SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Thompson scored 30 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Seattle Storm to a 96-86 overtime win over the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night.
Tanisha Wright had five of her 17 points in OT as Seattle (3-3) outscored Washington 18-8 in the extra period. Temeka Johnson added 16 points and Camille Little 15 to help the Storm snap a three-game Washington winning streak. Seattle made 23 of 24 free throws.
Crystal Langhorne...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Goals by Bryan Ruiz and Celso Borges put Costa Rica in a stronger position to qualify for next year's World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Panama on Tuesday night.
The Costa Ricans have 11 points from six matches with a 3-1-2 record. That trails only the United States (4-1-1), which beat Honduras earlier in the night.
Ruiz opened the scoring on a free kick in the 49th minute, and Borges clinched it just about two minutes...
MIAMI (AP) — Tim Duncan was delivering a vintage performance, and the San Antonio Spurs were streaking to the franchise's fifth championship.
Then the 37-year-old forward ran out of gas, and the Spurs collapsed down the stretch like they so rarely have before.
Duncan had 30 points and 14 rebounds in the first three quarters, but was scoreless and grabbed just three boards in the fourth quarter and overtime of San Antonio's 103-100 overtime loss to...
| East Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | Pct. | GB | |
| Evansville | 18 | 8 | .692 | — |
| Traverse City | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2 |
| Washington | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3½ |
| Florence | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4 |
| Southern Illinois | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4 |
| Lake Erie | ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a four-game losing streak, beating the Miami Marlins 3-2 Tuesday night.
Goldschmidt's drive bounced high off the batter's backdrop in deep center field. His 17th homer of the season was his second in as many nights, and the second game-ending home run of his career.
Martin Prado also homered for the Diamondbacks....
MIAMI (AP) — Ray Allen lost his record in these NBA Finals. He still has a chance at what he wants most: A second championship.
It's why he came to Miami.
And on the final Heat possession of regulation of Game 6, he did what he does better than anyone in NBA history, hit 3-pointers.
Allen's 3 with 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter capped a huge Miami rally, and the Heat found a way in overtime to hold off the San Antonio...
| SAN ANTONIO (100) |
|---|
Ginobili 2-5 4-6 9, Leonard 9-14 3-4 22, Duncan 13-21 4-5 30, Parker 6-23 6-7 19, Green 1-7 0-0 3, Neal 2-7 0-0 5, Diaw 2-6 3-4 7, Splitter 2-2 1-2 5, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-85 21-28 100.
| MIAMI (103) |
|---|
Miller 3-4 0-0 8, James 11-26 9-12 32, Bosh 5-12 0-1 10, Chalmers 7-11 2-2 20, Wade 6-15 2-2...
| North Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | Pct. | GB | |
| Pawtucket (Red Sox) | 42 | 28 | .600 | — |
| Lehigh Valley (Phillies) | 37 | 34 | .521 | 5½ |
| Buffalo (Blue Jays) | 36 | 34 | .514 | 6 |
| Rochester (Twins) | 36 | 37 | .493 | 7½ |
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees) | 31 | 39... |
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James shrugged off a poor start to get 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
James missed nine of his first 12 shots, but scored 16 points in the fourth to rally the Heat from a 10-point deficit. The Heat trailed 94-89 with 28 seconds to play, but...
MIAMI (AP) — Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime to force Game 7 in NBA Finals.
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