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NBA PLAYOFFS-SCHEDULE
Warriors dump Clippers
UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have concluded a tumultuous weekend with a lopsided loss to Golden State 118-97, evening the NBA first-round series at two games apiece.
Stephen (STEH'-fehn) Curry hit five of his career playoff-high seven 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 33 points. Andre Iguodala (ihg-ah-DAH'-lah) added 22 points and nine assists for the Warriors, who led by 20 in the first period.
The blowout came a day after TMZ released an audio recording purportedly of Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racial comments. In the recording the man speaking urges his girlfriend not to bring black friends to Clippers games. The NBA and the Clippers are investigating, including whether the male voice on the recording is in fact Sterling's.
Before the start of the game the Clippers ran out of the tunnel wearing their warm-up uniforms. They huddled together at center court and tossed their warm-ups to the floor and went through their pregame routine with their red Clippers' shirts on inside-out to hide the team's logo.
Magic Johnson weighed in before the game by saying he will never attend a Clippers game again and that commissioner Adam Silver should "come down hard" on Sterling. Johnson says Sterling should not be allowed to own a team.
Michael Jordan says he's both disgusted and outraged by the comments allegedly made by Sterling. President Barack Obama called the comments "incredibly offensive racist statements."
Toronto has knotted its first-round series at two games apiece. DeMar DeRozan dropped in 24 points and Kyle Lowry added 22 as the Raptors knocked off the Nets 87-79 in Brooklyn. Amir Johnson had 17 points for the Raptors, who squandered a 17-point lead and trailed by four before closing on a 14-2 run.
Game 5 is Wednesday in Toronto.
The Washington Wizards took a 3-1 series lead by downing Chicago 98-89. Trevor Ariza (ah-REE'-zuh) had a career playoff-high 30 points in the win, which saw the Wizards score the first 14 points of the game. John Wall added 15 points and 10 assists for Washington, which forced 16 turnovers and committed only six.
The Wizards can finish off the Bulls in Game 5 on Tuesday in Chicago.
NHL PLAYOFFS-SCHEDULE
Blackhawks close out Blues
UNDATED (AP) — The defending Stanley Cup champs are the third team to advance to the conference semifinals.
Duncan Keith had a goal and three assists as the Chicago Blackhawks eliminated St. Louis 5-1 in Game 6. The Hawks put together a four-goal third period and finished the series with four straight wins after dropping the first two games in overtime at St. Louis.
Chicago next faces the winner of the Minnesota-Colorado series.
The New York Rangers have taken a 3-2 lead in their best of seven playoff series with the Flyers. Brad Richards and Dominic Moore scored second-period goals to put the Rangers ahead 3-1 in a 4-2 victory.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 24 shots for the Rangers, who can wrap up the series Tuesday in Philadelphia.
MLB-SCHEDULE
Baseball has a five-game winner
UNDATED (AP) — Adam Wainwright and Jhonny Peralta (JAH'-nee peh-RAHL'-tah) were the stars as the St. Louis Cardinals hammered Pittsburgh 7-0.
Wainwright is the year's first five-game winner, improving to 5-1 by allowing three runs while striking out seven in eight innings. Peralta back him with two homers and four RBIs as the Redbirds dealt the Pirates their fifth loss in six games. The Cards had gone 366 at-bats without a homer before Peralta ended the drought.
Also in the majors:
— Atlanta beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Freddie Freeman's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto (KWAY'-toh) and Atlanta's Julio Teheran each allowed only three hits in eight scoreless innings.
— Jason Hammel tossed seven scoreless innings and Starlin Castro hit two solo homers in the Cubs shut out of the Brewers 4-0. Hammel had a season-high seven strikeouts and didn't allow a hit until Carlos Gomez doubled with one out in the sixth.
— Brandon Hicks hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give San Francisco a 4-1 victory and a three-game sweep of Cleveland. Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong gave up just two hits in seven shutout innings, his longest start of the season.
— Josh Rutledge hit a three-run homer and Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong innings in Colorado's 6-1 rout of the Dodgers in Los Angeles. De La Rosa surrendered only a run and four hits as the Rockies won their fourth straight series.
