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2:03 AM on Thursday, April 23

The San Antonio Spurs visit the Portland Trail Blazers for game three of the Western Conference first round with the series tied 1-1

2:03 AM on Thursday, April 23

The Los Angeles Lakers visit the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference first round with a 2-0 lead in the series

2:03 AM on Thursday, April 23

The Boston Celtics visit the Philadelphia 76ers for game three of the Eastern Conference first round with the series tied 1-1

1:38 AM on Thursday, April 23

Alex Carpenter and Gabrielle David scored nine seconds apart, Anna Wilgren added a goal for her third in two games, and the Seattle Torrent beat the Minnesota Frost 5-4 for their first victory in the series

1:29 AM on Thursday, April 23

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort

12:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

Cutter Gauthier broke a tie off a rebound with 4:52 left and the Anaheim Ducks beat Edmonton 6-4 on Wednesday night in Game 2 to even the first-round series, with Oilers star Connor McDavid escaping a leg injury

12:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

Jack Jasinski secured his first MLS goal, Preston Judd scored two goals in six minutes, and the San Jose Earthquakes used a big second half to beat Austin FC 5-1 for their fifth victory in a row

12:53 AM on Thursday, April 23

New Zealand has won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat in the series-deciding third one-day cricket international at Chattogram

12:47 AM on Thursday, April 23

Ildemaro Vargas hit two homers and had five RBIs, Nolan Arenado added a two-run shot and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago White Sox 11-7

12:47 AM on Thursday, April 23

Zack Steffen finished with two saves and had his second shutout of the season for the Colorado Rapids in a 0-0 tie with Los Angeles FC

12:35 AM on Thursday, April 23

Wyatt Johnston scored on a power-play deflection at 12:10 of the second overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild early Thursday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series

12:34 AM on Thursday, April 23

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 37 points and nine assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Phoenix Suns 120-107 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series

12:22 AM on Thursday, April 23

Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami tied a Major League Baseball rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451-foot shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season

12:16 AM on Thursday, April 23

Hunter Goodman had two doubles and a homer, TJ Rumfield knocked in two runs and Tomoyuki Sugano struck out four in 5 2/3 innings as the Colorado Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres 8-3

12:15 AM on Thursday, April 23

Pittsburgh Pirates star Oneil Cruz rocketed a cut fastball from Jalen Beeks left over the middle of the plate off the top of the right-field foul pole measured at 432 feet

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 23

Dan Vladar skated away gripping his right arm after a collision with the Penguins

12:11 AM on Thursday, April 23

Dániel Gazdag and Diego Rossi each scored to help the Columbus Crew beat the LA Galaxy 2-1 in a game delayed for over two hours due to weather

11:44 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Oklahoma City Thunder guard/forward Jalen Williams left in the third quarter of Wednesday night’s playoff game against the Phoenix Suns with a left hamstring injury

10:17 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Mark Vientos blooped a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the New York Mets snapped their 12-game losing streak, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-2 after getting one superstar back only to see another exit with a similar injury

9:35 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Shohei Ohtani’s career-best 53-game on-base streak ended on a night he pitched six scoreless innings