At Oakland, California:
Stephen Curry scored 29 points and dished out nine assists on Thursday night as the Golden State Warriors took the opening game of the NBA Finals 124-114 in overtime over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers.
Kevin Durant added to the Warriors' cause with 26 points and nine rebounds while Klay Thompson added 24 points of his own.
This, in spite of a playoff-career high 51 points from Cleveland's LeBron James, who grabbed eight rebounds and dished out eight assists. Kevin Love added 21 points and 13 rebounds to the Cavaliers' coffers.
Here's Steph, showing his reaction after making a three-point shot at the end of the opening half of the contest.
Associated Press photo by Cary Edmonson
At Las Vegas, Nevada:
Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin (power play; that's him celebrating after scoring), and Brooks Orpit each scored once on Wednesday as the Washington Capitals leveled the Stanley Cup Final at one game apiece after their 3-2 game-two road win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
After having been swept by Detroit in their previous appearance in the Final (1998) and having dropped the opener this year, the victory was the first in the NHL's championship series for the Capitals.
Associated Press photo by John Locher
At Houston:
In Monday's seventh and deciding game of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, Kevin Durant scored 34 points while Stephen Curry added 27 (to go with his ten assists and nine rebounds) as the Golden State Warriors overcame an 11-point halftime deficit by outscoring the Houston Rockets 58-38 in the second half and winning the game 101-92 on the road for their fourth consecutive Western Conference title.
James Harden scored 32 points while Eric Gordon added 23 and Clint Capela 20 (to go with his nine rebounds) to pace the Rockets.
For the fourth straight year, the defending league champion Warriors will battle the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, set to open in Oakland on Thursday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
At Las Vegas, Nevada:
In Monday's opening game of the Stanley Cup Final, Tomas Nosek scored twice in the third period (the game winner [shown here], and the insurance empty netter) as the Vegas Golden Knights outslugged the visiting Washington Capitals 6-4.
Getty Images photo by Harry How
At Boston:
LeBron James scored 35 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, and dished out nine assists on Sunday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics 87-79 in the seventh and deciding game of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, which the Cavaliers won four games to three.
Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 24 points.
Cleveland will be playing in their fourth consecutive NBA Finals against the winner of the Golden State-Houston West Finals (deadlocked at three games apiece, set to be decided on Monday in Houston). The series will open this coming Thursday in Houston or Oakland (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
This will be LeBron's eighth straight Finals appearance.
At Oakland, California:
In Saturday's sixth game of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, Klay Thompson scored 35 points, while Stephen Curry added 29 and Kevin Durant 23 as the Golden State Warriors routed the visiting Houston Rockets 115-86 to square the series at three games apiece.
James Harden paced the Chris Paul-less Rockets with 32 points.
The series will be decided on Monday night in Houston (6:00 PM Pacific Time, TNT).
At Commerce City, Colorado:
In Saturday Major League Soccer action, Samuel Armenteros scored twice in the first half (29', 37') while Diego Valeri scored the winning goal in the 57th minute as the Portland Timbers held off the Colorado Rapids 3-2 on the road for their sixth straight victory, extending their MLS-era record winning streak.
The Rapids' tallies came through Julio Cascante (OG-31') and Yannick Boli (PK-90'+8).
Next up for the Timbers, a nationally-televised (ESPN 2) home encounter with the Los Angeles Galaxy next Saturday at 2:00 PM Pacific Time.
At Portland, Oregon:
In Saturday United Soccer League action, Dairon Asprilla scored the only goal of the match in the 77th minute as Portland Timbers 2 defeated visiting Real Monarchs SLC 1-0.
Next up for T2, a road match against San Antonio FC this coming Saturday at 5:30 PM Pacific Time, to be streamed live over ESPN+.
At Cleveland:
LeBron James scored 46 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and dished out nine assists on Friday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers leveled the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals at three games apiece with their 109-99 game-six home win over the Boston Celtics.
George Hill added 20 points to the Cavaliers' coffers.
Terry Rozier paced the Celtics with 28 points while Jaylen Brown added 27.
This series---and the conference's representative in the NBA Finals---will be decided on Sunday night in Boston (5:30 PM Pacific Time, ESPN).
At Houston:
Eric Gordon scored 24 points while Chris Paul added 20 before suffering a late fourth-quarter hamstring injury on Thursday as the Houston Rockets held off the visiting Golden State Warriors 98-94 in game five of the NBA's Western Conference Finals.
James Harden added 19 points (despite missing all eleven three-point shots) to the Rockets' coffers.
