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Avalanche hold on in final seconds for 3-2 win over Coyotes Rangers score 3 times in 2nd period to beat Bruins NEW YORK, Feb 27, (AP): Ryan nesota Wild blitzed the Los Angeles Strome had a and two assists and Kings with three goals in a span of Chris Kreider had a goal and an just over three minutes in the fi rst pe- NHL Results/Standings in New York’s three-goal second pe- riod and held on to win for their fi fth riod, leading the Rangers to a 6-2 vic- straight victory. tory over the . Kirill Kaprizov, Nick Bjugstad and WASHINGTON, Feb 27, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Julian Gauthier, Colin Blackwell, Joel Eriksson Ek scored for the Wild, Friday. Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodz- who ended the Kings’ six-game win- NY Rangers 6 Boston 2 Colorado 3 Arizona 2 inski also scored to help the Rangers ning streak. Minnesota’s last loss was Minnesota 3 Los Angeles 1 win for the third time in four games. to the Kings in Los Angeles on Feb. East Division West Division Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren each 16. That was Minnesota’s fi rst game GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 18 11 5 2 24 55 49 had two assists, and Alexandar Geor- back after a two-week layoff due to Washington 19 10 5 4 24 65 65 Vegas 16 11 4 1 23 48 34 giev stopped 31 shots to improve to COVID-19 protocols. NY Islanders 19 10 6 3 23 51 45 Minnesota 17 11 6 0 22 53 41 2-0-2 in his last four starts. Philadelphia 16 9 4 3 21 55 54 St Louis 20 10 8 2 22 60 61 With fans back at Madison Square Pittsburgh 18 10 7 1 21 56 60 Colorado 17 10 6 1 21 49 40 NY Rangers 18 7 8 3 17 49 48 Los Angeles 19 9 7 3 21 57 52 Garden for the fi rst time this season, the New Jersey 15 7 6 2 16 41 44 Arizona 20 9 8 3 21 54 58 Rangers beat Bruins for the fi rst time in Buffalo 17 6 8 3 15 44 51 San Jose 17 7 8 2 16 47 64 three meetings. Boston was 5-0-1 in the Cam Talbot stopped 27 shots for Central Division Anaheim 20 6 10 4 16 40 58 GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division previous six games with the Rangers. the Wild, holding the Kings scoreless Florida 19 13 4 2 28 62 53 GP W L OT Pts GF GA After the game, the Rangers gathered until Jeff Carter’s goal late in the third Tampa Bay 18 13 4 1 27 64 39 21 15 4 2 32 74 55 at -ice to salute the 1,800 fans in at- period in his fi rst action since Feb. 2. Chicago 21 11 6 4 26 63 61 Edmonton 22 14 8 0 28 79 65 Carolina 19 12 6 1 25 65 53 Winnipeg 19 12 6 1 25 67 52 tendance before skating off. Several play- Jonathan Quick made 27 saves for the Columbus 21 8 8 5 21 60 72 Montreal 19 9 6 4 22 64 58 ers gave their sticks to some of the fans. Kings, who were done in by the Wild’s Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand (63) scores during the third period against Dallas 15 6 5 4 16 46 40 Calgary 21 9 10 2 20 52 62 Brad Marchand had a goal and three goals in a 3:03 span. Nashville 19 8 11 0 16 44 62 Vancouver 24 8 14 2 18 68 85 ’ Alexandar Georgiev (40) in an NHL hockey game, on Ottawa 22 7 14 1 15 58 85 an assist, and Patrice Bergeron also Carter spoiled the shutout when he Feb 26, in New York. (AP) Detroit 22 6 13 3 15 44 68 scored. Tuukka Rask made with 28 crashed the net on a 3-on-2 and mus- Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. saves in the Bruins’ fourth loss in fi ve cled the puck past Talbot for his fourth Miska stopped 16 of 18 shots and the ly earned a shutout until the Coyotes games. The lost 7-2 at the New York of the year. held on to beat scored two goals in the fi nal two min- Islanders on Thursday night. Avalanche 3, Coyotes 2 the . utes. Arizona had a sleepy offensive ed another one with 53 seconds left. off a fi nal Coyotes offensive fl urry. Wild 3, Kings 1 In Glendale, Arizona, Nazem Kadri The 25-year-old Miska was playing performance until scored That led to a tense exchange in the fi - Kessel’s goal was his eighth of the In St. Paul, Minnessota, the Min- had a goal and two assists, Hunter in just his fourth NHL game and near- with 1:36 left and Drake Caggiula add- nal seconds before the Avalanche fended season. Hill stopped 25 of 28 shots. Powell and Lowry help Raptors hand Rockets 10th straight loss

