Durant Helps Nets Rout Warriors

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Blues edge Coyotes 5-4 in OT in Game 6 of marathon series Golden Knights’ 3 power-play goals spoil Sharks home debut SAN JOSE, California, Feb 14, (AP): Jonathan Marchessault scored the fi rst of Vegas’ three power-play goals and the Golden Knights spoiled San Jose’s fi rst home game in nearly a year with a 3-1 victory over the Sharks. Mark Stone and Chandler Stephen- Durant helps Nets rout Warriors son also scored as Vegas took advantage of its fi rst three opportunities with the man advantage to win for the ing leader last season, was a healthy Suns beat 76ers for 5th straight victory fourth time in fi ve games. Marc-Andre scratch. Fleury made 24 saves. Mitch Marner scored early in the Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks, fi rst period for Toronto, and Frederik SAM FRANCISCO, Feb who were unable to get a boost with Andersen stopped 23 shots. their return from a season-opening 12- 14, (AP): Kevin Durant game road trip. Martin Jones made 23 Hurricanes 4, Stars 3, SO won his long-anticipated saves. In Dallas, Vincent Trocheck scored The Sharks played their fi rst home the only goal in the shootout after Joe fi rst trip back to the Bay game since March 8 last year after Pavelski tied it for Dallas late in regu- Area to play the Warriors starting this season with the extended lation, and Carolina beat the Stars for team he helped win two ti- trip. San Jose was given the unbal- their fourth win in four tries this season anced schedule because of local re- against the defending Western Confer- tles over three years, scor- strictions that banned contact sports ence champions. ing 20 points in the Brook- and practices, forcing the Sharks to Dallas has just one win in eight lyn Nets’ 134-117 victory hold training camp in Arizona. games since sweeping a four-game over Golden State. Blues 5, Coyotes 4, OT homestand to start the season. Two of Carolina’s four victories over the Stars The NBA Finals MVP in both In Glendale, Arizona, Mike Hoff- have been in regulation, the other two title runs, Durant missed his initial man beat goalie Antti Raanta over the in shootouts. three shots before hitting a 3-point- shoulder with a wrist shot 1:49 into Jordan Martinook, Teuvo Teravain- er at the 5:49 mark of the fi rst quar- overtime to lift St. Louis past Arizona en and Jordan Staal scored in regula- ter and fi nished 8 for 19 from the in the sixth of seven straight games be- tion for Carolina. fl oor and 1 of 6 on 3s. tween the teams. Jason Dickinson and Jason Robert- Stephen Curry didn’t have his best The team played four straight games son scored for Dallas. stroke either, going 10 of 17 for 27 in St Louis, with Arizona winning points and 2 for 9 from deep as cold- the last three. The Blues won 4-1 on Blackhawks 3, Blue Jackets 2, OT In Chicago, Alex DeBrincat scored shooting Golden State lost its third Friday night in Arizona and tied the straight to the Nets and missed a series 3-3 with the overtime victory. 35 seconds into overtime and Chicago rallied to beat Columbus. chance at its fi rst three-game winning They will fi nish off the longest-regular streak all season. series in NHL history Monday at Gila Nicolas Beaudin scored for the second straight game for Chicago, and The Warriors saw nemesis James Carl Soderberg got his fi rst goal of Harden in a Nets uniform for the fi rst ICE HOCKEY the season. Kevin Lankinen made 29 time, and he had 14 assists to go with saves, rebounding from a shaky perfor- 19 points, including fi ve 3s, and eight mance in his previous start. rebounds. Kyrie Irving scored 23 DeBrincat got a bouncing pass from points as Brooklyn snapped a seven- River Arena. game losing streak on the Warriors’ Before a limited crowd, Jordan Patrick Kane in OT, tipped it into the air and then knocked it in off Joonas home fl oor in its fi rst visit to Chase Kyrou tied it at 4 for the Blues with Center. a breakaway goal with 5:37 left in the Korpisalo’s arm for his eighth goal of third. Nick Schmaltz and Dryden Hunt the season. Jazz 112, Heat 94 scored in the third to give Arizona a Senators 2, Jets 1 In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitchell 4-3 lead. scored 26 points to help Utah beat Mi- Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Brady Tka- ami for its seventh consecutive victory. assist for St Louis, and Kyle Clifford chuk tipped in Mike Reilly’s shot from and Zach Sanford also scored, and the point with 8.2 seconds remaining Ville Husso made 32 saves. to lift Ottawa past Winnipeg. Ottawa improved to 3-12-1, win- BASKETBALL Islanders 4, Bruins 1 ning for the fi rst time in fi ve games this In Uniondale, New York, Mathew season against Winnipeg. The Jets beat Bojan Bogdanovic added 19 points, Barzal scored on a power-play goal in the Senators 5-1 on Wednesday night and Rudy Gobert had 16 points, 12 re- in the opener of the two-game series. Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, top, shoots asGolden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins defends during the third period and New York ended the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco on Feb 13. (AP) bounds and three blocks for the Jazz. Boston’s points streak at 10 games. Evgenii Dadonov also scored for Georges Niang chipped in 14 points Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice, Ottawa, and Marcus Hogberg made 30 and a career-high fi ve assists. Jordan Eberle added a goal and Semy- saves. Mark Scheifele scored for Win- NBA-leading Utah improved to 22- on Varlamov made 28 saves for the Is- nipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck stopped Stanford women crush Beavers NBA Results/Standings 5. It has won 18 of 19 games since a landers. They are 3-0-3 in their last six. 27 shots. 4-4 start. Kendrick Nunn scored 20 Brad Marchand and Patrice Berger- Red Wings 4, Predators 2 points for Miami. Jimmy Butler added on scored for Boston, and Tuukka WASHINGTON, Feb 14, (AP): Results and 15 points, eight rebounds and fi ve as- Rask stopped 38 shots. The Bruins lost In Nashville, Tennessee, Luke Missouri State rallies to top Glendenning had a goal and two as- standings from the NBA games on Saturday. sists. for just the second time this season in Phoenix 120 Philadelphia 111 regulation - both to the Islanders. sists, Jonathan Bernier made 21 saves Indiana 125 Atlanta 113 Suns 120, 76ers 111 and Detroit beat Nashville. Illinois State on late basket New York 121 Houston 99 In Phoenix, Devin Booker scored 36 Lightning 6, Panthers 1 Robby Fabbri, Adam Erne and An- Brooklyn 134 Golden State 117 Utah 112 Miami 94 points, Chris Paul added 18 points and In Sunrise, Florida, Tyler John- thony Mantha also scored to help De- NORMAN, Ill, Feb 14, (AP): Brice Calip scored with 1.4 seconds left to Eastern Conference 10 assists and Phoenix beat Philadel- son scored two of Tampa Bay’s four troit snap a two-game losing streak and phia for its fi fth straight victory. improve to 4-10-0. give No. 25 Missouri State a 73-72 vic- Atlantic Division second-period goals and the Lightning W L Pct GB The Suns have won eight of their avenged a loss to Florida two nights Filip Forsberg and Rocco Grimaldi tory over Illinois State for the Lady Bears’ ninth straight victory. Philadelphia 18 9 .667 - past nine games and improved to 16- earlier. scored for Nashville. The Predators Brooklyn 16 12 .571 2-1/2 Missouri State (13-2, 9-0 Missouri Boston 13 12 .520 4 9. They shot 61% and got a big game Alexander Volkov had his fi rst NHL beat Detroit 3-2 on Thursday night for from their bench, especially from their only victory in fi ve games. Valley Conference) fell behind by 16 New York 13 15 .464 5-1/2 goal, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph early in the second quarter and trailed Toronto 12 14 .462 5-1/2 Dario Saric. He scored 15 points in and Barclay Goodrow also scored, and Canucks 3, Flames 1 54-47 after three but grabbed the lead Southeast Division his fi rst game back after missing 10 Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves. In Vancouver, British Columbia, with a 7-0 run midway through the final W L Pct GB straight. Joel Embiid had 35 points on The Lightning strengthened their hold period. There were three ties and four Charlotte 13 14 .481 - 12-of-23 shooting for the 76ers. They Tyler Myers’ goal with just over fi ve Miami 11 15 .423 1-1/2 on fi rst place in the Central Division minutes remaining proved to be the lead changes after that. have lost two in a row but still hold the with a 3-1-0 trip. Atlanta 11 15 .423 1-1/2 winner and Vancouver snapped a six- Stanford 83, Oregon St. 58 Orlando 10 17 .370 3 top spot in the Eastern Conference at Frank Vatrano scored for Florida. Stanford’s Kiana Williams (23) Washington 6 17 .261 5 18-9. Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris game losing streak with a victory over In Corvallis, Oregon, Haley Jones Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1 Calgary. avoids a block by Oregon State’s Sa- Central Division each added 18 points. had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. sha Goforth (13) during the fi rst half Quinn Hughes opened the scoring for W L Pct GB In Toronto, Brendan Gallagher of an NCAA college basketball game Knicks 121 Rockets 99 Vancouver with a second-period goal Milwaukee 16 10 .615 - scored with 3:07 left, Carey Price in Corvallis, Ore, on Feb 13. (AP) Indiana 14 13 .519 2-1/2 In New York, Julius Randle and made 21 saves and Montreal beat To- and Brandon Sutter added some insur- BASKETBALL Chicago 10 15 .400 5-1/2 rookie Immanuel Quickley each scored ronto to cut the Maple Leafs’ North ance for the Canucks, scoring into an Cleveland 10 17 .370 6-1/2 defeat Santa Clara. Detroit 7 19 .269 9 22 points and New York sent Houston Division lead to three points, empty net. Flames goalie Jacob Mark- Jill Townsend added 10 points for the to a season-high fi fth straight loss. Tyler Toffoli tied it for Montreal strom stopped 43 of 45 shots. Thatcher 5 Stanford won its seventh straight with Bulldogs (18-2, 13-0 West Coast Western Conference Derrick Rose added 16 points for New at 6:11 of the third period, with Gal- Demko had 18 saves for Vancouver. a 83-58 victory over Oregon State. Conference), who have won 17 straight. Southwest Division York. The Knicks, who had no problem Sam Bennett scored for Calgary. W L Pct GB lagher assisting on the play. Toffoli S. Florida 67, Tulsa 46 Oklahoma 72, W. Virginia 71 in their fi rst game after losing starting then helped set up Gallagher’s winner. Johnny Gaudreau and Rasmus Anders- San Antonio 15 11 .577 - center Mitchell Robinson to a broken In Tampa, Florida, Bethy Mununga In Morgantown, W. Va., Madi Dallas 13 14 .481 2-1/2 Tomas Tatar, Montreal’s scor- son recorded assists. Memphis 10 11 .476 2-1/2 right hand Friday night in a victory at had 19 points and 15 rebounds and Williams scored 21 points and Taylor New Orleans 11 14 .440 3-1/2 South Florida played its first game in a Washington. John Wall scored 26 points, Robertson 20 and Oklahoma pulled off Houston 11 15 .423 4 and Eric Gordon had 24 for Houston. month, beating Tulsa. a surprise win over West Virginia. Northwest Division USF (11-1, 8-0 American Athletic Facing a 66-57 deficit entering the W L Pct GB Pacers 125, Hawks 113 Conference), which hasn’t played since fourth quarter, the Sooners went on a Utah 22 5 .815 - In Atlanta, Doug McDermott scored Jan. 13 due to COVID-19 issues within 15-0 run over a nearly eight-minute Portland 15 10 .600 6 26 points, Myles Turner had 19 points the program, won its program-best 10th span and the Mountaineers never recov- Denver 14 11 .560 7 Oklahoma City 10 15 .400 11 and 10 rebounds and beat Atlanta for straight game including eight by double ered. Minnesota 6 20 .231 15-1/2 its second straight victory. digits. S.D. State 82, Oral Roberts 60 Pacifi c Division Indiana scored 41 points in the fi - Gonzaga 67, Santa Clara 50 In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Myah Selland W L Pct GB nal period and used a 27-7 run to take In Spoken, Washington, Melody scored 18 points, Sydney Stapleton had LA Lakers 21 6 .778 - control. quarter. Aaron Holiday was LA Clippers 19 8 .704 2 the spark with the outcome on the Kempton and twins Jenn and LeeAnne all nine of her points in a stunning sec- Phoenix 16 9 .640 4 Wirth each scored 12 points and ond quarter and South Dakota State Golden State 14 13 .519 7 line, scoring 13 of his 18 points in the Gonzaga used a big second quarter to rolled over Oral Roberts. Sacramento 12 13 .480 8 fourth. Huff, Hauser lead No. 9 Virginia past UNC, 60-48 Liddell’s 19 points power No. 4 Ohio St over Indiana COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb 14, (AP): E.J. Liddell to lead Texas to a 70-55 win over TCU as the Long- 20-point average. San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns (88) shoots at the net against scored 19 points and Justin Sueing had 16 as No. 4 horns got their fi rst home win in nearly a month. LSU 78, Tennessee 65 Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nick Holden (22) during the fi rst period Ohio State pulled away to rout Indiana 78-59 for its Matt Coleman added 15 points and Jericho Sims of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif, on Feb 13. (AP) sixth consecutive victory. had 11 points and eight rebounds for Texas, which In Baton Rouge, La., Cam Thomas scored 25 The Buckeyes (17-4, 11-4 Big Ten) have won nine had lost three of its last four at home, including the points, JaVonte Smart added 20 and LSU beat No. 16 of their last 10 and have settled into a style of play last two. R.J. Nembhard scored 15 points to lead Tennessee 78-65. NHL Results/Standings that has become their identity - good shooting, timely TCU, but was mostly held in check after making four The Volunteers (14-5, 7-5 Southeastern Confer- 3-pointers, multiple contributors and fewer mistakes