At Toronto:
Pascal Siakam scored 32 points while grabbing eight rebounds while Kawhi Leonard (who also pulled in eight boards) and Marc Gasol added 23 and 20 points respectively on Thursday as the Toronto Raptors topped the visiting Golden State Warriors 118-109 in the opening game of the NBA Finals.
Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 34 points while Klay Thompson added 21 to the Golden State tally.
That's the aforementioned Mr. Siakam, driving to the bucket against the Warriors' Draymond Green.
The series is set to continue in Toronto on Sunday (5:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
Pool photo via USA Today Sports by Gregory Shamus
At Portland, Oregon:
Dairon Asprilla (63') and Modou Jadama (70') each scored a second-half goal on Wednesday as Portland Timbers 2 defeated visiting Real Monarchs 2-1 in USL Championship action.
Next up for T2: A road match against the Austin Bold on Saturday, June 8 (streamed live on ESPN+).
At Boston:
Carl Gunnarsson (that's him, on the right, celebrating with teammate Alex Pietrangelo) scored the winning goal at 3:51 of overtime on Wednesday as the St. Louis Blues picked up their first-ever victory in a Stanley Cup Final game after 13 straight defeats by knocking off the Boston Bruins 3-2 on the road to square the series at one game apiece.
The series is set to resume in St. Louis on Saturday (5:00 PM Pacific Time, NBCSN).
USA Today Sports photo by Winslow Townson
At Boston:
Connor Clifton, Charlie McAvoy (power play), Sean Kuraly (pictured here), and Brad Marchand (empty net) each scored once as the Boston Bruins erased a two-goal deficit to take Monday's opening game of the Stanley Cup Final 4-2 over the visiting St. Louis Blues.
The Blues are now 0-13 in Stanley Cup Final games.
The series will resume on Wednesday in Boston (5:00 PM Pacific Time, NBCSN).
USA Today Sports photo by Bob DeChiara
Bart Starr, the legendary Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback who was the Most Valuable Playoff of the first two Super Bowls, passed away at his Alabama home on Sunday at age 85.
Drafted out of Alabama in the 17th round of the 1956 NFL College Draft, Mr. Starr spent 16 seasons with the Packers, with his greatest years coming in the 1960s, where the Packers, coached by Vince Lombardi, won five NFL championships (and the first two Super Bowls) during a seven-year span (1961-67).
Perhaps Bart's most famous moment came in the final seconds of the 1967 NFL Championship Game, known infamously as The Ice Bowl at Green Bay's Lambeau Field, when the veteran quarterback scored the game-winning touchdown on a quarterback sneak.
Bart was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
He was the Packers' head coach from 1975 to 1984.
You can find more on Bart's career here.
Here's the official souvenir puck of the Cincinnati Stingers, who played in the World Hockey Association from 1974 until the end of the league in 1979.
At Toronto:
Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points and grabbed 17 rebounds on Saturday night as the Toronto Raptors held off the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 100-94 in the sixth game of the NBA Playoffs' Eastern Conference Finals and won the series four games to two to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in their 24-year history (also a first for a Canadian club).
Giannis Antetokounmpo topped the Bucks with 21 points (to go with his 11 rebounds).
The Raptors will have home-court advantage against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors as the NBA Finals will open on Thursday in Toronto (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
At Chester, Pennsylvania:
Brian Fernandez scored twice (31', 36') and Diego Valeri once (87') as the Portland Timbers closed out their season-opening 12-game road trip with a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union.
Kacper Przybylko scored the lone Union goal in the 47th minute.
The Timbers, who went 4-6-2 on their road swing (and matched their road victory total from last season in the process), will finally play their home opener at newly-renovated Providence Park this coming Saturday night as they host the Los Angeles Football Club at 7:30 PM Pacific Time (ESPN 2).
At Portland, Oregon:
Omar Salgado's equalizer in the opening minute of first-half stoppage time enabled the El Paso Locomotive to gain a 1-1 Saturday USL Championship road draw with Portland Timbers 2 at Providence Park.
Dairon Asprilla scored for the hosts in the 41st minute.
Next up for T2, a home encounter with Real Monarchs SLC this coming Wednesday at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (ESPN+).
At Milwaukee:
In Thursday's fifth game of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points, dished out nine assists, and grabbed seven rebounds as the Toronto Raptors knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks 105-99 to take a three-games-to-two series lead.
