In brief: Blazers win, lose Oden for season

Basketball: Portland center Greg Oden will likely miss the rest of the season after fracturing his left knee cap during the Blazers’ 90-89 win over Houston on Saturday night in Portland.

Oden will undergo surgery, the Trail Blazers said.

The 7-foot center dropped to the floor clutching his left knee and grimacing after colliding with a driving Aaron Brooks midway through the first quarter.

The game was stopped for some 7 minutes. Finally, Oden was gently moved to a stretcher and wheeled from the court. He underwent an MRI exam shortly thereafter.

•Nash, Stoudemire lead Suns past Kings: Steve Nash scored 32 points, Amare Stoudemire had 18 points and 21 rebounds and Phoenix used a late 3-point barrage to beat Sacramento 115-107 at Phoenix, snapping the Kings’ four-game winning streak.

Tyreke Evans scored 21 points, and Andres Nocioni had 20 for the Kings, who lost for the eighth straight time in Phoenix.

The Suns, coming off consecutive road losses to New York and Cleveland, improved to 7-0 at home.

•Wall leads Wildcats past Tar Heels: Freshman star John Wall shook off a leg injury to finish with 16 points, including the clinching free throws with 4 seconds remaining, and fifth-ranked Kentucky held off No. 10 North Carolina 68-66 at home.

Patrick Patterson added 19 points and seven rebounds for the Wildcats (8-0), which snapped a five-game losing streak to the Tar Heels (7-2).

Deon Thompson led North Carolina with 14 points and Will Graves added 13.

McDowell, Yang tied for Chevron lead

Golf: Graeme McDowell, who didn’t know until Monday he would be playing at the Chevron World Challenge, played a six-hole stretch in 6-under par for a 6-under 66 that put him in a tie for the lead with PGA champion Y.E. Yang going into the final round of the $5.75 million event in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Graeme, who replaced tournament host Tiger Woods, and Yang were at 10-under 206, one shot ahead of Padraig Harrington and Lee Westwood.

•Scott wins Australian Open: Adam Scott won the Australian Open in Sydney for his first pro victory in Australia, shooting an even-par 72 to beat Stuart Appleby by five strokes.

He finished at 15-under 273 at New South Wales Golf Club. Appleby closed with a 75.

Cole’s hat trick lifts Carolina past Canucks

Hockey: Erik Cole scored three goals and the Carolina Hurricanes held off the Vancouver Canucks for a 5-3 victory at Raleigh, N.C.

Cole’s sixth career hat trick was his first multi-goal game for Carolina since he was reacquired from Edmonton on March 4.

Former Spokane Chief Ray Whitney had a goal and two assists for Carolina, which ended Vancouver’s three-game road winning streak.

Janka wins WC downhill; Miller 4th

Skiing: Carlo Janka is quickly establishing himself as someone to watch at the Vancouver Olympics.

Janka won a second consecutive World Cup race, edging Swiss teammate Didier Cuche by 0.02 seconds in a downhill, while American Bode Miller skied in his familiar attacking style and finished fourth in the event at Beaver Creek, Colo.

Janka arrived with a career total of two World Cup victories. But with the results from the past two days, along with two third-place finishes, he stands alone atop the overall standings.

•Vonn wins 2nd straight downhill: Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup downhill for the second straight day, giving her seven victories on the Lake Louise, Alberta, course since 2004. Saturday’s victory marked the first time Vonn, 25, has won two downhills in two days at Lake Louise. The course hosts two downhills each year, weather permitting.

Khan retains title in just 76 seconds

Miscellany: Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title in stunning fashion, knocking down unbeaten challenger Dmitriy Salita three times before the fight in Newcastle, England, was stopped after only 76 seconds.

Khan (22-1, 16 KOs) put Salita on the canvas after barely 10 seconds at Metro Radio Arena. Khan then hurt him with a left, forcing another count, and followed up with a lightning-quick combination to send the New York-based fighter down on one knee.

Salita (31-1-1) got up but was unsteady on the ropes, and the referee stopped the bout.

•American women win bobsled race: Americans Shauna Rohbock and Michelle Rzepka won the women’s two-man bobsled World Cup race at Cesana Pariol, Italy, while the U.S. team of Steven Holcomb and Curtis Tomasevicz placed third in the men’s event.

Rohbock and Rzepka led both heats for a combined time of 1 minute, 56.09 seconds in United States III, running under the lights in the night race on the track used for the 2006 Turin Olympics.