Kevin Durant topped the Warriors with 29 points while Klay Thompson added 23 and Stephen Curry 22.
The Rockets, who lead the series three games to two, can de-throne the defending NBA champions (and advance to their first NBA Finals since last winning the title in 1995) with a game-six win in Oakland on Saturday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, TNT)
As a result of Thursday's draw for the fourth round of the US Open Cup soccer tournament, the Portland Timbers will host the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday, June 6.
At Boston:
In Wednesday fifth game of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, Jayson Tatum scored 24 points as the Boston Celtics downed the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 96-83, offsetting the 26-point, 10-rebound performance from the Cavaliers' LeBron James.
The Celtics, who lead the series three games to two, can end Cleveland's three-year reign as Eastern Conference champions and advance to the NBA Finals (for the first time since 2010; their most recent league crown came in 2008) with a game-six win in Cleveland on Friday (5:30 PM Pacific Time, ESPN).
At Tampa, Florida:
Andre Burakovsky scored twice and Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (empty netter) each scored once while Braden Holtby saved all 29 shots as the Washington Capitals smothered the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 in Wednesday's seventh and deciding game of the Eastern Conference Final.
The Capitals advanced to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1998 and will face the Vegas Golden Knights in the series for Lord Stanley's Cup, starting Monday night in Las Vegas (5:00 PM Pacific Time, NBC).
Clint Walker, the actor best remembered for his portrayal of the title character on the ABC Network Western series Cheyenne, passed away on Monday at Grass Valley, California at age 90.
Mr. Walker's passing at a local hospital resulted from congestive heart failure.
Clint played the role of Cheyenne Bodie on the Warner Brothers-produced Western series that originally was a segment of Warner Brothers Presents which aired on ABC during the 1955-56 season, before spinning off into its' own series in 1956.
It lasted until 1963.
For more on Clint's life and career, click here.
At Oakland, California:
James Harden scored 30 points while Chris Paul added 27 on Tuesday as the Houston Rockets squared the NBA's Western Conference Finals at two games apiece following their 95-92 game-four road win over the Golden State Warriors.
Stephen Curry scored 28 points to pace the Warriors, whose NBA Playoff string of 16 consecutive home victories came to an end. Kevin Durant added 27 points (to go with his 12 rebounds) to the Golden State coffers.
At Washington:
T.J. Oshie scored twice (once on the power play and once on an empty netter) while Braden Holtby saved all 24 shots on Monday as the Washington Capitals squared the Eastern Conference Final at three games apiece following their 3-0 game-six home victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Eastern Conference champion---and the opponent for the Vegas Golden Knights in the upcoming Stanley Cup Final will be determined on Wednesday at Tampa, Florida at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (game to be aired on NBCSN).
At Cleveland:
In Monday's fourth game of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James scored 44 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers leveled the series at two games apiece following their 111-102 game-four home victory over the Boston Celtics.
Jaylen Brown topped the Celtics with 25 points.
At Oakland, California:
Stephen Curry scored 35 points on Sunday as the Golden State Warriors posted their most lopsided NBA Playoff victory ever by brass-knuckling the visiting Houston Rockets 126-85 in game three of the Western Conference Finals.
Kevin Durant added 25 points to the Warriors' coffers as Golden State won an NBA-record 16 consecutive home playoff games.
James Harden scored 20 points for the Rockets, who suffered their most-ever lopsided playoff defeat.
The Warriors lead the series two games to one.
At Winnipeg, Manitoba:
Ryan Reeves scored the game-and-series-winning goal in the second period, while Marc Andre Fleury saved 31 of 32 shots on Sunday as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on the road in game five of the Western Conference Final, which the Golden Knights won four games to one, to become the first pure expansion club to reach the Stanley Cup Final since the 1968 St. Louis Blues.
Vegas will take on the winner of the Eastern Conference Final between Tampa Bay and Washington (which the Lightning lead three games to two) in the this year's Stanley Cup Final.
At Portland, Oregon:
Cristhian Paredes (52') and Samuel Armenteros (81') each scored once on Saturday as the Portland Timbers picked up a club-record (Major League Soccer era) fifth consecutive victory, 2-1 over the visiting Los Angeles Football Club.
Carlos Vela scored for the guests in the 74th minute.
The Timbers' next match is this coming Saturday on the road against the Colorado Rapids (6:00 PM Pacific Time, telecast over the Timbers' broadcast TV network via KPDX-TV, Portland-Vancouver).
