BOSTON (AP) — Donovan Mitchell banked in a 3-pointer from a few steps beyond the top of the arc and could only shrug as he backpedaled back on defense. He followed with two baskets in the lane to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 16-point lead. "Sometimes you get lucky," Mitchell said after scoring 29 points to help Cleveland beat Boston 118-94 on Thursday night. “Shooters shoot.” Two nights after losing the opener by 25 points, the Cavaliers answered with a blowout of their own, beating the top-se
CINCINNATI (AP) — Slade Cecconi pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Corbin Carroll drove in the game-winning run with an eighth-inning single as Arizona hung on to beat Cincinnati 5-4 on Thursday, capping a series sweep and extending the Reds’ losing skid to eight games. Joc Pederson homered in the first inning for Arizona, which won its fourth straight. Five different players drove in runs. Spencer Steer’s two-out single in the seventh inning tied the game for the struggling Reds, but Carrol
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rhys Hoskins, Jake Bauers and Joey Ortiz each homered to cool Sonny Gray as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the slumping St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Thursday night. It was the fifth straight loss for the Cardinals, who opened a four-game series with the NL Central-leading Brewers. William Contreras and Christian Yelich each went 3 of 4 for the Brewers. Jared Koenig (4-1) earned the win after pitching two scoreless innings of relief and working his way out of a bases-loaded, no-out
The Cleveland Cavaliers won their first road game of the 2024 NBA playoffs, stunning the Boston Celtics with a 118–94 win. The best-of-seven series is tied at 1–1.