OKC pushes Spurs to brink

RUSSELL Westbrook notched 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, and the Thunder rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Spurs, 95-91, on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Kevin Durant added 23 points as the Thunder won for the second time in San Antonio in the series. Oklahoma City can close out the series Thursday in Game 6 at home.

Westbrook sealed the victory with a three-point play with 6.3 seconds remaining, scoring after the Spurs weren’t able to foul him intentionally and he drove for a layup while being fouled.

CUBS WIN 8TH STRAIGHT

Ben Zobrist went 4 for 4, Addison Russell had three RBIs and the Cubs beat the visiting Padres, 8-7, for their eighth straight win.

Jon Lester (4-1) pitched six innings of three-run ball as Chicago improved to 25-6 for the best start by a major-league team since the 1984 Tigers won 26 of their first 31 games.

Major League Baseball is reviewing Nationals slugger Bryce Harper’s confrontation with an umpire to decide whether he should be disciplined.

Joe Garagiola Jr., an MLB senior VP, will confer with chief baseball officer Joe Torre and others to determine whether any punishment is warranted.

During the bottom of the ninth inning of Washington’s 5-4 victory over the Tigers on Monday night, Harper was in the dugout when he was ejected by plate umpire Brian Knight after Nationals batter Danny Espinosa was called out on strikes.

Moments after Monday’s ejection, pinch hitter Clint Robinson hit a tiebreaking, game-ending home run, and Harper ran onto the field with his teammates to celebrate. Harper pointed toward Knight and cursed at the umpire.

PSU ALLEGATIONS DISMISSED

Prosecutors are dismissing as unreliable allegations that two assistant coaches at Penn State witnessed Jerry Sandusky having inappropriate or sexual contact with children in the late 1980s, more than two decades before his arrest and conviction as a serial child abuser.