OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 19 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
Isaiah Thomas bumped into Paul Pierce tooling around Boston on Saturday night and then stole the spotlight from the former Celtics captain on Sunday. With the crowd uncertain whether to cheer loudest for the Celtics or for Pierce – or for the Patriots in the Super Bowl – Thomas scored 28 points to lead Boston to its seventh straight victory, a 107-102 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Pierce’s final game in the Garden.
(Officialsportsbetting.com) – Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and American Webb Simpson headed to a sudden-death playoff after finishing regulation tied at the Phoenix Open in Arizona on Sunday. The duo finished the 72 regulation holes on 17-under-par 267, Matsuyama narrowly missing a birdie putt at the last to card a five-under 66 and Simpson closing with a best-of-the-day 64. World number five Matsuyama is seeking his fifth victory in his last nine starts worldwide. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in St. Augustine, Florida; Editing by Andrew Both)
Feb 5 (Officialsportsbetting.com) – Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and American Webb Simpson headed to a sudden-death playoff after finishing regulation tied at the Phoenix Open in Arizona on Sunday. The duo finished the 72 regulation holes on 17-under-par 267, Matsuyama narrowly missing a birdie putt at the last to card a five-under 66 and Simpson closing with a best-of-the-day 64. World number five Matsuyama is seeking his fifth victory in his last nine starts worldwide. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in St. Augustine, Florida; Editing by Andrew Both)
MONTREAL (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored the only goal in a shootout, and the Edmonton Oilers stopped a three-game slide with a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
Pierce comes back in for a 3 in Garden finale
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Unique Bella won the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by 8} lengths Sunday at Santa Anita.
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Unique Bella won the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by 8} lengths Sunday at Santa Anita.
Millions of humans around the globe will watch Super Bowl LI on Sunday. Michael Floyd will be one of them. The Patriots receiver was ruled inactive for New England’s title clash with the Falcons.
Patriots receiver Floyd inactive for Super Bowl
