Basketball

RJ Barrett had a career-high 28 points and the New York Knicks matched their longest winning streak of the season at three games by beating the Golden State Warriors 119-104.

Branden Carlson gets the first double-double by a Utah player this season, and the balanced, potent Utes offense handed Washington State a stinging 71-56 defeat.

That much-anticipated opening Thursday of March Madness will belong to the play-in teams.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is stepping down at the end of June, ending an 11-year tenure in which the conference landed a transformational billion dollar television deal.

All eyes on Brooklyn's Big 3, Collin Sexton stole the spotlight by scoring 42 points, including 15 in the second overtime, to lead the Cavaliers to a 147-135 win over the Nets.

Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points, Paul George added 19 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings 115-96 for their season-high fifth consecutive victory.

Marcus Tsohonis and Erik Stevenson combines for 44 points before fouling out, and Washington picked up its first conference win of the season beating Colorado 84-80.

Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has a hairline fracture in his left foot. The team says McCollum will wear a walking boot and be reevaluated in four weeks.

Nikola Jokic had 27 points and 12 rebounds before calling it an early night as the Denver Nuggets routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-101.

Jarod Lucas and Ethan Thompson scored 13 points apiece and Oregon State beat Southern California 58-56, snapping the Trojans six-game winning streak.