Pascal Siakam scored 25 points and Tyrese Haliburton added 10 points and 12 assists to lead the Indiana Pacers past the Milwaukee Bucks 117-98 and take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series. Two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 36 points and 12 rebounds. Game two is scheduled for Tuesday
Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points, Naz Reid added 23, and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame Luka Doncic’s 37-point Lakers playoff debut for a 117-95 victory over Los Angeles. Anthony Edwards had 22 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. LeBron James had 19 points. Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers believe their aggressiveness on the basepaths is part of their identity. Never was it more apparent than on Sunday. The Brewers stole nine bases in a 14-1 victory over the Athletics to break the team’s 33-year-old record for steals in a game. All of them came in the first four innings. Six of them came in the first inning. They became the first team in the expansion era to steal that many bases in a single inning.
Matt Olson and Drake Baldwin hit two-run homers, Grant Holmes allowed only one run and the Atlanta Braves beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2. Marcell Ozuna also homered off Joe Ryan, who allowed six runs and eight hits and one walk in five innings. Byron Buxton had two hits, including a home run for Minnesota. The Braves had not won back-to-back games before sweeping the Twins. Holmes pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.
Brett Howden scored two goals, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoffs series with a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights, Pavel Dorofeyev also scored, and Adin Hill made 18 saves. Matt Boldy scored both Wild goals, Kirill Kaprizov assisted on both and Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 shots. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Las Vegas.