Fred VanFleet came off the bench to add 21 points to the Raptors' coffers.
Giannis Antetokounmpo topped the Bucks with 24 points while Eric Bledsoe added 20.
The Raptors can wrap up the series and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in their 24-year history by beating the Bucks back home in Toronto on Saturday night.
Here's the front cover of the official 1974-75 media guide of the WHA's San Diego Mariners, formerly the Jersey Knights, formerly the New York Golden Blades, formerly the New York Raiders.
The Mariners hung on in San Diego for three years before closing up shop in the summer of 1977.
Here's an official game program of the Jersey Knights' November 25, 1973 WHA home contest against the Quebec Nordiques.
The game was played at the Cherry Hill Arena in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, just outside Philadelphia.
The Knights were the newly-transplanted New York Golden Blades (formerly the New York Raiders).
This was their first game at their home. The Knights won the game 3-1.
Here's a 1973-74 season-ticket brochure for the WHA's New York Golden Blades (formerly the New York Raiders).
The combination of poor attendance and high rentals at Madison Square Garden forced the WHA to move the franchise to Cherry Hill, New Jersey in November of 1973.
The team was renamed the Jersey Knights.
Here's the front cover of the official 1972-73 media guide of the New York Raiders of the WHA.
Here's a glamour photo of English-born 1930s and 1940s screen actress Madeleine Carroll.
At St. Louis:
Vladimir Tarasenko and Brayden Schenn each scored a power-play goal while Jordan Binnington saved 25 of 26 shots on Tuesday night as the St. Louis Blues dominated the visiting San Jose Sharks 5-1 in game five of the Stanley Cup Playoff's Western Conference Final, which the Blues won four games to two.
The Blues will be playing in their first Stanley Cup Final since 1970 as they face the Boston Bruins as the championship series is set to open this coming Monday at 5:00 PM Pacific Time at Boston (NBC).
This will be a rematch of the 1970 final, which the Bruins swept in four games to win Lord Stanley's Cup for the first time since 1941.
The Blues reached the final in their first three seasons, only to be swept in four straight games each time (against the Montreal Canadiens in 1968 and 1969 as well as the Bruins in 1970).
At Toronto:
Kyle Lowry scored 25 points on Tuesday as the Toronto Raptors, with six players (including three coming off the bench) scoring in double-figures blindsided the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 120-102 in game four of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, now level at two games apiece.
Khris Middleton top the Bucks with 30 points while Giannis Antetokounmpo added 25 (to go with his ten rebounds).
Here's the official World Hockey Association 1973-74 media guide with Winnipeg's Bobby Hull and Houston's Gordie Howe on the front cover.
Here's the front cover of the Indianapolis Racers' official program for their October 27, 1974 WHA game against the Quebec Nordiques.
The expaneion Racers won that game at Market Square Arena 5-3 for their first-ever regular-season victory.
Here's the official 1975-76 team photo of the WHA's Calgary Cowboys, formerly the Vancouver Blazers, formerly the Philadelphia Blazers, who had replaced the abortive Miami Screaming Eagles.
These Cowboys lasted two seasons before riding off to the sunset for good in 1977.
Here's the front cover of the official 1972-73 Year Book of the World Hockey Association's Winnipeg Jets (today's NHL Arizona Coyotes).
Here's a glamour photo of screen legend Hedy Lamarr.
At Portland, Oregon:
Stephen Curry scored 37 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and dished out 11 assists, and with Draymond Green scoring 18 points, pulling in 14 boards, and handing out 11 assists, became the first teammates to register a triple double in a single NBA Playoff game on Monday as the Golden State Warriors erased a 17-point third-period deficit to upend the Portland Trail Blazers 119-117 in overtime to complete a four-game sweep of the Western Conference Finals and advance to their fifth successive league championship series (making them only the second team to do so after the Boston Celtics advanced to ten straight title series [1957-66]).
Meyers Leonard scored a career-high 30 points while grabbing 12 rebounds to top the Blazers while Damian Lillard added 28 points to go with his 12 assists; C.J. McCollum added 26 points to the Blazers' coffers.
The Blazers became the first team in 20 years to lose three straight playoff games after leading by 15 or more points (leading by 17 points twice and 18 once).
The Warriors will take on the winner of the Milwaukee-Toronto Eastern Conference Finals (which the Bucks now lead two games to one) in the NBA Finals, start to open on Wednesday of next week.
