NBA
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Bojan Bogdanovic scored 30 points
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Cavaliers for a 2-1 lead in their first-round series.
Cleveland was 39-0 during the regular season when leading after three quarters and kept that perfect mark intact with a Game 2 win.
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The incredible second-half charge came exactly one year after Indiana blew a 26-point halftime lead in a historic playoff collapse against the Cavs.
This time, the Pacers delivered a devastating blow to the three-time defending Eastern Conference champs – on a night LeBron Jones joined Michael
Jordan as the only players in playoff history to record 100 double-doubles.
James finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bradley Beal heeded his coach’s plea to ”do his job” by scoring 21 of his 28 points in the first half, his All-Star backcourt running
mate John Wall delivered 28 points and 14 assists, and Washington beat Toronto
112-103 to cut its Eastern Conference first-round playoff series deficit to
2-1.
After letting the Raptors grab the first 2-0 series lead in franchise history, the Wizards came home and checked off every box coach Scott Brooks
presented. They got Beal more involved after he made only three shots in Game 2;
they actually led after the first quarter, 30-29; they played with enough
defensive focus to get produce 19 turnovers by Toronto, leading to 28 points for
Washington.
Add it all up
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season.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Khris Middleton scored 23 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 19 and Milwaukee used a dominating first half to overwhelm Boston 116-92,
narrowing its deficit in the series to 2-1.
Eric Bledsoe and Jabari Parker each added 17 for the energized Bucks, who held the Celtics without a field goal for nearly an 11-minute stretch of the
first half.
Backup center Thon Maker scored 14 points and blocked five shots. Pesky guard Matthew Dellavedova, a veteran of a championship run with the Cleveland
Cavaliers, helped hold young Celtics point guard Terry Rozier to nine points on
2-of-7 shooting.
NHL
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sean Couturier’s long shot from the point got past Matt Murray with 1:17 left and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins
4-2 to force a sixth game in the first-round series.
The Flyers cut the Penguins’ series lead to 3-2 going into Game 6 on Sunday in Philadelphia.
After missing Game 4 with a lower-body injury
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Filppula and Matt Read also scored for the Flyers. Michal Neuvirth stopped 30
shots, including a diving stop on the doorstep to deny Penguins star Sidney
Crosby shortly after Couturier’s knuckler put Philadelphia in front.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Jacob Trouba, Bryan Little, Brandon Tanev and Joel Armia scored in the first 11:59 to chase Minnesota goalie Devan Dubynk and
Winnipeg beat Wild 5-0 to win a playoff series for the first time in franchise
history.
Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his second shutout of the series, and Mark Scheifele added a goal in the third to help the Jets finish off the Wild in
five games. Winnipeg will face the winner of the Nashville-Colorado series in
the second round.
Winnipeg’s previous post-season appearance was a sweep by Anaheim in 2015. The franchise moved from Atlanta in 2011. The Thrashers started in
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Sven Andrighetto scored with 1:28 left to lift the Colorado Avalanche past the Nashville Predators 2-1, sending the first-round
series back to Denver for Game 6.
This is the third time the Avalanche had trailed 3-1 in a series since the franchise relocated to Colorado. They lost the first two, but will have a chance
Sunday to push this series to a seventh game after rallying with two goals in
the final 4:11.
Gabriel Landeskog started the rally with his goal into an empty net with Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne caught outside the crease with his own teammate
Ryan Ellis in his lap. Then Andrighetto gave the Avs the lead off a rebound of a
shot by J.T. Compher.
Andrew Hammond made a career-high 44 saves for his first postseason victory in his first playoff start since April 17, 2015, with Ottawa and just the third
of his career.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Bill Peters was not able to lead the Carolina Hurricanes back to the NHL playoffs and after coming up short following his fourth season
with the club
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Peters went 137-138-53 in his lone head coaching job in the NHL. He had one season left on the contract extension he signed in 2016.
New team owner Tom Dundon said he has ”a lot of respect for Bill as a person and coach.”
The move leaves the Hurricanes looking for a new general manager and head coach. Hall of Fame player Ron Francis was reassigned to another front-office
position during the season.
BASEBALL
PHOENIX (AP) – Tyson Ross lost his bid to pitch the first no-hitter in the history of the San Diego Padres when rookie center fielder Franchy Cordero
appeared to misplay a ball with two outs in the eighth inning of a 4-1 win over
the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Playing their 7,835th game since joining the majors in 1969, the Padres again came agonizingly close to their first no-no. They remain the only team in the
big leagues that has never thrown a no-hitter.
Ross had a 1-0 lead with .
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