Nets guard Kyrie Irving exited Game 4 of Brooklyn’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Bucks on Sunday with a sprained right ankle. X-rays were negative, but sources said he was using crutches and had his right ankle in a walking boot.
With the Nuggets facing playoff elimination, league MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected from Sunday night’s game with a flagrant foul 2 after taking a wild swing in frustration at Suns guard Cameron Payne.
Garrick Higgo won the Palmetto Championship at Congaree for his first PGA Tour victory Sunday in South Carolina, when leader Chesson Hadley blew a two-shot lead with bogeys on his final three holes.
After the Denver Nuggets fell into a 3-0 hole with Friday night’s 116-102 loss to the Suns, coach Michael Malone said he hopes his team shows “some real fight” to force a Game 5.