Forget a Tiger Woods’ style blowout. Unlike that performance 20 years ago, Augusta National has a traffic jam atop the leaderboard that will likely take the entire weekend to untangle.
Thomas Pieters has imagined himself sinking the winning putt at Augusta National countless times. Pieters said he grew up watching the Masters and dreamed of success in the year’s first major, outdueling the game’s best to earn the green jacket. Pieters has taken to the challenging layout at Augusta National like few first-timers in history.
Russell Westbrook joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. The dynamic Thunder guard fell two assists shy of what would have been his 42nd in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 120-99 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
Russell Westbrook joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. The dynamic Thunder guard fell two assists shy of what would have been his 42nd in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 120-99 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
Gourde, Kucherov help Lightning beat Canadiens
Moments like Friday night are what Gordon Hayward envisioned last summer when he remade his body and pushed his talents to an All-Star level. Hayward scored a career-high 39 points and the Jazz rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-113. The Jazz have won a season-best eight consecutive games at home and clinched the Northwest Division title for the first time since 2007-08.
Phil Hughes found his old form after getting plenty of help in the first inning. Hughes pitched six strong innings for his first win in almost a year and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night for their first 4-0 start since 1987. Miguel Sano hit an RBI go-ahead double in the sixth, and Chris Gimenez added an RBI double in the seventh for the Twins, who led the majors with 103 losses last season after opening 0-9.
As the jaw-dropping loss began to sink in, LeBron James sat on the floor away from his teammates, alone in his thoughts. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Atlanta Hawks, despite resting center Dwight Howard and sitting three other key starters, stunned James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-100 on Friday night. Coming off a win over Boston on Thursday night, the Hawks outworked and outgunned the Cavs, who blew a chance to move closer to securing the top seed in the Eastern Conference with the kind of flat, uninspired performance that has become the norm in a disjointed season.
Nomar Mazara brought plenty of confidence into his sophomore big league season, and he sure isn’t going to lose any of that with this start. Mazara hit his first grand slam and had a career-high six RBIs to lead the Rangers over the Oakland Athletics 10-5 Friday night for their first victory of the season. ”He’s a special player,” Texas manager Jeff Banister said of Mazara, who will turn 22 later this month.
The season of Russ: Westbrook’s epic tale of triple-double triumph
