11-2 since March 12, while winn...

David Pastrnak's hat trick, 5-point night carry Bruins past Hurricanes
David Pastrnak recorded a hat trick and season-high five points as the Boston Bruins ended their 10-game losing streak with an emphatic 5-1 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.,Pastrnak finished off the trick when he took Morgan Geekie's cross-ice pass and slithered to the fr...

Clippers may sit Kawhi Leonard in rematch with Mavericks
The Los Angeles Clippers will continue their quest for a top-six spot in the Western Conference when they face the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night at Inglewood, Calif., for the second consecutive night., ,The Clippers (45-32) earned an impressive 114-91 victory over the Mavericks on Friday to win...

Hurricanes prepare for playoffs as Bruins struggle for wins
The Carolina Hurricanes will look for a bounce-back performance as they continue their playoff preparation, visiting the Boston Bruins for the first and only time this season on Saturday night.,It's the second night of a back-to-back for the Hurricanes.,Carolina (46-25-4, 96 points) took a 5-3 Frida...

Clippers blow out Mavericks, jockey for playoff berth
Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and sparked a key early run as the Los Angeles Clippers sailed past the Dallas Mavericks 114-91 on Friday night in Inglewood, Calif.,The Clippers have won 10 of their last 12 games. Ivica Zubac and Norman Powell each had 14 points for Los Angeles. The Mavericks scored the...

Red Wings slow Hurricanes, gain ground in wild-card race
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.,Ben Chiarot, Marco Kasper, Patrick Kane and Michael Rasmussen also scored for Detroit. Dylan Larkin logged two assists, and Cam Talbot made 30 saves.,The Red Wings (35-...

Patrick Reed up by two at LIV Golf Miami
Despite a double bogey on his closing hole, Patrick Reed shot a 5-under-par 67 and grabbed the first-round lead at LIV Golf Miami on Friday at Trump National Doral.,Reed began his round on the 10th hole and put seven birdies on his card, reaching 7 under with a tap-in at the par-5 eighth. But at the...

Hurricanes F Andrei Svechnikov out for 4-game road trip
Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov will miss the team's four-game road trip with an undisclosed injury.,Head coach Rod Brind'Amour said Friday that Svechnikov's absence is for precautionary reasons.,Svechnikov, 25, missed seven games last month with an upper-body injury.,He ranks fourth o...

Anthony Davis returns to Los Angeles as Mavs visit Clippers
Two months after the NBA trade panned around the world, Anthony Davis makes his return to Los Angeles on Friday night as the Dallas Mavericks open a two-game set against the Clippers.,Davis, traded by the Los Angeles Lakers to Dallas on Feb. 2, has only played six games with the Mavs (38-39) because...

Rising Hurricanes arrive with Red Wings needing big finish
Essentially, the Detroit Red Wings are in playoff mode now because they can't afford many more losses -- if any at all.,With eight games remaining, the Red Wings are on the outside looking in at the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Therefore, Friday's home game against a Carolina Hurricanes team ...

Anthony Davis' late hoop rescues Mavs against Hawks
Anthony Davis made a go-ahead floater with 3.4 seconds left on Wednesday, helping the Dallas Mavericks post a 120-118 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks.,The Hawks trailed by 115-110 with just over three minutes left before Onyeka Okongwu scored five points on an 8-0 Atlanta run. His hook shot ...

Alex Ovechkin pulls within 2 of goal mark in Caps' loss to Hurricanes
Alex Ovechkin scored his 892nd goal to move with three of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record in the Washington Capitals' 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.,Ovechkin scored during a five-on-three power play at 19:25 of the second period to pull the Capitals with 4-1.,J...

Hawks work toward improving postseason seeding as they visit Mavericks
Coming off a disappointing first half of a back-to-back set, the Atlanta Hawks will look to hold steady in the Eastern Conference play-in race when they visit the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.,Atlanta (36-39) enters play having lost three of its past four games, including Tuesday's 127-113 home set...

Alex Ovechkin, Capitals face hot Hurricanes in key clash
The Carolina Hurricanes will look to cut into their gap with the Washington Capitals when the teams meet on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes (45-24-4, 94 points) have won 11 of their last 13 games to move within 11 points of the Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals (48-17-9, 105 poi...

Angels' Kyle Hendricks takes aim at familiar foe in Cards
The St. Louis Cardinals will see a familiar nemesis in an unfamiliar uniform when they host the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.,Longtime Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks will start for the Angels in the middle contest of a three-game interleague series in St. Louis. He went 4-12 with a 5.92 ...