— Cameron Maybin returned to the San Diego lineup and went 2-for-4 with a run scored in San Diego's 4-2 win at Washington. Maybin was making his season debut after rupturing his left biceps in spring training.
— Dillon Gee pitched three-hit ball over eight innings and Chris Young hit a two-run homer as the New York Mets blanked Florida 4-0 to conclude a 6-4 homestand. The Mets compiled a 2.19 ERA during the final eight games of the homestand.
— The Phillies completed a 6-4 road trip as A.J. Burnett allowed five hits and had eight strikeouts in eight innings of Philadelphia's 2-0 shutout of Arizona. Chase Utley hit an RBI single in the first and scored the other run while raising his batting average to .360.
— White Sox designated hitter Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY'-oo) has set a major league record with 31 RBIs for the month of April after driving in four more in a 9-2 rout of Tampa Bay. The homer was his major league-leading 10th and extended his own record for home runs by a rookie through April.
— Collin McHugh allowed two hits over 8 2/3 innings of Houston's 5-1 victory against Oakland. McHugh is 2-0 with 19 strikeouts and a 0.59 ERA in 15 1/3 innings over two starts since being recalled from the minors early last week.
— Kyle Seager's second homer of the day with a three-run shot in the eighth to lead Seattle past Texas. Seager has five home runs in four games, a power surge that started with a two-homer game against the Astros on Wednesday.
— Kansas City's Omar Infante (ihn-FAHN'-tay) homered and tied a career high with six RBIs to lead a 9-3 pounding of the Orioles in Baltimore. James Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball as the Royals concluded a 3-4 road trip.
— Brett Lawrie hit a solo homer and had and had two RBIs as Toronto whipped Boston 7-1 to end a four-game losing streak. Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN') also had two hits and drove in two runs as one of a major league-record six Dominicans in the Blue Jays' lineup.
— Detroit's game at Minnesota was postponed because of rain. No makeup date has been set.
MLB-DISABLED LIST
O's, Tigers and Nationals lose players
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another player sliding head-first into a base has been injured and is headed to the disabled list. This time, it's Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper, who has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left thumb. Harper hurt his hand with a head-first slide into third base Friday night after hitting a third-inning, bases-loaded triple in Washington's 11-1 victory over the San Diego Padres. He stayed in the game for an inning before he was replaced.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have put first baseman Chris Davis on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique. Davis left Friday night's game against Kansas City after four innings. Davis led the majors last year with 53 homers and 138 RBIs. This season he has two home runs and 13 RBIs in 22 games.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have put pitcher Anibal (AH'-nih-bahl) Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list because of a blister on his throwing hand. Sanchez left in the third inning of Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Twins with a blister on his right middle finger. He is 0-2 with a 3.13 ERA in five starts this season.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-UCLA/ADAMS
Adams turning pro after all
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA sophomore guard Jordan Adams has changed his mind and decided to enter the NBA draft.
Adams was a first team All-Pac-12 last season, finishing first on the Bruins in scoring and second in rebounds while setting a single-season team record with 95 steals.
GOLF-ZURICH CLASSIC
Noh says yes to a PGA win
AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Seung-Yul Noh was the winner of the PGA's Zurich Classic. He shot a final round 1-under-71 to finish 19-under for the tournament, two shots in front Andrew Svoboda and Robert Streb.
Robert Garrigus had the best round of the day, an 8-under-64 to finish 14-under-par.
GOLF-SWINGING SKIRTS CLASSIC
Lewis begins play on top
DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Lydia Ko has earned her third LPGA Tour victory and first as a progession.
The 17-year-old Ko sank a six-foot birdie on the final hole to win the inaugural Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic by one shot over Stacy Lewis. Ko birdied three of her final four holes en route to a 3-under 69 and a 12-under total.
Ko will move up two spots to No. 2 in the next world ranking.
INDYCAR
Hunter-Reay wins rain-shortened race
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Ryan Hunter-Reay coasted to his second straight victory at Barber Motorsports Park when the rain-shortened IndyCar race finished under caution.
A full-course caution came out for the final seven minutes of the timed race after rookie Mikhail Aleshin lost control and went off the track. That left Hunter-Reay unchallenged, with Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti finishing second.
Scott Dixon was third.
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