The Oklahoma City Thunder won ugly in Game 4, defeating the Denver Nuggets and tying the best-fof-7 Western Conference semifinals series at 2-2.

Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen returned from a knee injury to start Game 4 of Dallas' Western Conference semifinal series against the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

While everybody was busy preparing for their funeral outfit, the Oklahoma City Thunder saw their playoff hopes be saved by their bench. A 92-87 Game 4 win over the Denver Nuggets tied the Round 2 series at 2-2 as Aaron Wiggins was one-third of a reserve hero who helped get an ugly victory.

Mikael Granlund scored three goals and Jake Oettinger made 31 saves in the Stars’ 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 of their second-round series Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. The win gave Dallas a 3-1 series lead and extended the Jets’ staggering road playoff losing streak to nine games,

For New York, Jalen Brunson (27 points) and Karl-Anthony Towns (21 points) were the only Knicks above 12 points as the team struggled with 20% from three and 40% from the field. Jayson Tatum (22) and Jaylen Brown (19) combined for 41 points on 15-of-38 shooting (39.4%) for Boston with most of the damage coming in the first half.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers tied an NBA playoff record by building a 41-point halftime lead Sunday in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against top-seeded Cleveland.

The New York Knicks have pushed one more dire metropolitan drought — and perhaps a few unflattering narratives — closer to extinction. New York is one win away

OKLAHOMA CITY — Michael Porter Jr. is shouldering the blame for the Nuggets’ 3-2 series deficit, even if he physically can’t. Without mention of his left shoulder injury, Porter said he was at fault for Denver’s Game 5 loss to the Thunder in brief comments made to The Denver Post late Tuesday night.