New York Daily News

Red Bulls blanked at home

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Jimmy Nielsen extended his scoreless streak to 519 minutes with his fifth straight shutout, and Aurelien Collin scored his first goal in nearly a year in Sporting Kansas City’s 1-0 victory over the host Red Bulls on Wednesday night.

Thierry Henry had a great chance to break Nielsen’s scoreless run in the 64th minute, but pushed his shot inches wide of the right post .

CURRY SETS TREY MARK

Stephen Curry set a NBA single-season record for three-pointers with 272 and Golden State defeated host Portland, 99-88, in the season finale for both teams.

The visiting Clippers beat the Kings, 112-108, securing home court advantage in the playoffs, where they will meet fifth seed Memphis.

The host Lakers wrapped up the seventh seed in the West by beating the

Rockets, 99-95, and will face the second-seeded Spurs in the first round of the playoffs.

SOX BEAT INDIANS

Converted closer Alfredo Aceves coasted through five innings, Mike Napoli and Daniel Nava drove in two runs apiece and the visiting

Red Sox, bonded by the tragedy in Boston, struck quickly against Justin Masterson and beat Cleveland, 6-3, for their fifth straight win.

Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single and visiting Kansas City stopped

Atlanta’s 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory.

A.J. Burnett took a nohitter into the seventh inning nearly 12 years after throwing the only one of his career, pitching host Pittsburgh to a 5-0 victory over St. Louis. Burnett (1-2) lost his bid with two outs in the seventh on Carlos Beltran’s double.

GREGG WON’T SUE NFL

Hall of Famer Forrest

Gregg, 79, says that while he and his neurologis­t blame concussion­s for his Parkinson’s disease, he’s not going to sue the NFL like thousands of other former players.

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