At San Jose, California:
Jaden Schwartz produced a hat trick (one of the goals came on the power play) while Jordan Binnington saved all 21 shots for the shutout as the St. Louis Blues blasted the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Sunday in game five of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Western Conference Final.
The Blues, now up three games to two, can advance to their first Stanley Cup Final since being swept by the Boston Bruins in 1970 by finishing off the Sharks back home in St. Louis on Tuesday.
At Toronto:
Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points and grabbed nine rebounds on Sunday as the Toronto Raptors held off the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 118-112 in double overtime in game three of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, cutting the guests' advantage to two games to one.
Pascal Siakam added 25 points and 11 boards to the Raptors' coffers while Marc Gasol helped Toronto's cause with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
George Hill and Malcolm Brogdon came off the bench to score 24 and 20 points respectively to pace the Bucks.
Though Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpto was held to 12 points, he did pull in a career-high 23 rebounds.
Time for a glamour photo of 1930s screen actress Madge Evans.
At Baltimore:
War of Will, with Tyler Gaffalione aboard, won Saturday's 144th running of the Preakness Stakes, with Everfast finishing second and Owendale third.
Like the jockey, War of Will's trainer Mark E. Casse won his first Triple Crown race.
Yes, War of Will was the horse that was fouled late in the recent Kentucky Derby, which resulted in Maximum Security, who finished first, being disqualified.
An interesting sidemark, Bodexpress, who threw his jockey John Valazquez at the start of the race, ran clear around the track.
Neither the jockeyless horse or jockey was injured.
At Portland, Oregon:
Stephen Curry scored 36 points while Draymond Green produced a triple-double (20 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists) as the Golden State Warriors, after trailing by as many as 18 points in the second quarter (and 13 at halftime), outscored the Portland Trail Blazers 57-33 in the second half en route to a 110-99 Saturday game-three road victory and an NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals three-games-to-none series lead.
Klay Thompson added 19 points to the Warriors' coffers.
C.J. McCollum paced the Blazers with 23 points while Damian Lillard added 19; the Blazers missed 13 free throws.
The Warriors can advance to their fifth consecutive NBA Finals with a game-four victory in Portland on Monday night.
No team has ever come back from a three-games-to-none deficit to win a best-of-seven NBA Playoff series.
At Milwaukee:
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds on Friday as the Milwaukee Bucks, with six players scoring in double figures, manhandled the visiting Toronto Raptors 125-103 in game two of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, which the Bucks now lead two games to none.
Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 31 points, to go with his eight rebounds.
At St. Louis:
Ivan Barbashev and Tyler Bozak (power play) each scored once while Jordan Binnington saved 29 of 30 shots on Friday as the St. Louis Blues squared the Western Conference Final at two games apiece following their 2-1 game-four home victory over the San Jose Sharks as the Stanley Cup Playoffs continued.
At Raleigh, North Carolina:
Patrice Bergeron scored twice (once on the power play) while Tuukka Rask saved all 24 shots on Thursday as the Boston Bruins blanked the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on the road to complete a four-game sweep of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Eastern Conference Final.
The Bruins will play in their first Stanley Cup Final since 2013, when they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks.
The B's last won Lord Stanley's Cup in 2011 in seven games, against the Vancouver Canucks.
At Oakland, California:
Stephen Curry scored 37 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out eight assists as the Golden State Warriors, who trailed by 15 points at halftime on Thursday, ended the game on a 14-3 run to overtake the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 114-111 in the second contest of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, which they now lead two games to none.
Klay Thompson added 24 points to the Warriors' coffers.
Damian Lillard scored 23 points while C.J. McCollum added 22 to lead the Blazers.
At Houston:
Brian Fernandez scored his first Major League Soccer goal in the 77th minute on Wednesday to lift the Portland Timbers to a 1-1 road draw with the Houston Dynamo.
Mauro Manotas scored for the Dynamo in the 40th minute.
The Timbers will conclude their season-opening 12-match road trip on Saturday, May 25 against the Philadelphia Union at 4:30 PM Pacific Time (ROOT Sports Northwest; ESPN+)
At Milwaukee:
In Wednesday's opening game of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, Brook Lopez (who grabbed eleven rebounds) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (who pulled in 14 boards) led the way with 29 and 24 points respectively as the Milwaukee Bucks finished the game with a flourish to knock off the visiting Toronto Raptors 108-100.