of his fi rst fi ve shots in the opening minutes. ence) trailed for most of the game but were within 50-46 nearly midway through the second half. Ten- than their opponents. They shot 48% against Indiana Iowa r88, Michigan St. 58 and had 21 points on the Hoosiers’ 15 turnovers. nessee made just six fi eld goals over the fi nal 12 min- Trace Jackson-Davis scored 23 points and Jerome In East Lansing, Mich. (AP) - Joe Wieskamp utes, though, and the Tigers stretched their lead as WASHINGTON, Feb 14, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on scored 21 points to lead Iowa’s balanced offense in Saturday. Hunter added 10 to pace Indiana (11-9, 6-7), which big as 17. an 88-58 win over Michigan State. Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 1 Detroit 4 Nashville 2 saw a two-game winning streak snapped. Florida State 92, Wake 85, OT Vegas 3 San Jose 1 Chicago 3 Columbus OT 2 The Hawkeyes (15-6, 9-5 Big Ten) had three play- Montreal 2 Toronto 1 StLouis 5 Arizona OT 4 Virginia 60, UNC 48 ers score in double fi gures and Luka Garza wasn’t In Tallahassee, Florida, RaiQuan Gray scored 24 NY Islanders 4 Boston 2 Carolina 4 Dallas SO 3 In Charlotteville, Va, Jay Huff had 18 points and one of them. Garza had a season-low eight points on points and pulled down 12 rebounds as No. 17 Flor- Tampa Bay 6 Florida 1 Vancouver 3 Calgary 1 12 rebounds and No. 9 Virginia took control early 3 of 11 from the fi eld, but his teammates more than ida State defeated Wake Forest 92-85 in overtime in East Division West Division and beat North Carolina for the seventh consecutive made up for the star senior being held well below his the Seminoles’ fi rst game in two weeks. GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA time, 60-48,. The Seminoles tied it at 80 with under a second to go in regulation when Scottie Barnes drove the length Boston 14 10 2 2 22 42 30 StLouis 15 9 4 2 20 52 48 Sam Hauser added 17 points for Virginia (15-3, Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 Vegas 12 9 2 1 19 40 28 Washington 12 6 3 3 15 44 45 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) and Trey Murphy Colorado 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 III had 12 as the ACC-leading Cavaliers won their NY Islanders 13 6 4 3 15 32 33 Anaheim 15 6 6 3 15 30 39 BASKETBALL Pittsburgh 12 6 5 1 13 37 44 Arizona 14 6 6 2 14 39 42 fourth in a row. NY Rangers 13 4 6 3 11 31 34 Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 Oklahoma 91, 90, 2OT New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Los Angeles 13 4 6 3 11 40 44 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 San Jose 13 5 7 1 11 35 49 In Morgantown, W.Va., Austin Reaves helped No. of the fl oor and made a reverse layup. That set up Central Division North Division 12 Oklahoma pull off an impressive win on the road. Florida State in the extra period; the Seminoles have GP W L OT Pts GF GA Reaves scored four of his 28 points in the fi nal won 11 straight overtime games. Tampa Bay 13 10 2 1 21 50 26 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 12 8 2 2 18 38 36 Toronto 15 11 3 1 23 53 38 minute of the second overtime and the Sooners held USC 76, Wash. State 65 Carolina 12 9 3 0 18 43 33 Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 off No. 14 West Virginia 91-90. Columbus 16 7 5 4 18 47 53 Edmonton 16 9 7 0 18 55 52 Oklahoma (13-5, 8-4 Big 12) squeaked out a win In Pullman, Washington, Tahj Eaddy scored a sea- Chicago 16 7 5 4 18 47 49 Winnipeg 14 8 5 1 17 47 38 1,000 miles from home after losing three of its last son high 29 points, Evan Mobley had 20 points, 11 Dallas 12 5 3 4 14 40 34 Calgary 14 7 6 1 15 40 37 rebounds and six blocked shots and No. 20 Southern Nashville 15 6 9 0 12 36 52 Vancouver 18 7 11 0 14 54 67 four games on the road. Detroit 16 4 10 2 10 33 51 Ottawa 16 3 12 1 7 34 64 West Virginia’s Sean McNeil added 21 points, all Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, center, California beat Washington State 76-65 for its 10th Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four after halftime, and McBride scored 19. reaches for a rebound between Ohio State for- straight victory over the Cougars. teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s tem- ward Zed Key, left, and forward E.J. Liddell dur- The Trojans (17-3, 11-2 Pac-12) have won six porary realignment. Texas 70, TCU 55 ing the fi rst half of an NCAA college basketball straight and 12 of their last 13 games. They have held In Austin, Texas, Andrew Jones scored 19 points game in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb 13. (AP) their last three opponents to 65 points or under.