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Detroit faces Miami on 3-game skid 03/08/2026 03:03am • Detroit Pistons (45-17, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (35-29, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pistons -1.5; over/under is 229.5 BOTTOM LINE: Detroit enters the matchup with Miami as losers of three straight games. The Heat are 19 Oklahoma City puts home win streak on the line against Denver 03/08/2026 03:03am • Denver Nuggets (39-25, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (50-15, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City will try to keep its four-game home win streak intact when the Thunder take on Denver. The Thunder have gone 9-3 Memphis takes on Brooklyn on 3-game slide 03/08/2026 03:03am • Memphis Grizzlies (23-39, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (16-47, 14th in the Eastern Conference) New York; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Memphis looks to stop its three-game skid with a win against Brooklyn. The Nets have gone 8-22 in home games. Brooklyn currently has the le NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Daily Fared 03/08/2026 01:58am • Saturday No. 1 Duke (29-2) beat No. 17 North Carolina 76-61. Next: vs. TBA, Thursday. No. 2 Arizona (29-2) beat Colorado 89-79. Next: vs. TBA, Thursday. No. 3 Michigan (28-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8 Michigan State, Sunday. No. 4 UConn (27-4) lost to Marquette 68-62. Next: vs. TBA, Thursday. No Bahrain says Iranian drone attack has caused "material damage" to desalination plant. 03/08/2026 01:52am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain says Iranian drone attack has caused "material damage" to desalination plant. Cameron Boozer scores 26 as No. 1 Duke beats No. 17 North Carolina 76-61 03/08/2026 01:50am • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Boozer had 26 points, 15 rebounds and five assists to help No. 1 Duke beat No. 17 North Carolina 76-61 on Saturday night in a rivalry rematch. Maliq Brown added 15 points as Duke led by a single possession early after halftime before taking over with 16 unanswered point Burries scores season-high 31 as No. 2 Arizona comes back to beat Colorado 89-79 03/08/2026 01:46am • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the second half, fellow freshman Koa Peat had 25 points and No. 2 Arizona rallied from 11 down to beat Colorado 89-79 on Saturday night. Arizona (29-2, 16-2), which clinched its first Big 12 Conference title with a vic NCAA Conference Tournament Glances 03/08/2026 01:45am • Times EST (through March 7) Times EDT (March 8) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Saturday, March 7 UMBC 84, New Hampshire 69 Mass.-Lowell 81, Albany (NY) 76 Vermont 77, Bryant 57 NJIT 60, Maine 58 Semifinals Tuesday, March 10 UMBC vs. Mass.-Lowell, 6 p.m. Vermont vs. NJIT Kwame Evans Jr. scores final 9 points, Oregon beat Washington in regular-season finale 03/08/2026 01:45am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kwame Evans Jr. scored 20 points, which included the last nine of the game, and Oregon blew a 21-point lead before the Ducks rallied to beat Washington 85-79 on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Evans was fouled on a 3-point shot and made the and-1 fr Banned for life by NBA for gambling, Porter has triple-double in return to pro basketball 03/08/2026 01:41am • SEATTLE (AP) — Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors center banned for life from the NBA in 2024 for gambling, had a triple-double Saturday night in his return to professional basketball. Porter started at power forward and had 21 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, three blocked shots and two st Arvidsson’s breakaway winner lifts Bruins past Capitals for a 12th straight home win 03/08/2026 01:36am • Viktor Arvidsson scored the go-ahead goal on a breakaway 4:28 into the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Saturday for their 12th straight home victory. Pavel Zacha also scored for the Bruins, who have their longest home win streak since a 14-gamer during their 20 Joel Farabee scores 2 goals as Flames edge Hurricanes 5-4 03/08/2026 01:34am • CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Joel Farabee scored twice and had an assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Morgan Frost had a goal and two assists for the Flames, who snapped a four-game winless skid. Ryan Strome had a goal and an assist in his Horvat scores winner in OT as Islanders edge Sharks 2-1 03/08/2026 01:20am • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Bo Horvat scored with 39.6 seconds left in overtime, lifting the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. Tony DeAngelo also had a goal and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for New York, which snapped a two-game skid and improved to 9-0 this sea Photos show damage left by powerful storms as volunteers help communities clean up 03/08/2026 01:20am • Powerful storms tore through parts of Michigan and Oklahoma, leaving a trail of destruction that included flattened homes and scattered debris. Volunteers helped residents sift through rubble and begin cleanup as the threat of severe weather lingers across the nation’s midsection. ___ This is a ph Senators pull away with 4-goal spree, beat Kraken 7-4 03/08/2026 01:18am • SEATTLE (AP) — Shane Pinto had a goal and two assists in Ottawa's four-goal spree in the first and second periods and the Senators beat the Seattle Kraken 7-4 on Saturday night. Linus Ulmark made 17 saves to help Ottawa improve to 3-1 on a five-game trip. The Senators are four points behind Boston