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Warriors beat Pelicans 97-87 to take 2-0 series lead (Yahoo Sports)

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr likes to say his team teeters on ”explosive and careless” basketball, pulling off an astonishing play one moment and a perplexing one the next. Klay Thompson scored 26 points, Stephen Curry had 22 points and six assists and the Warriors regrouped from an early deficit to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 97-87 and take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. ”It’s what

Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer voted NBA coach of the year (Yahoo Sports)

After a tumultuous offseason and leading the Atlanta Hawks to the top seed in the Eastern Conference, Mike Budenholzer beat out Golden State’s Steve Kerr for NBA coach of the year on Tuesday. Budenholzer, in his second year as a head coach, was honored after the Hawks went 60-22 during the regular season, the best mark in franchise history. Kerr, who guided the Warriors to an NBA-best 67-15 record in

Butler scores 31, Bulls beat Bucks 91-82 to go up 2-0 (Yahoo Sports)

Jimmy Butler was simply following orders from Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah. Butler set a playoff career-high for the second straight game with 31 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Milwaukee Bucks 91-82 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. After scoring 25 points in Game 1, Butler trumped that with another terrific performance. Noah grabbed 19 rebounds and the third-seeded Bulls dominated on

Ducks rally for 5-4 OT win, lead series 3-0 (Yahoo Sports)

Fired up for the first NHL playoff game in town in 19 years, Winnipeg Jets fans booed Corey Perry off the ice in warmups and cheered every icing call against the Anaheim Ducks. They went silent when the Ducks scored. The raucous ”whiteout” crowd left on a somber note when Anaheim’s Rickard Rakell scored at 5:12 of overtime to beat the Jets 5-4 Monday night at MTS Centre and take