34+ min ago (455+ words) DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points and the Sacramento Kings recovered from a 10-point deficit late in regulation to post a 117-112 overtime victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Keegan Murray recorded 26 points and a career-best 15 rebounds and Malik Monk added 22 points off the bench for the Kings, who won their second straight game after an eight-game skid. Precious Achiuwa had 10 points and seven rebounds for Sacramento. Minnesota's Anthony Edwards scored a season-high 43 points for his third 40-point outing of the campaign. He made five 3-pointers and also had seven rebounds and three steals. Julius Randle produced 17 points and 10 rebounds, Donte DiVincenzo also had 17 points and Naz Reid registered 15 points and seven rebounds off the bench for the Timberwolves. Rudy Gobert added 11 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota, which collapsed late for the second straight game. The Timberwolves allowed the final…...

49+ min ago (713+ words) Logan Cooley scored a career-high four goals and also had an assist to lead the Utah Mammoth to a 5-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night in Salt Lake City. It was the first four-goal game in Mammoth history and the first four-goal game in the NHL this season. Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist, Nate Schmidt added two assists and Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for Utah, which won its second straight game. Ivan Barbashev scored a goal and Carl Lindbom stopped 19 of 22 shots for Vegas, which had a six-game point streak snapped (3-0-3). It was just the second regulation road defeat of the season (5-2-4) for the Golden Knights. Devils 4, Red Wings 3 Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves as New Jersey held on for a win over Detroit in Newark, N.J. The Devils are 8-0-1 at home this season, joining the…...

49+ min ago (330+ words) Freshman guards Brayden Burries and Ivan Kharchenkov each had 20 points to lead No. 2 Arizona to a 103-73 victory Monday night over Denver at Tucson, Ariz. Fellow freshmen Dwayne Aristode (17 points) and Koa Peat (12 before fouling out) also scored in double figures for Arizona (6-0). Tobe Awaka came off the bench to contribute 12 points and 15 rebounds. Burries had seven rebounds and Kharchenkov and Aristode each had five as the Wildcats outrebounded Denver 50-29. The Wildcats dominated Denver (2-4) in the paint, outscoring the Pioneers 50-22. Arizona produced 26 assists for its 41 made field goals, led by Anthony Dell'Orso's seven assists. Denver was led by Carson Johnson's 18 points. Zane Nelson added 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field. Arizona scored the first 13 points of the game and led 14-5 when Denver made its first field goal with 13:53 left in the first half. The Wildcats then went on a 19-2 run…...

