THREE FREE THROWS FROM MIKE CONLEY WITH .1 SECONDS REMAINING IN REGULATION FORCED OVERTIME, BUT THE LAKERS WOULD CONTROL THAT OVERTIME SESSION AND GO ON TO A 108-102 WIN OVER THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IN AN NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAY-IN. THAT WIN MAKES L.A. THE 7TH SEED FOR THE PLAYOFFS. MINNESOTA GETS A SECOND CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE PLAYOFFS AS THE 8TH SEED IF THEY CAN BEAT THE WINNER OF THE OTHER PLAY-IN, WHICH FEATURES NEW ORLEANS AND OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER.
THE MINNESOTA WILD’S DIVISION HOPES HAVE VANISHED AFTER A 3-1 LOSS TO WINNIPEG LAST NIGHT. THE WILD COULD STILL END UP WITH HOME ICE ADVANTAGE IN THE OPENING ROUND IF THEY WIN THEIR FINAL GAME AGAINST COLORADO, AND DALLAS HAS TO EARN ZERO POINTS IN THEIR FINAL TWO.
COLORADO EARNED A POINT IN AN OVERTIME LOSS TO EDMONTON.
VEGAS BEAT SEATTLE.
IN THE EAST, PITTSBURGH PLAYOFFS STREAK IS IN JEOPARDY AFTER FALLING TO CHICAGO 5-2. THE PENGUINS NEED A WIN IN THEIR REGULAR SEASON FINALE, AND FOR THE ISLANDERS TO LOSE IN ANY FASHION IN THEIR FINALE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. AN ISLANDERS WIN, OR PITTSBURGH LOSS WOULD PUT NEW YORK INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
MICHAEL A TAYLOR’S BUNT SINGLE, AIDED BY AN ERRANT THROW, ALLOWED THE WINNING RUN TO SCORE IN THE 10TH INNING AND THE TWINS BEAT THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4-3.
NOTABLE MLB:
RYAN MOUNTCASTLE DROVE IN 9 RUNS FOR THE ORIOLES, INCLUDING A GRAND SLAM, IN A 12-8 WIN OVER OAKLAND.
FOUR MORE HOME RUNS FOR TAMPA BAY LED THEM TO A 7-2 WIN OVER BOSTON. THE RAYS ARE 11-0.
FORMER TWIN LUIS ARRAEZ HIT FOR THE FIRST CYCLE IN MARLINS HISTORY, AND MARLINS BEAT THE PHILLIES 8-4.
SHOEHEI OHTANI TURNED IN ANOTHER GEM, HELPING THE ANGELS BEAT THE NATIONALS 2-0. OHTANI IS 2-0, BOASTING A .47 ERA IN THE EARLY GOING.
RORY MCILLROY IS WITHDRAWING FROM THIS WEEK’S RBC HERITAGE AT HARBOUR TOWN, ONE OF THE PGA TOUR’S 17 DESIGNATED EVENTS. AT THOSE EVENTS, THOSE WITHIN THE TOUR’S TOP 20 PLAYER IMPACT PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. THEY MAY SKIP ONE EVENT, BUT RORY HAS ALREADY DONE SO, AND IS FACING A POSSIBLE $3 MILLION PENALTY FOR MISSING THIS TOURNAMENT. HIS REASONS WERE NOT SPECIFIED, BUT THE COMMISSIONER CAN WAIVE THAT PENALTY IF IT’S DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO INJURY, FAMILY EMERGENCY, OR “EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES”.
ALSO, WILL ZALATORIS, WHO WITHDREW FROM THE MASTERS WITH INJURY, HAS HAD A BACK PROCEDURE AND WILL MISS THE REST OF THE 2023 GOLF SEASON.
PREP:
BGMR BEAT WARROAD 9-1 IN SOFTBALL.
A NUMBER OF TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS PARTICIPATED AN INDOOR MEET IN BEMIDJI YESTERDAY.
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