Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 21 rebounds and a career-high 22 assists and the Denver Nuggets outlasted the Phoenix Suns 149-141 in overtime Friday night after losing a 21-point lead.
Jokic became the first NBA player with a triple-double of at least 30 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists. He tied his team record with his 29th triple-double of the season.
James Harden scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard added 20 and the Clippers defeated the New York Knicks 105-95 late Friday night at Intuit Dome.
Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers.
The Knicks played without star guard Jalen Brunson, is expected to miss at least two weeks with a right ankle sprain. He suffered the injury in overtime of the Knicks’ 113-109 loss to the Lakers on Thursday night.
TENNIS
Tallon Griekspoor upset No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) in a second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
The loss came eight days after Zverev also was the top seed when he was upset by American teen Learner Tien 6-3, 6-4 in Acapulco, Mexico.
Griekspoor, ranked No. 43, will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the third round.
Zverev trails Jannik Sinner in the rankings. He will remain at No. 2 even if No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz defends his Indian Wells title.
NFL
Kansas City Chiefs rookie receiver Xavier Worthy was arrested on a felony domestic violence charge.
Williamson County (Texas) online jail records showed that Worthy was arrested Friday and held in the county jail on a charge of assault on a family or household member in which their breath was impeded, or choking in common terms.
Williamson County includes parts of Austin, where Worthy played college football at the University of Texas.
In a statement, Worthy’s attorneys, Chip Lewis and Sam Bassett, said their client was innocent of the charge.
His attorneys said the allegation was made by a female who had been living in Worthy’s home in Williamson County. The statement said the female had been asked to leave the home multiple times over the last two weeks “upon discovery of her infidelity.”
The Chiefs agreed with receiver Marquise Brown on a one-year deal worth up to $11 million, AP reported.
The Buffalo Bills signed edge rusher Greg Rousseau to a four-year contract extension that’s worth up to $80 million. Rousseau, 24, finished last season with a team-leading eight sacks, 16 tackles for a loss and forced three fumbles. Overall, he’s totaled 25 sacks, 46 tackles for a loss and forced six fumbles over 62 games — all of them starts.
Veteran linebacker Lavonte David is returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 14th season. David’s one-year deal is worth $10 million with $9 million guaranteed.
NHL
The Ducks were all smiles before the homecoming game of longtime mainstay Cam Fowler, but at the end of Friday night only he and his new teammates were grinning at Honda Center.
St. Louis prevailed, 4-3, despite a feverish push that saw the Ducks score twice late, including in the final minute, and come a sliver of a second from knotting the game at the buzzer.
This was effectively a four-point game in the wild-card race that moved the Blues into a points tie with the Calgary Flames for the final postseason berth and dropped the Ducks seven points back of both teams.
Sam Colangelo, Frank Vatrano and Alex Killorn notched a goal apiece. Vatrano tacked on an assist and Terry contributed two. Lukáš Dostál halted 18 pucks in defeat.
Fowler, the Ducks’ all-time leader in games played by a defenseman, picked up two assists for St. Louis. Captain Brayden Schenn had two goals, including an empty-netter. Alexey Toropchenko scored one goal and assisted on another by Zack Bolduc. Jordan Binnington turned away 20 shots.
The finale was electric, as the Ducks surged through the dying embers and appeared to have sent the game to overtime off Mason McTavish’s pop-in as the horn sounded. The goal was disallowed initially and that decision was upheld upon video review, leaving the Ducks agonizingly close to a vital point and an opportunity at another.
Schenn’s empty-net goal with 1:47 to play was wedged between Vatrano’s 19th goal of the year with 3:02 remaining in regulation and Killorn’s tally, his 18th of 2024-25, with 43 seconds left.
— Andrew Knoll
GOLF
Collin Morikawa made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole on a baked out Bay Hill course for a 5-under 67, giving him a one-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., and a chance to win for the first time in 17 months.
Russell Henley holed a long bunker shot for birdie on the opening hole, ran off four in a row to start the back nine and had a 67 to finish one shot behind. Corey Conners of Canada missed the 18th fairway, chipped out and made bogey for a 69 and was two back.
South African amateur Kieron Van Wyk shot a 7-under 65 to pull within a shot of leader Karl Vilips (66) with a round left in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open.
Rio Takeda of Japan shot a 3-under 69 to hold a two-shot lead after three rounds of the LPGA’s Blue Bay in Sanya, China.
MOTORSPORTS
Joey Logano already had an affinity for Phoenix Raceway. The Team Penske driver had won on the mile oval three times, including the 2022 Cup Series title, and had 15 top-10 finishes in 31 races since 2009.
Logano’s affinity for Phoenix took a deeper turn in November, when he held off teammate Ryan Blaney over the final 20 laps to win his third Cup Series title.
Logano’s next look will be today’s race, the fourth of the 2025 NASCAR season.
Logano was in the mix at the Daytona 500 but ended up 35th in a late-race crash. He took fourth at Atlanta but struggled on the road course at Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas, last week to finish 24th.
Logano will start on the front row today.
Today’s race will mark the return of Goodyear’s option tires. Each Cup Series team will have six primary sets of tires and two option tires. The option tires have more grip but wear off faster, adding a layer of strategy to the race.
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