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and 2018, were pushed all the way in game four on Monday night but eventually saw off battling Portland 119-117 after overtime in Oregon. The Warriors will now face either Milwaukee or Toronto in the finals, with the Bucks currently 2-1 up in their series.
NBA Western Conference Play-off final: Portland Trail Blazers 117 Golden State Warriors 119 (OT) (Golden State Warriors wins series 4-0).
CYCLING
GIRO D’ITALIA
Leading Positions after Stage 10 (Ravenna - Modena - 145km): 1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-fdj 3hrs 36mins 07secs, 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-quickstep, 3 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-hansgrohe, 4 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal, 5 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data, 6 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy, 7 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni GiocattoliSidermec, 8 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) NippoVini Fantini-faizane, 9 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal, 10 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-fdj.
General Classification after Stage 10:
1 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 39hrs 44mins 39secs, 2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-visma at 1min 50secs, 3 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at 2mins 21secs, 4 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team at 2mins 33secs, 5 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-sidermec at 2mins 36secs, 6 Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team at 2mins 39secs, 7 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Team at 3mins 05secs, 8 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-fdj at 3mins 27secs, 9 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF at 3mins 30secs, 10 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team at 3mins 32secs. Selected others: 16 Hugh John Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First at 4mins 36secs, 24 Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-scott at 5mins 36secs, 31 Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Ineos at 6mins 58secs, 49 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos at 16mins 1sec, 145 James Knox (Gbr) Deceuninck-quickstep at 1hr 09mins 25secs, 150 Scott Davies (Gbr) Dimension Data at 1hr 19:39secs, 151 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy at 1hr 19mins 56secs.
TENNIS
WTA NURNBERGER VERSICHERUNGSCUP Nurnberg, Germany
1st rd: Tamara Zidansek (Slo) bt Misaki Doi (Jpn) 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-4, (8) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) 6-3 6-2, Laura Ioana Paar (Rom) bt Quirine Lemoine (Ned) 6-1 6-3, (5) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) bt Jana Cepelova (Svk) 6-4 6-2, Anna-lena Friedsam (Ger) bt Irina-camelia Begu (Rom) 4-6 6-3 6-3, Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-2, Nina Stojanovic (Ser) bt (4) Alison Riske (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 6-2.
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-rhone-alpes Lyon, France
1st rd: Corentin Moutet (Fra) bt Reilly Opelka (USA) 6-3 2-6 7-6 (12-10), Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt (8) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 6-4 6-4, Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Mackenzie Mcdonald (USA) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, Steve Johnson (USA) bt (7) Pierre-hugues Herbert (Fra) 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 6-1, (4) Felix Auger-aliassime (Can) bt John Millman (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5.