In brief: Blazers down 3-2 after rout in Phoenix
NBA: Reserves Channing Frye and Jared Dudley broke out of their series-long shooting slumps with 20 and 19 points, respectively, and the Phoenix Suns overcame an early 14-point deficit to rout the Portland Trail Blazers 107-88 in Phoenix, and take a 3-2 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Phoenix can advance to the second round by beating the Blazers in Portland on Thursday night.
Frye, who spent the previous two seasons on the Portland bench, made 3 of 5 3-pointers and grabbed eight rebounds. Dudley was 5 of 9 on 3s. The Suns’ two best 3-point shooters in the regular season, Frye and Dudley had been a combined 14 of 48 (29 percent) on 3s in the first four games of the series.
•Magic complete sweep of Bobcats: Vince Carter scored 21 points, Jameer Nelson added 18 and the Orlando Magic showcased their depth and pressure shot-making in a 99-90 victory over the Bobcats in Charlotte, N.C., to complete a sweep of their first-round series.
Dwight Howard was held to six points in his fourth straight game in foul trouble, but the Magic never flinched to accomplish their first four-game sweep in franchise history.
•Bucks win, knot series with Atlanta: Carlos Delfino scored 22 points with six 3-pointers and the Bucks pulled off their second straight playoff surprise, beating the Atlanta Hawks 111-104 in Milwaukee, to draw even at 2-2 in the first-round series.
Brandon Jennings scored 23 points and John Salmons added 22 for the Bucks.
•Former Buck dies: Former Bucks power forward Kevin Restani died in San Francisco after returning from Milwaukee where he had attended Game 3 between the Bucks and Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. He was 58. The Bucks didn’t say how Restani died.
Bruins advance with victory over Sabres
NHL: David Krejci had two goals and one assist to lead Boston to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series in Boston, and put the Bruins in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 4-2 series win.
Tuukka Rask stopped 27 shots for Boston, which will play either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh in the second round.
It’s Boston’s second playoff series victory – and first at home – since 1999.
•Blackhawks move on to conference semifinals: Jonathan Toews scored a power-play goal to cap a wild first period and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 5-3 victory over the Predators at Nashville, Tenn., and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals for the second straight year, winning the series four games to two.
•Canadiens force Game 7: Jaroslav Halak made 53 saves, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice in the first period for the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens, who stayed alive with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals in Montreal, and forced a Game 7 in the first-round series.
•Devil’s coach Lemaire retires: The energy is gone, so Jacques Lemaire is walking away from coaching.
Just four days after the New Jersey Devils were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round for a third straight year, the 64-year-old Lemaire made the surprising announcement.
•Players from BC’s title team face alcohol charges: Three members of Boston College’s national championship hockey team face alcohol charges after the sport utility vehicle they were in was hit by a trolley while making a U-turn across the tracks in Boston, officials said.
Hockey players Philip Samuelsson, Patrick Wey and Parker Milner will be summoned to court on charges of being minors in possession of alcohol after the accident early Sunday. Five others in the SUV also will be summoned on minor in possession charges. Several of the college-age people in the Jeep Cherokee suffered minor injuries; no one on the trolley was hurt.
Filly to fill in for Derby favorite
Horse racing: Trainer Todd Pletcher once had as many as seven contenders for the Kentucky Derby.
The Pletcher brigade shrank to five when Rule was withdrawn while the filly Devil May Care moved into the Derby picture at Louisville, Ky.
Pletcher suffered a major blow on Sunday when Eskendereya was sidelined with swelling in his left front leg. The impressive winner of the Fountain of Youth and Wood Memorial would have been the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 11/4-mile race.
One day later, Pletcher still didn’t know the full nature of the injury.
“Until we do some real diagnostics, no,” he said.
“Devil May Care will try to become the fourth filly to win the Derby, joining Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning Colors (1988).
Lookin At Lucky is the likely Derby favorite in the absence of Eskendereya.