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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have taken Game 1 of the NBA's Western Conference finals by erasing a 16-point, second-quarter deficit in a 110-106 triumph over the Houston Rockets. Stephen (STEH'-fehn) Curry shot 6-for-11 from 3-point range and scored 34 points for the Warriors, including a pair of game-clinching free throws in the closing seconds. Shaun Livingston scored 10 of his 18 points while Golden State was closing the first half on a 25-6 run to take a three-point lead.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have won the NBA draft lottery and will have the No. 1 pick next month at Barclays Center. The Wolves are the first team to win the lottery after posting the league's worst record. The Los Angeles Lakers have the second pick, followed by Philadelphia, New York and Orlando.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Kruger scored on a tip-in of Brent Seabrook's shot at 16:12 of triple-overtime to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the Ducks in Anaheim.
Andrew Shaw and Marian Hossa (HOH'-sah) scored power-play goals in the first 6:19 to put the Hawks ahead 2-0, but the Ducks eventually knotted the score on Corey Perry's goal with 2 ½ minutes left in the second period. Corey Crawford made 27 of his 60 saves after regulation to give Chicago a chance to win.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — NFL kickers will have a tougher time hitting extra points after connecting on 99 percent of their tries in recent years. League owners have approved the competition committee's proposal to snap the ball from the 15-yard line on extra-point kicks. That proposal also keeps the 2-point conversion at the 2 and allows the defense to return a turnover to the other end zone for the two points.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The NFL players' union has asked Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL') to recuse himself from the appeal hearing for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who received a four-game suspension for his role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game. The union calls Goodell a "central witness in the appeal hearing," adding he is not impartial. However, Pats owner Robert Kraft says he won't appeal his team's $1 million dollar fine and the loss of two draft picks for their part in the deflated footballs.
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