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11:12 PM on Friday, March 27

Scottie Barnes had 23 points and 12 assists, Jakob Poeltl had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-106

10:56 PM on Friday, March 27

Sandy Alcantara put last year’s ups and downs behind him and got off to a strong start to this season

10:54 PM on Friday, March 27

Iowa State star Joshua Jefferson missed the Cyclones’ Sweet 16 matchup against Tennessee because of a sprained left ankle

10:42 PM on Friday, March 27

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder used a 22-0 run in the second half to beat the Chicago Bulls 131-113

10:41 PM on Friday, March 27

Kevin Durant scored 25 points and led a fourth-quarter rally as the Houston Rockets pulled away from the Memphis Grizzlies with a 119-109 victory

10:24 PM on Friday, March 27

Andrés Giménez drove in the winning run with a two-out single in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Athletics 3-2

10:24 PM on Friday, March 27

Max Strus scored 29 points, Evan Mobley 23 and Jarrett Allen came back from injury to add 18, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 149-128 win over Miami

10:16 PM on Friday, March 27

Payton Pritchard scored 36 points, Jayson Tatum had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 109-102 on Friday night

10:13 PM on Friday, March 27

Argentina beats Mauritania 2-1 in a friendly as fans in Buenos Aires tried to encourage Lionel Messi to play in a sixth World Cup

10:08 PM on Friday, March 27

Aerin Frankel made 18 saves for her third straight shutout and seventh of the season as the Boston Fleet topped the Toronto Sceptres 4-0 on Friday night

10:05 PM on Friday, March 27

Nelly Korda has the 36-hole lead in the Ford Championship in Phoenix

10:01 PM on Friday, March 27

Jonny Brodzinski scored twice, Adam Sykora scored his first goal and Dylan Garand made 27 saves for his first NHL win as the New York Rangers downed the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 on Friday night

9:53 PM on Friday, March 27

The Braves homered three times to back six strong innings by Chris Sale, leading Atlanta to a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on opening night

9:45 PM on Friday, March 27

Javier Sanoja had three hits, Sandy Alcantara allowed one run over seven innings and the Miami Marlins opened the season with a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies

9:39 PM on Friday, March 27

Alex DeBrincat’s power-play goal 4:02 in sparked Detroit’s three-goal first period, and the Red Wings rolled to a 5-2 win over the Atlantic Division-leading Buffalo Sabres

9:38 PM on Friday, March 27

The NBA fined Timberwolves big man Naz Reid $50,000 “for questioning the integrity of game officials” in Minnesota’s 110-108 victory over the Houston Rockets 110-108 on Wednesday

8:55 PM on Friday, March 27

Stephen Curry missed his 24th straight game for the Golden State Warriors but is set to resume five-on-five scrimmaging in the coming days with hopes he might still return from a lingering right knee injury before the end of the regular season

7:31 PM on Friday, March 27

Duke point guard Caleb Foster returned to the court less than three weeks after breaking his foot

7:30 PM on Friday, March 27

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the sixth to end an 0-for-7 start to his season after the two-time reigning AL MVP had a strike call overturned by the automated system earlier in that same at-bat when he challenged, and the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0

6:22 PM on Friday, March 27

Jannik Sinner sat out the Miami Open a year ago as he served a three-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance