By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 26 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves matched a season high with 22 3-pointers in a 123-111 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. Jaden McDaniels scored 21 points including 5 of 5 from 3-point ...
By STEVE STEIN Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Keaton Wagler had 22 points and eight assists and No. 9 Illinois extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 75-66 victory over Washington on Thursday night. David Mirkovic added 19 points and six rebounds and Ben Humrichous had ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal and the Carolina Hurricanes put together one of the most improbable comebacks in NHL history on Thursday night. With three late goals, the Hurricanes became the first team in more than 30 years and third overall to rally ...
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored nine of his 27 points in the final 2:26, and the Nuggets spoiled Michael Porter Jr.'s return to Denver with a 107-103 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night. Porter had a season-high 38 points and grabbed 10 ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored a career-high 40 points, Grayson Allen added 24 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons 114-96 on Thursday night. The Suns kept a comfortable lead through much of the fourth, winning ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Norman Powell scored 21 points, Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Miami Heat held on for a 116-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. Ayo Dosunmu had 23 points to lead the Bulls, who trailed by 13 in the fourth quarter and were down 104-92 with ...
By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Danila Yurov and Vinnie Hinostroza scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild went on to beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Thursday night. Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov scored late in the third period, and Filip Gustavsson made 29 ...
By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Snuggerud scored on a power play with 7.6 seconds left to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over Florida on Thursday night, spoiling Matthew Tkachuk's best game in his return from adductor muscle surgery. Tkachuk, who grew up in ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal's goal with 29.4 seconds left gave the Carolina Hurricanes three goals in the final two minutes for a 5-4 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night. The Hurricanes became the first NHL team in more than 30 years and ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane became the highest-scoring United States-born player in NHL history in the Detroit Red Wings' 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals, who got the decisive goal from Nic Dowd in a shootout on Thursday night. Alex DeBrincat scored ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Bobby Orr's name came up after passing him in the record books, Matthew Schaefer flashed a big grin. "Who's that?" he asked jokingly. Schaefer knows very well who Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin and Phil Housley are, and the new face of ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Hischier scored 42 seconds into overtime to give the Devils a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night after New Jersey's Jack Hughes left the game in the first period and didn't return. Hischier's slap shot from just beyond the left faceoff circle beat ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes left Thursday night's game against Nashville in the first period because of injury and did not return. Coach Sheldon Keefe said it was a lower-body injury and that Hughes would be re-evaluated Friday, but that he did not believe it was ...
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Nick Martinelli scored 34 points and Tre Singleton notched a massive double-double as Northwestern beat Penn State 94-73 on Thursday night. It's the fourth time this season Martinelli has scored 32 points or more. He entered Thursday as the fourth-leading scorer in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyshawn George scored 23 points, Alex Sarr added 16 points and 17 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 109-99 on Thursday night. Amid swirling trade rumors, Milwaukee's two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo missed a second straight game ...
By JOE YERDON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Tuch had his fourth career hat trick to push his season goals total to 22, leading the surging Buffalo Sabres to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Alex Lyon made a season-high 37 saves for his 10th ...
By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 40 points, including the winning layup with 1.3 seconds remaining, Joel Embiid had 37 points and the Philadelphia 76ers rallied to edge the Sacramento Kings 113-111 on Thursday night. Paul George added 15 points for ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Egor Chinakhov and Anthony Mantha scored on rushes in a 31-second span in Pittsburgh's four-goal second period, helping the Penguins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. Connor Dewar scored twice, Ben Kindel and Ryan Shea added ...
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Jamarion Batemon scored 17 points off the bench to lead six Iowa State players in double figures, and the No. 8 Cyclones used an early flurry to take a big lead and go on to a 97-67 victory over Colorado on Thursday night. Iowa State (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) won by 30 ...
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Aryna Sabalenka is really deeply contemplating her Australian Open final rematch with Elena Rybakina, it won't be that breakthrough success in 2023 that she'll be dialing in on. It won't be the other three Grand Slam finals ...