Mavericks win to avoid elimination
Luka Doncic had 30 points and 14 rebounds, and the Mavericks beat the Warriors 119-109 on Tuesday night in Dallas to avoid being swept in the Western Conference finals. It was the 10th double-double in his 14 games this postseason for Doncic.
Dorian Finney-Smith had 23 points and Bullock had 18 on 6-for-10 shooting — all three-pointers. Jalen Brunson had 15 points. The Mavs were 20-for-43 on three-pointers.
Stephen Curry had 20 points and returned to the game with 3:22 left — his first appearance in the fourth quarter — after the Warriors had cut a 29-point deficit to 110-102. But they never got closer even with Curry and other starters returning to the floor.
The game was delayed 16 minutes because of rain leaking through the roof at American Airlines Center.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, fellow two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Devin Booker and Jayson Tatum were voted first-team All-NBA, the first time in 67 years all five players were age 27 or younger. Milwaukee’s Antetokounmpo was the only player to receive all 100 possible first-team votes and finished with 500 points in his fourth consecutive first-team selection.
Doncic joined Tim Duncan, Kevin Durant and Max Zaslofsky as the only players to make the first team three or more times before turning 24.
Rangers even series with Hurricanes
Andrew Copp had a goal and two assists, and Frank Vatrano and Adam Fox each had a goal and an assist as the Rangers beat the visiting Hurricanes 4-1 in Game 4 to even the second-round Eastern Conference series. Mika Zibanejad also scored, Ryan Lindgren had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home in the playoffs.
† Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored with 3:27 remaining to lift the Oilers to a 5-3 victory against the visiting Flames and a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference series. Evander Kane added an emptynetter with 24 seconds left for the Oilers, who took a 3-0 lead with three first-period goals.
† The United States secured a quarterfinal spot at the Ice Hockey World Championship with a 4-2 victory against Norway on the last day of group play in Tampere, Finland. The U.S. will play unbeaten Switzerland at 12:20 p.m. Thursday in Helsinki.
Swan song for Tsonga
In what was likely his final match unseeded JoWilfried Tsonga lost to eighth-seeded Casper Ruud 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (0) in the first round of the French Open. The 37-year-old Frenchman has said he will retire after this year’s tournament.