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Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers advanced to the finals
Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Clippers 104-98 on Thursday and advanced to the Western Conference finals.
At the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, the Clippers hosted Oklahoma City in Game 6 of their series.
The NBA's Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant scored 39 points and also seized 16 rebounds in the game.
And Westbrook overcame a slow start to finish with 19 points and 12 assists.
They led the team to victory together and won appraisal from head coach Scott Brooks.
"Well, we have good leadership Russell and Kevin have led us for a lot of years we've never talked about not being able to lead at a young age 'cause they've been leading this team for 5 or 6 years, they lead and our guys do a great job of of supporting them and helping them and putting them in positions to for all of us to have success."
Oklahoma City will face the San Antonio Spurs in a rematch of the West's last two championships. The series begins on Monday in San Antonio.
Meanwhile, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Wizards in a hard-fought Game 6 93-80 at the Verizon Center.
And with a 4-2 overall win in the series the Indiana Pacers will meet the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.
Updates of Italy Open in Rome 4
In tennis,
The third round action of the Italian Open continued late on Thursday.
In the men's event, top seed Rafael Nadal faced the experienced Russian Mikhail Youzhny winning 6-7, 6-2 6-1, securing victory after two hours and 44 minutes on court.
He will face Andy Murray for a place in the final four.
Fifth seed David Ferrer enjoyed a far more routine victory. He powered past Ernests Gulbis, winning their encounter 6-2 6-3 to reach the quarter finals.
And two times Rome Champion Novak Djokovic took on Philipp Kohlschreiber and won 4-6 6-2 6-1 to reach the quarter finals.
Sixth seed Tomas Berdych beat 12th seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-7 6-2 6-2 and won a place in the final eight.
In the women's event, China's No. 1 Li Na is competing with Sara Errani.
Her compatriot Zhang Shuai has achieved another victory by beating Edward McHale 6-2/4-6/6-2. After this, Zhang Shuai also made it into the top eight for the first time.
Top seed Venus Williams didn't need to expend much energy in beating her compatriot Varvara Lepchenko 6-1/6-2.
And eighth seed Maria Sharapova lost to Ana Ivanovic, who she's beaten the last 7 times they've met. This time the score was 6-1/6-4.
Michael Phelps says he's back swimming to have 'fun'
Michael Phelps has said he will come back for 'fun'.
During a press conference, Phelps showed his light-hearted side by constantly joking around with his long-time coach, Bob Bowman. And he said that he just wants to have fun this time around.
But many believe that Phelps 'comeback is with an eye towards adding to his legacy at the 2016 Rio Games.
Phelps confessed that he still has the burning desire to win.
"You think I was happy to lose in Mesa? Jeez I don't care if it was my first meet back or not, I didn't want to lose. I still have it I don't care what I'm competing in against anybody in the world, I don't want anybody to beat me. Nobody."
On Friday, Phelps will take part in the Charlotte, North Carolina Grand Prix in the 100-meter butterfly and 200 freestyle.
If he qualifies for the evening finals in both, Bowman will decide if he swims another double or cuts back to just one race.
Taylor Phinney wins stage 5 of Tour of California
The fifth stage of the Amgen Tour of California has seen riders racing from Pismo Beach to Santa Barbara.
American Taylor Phinney raced to a 12-second victory and Britain's Sir Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead.
For the third straight day, the riders raced in unseasonably warm weather. The fifth stage of the match was held in 100-degree heat.
The route includes four climbs, including the most difficult of the race, and the final 1.2-mile ascent to the Mount High ski area.
The eight-day race runs over a total of 720 miles and will continue until Sunday in Thousand Oaks.
Peter Hanson leads in the PGA Byron Nelson 1
To the PGA Championships,
And the U.S. PGA Tour arrived at the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in Irving on Thursday for the opening of the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
Adam Scott is expected to take over the world No. 1 ranking from Tiger Woods this week, despite both being off.
The highest-ranked player in the field is No. 5 Matt Kuchar. The American shot a one-under 69.
Keegan Bradley, the 2011 winner of this tournament, missed the cut at the Players last week.
The American sank three birdies in a four-hole span but closed with an even-par 70 that put him five strokes off the lead.
And Sweden's Peter Hanson shot a five-under-par 65 to take the first round lead at the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
Yankees beat Mets 1-0
In Major League Baseball,
We've seen impressive Major League debuts from starters Chase Whitley and Jacob deGrom.
But it was a veteran outfielder who played the biggest role in the finale of the annual Subway Series.
Alfonso Soriano doubled in the game's only run in the seventh, while Dellin Betances struck out six of the seven hitters he faced in relief of Whitley.
Together they helped the New York Yankees secure a 1-zero win over the New York Mets on Thursday at Citi Field.
And Robertson retired the Mets in order in the ninth to nail down his seventh save of the season and complete a three-hit shutout.
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