UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors won last night’s NBA playoff games. Isaiah Thomas torched the Washington Wizards for 53 points as the Celtics earned a 129-119 overtime win to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry dropped in 22 points and Draymond Green added 18 to lead the Warriors past Utah 106-94 in the opener of the Western Conference semifinal series.
UNDATED (AP) — The Nashville Predators are one victory away from their first trip to the NHL’s conference finals, while the New York Rangers are within 2-1 in their second-round series with Ottawa. Third-period goals by Ryan Ellis and James Neal lifted the Predators past St. Louis, 2-1. Mats Zuccarello (zoo-kah-REH’-loh) had a goal and an assist in the Rangers’ 4-1 victory over the Senators.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby will miss Game 4 of the team’s second-round playoff series tonight after suffering a concussion. The Pens’ captain sat out the last two periods of Monday’s 3-2 overtime loss after taking a cross-check to the jaw from Washington defenseman and former teammate Matt Niskanen. The Penguins say Crosby is out indefinitely following his second concussion of the season.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Jamaal Charles has left the Kansas City Chiefs for a contract with the rival Denver Broncos. The Chiefs’ all-time rushing leader as signed a one-year, incentive-laden deal. Charles ran for 7,260 yards and 43 touchdowns in nine seasons with the Chiefs, but he played in just eight games over the last two seasons after tearing his right ACL in October 2015.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills rookie coach Sean McDermott says the team has declined to pick up its fifth-year contract option on wide receiver Sammy Watkins. The decision doesn’t prevent the Bills from negotiating a contract extension or placing the franchise tag on the injury-prone Watkins to retain his rights. Watkins has been hampered by an assortment of injuries during his three seasons with the Bills and underwent a second operation in January to repair a broken left foot.
