AP National Sports

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — John Klingberg scored at 1:08 of overtime, Mason McTavish had his first career multi-goal game with two goals and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Trevor Zegras and Ryan Strome also scored for the Ducks.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Victor Oladipo scored a season-high 26 points, Bam Adebayo added 21 points and 11 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns 104-96 on Friday night. The Heat and Suns entered the game with the same record, but are heading in opposite directions. Miami has

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks 130-114 for their first four-game winning streak in just under a year. LeBron James had 25 points and 10 assists in his return from an illness, and Russell Westbrook added 18 points and 11 rebounds in the

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Milan Lucic and Blake Coleman scored 89 seconds apart early in the first period and the Calgary Flames beat the New York Islanders 4-1. Nikita Zadorov and Nazem Kadri also scored to help Calgary win for the third time in four games. Jacob Markstrom stopped 22 shots. Zach Parise scored for

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Top-seeded Coco Gauff has reached the final of the ASB Classic at Auckland by overcoming Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-0, 6-2. Gauff hasn’t dropped a set at the hardcourt tournament and needed a little more than an hour to beat seventh-seeded Kovinic to reach the fourth final of her career.

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Quick on-the-field emergency care from well-rehearsed medical personnel is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin’s life. But whether his cardiac arrest could have been prevented is much less certain. Doctors say they’re still evaluating what caused Hamlin’s heart to stop after a tackle during Monday night’s game in

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 25 points and 21 rebounds, D’Angelo Russell also scored 25 and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 128-115 win against the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers. Jaden McDaniels had 18 points for Minnesota, which lost leading scorer Anthony Edwards in the third quarter with left

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, Jamal Murray scored 18 points in his first back-to-back game since knee surgery, and the Denver Nuggets took advantage of Donovan Mitchell’s absence to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-108. Jokic hit 10 of 17 shots, including 3

By MURRAY EVANS Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder completed a regular-season sweep of the Washington Wizards, 127-110. Josh Giddey added 20 points, nine assists and five rebounds for Oklahoma City, which shot 51% from the field, including 45.9% (17 of 37) from 3-point range.

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kevin Durant had 33 points and 10 rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets outlasted the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans 108-102 on Friday night. Kyrie Irving scored 19 points, hitting a deep 3 with 44 seconds left to give the Nets a 106-100 lead and doom New

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Frida Formann scored 20 points, Jaylyn Sherrod had 16 and Colorado beat No. 8 Utah 77-67 on Friday night, sending the Utes to their first loss of the season. Aaronette Vonleh added 15 points as the Buffaloes posted their first win over an AP top-10

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor set a franchise record with his 41st game-winning goal, scoring on a power play at 5:38 of the third lead as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2. Connor’s record-setting goal moved him past Ilya Kovalchuk for the most winners in Jets-Atlanta Thrashers history. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — DeJuan Clayton hit six 3-pointers and scored 26 points as California rolled to a 92-70 victory over Stanford. Clayton, who missed Cal’s first 13 games because of a hamstring injury, sank 9 of 14 shots for the Golden Bears (3-13, 2-3 Pac-12 Conference). He added seven assists. Sam Alajiki came off

By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Stalock stopped 22 shots for his 10th career shutout — first in nearly three years — and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-0. Jake McCabe and Tyler Johnson scored to help the Blackhawks snap a five-game losing streak with just their second win in

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Collin Morikawa has taken a big step toward winning after going without a victory last year. Morikawa had a 66 on Friday in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. That gives him a two-shot lead over Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and J.J. Spaun. Morikawa has gone

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tre Jones had 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs overcame injuries to their two leading scorers to beat the Detroit Pistons 121-109 on Friday night, snapping a three-game skid. Spurs forward Keldon Johnson did not return after injuring his left hamstring with four minutes left

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zach LaVine made 11 of 13 3-pointers and scored 41 points and the Chicago Bulls beat Philadelphia 126-112 on Friday night to end the 76ers’ home winning streak at 11. LaVine made three 3-pointers in less than a minute and a half of play to give Chicago an 88-74 lead with 3:33

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin had 19 points and Tyrese Haliburton scored seven of his 15 in the closing six minutes to rally the Indiana Pacers to a 108-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Haliburton also had 12 assists. Indiana has won five straight home games and seven

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Aaron Ekblad scored twice on the power play and the Florida Panthers recorded their eighth straight win over Detroit, beating the Red Wings 3-2. Ekblad had his first multi-goal game since Dec. 2, 2021, against Buffalo. Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers and Eric Staal recorded

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan McDonagh scored a highlight-reel goal late in the third period to extend the Nashville Predators winning streak to three with a 3-2 victory at the Washington Capitals. Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves the night after teammate Juuse Saros stopped a franchise-record 64 shots. Thomas Novak