The Bucks have capitalized on turnovers in their two victories, a shortcoming the Celtics are focused on addressing. MILWAUKEE – The Boston Celtics could be angry, based on their belief that Marcus Smart was uncoiling to shoot a 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left and his team trailing 103-101 in Game 3 Saturday. (The NBA’s Last …
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Tobias Harris would usually have more to say, but he was trying to take it easy on his windpipe after absorbing an inadvertent Bam Adebayo elbow to the neck in the second half of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 116-108 win against the Miami Heat in Sunday’s Game 4 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series. Harris …
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The cliché about playoff series not beginning until a team wins on the road — one James Harden used after the Sixers’ Game 2 loss in Miami — sounds dubious at the moment. The Sixers won their second consecutive contest in Philadelphia on Sunday night, knotting their second-round series against the Heat at two games …
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After the craziness of last week, an exhausted and successful Real Madrid starting XI took a well-deserved break, allowing Carlo Ancelotti to do some necessary rotations in the team. However, it soon became clear that Atletico players were far more focused to achieve their objective of playing Champions League football. All in all, I think …
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NEW YORK — Gleyber Torres is no stranger to walk-off hits at Yankee Stadium, having one to his name already this season with a ninth-inning single on April 23 vs. Cleveland. But he added to that lore Sunday during the Yankees’ 2-1 win in Game 1 over the Rangers, leading off the ninth with a …
SAN FRANCISCO — Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant is likely to miss Game 4 on Monday with a knee injury, head coach Taylor Jenkins said on Sunday. “He’s got further evaluation going on,” Jenkins said on Sunday. “But from what I have been told, there is probably a really good chance he doesn’t …
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The Golden State Warriors blew out the Memphis Grizzlies to take a 2-1 series lead on Saturday, and that was not the only loss Memphis suffered. Ja Morant limped off the court with apparent right knee discomfort at the 6:19 mark of the fourth quarter and didn’t return. On Sunday, the Grizzlies said that Morant …
MADRID — When Carlos Alcaraz played in his first Madrid Open as an 18-year-old, his goal was to gain experience and learn from the top players. Only a year later, Alcaraz already feels he belongs among the best. The Spanish teenage sensation capped another impressive week with a straight-set victory over Alexander Zverev on Sunday …
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An umpire working Sunday’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox has left the game after getting hit with a foul ball.Ron Kulpa was working as the home plate umpire at Fenway Park when a foul tip from White Sox third baseman Jake Burger struck Kulpa flush in the face mask in …
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