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12:47 AM on Saturday, April 11

Deni Avdija scored 35 points, Donovan Clingan had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-97 to take the inside track for the eighth seed in the Western Conference

12:43 AM on Saturday, April 11

Gavin Sheets’ second homer of the game was a three-run, game-ending shot in the ninth inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Friday night

12:42 AM on Saturday, April 11

Devin Carter scored a career-high 29 points and the Sacramento Kings missed an opportunity to improve their draft position by beating the Golden State Warriors 124-118

12:17 AM on Saturday, April 11

Anthony Edwards had 22 points, with a key 3-pointer late, Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 23 points off the bench and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped the Houston Rockets’ eight-game winning streak with a 136-132 victory Friday night

12:09 AM on Saturday, April 11

Shohei Ohtani has surpassed Ichiro Suzuki for the longest on-base streak by a Japanese-born player

12:08 AM on Saturday, April 11

Victor Wembanyama got to 65 games

11:58 PM on Friday, April 10

Blake Hinson scored a career-high 30 points, John Konchar and Bez Mbeng had triple-doubles, and the Utah Jazz beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies 147-101 on Friday night

11:40 PM on Friday, April 10

Jeff McNeil made an emotional return to Citi Field following his offseason trade from the New York Mets to the Athletics

11:39 PM on Friday, April 10

Jonas Valanciunas had season highs of 23 points and 17 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-107 in a battle of reserves

11:22 PM on Friday, April 10

Brittney Griner is finalizing a deal to join the Connecticut Sun, according to a person familiar with the negotiations

11:21 PM on Friday, April 10

Jorbit Vivas and Drew Millas drove in runs with two of Washington’s three successful bunts in a four-run ninth inning that lifted the Nationals over Milwaukee Brewers 7-3

11:13 PM on Friday, April 10

Dustin May pitched six strong innings, Ramón Urías hit a double and scored twice, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2

11:12 PM on Friday, April 10

Plenty of players sat out as NBA teams played their second-to-last games of the season

10:35 PM on Friday, April 10

Franz Wagner scored 25 points, Jamal Cain added 20 and the Orlando Magic remained in the running to avoid the play-in tournament by beating the Chicago Bulls 127-103

10:23 PM on Friday, April 10

AJ Green made 11 3-pointers to set the Milwaukee Bucks’ single-game record and scored a career-high 35 points in a 125-108 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday

10:12 PM on Friday, April 10

Sam Hauser had 24 points on eight 3-pointers, and the Boston Celtics tied the franchise and NBA record with 29 3s on their way to clinching the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 playoff seed with a 144-118 win over the New Orleans Pelicans

9:08 PM on Friday, April 10

Clay Holmes haw left his start for the New York Mets against the Athletics with one out in the sixth inning because of left hamstring tightness

5:09 PM on Friday, April 10

Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows broke his left forearm and sustained a concussion during a head-to-head collision with teammate Riley Greene on Thursday at Minnesota as they converged on a fly ball in the eighth inning against the Twins

1:44 PM on Friday, April 10

Terry Rozier, who is facing federal charges related to a gambling operation, has been waived by the Miami Heat in an expected and procedural move that allows the team to sign another player to its roster before the postseason

1:46 AM on Friday, April 10

Rory McIlroy is turning the Masters into a victory lap