Month: March 2022

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns and Naz Reid each scored 20 points to help the Minnesota Timberwolves defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 138-101 for their third straight win. Taurean Prince scored 18 points, D’Angelo Russell scored 17 and Jaden McDaniels added 16 for the Timberwolves. Minnesota has averaged

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — KJ Williams had 29 points and 10 rebounds and No. 19 Murray State advanced to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship, beating  Southeast Missouri State 88-74 on Friday night for its 19th straight victory. Murray State (29-2) will play the Belmont-Morehead State winner in the title game Saturday night. Tevin Brown

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Cole Anthony had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Chuma Okeke had 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat Toronto 103-97 on Friday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Raptors. Mo Bamba scored 14 points, and Jalen Suggs and Gary Harris each had

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored on a power play at 3:14 of overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes completed a rally from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night. Svechnikov’s 23rd goal of the season allowed the Hurricanes to snap a two-game skid. Pittsburgh’s

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson scored four minutes into overtime to complete a hat trick and give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 victory over the quick-strike Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Dustin Brown also scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots for the Kings to help the

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jeff Skinner scored twice 4:20 apart in the third period and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. Kyle Okposo and Casey Mittlestadt had a goal and assist each and Victor Olofsson sealed the win with an empty-net goal with

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mikhail Sergachev scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period on a power play and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1. Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos also scored for Tampa Bay, Victor Hedman had three assists, and backup Brian Elliott made

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Igor Shesterkin made 32 saves, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and assist, and the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1. Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers, who won the final two games of their three-game homestand and

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — De’Andre Hunter scored 26 points and Trae Young added 25 to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 117-114 on Friday night. The Wizards never led, but they pulled to within one with 5.3 seconds left when Raul Neto made a 3-pointer. Young then made

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey made five 3-pointers and scored 33 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their fifth straight win. They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 125-119. The 76ers improved to 4-0 with James Harden in the lineup. Harden had 24 points and 11 assists. Joel Embiid had

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Cade Cunningham had 20 points and nine rebounds and the Detroit Pistons rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 111-106 on Friday night. Marvin Bagley III added 18 points for Detroit. The Pistons have won five of seven, winning at Toronto on Thursday

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers are hiring ESPN analyst Brian Griese as their new quarterbacks coach. A person familiar with the move says that Griese will leave the “Monday Night Football” booth to join coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff. The person spoke on condition of