Porzingis has knee surgery

Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis underwent surgery to address the lateral meniscus injury in his right knee suffered in the playoffs against the Clippers on Aug. 17, the team announced.

Porzingis will begin rehabilitation immediately with no timetable for basketball activities, the team said.

Patrick Cantlay got upand- down from a bunker on the par- five ninth to cap off a six- under 65 for part of a fiveway tie for first at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. U. S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau shot 67 and was a stroke back. ... Sei Young Kim birdied f ive of the f inal six holes as darkness fell for a f ive- under 65 and the second- round lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Newtown Square, Pa. No. 2- ranked Nelly Korda withdrew because of back pain.

Jeff Sims threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns as Georgia Tech defeated visiting Louisville 46- 27 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.

CCTV announced that it would air Game 5 of the NBA Finals — the f irst time that the league would appear on Chinese state television since the rift that started when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for antigovernment protesters in Hong Kong.

Wichita State University is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall mistreated players.

Jimmie Lee Solomon, a top executive for Major League Baseball under Commissioner Bud Selig who helped launch the Futures Game of top prospects, has died. He was 64.