RESULTS WORLDWIDE

BASKETBALL

NBA CHAMPIONSHIP

Minnesota 116 New Orleans 98, Washington 103 Milwaukee 110, Sacramento 106 Denver 98, Detroit 108 Houston 101, Indiana 125 Chicago 86, Orlando 127 Cleveland 131, Brooklyn 85 Boston 87, LA Clippers 105 Golden State 121.

GOLF

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Leading third round scores (US unless noted): 203: Dustin Johnson 69-68-66; 205: Brian Harman 68-68-69; 207: Jon Rahm (Spa) 71-70-66; 208: Rickie Fowler 69-71-68, Jason Dufner 71-68-69; 209: Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 68-70-71, Pat Perez 72-66-71.

TENNIS

AUCKLAND CLASSIC

Final: Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL

Final: Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Ryan Harrison (US) 6-4, 6-2.

HOBART INTERNATIONAL

First round: Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) bt Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3; Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-2, 6-4; Varvara Lepchenko (US) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4); Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) bt Lizette Cabrera (Aus) 6-3, 6-2.

MAHARASHTRA OPEN

Final: Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

QATAR OPEN

Final: Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Andrey Rublev (Rus) 6-2, 6-3.

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Men

First round: Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) bt Jordan Thompson (Aus) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5; Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) 6-1, 6-4.

Women

First round: Ellen Perez (Aus) bt Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 6-4, 4-2 rtd; Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) 6-2, 6-2.