Green notches triple-double as Warriors avenge loss to Hornets

TAMPA, Florida, Feb 27, (AP): Norman Powell scored 30 points, Kyle Games and 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympics, plus capture the Basketball World Cup title in 2019. Siakam was listed as out about two hours before the game, indicating that he either has a testing issue Golden State Warriors guard Ste- Lowry had a triple-double and the depleted Toronto Raptors beat the phen Curry, (left), shoots against or a contact tracing issue. He played Wednesday night in Miami in the Raptors’ loss to the Heat. Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Houston Rockets 122-111. Lowry had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Raptors hand the Rockets their 10th Bridges during the second half of The Raptors were without head coach Nick Nurse, five assistant coaches and starting forward straight loss. Fred VanVleet added 25 points, making 5 of 11 3-pointers. Lowry was 4 of 5 from long an NBA basketball game in San Pascal Siakam in accordance with the NBA’s health and safety protocols regarding the coronavirus. range, and Powell 4 of 8. Francisco, on Feb 26. (AP) Assistant coach Sergio Scariolo directed the team. He had been away from the Raptors while coach- Heat 124, Jazz 116 ing Spain in FIBA’s EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers and just cleared quarantine Friday. In Miami, Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 33 points, Goran Dragic tied his season best with 26 UNLV edges Fresno St Scariolo has extensive experience as a head coach, winning championships of leagues in Italy, Spain and Miami help on to beat NBA-leading Utah, handing the Jazz their third loss in their last 25 games. and Russia, plus has been Spain’s national coach - helping that team win medals at the 2012 London Bam Adebayo had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Miami in its fi fth straight victory. Lakers 102, Trail Blazers 93 Loyola holds off In Los Angeles, LeBron James had 28 points, Dennis Schroder added 22 in his return to Los Angeles’ lineup, Southern Illinois and the Lakers beat Portland to snap a CHICAGO, Feb 27, (AP): Marquise four-game losing streak. Kennedy scored 16 points, and No. Montrezl Harrell had 17 points, and 21 Loyola Chicago hung on to beat James added 11 rebounds and seven Southern Illinois 60-52. assists to help the defending NBA The Ramblers (20-4, 15-2 Missouri champions avoided their longest losing Valley Conference) steadied them- streak since March 2019. Schroder was selves in the closing minutes after let- outstanding after a four-game absence ting a 16-point lead shrink to four and under the NBA’s health and safety came out on top for the 13th time in 14 protocols. games. They also reached 20 wins for Celtics 118, Pacers 112 the fourth straight year, a streak that In Boston, Kemba Walker made two started when the 2017-18 team went late free throws and scored a season- 32-6 and made the Final Four. high 32 points to help Boston beat Braden Norris scored 13 and made Indiana and snap a three-game losing three 3-pointers. Cameron Krutwig streak. added 11 points, six rebounds and Daniel Theis added 17 points, and four blocks, though he sat out the fi- Jaylen Brown had 15. nal 7 minutes, 56 seconds because of Clippers 119, Grizzlies 99 cramps. In Memphis, Tennessee, Kawhi UNLV 68, Fresno St. 67 Leonard scored 30 points, Lou Wil- In Las Vegas, Caleb