54+ min ago (348+ words) Six players scored in double figures and No. 7 Michigan held San Diego State to 27.4% shooting from the field in a 94-54 blowout win Monday night in the opening round of the Players Era men's championship in Las Vegas. Yexel Lendeborg scored 15 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists for the Wolverines (5-0), while Morez Johnson Jr. and Elliot Cadeau each added 13 points. Nimari Burnett and reserve Roddy Gayle chipped in 11 points apiece and Will Tschetter came off the bench to contribute 10. Michigan's size and shotmaking was simply too much for the Aztecs (2-2). The Wolverines connected on 50% from the field, including 11 of 33 3-pointers and also dominated the glass 49-34. They carved out advantages of 38-12 in points in the paint and 28-13 in points off turnovers. Elzie Harrington scored 15 points and BJ Davis added 11 but the Aztecs simply didn't have enough help. They bricked…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (429+ words) Stephen Curry topped 30 points for the seventh time this season with a game-high 31 as the Golden State Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak with a 134-117 triumph over the Utah Jazz on Monday night in San Francisco. Moses Moody, who led a second-quarter attack from long range, finished with 15 points, while Buddy Hield went for 20 and Jimmy Butler III 18 for the Warriors, who opened a five-game homestand with a loss to Portland on Friday. Keyonte George had a team-high 28 points for the Jazz, who were playing the second night of a back-to-back, having suffered a hard-fought home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Utah has lost four in a row. Playing without Draymond Green (foot), Al Horford (sciatica) and Jonathan Kuminga (knee), the Warriors fell victim to a barrage of seven 3-pointers in 10 attempts by the Jazz in the…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (389+ words) Amen Thompson tied a season high with 28 points, Aaron Holiday had a season-high 22 points and tied a career-high six 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets ran past the host Phoenix Suns 114-92 on Monday. Alperen Sengun had 18 points and Jabari Smith Jr. had 17 points for the Rockets, who have won 11 of 13 and played their first game without Kevin Durant. Dillon Brooks had 29 points, Devin Booker had 18 points and Collin Gillespie had 16 points for the Suns, who had a three-game winning streak broken and were held under 100 for the first time this season. The Rockets never trailed after going on a 12-2 run in the late first and early second quarter for a 36-25 lead. Holiday had three threes in the first quarter. The Suns' largest lead was two. Houston turned a five-point possession into a 67-55 lead in the third quarter, when Booker was called…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (365+ words) Anders Dreyer scored his fourth goal of the MLS Cup playoffs midway through the second half, lifting San Diego FC to a 1-0 victory over visiting Minnesota United in a Western Conference semifinal match on Monday. Dreyer's 23rd goal in all competitions helped No. 1 seed San Diego become the first expansion side to reach a conference final since Nashville SC reached the last game in the East half of the bracket in 2020. San Diego FC would become the first expansion side to reach and MLS Cup final since the 1998 Chicago Fire if they defeat No. 2 Vancouver in the West final on Saturday, also at home. Pablo Sisniega made three saves for San Diego while deputizing for the injured CJ dos Santos, keeping his second consecutive playoff clean sheet. Despite a considerable deficit in possession, Minnesota edged the hosts 11-10 in shots and 4-1 in…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (391+ words) Graham Ike scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead a balanced attack as No. 12 Gonzaga defeated No. 8 Alabama 95-85 in the opening round of the Players Era men's championship Monday night in Las Vegas. Tyon Grant-Foster also scored 21 points, Braden Huff added 18 on 9-of-12 shooting from the field, Steele Venters had 12 points on four 3-pointers and Mario Saint-Supery had 10 points on 10 of 11 free-throw shooting with six assists for the Bulldogs (6-0). Labaron Philon Jr. led the Crimson Tide (3-2) with 29 points and seven assists. Amari Allen and Aiden Sherrell both scored 14 and Aden Holloway had 13 points. Grant-Foster made a pair of big dunks down the stretch. He scored on an alley-oop pass from Ike with 6:39 left to tie the score at 71-all. His steal and fastbreak dunk was part of an 11-0 run that helped the Bulldogs pull away. He capped that streak with…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (345+ words) Brandt Clarke scored a tie-breaking power-play goal with 6:10 left in the third period and the Los Angeles Kings held on for a 2-1 win against the visiting Ottawa Senators on Monday night. Warren Foegele also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for the Kings, who improved to 2-4-3 at home this season. Fabian Zetterlund scored and Leevi Merilainen made 20 saves for Ottawa, which was playing the third game of a seven-game road trip. The Senators opened the trip with back-to-back 3-2 victories over the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks in which they scored late tie-breaking goals. Clarke took a one-timer slapshot from just inside the blue line and the puck nicked off Ottawa defenseman Artem Zub before hitting the net with one second left on the power play, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead. After two scoreless periods, the Kings finally broke through…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (387+ words) A.J. Greer scored twice and added an assist in the Florida Panthers' 8-3 convincing win over the host Nashville Predators on Monday night. Sam Reinhart and Carter Vergaeghe each had a goal and two assists, Evan Rodrigues and Gustav Forsling each contributed a goal and an assist while Jesper Boqvist and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four. Uvis Balinskis had two assists and Daniil Tarasov made 36 saves. Filip Forsberg, Fedor Svechkov and Nick Blankenburg recorded the goals for the Predators, who lost for the eighth time in nine games (1-6-2). Juuse Saros stopped 11 shots before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made seven saves. Blankenburg's power-play goal pulled Nashville to within 5-3 two minutes into the third period. But Greer got his second goal 4:52 into the third, Reinhart scored at 8:33, extending his point streak to…...