Thunder rally, even up series
Schroder’s big 3s spark comeback vs. Rockets
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PGA TOUR THE NORTHERN TRUST 4th of 4 rounds; TPC Boston Norton, Mass.
Purse: $9.5 million
Yardage: 7,308; Par: 71
254 (-30)
1 3 Takuma Sato D/H 200 108 2 2 Scott Dixon D/H 200 91 3 8 Graham Rahal D/H 200 72 4 19 Santino Ferrucci D/H 200 65 5 13 Josef Newgarden D/C 200 60 6 15 Patricio O'Ward D/C 200 56 7 6 James Hinchcliffe D/H 200 57 8 10 Colton Herta D/H 200 49 9 20 Jack Harvey D/H 200 44 105 Ryan Hunter-ReayD/H 200 45 11 28 Helio CastronevesD/C 200 38 12 14 Felix Rosenqvist D/H 200 37 131 Marco Andretti D/H 200 43 14 22 Will Power D/C 200 33 15 17 Zach Veach D/H 200 31 16 32 J.R. Hildebrand D/C 200 28 17 30 Max Chilton D/C 200 26 18 29 Charlie Kimball D/C 200 24 19 23 Tony Kanaan D/C 199 22 204 Rinus VeeKay D/C 199 26 21 26 Fernando Alonso D/C 199 18 22 25 Simon Pagenaud D/C 198 17 23 33 Ben Hanley D/C 198 14 24 31 Sage Karam D/C 198 12 25 12 Spencer Pigot D/H 194-a 10 26 16 Ed Carpenter D/C 187 10 279 Alexander Rossi D/H 143-a 12 287 Alex Palou D/H 121-a 13 29 18 Conor Daly D/C 91-a 10 30 21 Oliver Askew D/C 91-a 11 31 24 Dalton Kellett D/C 82-a 10 32 11 Marcus Ericsson D/H 24-a 10 33 27 James Davison D/H 4-b 10 Dallarachassis;C-Chevrolet; H-Honda Winner’s averagespeed: 157.824 mph. Time of Race: 03:10:05.0880.
Margin of Victory: 0.0577 seconds. Lead Changes: 21 among 11 drivers.
Dennis Schroder scored a career playoff-high 30 points and the Thunder rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Rockets 117-114 on Monday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida to even the Western Conference first-round playoff series at two wins apiece.
Chris Paul scored 26 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the fifth-seeded Thunder, who won despite allowing 23 3-pointers.
James Harden had 32 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for the fourth-seeded Rockets. Eric Gordon scored 23 points and Danuel House added 21 for the Rockets, who won the first two games of the series.
Former Thunder star Russell Westbrook sat out for the Rockets again with a strained right quad. The All-Star point guard and former league MVP hasn’t played in the series.
The score was tied at 60 at the half. The Thunder shot 47.8% and the Rockets 47.7% before the break.
The Rockets made their first eight 3-pointers to start the third quarter. The Rockets led 93-80 before Schroder made a 3-pointer and Austin Rivers was called for a foul away from the shot. The Thunders’s Nerlens Noel made the free throw, and that sequence sparked a 12-0 run. Schroder hit a deep 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Thunder climbed within 93-92 at the end of the third.
Bucks take control: Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists, Khris Middleton finally came alive with a huge fourth quarter and the topseeded Bucks beat the eighth-seeded Magic 121-106 to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference series.
Middleton scored 18 of his 21 points in the fourth and finished with 10 rebounds after being held to one field goal in the first three quarters on 1-of-9 shooting.
Wesley Matthews added 12 points for the Bucks, who can close out the Magic on Wednesday.
Nikola Vucevic continued his strong play for the Magic, finishing with 31 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Terrence Ross had 19 points and seven rebounds off the bench.
The Bucks have now won three straight after losing the series opener.
Raptors’ Lowry hurting: The Raptors announced that Kyle Lowry was diagnosed with a left ankle sprain and that his condition will be updated as appropriate.
The defending league champions and No. 2 seed in the East will face the third-seeded Celtics in a semifinal series that begins Thursday.
Lowry suffered the injury Sunday early in the Raptors’ series-clinching victory over the Nets. He averaged 16 points, 5.3 assists and 8.7 rebounds in the Raptors’ first three playoff games.
Mitchell, Murray shine: Donovan Mitchell scored 18 of his 51 points in the fourth and the sixth-seeded Jazz withstood a 50-point night from Jamal Murray to beat the thirdseeded Nuggets 129-127 on Sunday night and take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference series.
Mitchell was 15 of 27 from the floor and went 17 of 18 from the free-throw line.
The 23-year-old Mitchell scored 57 points in Game 1. He’s averaging 39.5 points in the series.
Murray, who hit a long 3-pointer near the buzzer, had the most-ever by a Nuggets player in a postseason game, surpassing Spencer Haywood’s mark of 45 in an ABA playoff contest on April 19, 1970. Murray also had 11 rebounds.
Nikola Jokic added 29 points in the loss.