Grill posted liams added 17 and Los Angeles beat 18 points as UNLV edged past Fresno Memphis to split a two-game series. State. Terance Mann, Nicolas Batum and Bryce Hamilton had 13 points and Paul George each had 13 points for the seven rebounds for UNLV (11-12, Clippers, 122-94 losers on Thursday 8-8 Mountain West Conference). Mo- night. ses Wood added 10 points. Cheikh Suns 106, Bulls 97 Mbacke Diong had three blocks. In Chicago, Devin Booker and De- Junior Ballard had 17 points for the andre Ayton each scored 22 points and Bulldogs (10-10, 8-10). Orlando Rob- Phoenix rallied to beat Chicago. inson added 15 points and five assists. Deon Stroud had 12 points. Hawaii 78, Long Beach St. 76 BASKETBALL In Honolulu, Justin Webster had 16 Toronto Raptors forward DeAndre’ Bembry (95) goes for a layup in front of Houston Rockets center Justin Patton (26) during the first half of an NBA bas- points as Hawaii narrowly defeated ketball game, on Feb 26, in Tampa, Florida. (AP) Chris Paul, who’ll join Booker at the Long Beach State. All-Star Game, added 14 points, 15 as- JoVon McClanahan had 13 points sists and six rebounds to help the Suns for Hawaii (9-8, 7-8 Big West Confer- South Dakota State clinches Summit League title win for the 10th time in 12 games. ence). Justin Hemsley added 12 points NBA Results/Standings Zach LaVine scored 24 points for and seven rebounds. Mate Colina had Chicago. The Bulls had won three in 10 points. No. 10 UCLA women rout USC 93-51 a row. WASHINGTON, Feb 27, (AP): Results Thunder 118, Hawks 109 BASKETBALL and standings from the NBA games on In Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous- LOS ANGELES, Feb 27, (AP): Charisma Osborne had Friday. Alexander scored 24 points and Okla- the ninth triple-double in UCLA history, Michaela Onyen- Toronto 122 Houston 111 Boston 118 Indiana 112 homa City beat Atlanta after changing UCSB 72, UCR 68 were scored 30 points and the 10th-ranked Bruins made a uniforms at halftime because a mix-up In Riverside, California, Amadou Sow season-high 16 3-pointers in a 93-51 victory over Southern Phoenix 106 Chicago 97 Oklahoma City 118 Atlanta 109 left the teams wearing similar colors at had a season-high 21 points as UC Santa California. LA Clippers 119 Memphis 99 Miami 124 Utah 116 the start. Barbara won its 13th straight game, nar- Osborne had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in 34 The Thunder began the game wear- rowly defeating UC Riverside. minutes. The sophomore is the seventh player in program Sacramento 110 Detroit 107 LA Lakers 102 Portland 93 ing their sunset orange uniforms while history to have a triple-double and fi rst since Japreece Sow hit 9 of 12 shots. He added Golden State 130 Charlotte 121 the Hawks wore red, making it diffi - Dean against Yale in November 2019. Eastern Conference eight rebounds. cult to distinguish between the teams. JaQuori McLaughlin had 15 points Onyenwere scored at least 30 points for the fi fth time Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City said in a statement that and seven assists for UC Santa Barbara in her career and second this season. The senior forward Philadelphia 22 11 .667 - made a career-high six 3-pointers and was 11 of 19 from the Hawks wore the incorrect uniform (17-3, 11-2 Big West Conference). De- Brooklyn 22 12 .647 -1/2 color. The team said the league should vearl Ramsey added 13 points. Miles the fi eld. Toronto 17 17 .500 5-1/2 New York 16 17 .485 6 have caught the error, but because Norris had 11 points. Lindsey Corsaro added 14 points, going 4 of 5 from Boston 16 17 .485 6 beyond the arc, as UCLA (14-4, 12-4 Pac-12) posted its the Hawks only brought red uniforms CSUB 84, CSUN 58 Southeast Division on their trip, the Thunder changed to In Bakersfield, California, Shaun highest margin of victory over its crosstown rival since