THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1976 — Bill Shoemaker posts his 7,000th career victory, aboard Royal Derby II, in the Numbers Game fifth race at Santa Anita Park. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, March 14, 2021 Planner National Basketball Association results | Saturday Knicks 119, Thunder 97 outrebounded Oklahoma City 45-40 Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, 11 Charlotte defeated the short-handed OKLAHOMA CITY — RJ Barrett scored and grabbed seven more offensive assists and 11 rebounds for his sixth Toronto Raptors 114-104 Saturday COMING UP IN THE VALLEY 32 points and Julius Randle added 26 boards than the Thunder. triple-double of the season to help the night in the Hornets’ first game with ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE to lead the New York Knicks past the Nets 100, Pistons 95 Milwaukee Bucks to a 125-119 victory the general public allowed to attend. ■ M Basketball: Friday at Cuesta, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City Thunder 119-97. NEW YORK — James Harden scored over the short-handed Washington Devonte Graham and Terry Rozier The Knicks trailed by nine after one Wizards on Saturday night. ■ W Basketball: Friday at Cuesta, 4 p.m. 12 of his 24 points in the fourth each added 17 points for the Hornets, quarter after the Thunder shot 70.6% Jrue Holiday added 10 of his 18 ■ W Volleyball: Saturday at Cuesta (DH), 2 p.m. quarter and had his ninth triple- from the floor, but they outscored points during the fourth quarter for who seemed to feed off having fans — ■ M Soccer: March 26 vs. Bakersfield, 3 p.m. double with the Nets to help Brooklyn the Thunder 97-66 over the final 36 the third-place Bucks, who have won about 3,000 of them — in attendance ■ Football: March 27 at Sequoias, 2 p.m. beat the Detroit Pistons 100-95. minutes. eight of nine to move a game back of for the first time in more than a year Al Horford had 16 points to lead Harden also added 10 rebounds and second-place Brooklyn and two behind due to the coronavirus pandemic. COMING UP IN SOCAL 10 assists in his 55th triple-double as seven Oklahoma City players in double Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference Hawks 121, Kings 106 CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) Brooklyn improved to 26-13 with its standings. figures. Trail Blazers 125, T’wolves 121 ■ Today at New Orleans, 6 p.m., PRIME/ESPN The Knicks overcame the deficit by 12th win in its last 16 games. Hornets 114, Raptors 104 ■ Monday at Dallas, 6 p.m., PRIME forcing 18 turnovers while committing Bucks 125, Wizards 119 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball had Dallas at Denver, late ■ Wednesday at Dallas, 6:30 p.m., ESPN just 10 of their own. New York also WASHINGTON — Giannis 23 points and nine rebounds, and Indiana at Phoenix, late LAKERS (National Basketball Association) ■ Monday at Golden St., 7:30 p.m., SpecSN/ESPN ■ Tuesday vs. Minnesota, 7:30 p.m., SpectrumSN National Hockey League results | Saturday ■ Thursday vs.Charlotte,7:30 p.m.,SpectrumSN/NBA Rangers 4, Bruins 0 beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 Saturday night. Penguins 3, Sabres 0 Saturday night. DUCKS (National Hockey League) BOSTON — Chris Kreider scored his Werenski scored his first goal since BUFFALO, N.Y. — Casey DeSmith Nick Jensen, Daniel Sprong and Nic ■ Tuesday at Colorado, 7 p.m., PRIME/ESPN+ team-leading 14th goal, Artemi Panarin Jan. 23. Max Domi added a goal and stopped 24 shots, and the Pittsburgh Dowd also scored for Washington, ■ Thursday vs. Arizona, 7 p.m., PRIME had an assist in his first game back an assist, Cam Atkinson and Nick Foligo Penguins handed Buffalo its 10th which has won eight of nine. ■ Saturday vs. Arizona, 5 p.m., PRIME since leaving the team, and the New also scored, and Jack Roslevic finished straight loss with a 3-0 victory over the Nolan Patrick, James van Riemsdyk, York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins with three assists as Columbus snapped lowly Sabres on Saturday night. Shayne Gostisbehere and Claude KINGS (National Hockey League) 4-0 Saturday to halt a three-game a three-game losing streak. Jake Guentzel scored the go-ahead Giroux scored for the Flyers, who have ■ Today at Colorado, 2:30 p.m., NBCSN losing streak. N.Y. Islanders 3, Devils 2 goal by batting in his own rebound lost four of five and were swept in three ■ Monday vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m., FSW Panarin left Feb. 22 after a Russian NEWARK, N.J. — Kieffer Bellows with 3:23 remaining in the second home games against Washington this ■ Wednesday vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m., FSW tabloid printed allegations from a period. The power-play goal was set up scored his first two goals of the season week. former coach that he attacked a woman early in the third period and the New by Evgeni Malkin, who has three goals ANGELS (MLB, Spring Training) Lightning 6, Predators 3 ■ Today at Cubs, 1:05 p.m., FSW in Latvia almost a decade ago, which he York Islanders rallied to beat the New and seven assists in a seven-game Panthers 4, Blackhawks 2 ■ Monday vs. Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m., FSW/MLB denies. His return clearly provided a lift Jersey Devils 3-2 on Saturday for their point streak. ■ Tuesday vs. Cleveland, 1:10 p.m., FSW/MLB for New York. eighth straight victory. Capitals 5, Flyers 4 Flames 3, Canadiens 1 Blue Jackets 4, Stars 3, OT Oliver Walhstrom also scored and PHILADELPHIA — Alex Ovechkin Jets 5, Maple Leafs 2 DODGERS (MLB, Spring Training) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zach Werenski Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves scored, Carl Hagelin had a goal and Golden Knights 5, Blues 1 ■ Today vs. Kansas City, 6:05 p.m., SportsNetLA scored with 4.5 seconds in overtime to help the East-leading Islanders an assist and the Washington Capitals ■ Monday at Colorado, 1:10 p.m., SportsNetLA and Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves as extend their points streak to 11 games held on late for their fourth straight Edmonton at Vancouver, late ■ Tuesday vs. Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m., SportsNetLA the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to (10-0-1). win, 5-4 over the Philadelphia Flyers on San Jose at Anaheim, late UCLA (Pac-12 Conference) ■ M BKB: NCAA Tournament, TBD OllEGE ASKETball ■ W BKB: NCAA Tournament, TBD C B COllEGE BASKETball NHL NASCAR NBA The AP Top 25 The AP Women’s Top 25 West Divison WESTERN CONFERENCE The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ GP W L OT Pts GF GA NASCAR-Xfinity Call Pacific Division college basketball poll, with first-place votes women’s college basketball poll, with first- Vegas 24 17 6 1 35 78 55 811 Before You Dig 200 W L Pct GB Phoenix 25 11 .694 — USC (Pac-12 Conference) in parentheses, records through March 7, place votes in parentheses, records through Minnesota 25 16 8 1 33 79 63 presented by Arizona ■ M BKB: NCAA Tournament, TBD total points based on 25 points for a first- March 7, total points based on 25 points for St. Louis 27 14 8 5 33 87 87 L.A. Lakers 25 13 .658 1 place vote through one point for a 25th- a first-place vote through one point for a Colorado 25 15 8 2 32 74 59 811 Results L.A. Clippers 25 14 .641 1½ ■ W BKB: TBD place vote and previous ranking. 25th-place vote and previous ranking. Kings 26 11 9 6 28 78 74 Saturday Golden State 19 19 .500 7 Record Pts Prv Record Pts Prv Arizona 27 12 11 4 28 69 81 At Phoenix Raceway Sacramento 15 23 .395 11 1. Gonzaga (61) 24-0 1573 1 1. UConn (22) 23-1 716 1 San Jose 24 10 11 3 23 72 88 Avondale, Ariz. Southwest Division ON TV TODAY 2. Baylor (2) 21-1 1510 3 2. Stanford (5) 25-2 678 4 Ducks 28 8 14 6 22 62 92 Lap length: 1.00 miles W L Pct GB 3. Illinois 20-6 1438 4 3. NC State (2) 20-2 676 3 East Division (Start position in parentheses) San Antonio 19 15 .559 — AUTO RACING 4. Michigan 19-3 1382 2 4. Texas A&M 23-2 609 2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 1. (3) Austin Cindric, Ford, 200 laps, 57 Dallas 19 17 .528 1 ■ 5. Iowa 20-7 1314 5 5. South Carolina 22-4 598 7 N.Y. Islanders 28 18 6 4 40 83 62 points. Memphis 17 17 .500 2 NHRA: The AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Gainesville New Orleans 16 22 .421 5 6. Alabama 21-6 1239 8 6. Baylor 21-2 596 6 Washington 27 17 6 4 38 94 87 2. (27) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 200, 38. Houston 11 25 .306 9 Raceway, Gainesville, Fla., 9 a.m., FS1 7. Houston 21-3 1173 9 7. Louisville 23-3 557 5 Pittsburgh 27 17 9 1 35 89 79 3. (11) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 200, 34. Northwest Division ■ NASCAR Cup Series: The Instacart 500, Phoenix Raceway, 8. Arkansas 21-5 1046 12 7. Maryland 21-2 557 8 Boston 25 14 7 4 32 70 60 4. (30) Riley Herbst, Ford, 200, 33. W L Pct GB 9. Ohio St. 18-8 1032 7 9. Indiana 18-4 479 10 Philadelphia 25 13 9 3 29 83 83 Avondale, Ariz., 12:30 p.m., FOX 5. (4) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 200, 36.