SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings defeated the Golden State Warriors 124-118 on Friday night at Golden 1 Center, after Stephen Curry slipped on a wet spot, briefly left the game with an ankle tweak and returned to finish with 11 points in 27 minutes while Brandin Podziemski scored a...
PORTLAND, Ore. The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-97 on Friday night as Deni Avdija scored 35 points and Donovan Clingan added 18 points and 13 rebounds, giving Portland the inside track for the Western Conference’s eighth seed. Robert Williams III contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds...
Philadelphia — The Phillies opened a series at Citizens Bank Park on Friday by assembling a left-heavy batting order and scoring four runs in the first inning, but they surrendered the lead and lost 5-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jesús Luzardo exited in the fifth as Philadelphia struck out 16...
Los Angeles — Shohei Ohtani extended his regular-season on-base streak to 44 consecutive games on Friday at Dodger Stadium, singling in the fourth inning off Kumar Rocker of the Texas Rangers. The single was his 13th game in 13 tries this season reaching base by hit, walk or hit by...
Denver — The Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-107 on Friday, extending an 11-game winning streak as reserves produced notable performances; Jonas Valanciunas had season highs of 23 points and 17 rebounds, Julian Strawther scored 22 and David Roddy added a season-high 21. They rested most starters for Sunday’s...
LOS ANGELES — The Atlanta Hawks secured an NBA playoff berth with a 124-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, April 11, 2026, as CJ McCollum led Atlanta with 29 points and Dyson Daniels recorded a triple-double of 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in the win. The Hawks...
Jorge Soler's eighth-inning grand slam capped a five-run frame and helped the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 on Friday night at Great American Ball Park. Zach Neto and Josh Lowe also homered for the Angels, who broke open a close game in the late innings. The Reds'...
Baltimore — On Friday, Landen Roupp pitched six sharp innings and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 as Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee homered to support Roupp’s outing, marking the Giants’ season-high third straight victory and including a leaping defensive grab by Taylor Ward in the...
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 144-118 on Friday night, with Sam Hauser scoring 24 points including eight three-pointers and the team tying the franchise and NBA mark by making 29 total 3s. Jaylen Brown contributed 23 points in 29 minutes while Payton Pritchard added 21...
San Antonio — Victor Wembanyama scored 40 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Friday as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Dallas Mavericks 139-120 in what was reported as his 65th game, meeting the NBA's minimum games requirement for season awards. He played the required minutes after returning from a recent...