W L Pct GB 1999 and won both regular-season games against the Tro- Miami 16 17 .485 - white for the second half. Williams had 19 points to lead five Cal Charlotte 15 17 .469 -1/2 jans for the fi rst time in three seasons. Atlanta 14 19 .424 2 Warriors 130, Hornets 121 State Bakersfield players in double fig- In San Francisco, Draymond Green ures as the Roadrunners rolled past Cal Alissa Pili led USC (10-11, 8-10) with 18 points. Washington 12 18 .400 2-1/2 Orlando 13 20 .394 3 had a triple-double with a career-high State Northridge. Central Division 19 assists along with 12 rebounds and De’Monte Buckingham added 16 BASKETBALL W L Pct GB 11 points to help Golden State beat points for the Roadrunners. Justin Mc- Milwaukee 20 13 .606 - Indiana 15 16 .484 4 Charlotte for its fi rst three-game win- Call chipped in 13, Taze Moore scored This was the fi nal game for both teams before next Chicago 15 17 .469 4-1/2 ning streak of the season. 13 and Ronne Readus had 10. Moore Cleveland 12 21 .364 8 week’s Pac-12 Tournament. Stephen Curry added 29 points and also had three blocks. Detroit 9 24 .273 11 S. Dakota St. 73, UMKC 53 Western Conference eight assists after he sat out with an ill- Seattle 63, Grand Canyon 57 Southwest Division In Brookings, S.D., Paiton Burckhard and Tylee Ir- ness Saturday night in his hometown of In Seattle, Darrion Trammell had W L Pct GB win each scored 19 points and No. 22 South Dakota San Antonio 16 12 .571 - Charlotte. Green, especially, wanted a 17 points and seven assists as Seattle State beat UMKC to clinch the Summit League regu- Dallas 15 16 .484 2-1/2 big game after he was hit with two tech- topped Grand Canyon. lar-season title. Memphis 14 15 .483 2-1/2 nical fouls and ejected with 9.3 seconds Trammell made 10 of 11 foul shots. New Orleans 14 18 .438 4 left a week ago arguing about a jump ball. Burckhard was 9 of 18 from the fi eld, including South Houston 11 20 .355 6-1/2 Kobe Williamson had 14 points for Dakota State’s opening four baskets. Irwin made all 12 of Northwest Division Terry Rozier made an off-balance jumper Seattle (10-8, 3-3 Western Athletic W L Pct GB from the left corner as time expired for a her free throws, eight coming in the fourth quarter, as the Utah 26 7 .788 - Conference). Riley Grigsby added 13 Jackrabbits were 25 of 36 at the line. South Dakota State 102-100 win by the Hornets. points. Nate Robinson had 10 points. Portland 18 14 .563 7-1/2 shot 18 free throws in the fourth compared to UMKC’s 12 Denver 17 15 .531 8-1/2 Kings 110, Pistons 107 Utah St. 75, Nevada 72 attempts for the game. Oklahoma City 14 19 .424 12 In Detroit, De’Aaron Fox scored 27 Minnesota 7 26 .212 19 In Logan, Utah, Utah State held off Mesa Byom added nine points for South Dakota State Pacific Division points and Sacramento beat Detroit to Nevada for a win. Daniel Foster made (20-2, 13-0), which has won 17 straight games. The Jack- W L Pct GB snap a nine-game losing streak. a 3-pointer with four seconds left to rabbits were without starting forward Tori Nelson and UCLA’s Lindsey Corsaro, (left), fights for the LA Clippers 24 11 .686 - Sacramento blew a 17-point fi rst- against Southern California’s Jordyn Jenkins, (right), LA Lakers 23 11 .676 -1/2 help the Wolf Pack pull within 2, but conference scoring leader Myah Selland due to injuries. Phoenix 21 11 .656 1-1/2 quarter lead, then rallied from an eight- they wouldn’t get any closer. RaVon Nero and Mandy Willems each scored 11 points in the second half of an NCAA Golden State 19 15 .559 4-1/2 point defi cit in the fi nal quarter. Justin Bean had 19 points to lead the for UMKC (10-10, 7-7). The Roos were held to 37% game at Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California, on Sacramento 13 20 .394 10 Jerami Grant led Detroit with 30 Aggies. shooting and 20 second-half points. Feb 26. (AP) points.