Basketball

DETROIT (AP) — New York's dynamic duo put Detroit on the brink of elimination — with an assist from the officials. Karl-Anthony Towns made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 46.

NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart and her New York Liberty teammates are focused on the present and that includes defending the WNBA championship. The Liberty opened camp Sunday along with the other 12 teams in the league.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Grizzlies president Zach Kleiman assessed Memphis' late-season collapse Sunday and a change in head coaches along with questions about where the franchise goes now in an extremely frank manner. “Lot to sort out,” Kleiman said.

DETROIT (AP) — New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson returned to play in the fourth quarter after limping off the court and toward the locker room with an apparent right knee injury late in the third against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday in Game 4 of th

Duke freshman big man Khaman Maluach is jumping to the NBA. The program announced Sunday in a social media post that the 7-foot-2, 250-pound Maluach would go the one-and-done route after helping the Blue Devils reach the Final Four.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As the first team to move on to the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder get some time off. Rest for the best.

Houston Rockets (52-30, second in the Western Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (48-34, seventh in the Western Conference) San Francisco; Monday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Warriors -4.5; over/under is 201.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry closed his eyes and rested his tired head on Jimmy Butler's right shoulder as the superstars shared another postgame moment.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Playoff Steph delivered while Playoff Jimmy became his biggest cheerleader on the bench, dressed in a full-length fur coat.

MIAMI (AP) — Donovan Mitchell didn’t have a great shooting day. Darius Garland was in street clothes, out with an injury. And Cleveland rolled anyway, moving to the brink of Round 2.