AP Sports Reports for May 12th, 2024:
Jayson Tatum scores 33 points, Celtics rebound from loss to beat Cavs 106-93 for 2-1 series lead
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the Boston Celtics looked more like themselves after stumbling at home, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-93 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The top-seeded Celtics didn't mess around after dropping losing Game 2 on their parquet floor by 24. Tatum scored on a three-point play and the Celtics opened the second half with 14 straight points to open a 23-point lead. That was way too much for the Cavs, who overcame a 22-point deficit in the fourth to stun Boston in March. Donovan Mitchell scored 33 for Cleveland, but the All-Star guard aggravated a left knee injury in the fourth quarter
Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic help Mavs hold off Thunder again for 2-1 lead in West semis
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running left-hander in the lane in the final minute to help Dallas hold on, and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-101 for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 rebounds, and P.J. Washington scored 27, just two shy of his playoff high from the previous game. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for the Thunder. Oklahoma City has lost consecutive games after starting 5-0 in the playoffs. Game 4 is Monday night in Dallas.
Skjei ends Carolina's power-play woes, helps Hurricanes beat Rangers 4-3 to extend 2nd-round series
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei's shot from the the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen for Carolina's first goal with the man advantage in 17 tries in the series. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stefan Noesen and Sebastian Aho each scored for Carolina. Will Cuylle, Barclay Goodrow and Alexis Lafreniere scored for the Rangers. Game 5 is Monday at Madison Square Garden.
Shohei Ohtani leaves late in Dodgers' win over Padres with back tightness
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star designated hitter Shohei Ohtani left after his fourth at-bat in a 5-0 win over the San Diego Padres with what manager Dave Roberts said was back tightness. Ohtani went 0 for 3 with a walk, grounding out to the pitcher in his final at-bat in the seventh inning. He was replaced by pinch-hitter Kiké Hernández in the ninth. Roberts said the Dodgers didn't want to push it with Ohtani and the team would see how he felt Sunday but added he's leaning toward having the slugger sit out to rest.
Seguin, Stankoven score two goals each to power Stars' 4-1 win over Avalanche for 2-1 series lead
DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored the tie-breaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series. Logan Stankoven also scored twice and Oettinger finished with 29 saves for Dallas. Mikko Rantanen scored for Colorado and Alexandar Georgiev had 19 saves.
Taylor Wenczkowski scores in 3rd OT, Boston beats Montreal 2-1 in Game 2 of PWHL semifinal series
LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of the third overtime to give Boston a 2-1 victory over Montreal on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal series. Boston also won 2-1 in overtime in Game 1 on Thursday night. Game 3 of the best-of-five series is Tuesday night in Boston. Aerin Frankel made 56 saves for Boston. Amanda Pelly opened the scoring for Boston at 6:48 of the first period. Kristin O'Neill tied it on a power play at 1:58 of the second. Boston killed a five-minute power play in the first overtime after Lexie Adzija was given a match penalty for attempt to injure.Montreal defender Erin Ambrose played 61:33. Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 50 shots for Montreal.
Sagstrom, Zhang break away in Founders Cup, dashing Korda's bid for record 6th straight LPGA victory
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Madelene Sagstrom and Rose Zhang left Nelly Korda and everyone else way behind Saturday in the Cognizant Founders Cup. Trying to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour event, Korda was 11 shots behind Sagstrom and 10 back of two-time NCAA champion Zhang with a round left at Upper Montclair Country Club. After months of near-perfect play, Korda inexplicably hit bad drives, found bunkers from the fairway and missed short putts. She shot a 1-over 73. Sagstrom, who has played well on this course the last three years, had a 66 to get to 19-under 197. Zhang, who won in her professional debut in New Jersey state a year ago, had a 67 after lipping out on a short birdie putt at No. 18.
Rory McIlroy pulls within shot of Xander Schauffele in Wells Fargo Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free 4-under 67 on Saturday to pull within a stroke of leader Xander Schauffele with a round left in the Wells Fargo Championship. Schauffele, who entered the day four shots ahead of McIlroy and Jason Day, had a 70 to get to 12-under 201 as he looks to hold on and snap a 38-tournament victory drought. Sungjae Im was four shots strokes back after holing out from bunker on No. 18 to save par and shoot 69. Sepp Straka matched McIlroy's low round of 67 and was alone in fourth at 7 under, while Day was fifth at 5 under — making five bogeys in a 73.
Messi plays through a scare, Inter Miami rallies past Montreal 3-2 for fifth straight win
MONTREAL (AP) — Lionel Messi played the entire game despite a first-half injury scare, Benjamin Cremaschi broke a tie in the 59th minute and Inter Miami overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat Montreal 3-2 on Saturday night for its fifth consecutive Major League Soccer win. Luis Suarez got his 11th goal of the season for Inter Miami, and MatÃas Rojas scored off a free kick for the winners. Jules-Anthony Vilsaint and Bryce Duke had the goals for Montreal. Playing in Canada for the first time, Messi briefly left late in the first half after some sort of issue with his left knee after being fouled by defender George Campbell.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is heading to the Preakness after all
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is heading to the Preakness after all. Trainer Kenny McPeek announced the decision to send the horse to Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown next Saturday. McPeek previously refused to commit to Mystik Dan taking part in the race because of concern over the two-week turnaround, which did not work out so well in November. But he liked enough of what he saw in training over the past several days to take the chance. No one has won the Derby and Preakness since the last Triple Crown champion, Justify in 2018 for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.
AP-Scorecard
Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events:
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Boston 4 Washington 2
Final Baltimore 5 Arizona 4
Final Colorado 8 Texas 3
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Toronto 10 Minnesota 8
Final Tampa Bay 7 N.Y. Yankees 2
Final Detroit 8 Houston 2
Final Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 1
Final L.A. Angels 9 Kansas City 3
Final Oakland 8 Seattle 1
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 8 Miami 3
Final Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 1
Final Pittsburgh 10 Chicago Cubs 9
Final San Francisco 5 Cincinnati 1
Final Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 San Diego 0
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final Dallas 105 Oklahoma City 101
Final Boston 106 Cleveland 93
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Carolina 4 N-Y Rangers 3
Final Dallas 4 Colorado 1
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WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Las Vegas 102 Puerto Rico 50
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Final D.C. United 3 Atlanta 2
Final Charlotte FC 1 Nashville 0
Final Miami 3 CF Montréal 2
Final New York 4 New England 2
Final Orlando City 3 Philadelphia 2
Final New York City FC 3 Toronto FC 2
Final Cincinnati 2 Columbus 1
Final FC Dallas 2 Austin FC 1
Final Houston 2 Sporting Kansas City 1
Final St Louis City 3 Chicago 1
Final San Jose 3 Colorado 2
Final tie Real Salt Lake 2 LA Galaxy 2
Final Los Angeles FC 3 Vancouver 0
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TODAY'S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
Arizona at Baltimore 1:35 p.m.
Washington at Boston 1:35 p.m.
Texas at Colorado 3:10 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota at Toronto 1:37 p.m.
Houston at Detroit 1:40 p.m.
N-Y Yankees at Tampa Bay 1:40 p.m.
Cleveland at Chi White Sox 2:10 p.m.
Kansas City at L-A Angels 4:07 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle 4:10 p.m.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chi Cubs at Pittsburgh 1:35 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami 1:40 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee 2:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
L-A Dodgers at San Diego 4:10 p.m.
Atlanta at N-Y Mets 7:10 p.m.
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
New York at Indiana 3:30 p.m.
Denver at Minnesota 8 p.m.
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Florida at Boston 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton 9:30 p.m.
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Seattle at Portland 4:45 p.m.
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