Kawhi Leornard and Kyle Lowry respectively scored 31 and 30 points and pulled in nine and eight rebounds for the Raptors.
At St. Louis:
Erik Karlsson, who scored twice on Wednesday, notched the game winner 5:23 into overtime as the San Jose Sharks reclaimed home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Western Conference Final by taking game three of the series 5-4 on the road over the St. Louis Blues for a two-games-to-one series lead.
Joe Thornton also scored twice for the Sharks.
At Oakland, California:
In Tuesday's opening game of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, Stephen Curry scored 36 points while Clay Thompson added 26 as the Golden State Warriors pulled away from the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 116-94, outscoring the guests 39-23 in the fourth quarter.
Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 19 points.
At Raleigh, North Carolina:
Chris Wagner and Brad Marchand (power play) each scored a second-period goal on Tuesday while Tuukka Rask saved stopped 35 of 36 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on the road in the third game of the Eastern Conference Final, which the Bruins now lead three games to none.
The Bruins can advance to the Stanley Cup Final by winning again in Raleigh in game four on Thursday.
At San Jose, California:
Jaden Schwartz, Vince Dunn, Robert Bortuzzo, and Oskar Sundqvist each scored a goal on Monday as the St. Louis Blues doubled up the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on the road in game two of their Western Conference Final series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The series is now deadlocked at one game apiece.
Beloved comedian---and six-time Emmy Award winner---Tim Conway, best remembered for his bumbling characters and his stint as frequent guest star-turned-regular on The Carol Burnett Show (CBS, 1967-78), passed away on Tuesday at age 85.
Mr. Conway was for four years a member of the cast of the ABC Network war sitcom McHale's Navy, which starred Ernest Borgnine as a sometimes larcenous Navy Lieutenant Commander during the Second World War.
That show ran from 1962 to 1966.
After having starred in a series of failed sitcoms and a short-lived variety hour, Tim, after having appeared as a frequent guest on Miss Burnett's show, become a regular on that comedy variety hour.
Many of Tim's best skits on that show were those in which he performed with fellow regular Harvey Korman.
You can find more on Tim's life and career here.
Doris Day, the legendary singer and actress best known for co-starring in a series of 1960s romantic motion picture comedies with Rock Hudson and who had hit records during the 1940s and 1950s, passed away on Monday at age 97.
Miss Day passed away at her Carmel Valley, California home of complications from pneumonia.
Cincinnati-born Doris began her career as a big-band vocalist, most prominently in the 1940s with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
After starring in a series of movies, amongst those, "Romance on the High Seas," the 1955 version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much," with Jimmy Stewart (in which she sang the Oscar-winning song "Que Sera Sera," which would go on to be her theme song), and "Teachers Pet," Doris starred in a series of 1960s sex comedies that made her a box-office champion.
In 1968, she began starring as a widowed mother in the CBS TV Network sitcom The Doris Day Show, a series that reflected the attitudes of the networks during its' five-year run.
In that first season, the widowed mom lived in the country with two kids and the family dog; by the second city, mom still lived in the country but commuted to San Francisco to work for a news magazine; by the third season, mom, kids, and the dog moved into an apartment in Frisco; for the final two seasons, perhaps spurred by the success of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (and maybe by the cancellation of CBS' remaining rural-based sitcoms), Doris' character was transformed into a swinging single, working for a weekly newspaper.
For more on Doris' life and career, you can clicked right here.
At Tacoma, Washington:
Dairon Asprilla scored twice (PK-49', 61') as Portland Timbers 2 defeated the Tacoma Defiance (formerly Seattle Sounders 2) 4-1 on the road in Sunday USL Championship action.
T2 will next face the El Paso Locomotive on Saturday May 25 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (ESPN+)
The second round of the NBA Playoffs concluded on Sunday with two games.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Denver:
C.J. McCollum scored 37 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers came back from a 17-point second-period deficit to upend the Denver Nuggets 100-96 in the seventh and deciding game of their conference semifinal series.
Nikola Jokic paced the Nuggets with 29 points while grabbing 13 rebounds to lead the Nuggets.
The Blazers advanced to their first Western Conference Finals since 2000; they will open up that series against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland on Tuesday night.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Toronto:
Kawhi Leonard, who scored 41 points and grabbed eight rebounds, hit a bouncing buzzer beater as time expired as the Toronto Raptors stunned the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 92-90 at home in the seventh and deciding game of their conference semifinal series, propelling the Raptors to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks (set to open on Wednesday in Milwaukee).
