Pacers’ McMillan fired after sweep

Two weeks after he received a oneyear contract extension through the 202122 season, Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan was fired. The move came two days after the Pacers were swept out of the first round of the NBA playoffs for the second year in a row.

McMillan was 183136 in four years as the Pacers’ head coach.

Golf: Phil Mickelson closed with a 5underpar 66 to reach 22under, giving him a threeshot victory over runnerup Tim Petrovic in the Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National in Ridgedale, Mo., in Mickelson’s debut on the PGA Tour Champions.

NHL: Alex Killorn scored two of his team’s four secondperiod goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 71 in Toronto to take a 21 lead in an Eastern Conference semifinals series . ... Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 43 in Toronto to tie the East semifinals series at 11 . ... The NHL stripped the Arizona Coyotes of their 2020 secondround pick and 2021 firstround pick for violating the scouting combine policy by conducting physical tests of drafteligible players.

Tennis: Topranked Novak Djokovic prevailed 63, 61 over JanLennard Struff to reach the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open in New York.

Naomi Osaka beat Anett

Kontaveit 46, 62, 75 to reach the women’s semis, then withdrew a few hours later in a call for racial justice.

Kei Nishikori, the 2014 U.S. Open runnerup, said he has tested negative for the coronavirus after having two positive tests but will withdraw from this year’s U.S. Open, which begins next week.

Stanford alums Bob and Mike Bryan, twins who are the most successful men’s doubles team in history, announced their retirements. They are 42. Soccer: Daryl Dike scored two goals in the second half and host Orlando City SC beat Nashville SC 31. Five other MLS games were postponed as players protested Sunday’s police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wis.