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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are heading to the second round of the NBA playoffs after eliminating New Orleans in four games, 109-98. Steph Curry had 39 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for the Warriors, who finished their first sweep in a seven-game series since 1975.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jerryd Bayless made a layup at the buzzer off an inbounds pass to give Milwaukee to a 92-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls. That draws the Bucks within 3-1 in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Game 5 is Monday night in Chicago.
MIAMI (AP) — Tom Koehler outpitched Stephen Strasburg, Giancarlo Stanton homered and the surging Miami Marlins earned their fourth win in a row by blanking the slumping Washington Nationals 8-0. Defending NL East champion Washington endured its fourth consecutive defeat and fell to 7-11 on the young season.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Weather disrupted NASCAR's top series for a second consecutive week when Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race was postponed because of rain at Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR rescheduled the event for Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern with defending champion Joey Logano on the pole.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders forced a Game 7 Monday night in Washington after beating the Capitals 3-1 to even that first-round NHL playoff series. Nikolay Kulemin (KOOL'-ay-mihn) scored the go-ahead goal with 9:27 left and Islanders captain John Tavares added a goal and one assist.
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