Joel Embiid paced the Sixers with 21 points as all five starters scored in double figures.
At Boston:
In Sunday's second game of the Eastern Conference Final, Matt Grzelcyk scored twice (once on the power play) as the Boston Bruins dominated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 to lead the Eastern Conference Final two games to two.
At San Jose, California:
In the opening game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Western Conference Final on Saturday, Timo Meier scored twice in the second period as the San Jose Sharks doubled up the visiting St. Louis Blues 6-3.
At Houston:
Stephen Curry scored 33 points while Klay Thompson added 27 as the Golden State Warriors held off the home-standing Houston Rockets 118-113 on Friday in game six of their conference semifinal series, which the Warriors won four games to two.
James Harden scored 35 points (to go with his eight rebounds) while Chris Paul added 27 (to go with his 11 boards) to pace the Rockets.
The Warriors will have the home-court advantage in the upcoming Western Conference Finals against the winner of the Portland-Denver series (deadlocked at three games apiece and set to be decided on Sunday in Denver).
At Vancouver, British Columbia:
Fredy Montero scored the only goal of the lone Friday Major League Soccer contest in the ninth minute as the Vancouver Whitecaps snapped the Portland Timbers' three-game winning streak with a 1-0 Cascadia Cup home victory.
Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau saved five shots for the shutout and victory for the Caps.
The Timbers will head to Houston for an encounter against the Dynamo in their next-to-last contest of their 12-game road trip this coming Wednesday at 5:30 PM Pacific Time (ROOT Sports Northwest; ESPN+).
Here's an autographed, promotional photo of English-born 1930s and 1940s screen actress Madeleine Carroll, from the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock-directed British film "The 39 Steps."
Here's a glamour photo of Film Noir legend Lizabeth Scott.
At Boston:
Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron each scored a third-period power-play goal 28 seconds apart as the Boston Bruins scored four unanswered goals in the final period on Thursday as they defeated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 in the opening game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' Eastern Conference Final.
The NBA Playoffs continued on Thursday with two games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Philadelphia:
Jimmy Butler scored 25 points while Ben Simmons added 21 as the Philadelphia 76ers, with six players (including all five starters) scoring in double figures, held off the visiting Toronto Raptors 112-101 to square their conference semifinal series at three games apiece.
Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Raptors; Pascal Siakam added 21 points to Toronto's coffers.
The series will be decided on Sunday night in Toronto with the winner heading to Milwaukee for the first two games of the conference final against the Bucks.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Portland, Oregon:
Damian Lillard scored 32 points while C.J. McCollum added 30 and Rodney Hood 25 off the bench as the Portland Trail Blazers squared their conference semifinal series with the Denver Nuggets at three games apiece following their 119-108 game-six home victory.
Nikola Jokic scored 29 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and dished out six assists before fouling out late in the fourth quarter to pace the Nuggets; Jamal Murray added 24 points and 10 rebounds to Denver's coffers.
The series will be decided in Denver on Sunday with the winner to take on the winner of the Golden State-Houston series (which the Warriors lead three games to two) in the Western Conference Finals.
At San Jose, California:
In Wednesday's finale of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' second round, Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl, and Joonas Donskal each scored once as the San Jose Sharks held off the visiting Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in game seven of their Western Conference semifinal series, enabling the hosts to win the series four games to three.
The Sharks will battle the St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Final.
Two games were contested on Wednesday as the NBA Playoffs continue.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Milwaukee:
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out eight assists as the Milwaukee Bucks, with seven players scoring in double figures, finished off the visiting Boston Celtics 116-91 to win their conference semifinal series four games to one.
The Bucks will have home court advantage in their first Eastern Conference Final since 2001 against the winner of the Toronto-Philadelphia series, which the Raptors lead three games to two.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Oakland, California:
Klay Thompson scored 27 points while Stephen Curry added 25 and Kevin Durant (before going out in the third quarter with a calf injury) 22 as the Golden State Warriors held off the visiting Houston Rockets 104-99 in game five of their conference semifinal series.
James Harden topped the Rockets with 31 points (and eight rebounds) while Eric Gordon added 19.
The Warriors can close out the series, which they now lead three games to two, with a game-six victory in Houston on Friday.
