D.J. takes the lead following round of 60
Scheffler shoots sub-60 round
Back from quarantine, Conley leads Jazz over Nuggets LaKE BuENa VISta, Fla. – For four long days, Mike Conley was confined to his hotel in quarantine.
He wasn’t about to be contained on the court.
-Conley made a career playoff-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points in his return from quarantine, helping the utah Jazz rout the denver Nuggets 124-87 on Friday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: He’s a terrific player,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. “I know how glad our guys were to see him back.”
Conley left the NBa bubble for the birth of his son and returned Monday night. He went through a four-day separation that ended Friday.
While in isolation, Conley said he got about 30 minutes of outside activity a day to work on his game.
there wasn’t a hint of rust as he made his series debut. He was 7 of 8 from 3-point range and had four assists.
Leonard leads Clippers past Mavs as Doncic injures ankle
LaKE BuENa VISta, Fla. –
Kawhi Leonard had 36 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, leading the Los angeles Clippers to a 130-122 victory over the dallas Mavericks on Friday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.
Luka doncic had a triple-double but also limped off the court after spraining his left ankle in the third quarter. He returned to play a little of the fourth before checking out for good and going back to the locker room area.
the Clippers had been in control for a while by then, using a team-record, 45-point second quarter to build a big lead. and when dallas cut it to eight midway through the fourth quarter, Leonard responded with a 3-pointer and left-handed dunk on consecutive Clippers possessions to restore a comfortable lead.
Landry Shamet had 18 points for the Clippers, who bounced back from their loss in game 2 even though Paul george shot poorly again. Ivica Zubac added
15.
Kristaps Porzingis had 34 points and 13 rebounds for the Mavericks. Seth Curry and tim Hardaway Jr. each added 22 points.
doncic finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists but had a rough night, shooting just 4 for 14 from the field and 4 for 10 from the foul line.
george shot 3 for 16. He was just 4 for 17 in game 2.
Flyers head into 2nd round of East playoffs with Game
6 win tOrONtO – Flyers goalie Carter Hart grew up rooting for Carey Price and was thrilled to meet his goalie idol this season. Beating the Canadiens and getting congratulated by Price in the handshake line felt so much better for Hart.
“He said, ‘Helluva series’ and he’ll be watching,” Hart said. “Pretty special and definitely something I won’t forget.”
Ivan Provorov, Kevin Hayes and Michael raffl scored to lead the Philadelphia Flyers into the second round for the first time in eight years with a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in game 6 on Friday night.
the Flyers won the series 4-2 and are on to the second round in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2012. the Flyers have not played in the Stanley Cup Final since 2010 or won the championship since 1975.
the Flyers are a bright spot on the Philly sports scene.
NORTON, Mass. – It took a disappointing par for Scottie Scheffler to realize he was making enough birdies to have a shot at 59, and he seized on the chance Friday with four birdies over his last five holes to post the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.
For the longest time, it looked like his 59 might not even be the best of the day at The Northern Trust.
As Scheffler was signing his card, Dustin Johnson had already set off on an explosive start that put
SAN DIEGO – Manny Machado hit a pair of RBI singles and scored a run for the San Diego Padres, who beat Houston 4-3 Friday night to snap the Astros’ eight-game winning streak.
The Padres won their fifth straight but failed to add on to their MLB record of hitting a grand slam in four straight games, which they accomplished in sweeping the Texas Rangers in a four-game, homeand-home series. Eric Hosmer, who had the historic fourth slam on Thursday night, batted with the bases loaded with two outs in the sixth against the Astros and grounded out.
Machado had the third slam in the streak, a walkoff shot in the 10th inning for a 6-3 win Wednesday night.
Machado singled home Hosmer in the first and singled some buzz into the TPC Boston even without any spectators on the course. Birdie. Eagle. Birdie. Eagle. Birdie.
He was 9 under through eight holes, and with two birdies to start the back nine, Johnson was 11 under through 11 holes.
And then he turned into a par machine, with only two good looks at birdie the rest of the way, and one decision he’d like to have back. Johnson hit driver on the par-5 18th into a slope of grungy grass, when a 3-wood was all he would have needed to have a midiron
SAN DIEGO PADRES’ TRENT GRISHAM SCORES in Trent Grisham in the two-run fifth, both off Lance McCullers Jr. (2-2). Hosmer and Grisham were both aboard on doubles.
Machado scored from first on rookie Jake Cronenworth’s double in the fifth for a 4-1 lead. Cronenworth scored on Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly in the fourth.
The Astros closed the gap against San Diego’s bullpen. Taylor Jones and into the green. He had to lay up, hit wedge to 25 feet and two-putted for a seventh straight par.
Johnson shot a 60, had a two-shot lead, and it almost felt as though condolences were in order.
“If I hit the fairway
Myles Straw hit consecutive doubles off Craig Stammen in the sixth and Kyle Tucker hit an RBI single with two outs in the seventh off Cal Quantrill.
Javy Guerra (1-0) struck out three in 2 1/3 hitless innings for the win. Emilio Pagán pitched the ninth for his first save.
Padres starter Garrett Richards lasted just two innings after throwing 64 pitches but managed to get there, it’s a pretty easy 4. But I didn’t, so shot 60,” Johnson said. “That’s OK, though. I’m pretty happy with it. Pretty happy with my position leading into the weekend.”
Johnson was at 15-un
SEE GOLF/C4 out of a bases-loaded jam in each inning relatively unscathed.
Richards allowed hits to the first three batters he faced, including an RBI single by Carlos Correa. He got two outs and then walked Kyle Tucker to load the bases before striking out Taylor Jones to end the first.
Richards loaded the
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