On a night where Victor Oladipo’s return was the big news for the Pacers, T.J. Warren took over with an unreal 53-point performance. And he saved the best for last.
Fourth-ranked Danielle Kang overcame three bogeys in the last six holes to claim a share of the lead after Saturday’s second round of the LPGA Drive On Championship. The 27-year-old American, whose past two wins came at Shanghai in 2018 and 2019, fired a one-over par 73 to join France’s Celine Boutier and England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff for the lead on five-under 139 through 36 holes at Iverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Japan’s Yui Kawamoto and American Sarah Schmelzel shared fourth on 141 with Australia’s Minjee Lee, South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace and Americans Amy Olson and Sarah Burnham another stroke adrift.
Paul George made three straight 3-pointers in the opening minutes and had eight overall for 28 points for the Los Angeles Clippers, who rode a team-record barrage of long-range shots to beat the faltering New Orleans Pelicans 126-103 on Saturday. The Clippers broke the franchise record by making 25 of 47 3-pointers. George made 8 of 11.
The Celtics guard wasn’t happy with a controversial block/charge call in Friday’s game.
The Dallas Mavericks had a chance to lock up a Western Conference playoff spot with a win Friday night, but couldn’t put away the Houston Rockets in a 153-149 overtime defeat. The Mavericks face the Phoenix Suns, who got seeding games off to a good start Friday with a 125-112 win over the Washington Wizards. The Mavericks (40-28) lamented losing a three-point lead on a free throw and tip-in of the missed second free throw with 3.3 seconds left in regulation against Houston.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was like picking up where they left off on March 11 when they beat the Utah Jazz on Saturday. The Thunder were to host the Jazz that night before Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus.
Brendon Todd has a 54-hole lead for the second time since the PGA Tour’s return to play and is up 1 shot after shooting a 1-under 69 on Saturday in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Branden Grace self-reported his symptoms knowing it could cost him a six-figure payday and a shot in next week’s PGA Championship.
Branden Grace self-reported his symptoms knowing it could cost him a six-figure payday and a shot in next week’s PGA Championship.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots and the New York Islanders opened their best-of-five playoff series with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday in the NHL’s return following a 4 1/2-month break. Anthony Beauvillier scored the decisive goal on a power play at 3:39 of the second period. The goal was scored a little over a minute after Florida’s Mike Matheson was penalized for a hit to the head on defenseman Johnny Boychuk, who did not return.
