Well-rested Wizards top Hawks 104-98

NBA: After resting up for the past week, the Washington Wizards merely had to withstand Atlanta’s early pace.

Once the Hawks ran out of gas, Bradley Beal and the Wizards took control.

Just call them the road warriors.

Beal shook off a sprained ankle to score 28 points and streaking Washington remained unbeaten in the postseason, knocking off top-seeded Atlanta 104-98 Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

It was another gritty performance by the Wizards, who improved to 8-1 on the road in the playoffs over the past two postseasons, including 3-0 this year. They became the first team in NBA history to win four straight Game 1s on the road.

“Just withstanding adversity,” said John Wall, who had 18 points and 13 assists. “We know they’re going to come out and give us a punch right away.”

Taking advantage of a week off since their sweep of Toronto, the Wizards wore down the Hawks in the fourth quarter. Otto Porter scored a couple of big baskets coming down the stretch, including a 3-pointer, and Marcin Gortat sealed it with a layup off a pass from Wall with 14.6 seconds remaining.

“We kept talking about it’s a long game,” Washington coach Randy Wittman said. “We got better and better and better.”

Even with plenty of good looks, the Hawks hit only 5 of 28 (17.9 percent) in the final period, including 1 of 10 from beyond the 3-point arc.

• Warriors stymie Grizzlies: Stephen Curry had 22 points and seven assists, and Golden State wore down Memphis 101-86 in the opening game of their Western Conference semifinals.

Klay Thompson added 18 points and Draymond Green scored 16 to help the top-seeded Warriors roll to their 21st straight victory at raucous Oracle Arena.

NHL: Steven Stamkos scored his first goal of the playoffs and visiting Tampa Bay scored four power play goals to beat Montreal 6-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Nikita Kucherov scored twice on power plays, Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman and J.T. Brown added goals, and Ben Bishop made 27 saves for the Lightning.

Carey Price allowed the most goals he has all season, finishing with 18 saves for Montreal.

Tampa Bay went 4 for 7 on the power play, with Tyler Johnson getting two assists, while Montreal was 0 for 3.

Montreal is 1 for 26 with the man advantage in the playoffs.

• Chicago up 2-0 on Wild: Patrick Kane scored two goals, Corey Crawford made 30 saves and Chicago beat visiting Minnesota 4-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Patrick Sharp had a goal and an assist as Chicago improved to 5-0 at home in this year’s playoffs. Defenseman Matt Dumba scored for the Wild, who are winless in eight postseason games at Chicago.

• Ducks blank Flames: Frederik Andersen made 30 saves in his first career postseason shutout, Matt Beleskey scored in the first period and Anaheim remained unbeaten in the playoffs with a 3-0 victory over visiting Calgary.

Hampus Lindholm scored his first career playoff goal with 8:45 to play for the Ducks.

Kelowna eliminates Portland to win West

HOCKEY: The Kelowna Rockets have advanced to the Western Hockey League championship after defeating the Portland Winterhawks 8-4 in Game 6 of their Western Conference final.

Kelowna will face the Eastern Conference champion Brandon Wheat Kings beginning Friday.

Madison Bowey and Dillon Dube each had a pair of goals for the Rockets, who used a five-goal third period to blow the game open.

• Canada rolls at worlds: Canada eased to another high-scoring victory at the ice hockey world championship in Prague by overwhelming Germany 10-0.

Edmonton forward Taylor Hall had a hat trick for Canada, which produced an even more dominant performance than in its opening 6-1 victory over Latvia in Group A.

• U.S. wins sledge title: The United States defeated Canada 3-0 in Buffalo, N.Y. to win the world sledge hockey championship.

The sport is also known as sled hockey, a game that was invented in the 1960s and allows those with physical disabilities to play hockey.

Chelsea captures Premier League title

MISCELLANY: Chelsea won the Premier League for the first time in five years, securing the title with three games to spare with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in London.

Eden Hazard scored the lone goal a week after the winger was honored by fellow players with the player of the year award. His weak penalty kick was saved by Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni at the end of the first half, but the Belgian headed in the rebound.

The narrow victory was enough to give Chelsea an insurmountable lead and dethrone Manchester City. This is Chelsea’s fourth league title in 11 years and manager Jose Mourinho’s third with the club and first since returning in 2013.

• Federer wins 85th title: Top-seeded Roger Federer claimed his 85th title with a 6-3, 7-6 (11) win over Pablo Cuevas in the final of the Istanbul Open.

The 17-time Grand Slam winner fended off strong resistance from the third-seeded Uruguayan, who saved four match points.

Federer claimed his first title on clay since winning in Madrid in 2012.

• U.S. sets relay record: The U.S. men’s track and field team set a world record in the distance medley relay at IAAF’s World Relays meet in the Bahamas.

Kyle Merber, Brycen Spratling, Brandon Johnson and Ben Blankenship set a time of 9 minutes, 15.50 seconds, eclipsing Kenya’s run of 9:15.56 in 2006.

Kenya was second in Sunday’s race, 1.7 seconds behind.

The distance medley relay is composed of legs of 1,200, 400, 800 and 1,600 meters for a total of 10 laps, or 4,000 meters.

• Lorenzo wins Spanish MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo won his first race of the season after leading the Spanish Moto Grand Prix in Jerez from start to finish.

The two-time former champion had a good start from pole position and steered his Yamaha unchallenged through the 28 laps of the 4.4-kilometer (2.75-mile) circuit.

Defending champion Marc Marquez kept his Honda in second place all the way behind his fellow Spaniard.

• Dungey caps AMA Supercross title: Ryan Dungey capped his second 450SX series championship season with a dominating victory in the AMA Supercross finale in Las Vegas. The KTM star had eight victories in 17 races. He wrapped up the season title with three races left.

Honda’s Eli Tomac was second, followed by Yamaha’s Weston Peick.