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Watch Josh Giddey hit halfcourt game-winner to cap 18-point Bulls comeback to beat Lakers

NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls

Mar 27, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Josh Giddey (3) celebrates with teammates after making the game-winning three point basket against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images

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The Lakers had this one. They led 115-110 with 12.6 seconds left until a Patrick Williams 3-pointer had the Bulls down just two. Then Chicago stole the inbounds pass, Coby White drained another three, and Chicago led 116-115 with 6.1 remaining.

Austin Reaves drove the rim and hit a layup to put the Lakers back in front 117-116 with just 3.3 seconds to go, and the Bulls had no time outs. Then Josh Giddey did this.

Giddey felt good about the shot.

Coming a night after the Lakers won a game on a LeBron James tip-in at the buzzer, this loss was “devastation” for the Lakers, according to coach J.J. Redick. The Lakers dominated the third quarter and led by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter, but on the second night of a back-to-back seemed to lose steam late. Reaves led the Lakers with 30 points, while Luka Doncic had 25 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

The Bulls also got hot late, shooting 11-of-14 on 3-pointers in the fourth. Giddey finished with a triple-double of 25 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists. Coby White scored 26 for Chicago.

The loss drops the Lakers into a tie with Memphis for the 4/5 seeds and a shot at home court in the first round of the West playoffs. The Lakers are 1.5 games behind Denver for third but also just 2.5 games ahead of the surging Clippers with nine games left to play.

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Texas Tech rallies from 16 points down to beat Arkansas 85-83 in OT

Darrion Williams scored the tiebreaking basket with 7.3 seconds left in overtime after tying the game with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation to lead Texas Tech to an 85-83 win over Arkansas on Thursday night and a spot in the Elite Eight. The first overtime game of March Madness came thanks to a furious comeback by the third-seeded Red Raiders (28-8) from 16 points down midway through the second half against coach John Calipari’s 10th-seeded Razorbacks (22-14). Texas Tech advanced to play top-seeded Florida in the West Region final on Saturday.

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Panthers aim for 7th straight home win, host Utah Hockey Club for first time

Mar 3, 2025; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) celebrates with center Carter Verhaeghe (23) after scoring against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the second period at Amerant Bank Arena. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

The Florida Panthers are about to enter the home stretch of their regular season.

Coming off a nice four-day break between home games, Florida is looking to hit the ground running as they host the first of their final 11 games against the Utah Hockey Club Friday night at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise.

Entering play Friday, the Panthers are tied atop the Atlantic Division with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning but lose out to their neighbors from north of the border on a tiebreaker.

Both the Cats and Leafs hold identical 43-25-3 records, but due to Toronto having more non-shootout wins (42 to 38), the tiebreaker goes to them. Tampa has the same amount of points, but one more game played than Florida and Toronto. 

But with 11 games remaining for each team, things are surely going to change over the next few weeks.

Florida’s last game was five days ago, a 4-3 shootout victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was the Panthers sixth straight win on home ice.

As for Utah, the former Coyotes arrive in South Florida with their playoff chances on life support.

With only 10 games remaining, Utah is currently 10 points behind St. Louis for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference.

It’s been a strong second half the season for Utah, though.

Over their past 20 games, Utah has points in all but seven of them (11-7-2). That includes their game on Thursday’s night, an 8-0 drubbing at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Now they’ll make the short trip from Tampa to Sunrise and wrap up a back-to-back set against a rested and hungry Panthers squad.

If all goes well, Florida will get a boost to their lineup in the form of Brad Marchand.

The future Hall of Famers acquired by the Panthers at the Trade Deadline has been working his way back from an injury he suffered about a week before the deal was made.

Marchand has been skating with Florida for the past several weeks and has been nearing a return.

If he plays, he’ll line up on the Cats’ second line with his old buddy Sam Bennett and rookie Mackie Samoskevich.

Here are the Panthers projected lines and pairings for Sunday’s showdown with the Pens:

Carter Verhaeghe – Sasha Barkov – Sam Reinhart

Mackie Samoskevich – Sam Bennett – Brad Marchand

Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Evan Rodrigues

A.J. Greer – Nico Sturm – Jesper Boqvist

Gus Forsling – Seth Jones

Niko Mikkola – Tobias Bjornfot

Nate Schmidt – Uvis Balinskis

Scratches: Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich, Dmitry Kulikov

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Social media reacts to Arkansas’ loss to Texas Tech

Arkansas HC John Calipari. © Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Coach John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks were eliminated Thursday from the NCAA Tournament following their 85-83 overtime loss to the 3-seed Texas Tech Red Raiders at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

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Duke holds off Arizona, wins Sweet 16

Duke built a big lead and held on for a 100-93 victory against Arizona in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night at Prudential Center. The Blue Devils made a move to control the game late in the first half and carried that over to the start of the second half. Cooper Flagg scored 30 points to lead Duke, dueling with a 35-point explosion from Caleb Love.