Time for a glamour photo of screen legend Hedy Lamarr.
At St. Louis:
In the lone Tuesday Stanley Cup Playoff contest, St. Louis native Pat Maroon scored the winning goal at 5:50 of the second overtime period as the St. Louis Blues knocked out the visiting Dallas Stars 2-1 in game seven of their Western Conference semifinal series.
The Blues, who won the series four games to three, will take on the San Jose-Colorado series in the Western Conference Final.
The NBA Playoffs continued on Tuesday with two games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Toronto:
Pascal Siakam scored 25 points (and grabbed eight rebounds) while Kawhi Leonard added 21 (to go with his 13 boards) as the Toronto Raptors, with six players scoring in double figures blew out the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 125-89 in game five of their conference semifinal series.
Jimmy Butler topped the Sixers with 22 points.
The Raptors can lock up the series, which they lead three games to two, with a game-six victory in Philadelphia on Thursday.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Denver:
Nikola Jokic scored 25 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets stoned the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 124-98 in game five of their conference semifinal series, which Denver now leads three games to two.
Paul Millsap added 24 points to the Nuggets' coffers while grabbing eight rebounds.
Damian Lillard topped the Blazers with 22 points.
The Nuggets can finish off the Blazers with a game-six win in Portland on Thursday.
At Louisville, Kentucky:
Country House, a 65-1 longshot with jockey Flavien Prat aboard, was declared the winner of Saturday's 145th running of The Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security, who finished first, was disqualified for committing a foul during the homestretch.
This was the first time that a Kentucky Derby winner was disqualified for a foul; Dancer's Image, who won the 1968 Derby, was disqualified for testing positive for a banned substance.
Code of Honor was awarded second place and Tacitus was awarded third.
No rights fees will be paid, though.
They're hoping not to fall into the same financial holes that finished off the AAF.
The NBA Playoffs continued with two games on Monday.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Boston:
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 39 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Boston Celtics 113-101 on the road in game four of their conference semifinal series.
Kyrie Irving (who dished out ten assists) and Al Horford paced the Celtics with 23 and 20 points respectively.
The Bucks, who now lead the series three games to one, can finish off the C's (and advance to their first conference final since 2001) with a game-five victory back home in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Houston:
James Harden scored 38 points and grabbed ten rebounds as the Houston Rockets squared their conference semifinal series with the Golden State Warriors at two games apiece following their 112-108 game-four home victory.
Eric Gordon contributed 20 points to the Rockets' coffers.
Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry topped the Warriors with 34 and 30 points respectively.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs resumed on Monday with two games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Columbus, Ohio:
David Krejct, Marcus Johansson, and David Backes each scored once while Tuukka Rask stopped all 39 shots as the Boston Bruins blanked the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 on the road and won their conference semifinal series four games to two.
The Bruins will have home-ice advantage against the Carolina Hurricanes in the upcoming Eastern Conference Final.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Denver:
Gabriel Landeskog scored the winning goal at 2:32 of overtime as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-3 in game six of their conference semifinal series, now squared at three games apiece.
J.T. Compher scored twice for the Avalanche.
The series will be decided Wednesday night in San Jose, with the winner to face the Dallas-St. Louis winner (that series is also level at three games apiece with the deciding game to be contested on Tuesday night in St. Louis).
At Dallas:
In the lone Sunday Stanley Cup Playoff contest, Alex Pietangelo, David Perron, Jaden Schwartz, and Jimmy Blais each scored once as the https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gametracker/recap/NHL_20190505_STL@DAL/ knocked off the Dallas Stars 4-1 on the road in game six of their conference semifinal series, now squared at three games apiece.
The series will be decided in St. Louis on Tuesday.
Two games were played on Sunday as the NBA Playoffs resumed.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Philadelphia:
Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors downed the Philadelphia 76ers 101-96 on the road in game four to level their conference semifinal series at two games apiece.
Jimmy Butler lead the 76ers with 29 points while pulling down 11 boards.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Portland, Oregon:
Jamal Murray scored 34 points while Paul Millsap (who grabbed 10 rebounds) and Nikola Jokic (who pulled in 12 rebounds and dished out 11 assists) each added 21 as the Denver Nuggets held off the Portland Trail Blazers 116-112 on the road in game four of their conference semifinal series, now squared at two games apiece.
C.J. McCollum scored 29 while Damian Lillard added 28 to pace the Blazers.
