MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds before leaving the game with an injury, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 134-123. Antetokounmpo landed awkwardly as he completed a dunk late in the third quarter. He briefly remained in the game and dunked again on Milwaukee’s next possession. He got fouled the possession after that and attempted a pair of free throws before heading to the locker room. Bucks coach Doc Rivers says “my guess is he hyperextended his knee, but I’m guessing.” Bobby Portis scored 29 points and added 10 rebounds for the Bucks. Aaron Nesmith led the Pacers with 32 points.
The win ended a four-game losing streak. Milwaukee is back in action Tuesday night at home against Cleveland.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander helped Oklahoma City beat Minnesota 116-103 as the Thunder won their eighth straight and he increased his record 20-point streak to 128 games. Gilgeous-Alexander finished Sunday with 20 points and 10 assists. He had only 10 points entering the fourth quarter. He hit key shots late, including a free throw that gave him his 20th point as fans chanted “M-V-P!” Chet Holmgren had 21 points and nine rebounds and Isaiah Joe scored 20. Minnesota got 32 points from Julius Randle and 19 from Anthony Edwards. Oklahoma City forced 22 turnovers and committed just seven.
(Chicago, IL) — The Badgers are seeded fifth in this season’s NCAA March Madness tournament. The day before, UW lost Saturday’s game in the Big Ten tournament semifinals when Michigan hit a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 4-10ths of a second left. Wisconsin was the only team in the conference to beat the Wolverines during the regular season. Austin Rapp hit six 3-pointers, all in the second half, to lead UW with 18 points. The Badgers will play High Point Thursday at 12:50 p-m as part of the West Regional in San Jose, California.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Bo Groulx scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Morgan Rielly also scored and Matthew Knies added an empty-net goal for Toronto as Minnesota pushed to rally from a three-goal deficit after two periods. Anthony Stolarz made 36 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have a win and a shootout loss in two games since losing captain Auston Matthews for the season with a knee injury. Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice for the Wild. Jesper Wallstedt made 22 saves.
DENVER (AP) — Grace Zumwinkle scored two goals, Taylor Heise and Britta Curl-Salemme added a goal apiece, and the Minnesota Frost beat the New York Sirens 4-3 at Ball Arena as part of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour. The Frost (9-3-3-4) have won three straight after being shut out, 4-0, at Montreal in their first game back from the Olympic break. Anna Bargman and Paetyn Levis scored goals for New York (8-0-3-9) a little more than a minute apart in the third. Allyson Simpson added a goal about four minutes later that made it 4-3 with 3:01 left in the game.
(Madison, WI) — Junior forward Kelly Gorbatenko’s hat trick powered the Wisconsin women’s hockey team to a 6-0 win Saturday afternoon. The shutout victory over Quinnipiac qualified the Badgers for their fourth straight appearance in the Frozen Four. Coach Mark Johnson’s team is shooting for a second consecutive national title. Its first game in the Frozen Four will be Friday against Penn State.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brian White scored two goals for the second consecutive game, Sebastian Berhalter opened the scoring with a penalty kick in the eighth minute and added two assists, and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Minnesota United 6-0. The Whitecaps (4-0-0) have a plus-13 goal differential and are off to the best four-game start in club history. Mathias Laborda added a goal in the 22nd minute, Emmanuel Sabbi scored in the 43rd gave the Whitecaps a 4-0 lead at halftime and Cheikh Sabaly’s first MLS goal in his second career appearance capped the scoring in the 74th. Yohei Takaoka finished with four saves and had his third shutout of the season. Minnesota (1-2-1) tied the club’s single-game mark for goals conceded and set the record for largest margin of defeat.
MIAMI (AP) — Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony homered and the United States limited the Dominican Republic’s electric offense to win a thrilling semifinal 2-1 and move a win from its second World Baseball Classic championship. The loaded U.S. team — led by NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes and featuring stars Bryce Harper and Aaron Judge — reached its third straight WBC title game after winning in 2017 and falling to Shohei Ohtani and Japan in 2023. Skenes (2-0) gave up one run on six hits through 4 1/3 innings.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Young finally has a big title to go with his major talent. In a thriller at The Players Championship he made a 10-foot birdie on the island green at the TPC Sawgrass to tie Matt Fitzpatrick. Young crushed a drive that set up an easy par and won when Fitzpatrick failed to make an 8-foot par putt to force a playoff. Young shot 68 and won $4.5 million. Ludvig Aberg had control of the tournament until hitting into the water on consecutive holes on the back nine. He shot a 40 on the back nine for a 76,
(Green Bay, WI) — There were no big flashy moves, and nine players did leave Green Bay in free agent moves, but there is some sentiment that the Packers are ahead of NFC North opponents when it comes to free agency. Signing defensive lineman Javon Hargrave and cornerback Benjamin St-Juste strengthened the defense. Keeping center Sean Rhyan was a solid cost-saving move. And, only the Bears’ signing of Super Bowl safety Coby Bryant is significant – but the losses of Kevin Byard and Jaquan Brisker limit Chicago’s improvement. The Vikings signed quarterback Kyler Murray, but made no other big changes.
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