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3:40 PM ET, April 16, 2023

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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat and Panthers go into playoffs armed with slingshots against No. 1 seeds  —  Everyone else on the Miami Heat should pick up Jimmy Butler and Max Strus and carry them into Milwaukee for giving them a chance to re-write the conclusion to this season and, with it, their own personal standing in it.
Discussion: Associated Press and Mercury News
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Butler, Strus push Heat into playoffs in harrowing 102-91 comeback against Bulls; Bucks up next on Sunday  —  MIAMI — There will be playoffs instead of lottery for the Miami Heat, as they punched their ticket into the first round with a 102-91 victory Friday night over the Chicago Bulls at the Kaseya Center.
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat's Spoelstra hints of lineup, rotation changes vs. Bulls in play-in
Discussion: Denver Post and Boston Herald
Jacob Calvin Meyer / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles can't hold late lead in 7-6 walk-off loss to White Sox in 10 innings  —  CHICAGO — The Orioles took four leads Saturday but couldn't hold any of them.  —  After taking a one-run lead in the 10th, the Orioles surrendered two runs in the bottom half of the inning in a 7-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
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Canha HR, Nimmo RBI double spark Mets past Athletics 3-2  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark Canha homered leading off the seventh inning and Brandon Nimmo followed with an RBI double with two out that scored pinch-runner Tim Locastro as the New York Mets rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Saturday.
Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Mikal Bridges shrugs off 30-point performance in Game 1 loss to 76ers: ‘None of that s—t matters when you lose’  —  PHILADELPHIA — Mikal Bridges scored 30 points and only missed six shots in his first playoff game as Brooklyn's No. 1 scoring option — but it was a 20-point loss in a game the Nets hoped to play better.
Discussion: New York Post and Newsday
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Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Outmatched Nets fall to Sixers 121-101 in Game 1 of NBA first-round playoff series  —  PHILADELPHIA — It was over at the top of the fourth quarter.  —  Backup Sixers center Paul Reed grabbed an offensive rebound, shook Nets wing Royce O'Neale with a behind-the-back dribble …
Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets Notebook: Pitching moves follow Stephen Nogosek being placed on IL  —  OAKLAND — The Mets' pitching staff took another hit Saturday when right-hander Stephen Nogosek was placed on the 15-day injured list with a bone bruise on his right elbow.  However, the club is confident that reinforcements are on the way.
Ian Harrison / Associated Press:
Rays lose first game after 13-0 start, fall 6-3 to Blue Jays  —  Waiting two weeks to experience their first loss of the season didn't make defeat any easier for the Tampa Bay Rays.  —  The Rays lost their first game following a record-tying 13- start as Colin Poche forced in two runs …
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Josh Hart's clutch play saves Knicks in Game 1 win over Donovan Mitchell, Cavs  —  CLEVELAND — Josh Hart came to the rescue.  —  With his team collapsing in the fourth quarter — falling to the might of Donovan Mitchell — Hart, a player certainly not known for his offense, found himself with the ball and the shot clock dwindling.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nightengale's Notebook: 2013 Red Sox ‘knew what it meant’ to win World Series after Marathon bombing  —  They will be standing alongside one another at Fenway Park on Sunday, basking in the glory of their triumph on a baseball field, but also fighting back tears and the raw emotions of that horrific afternoon still searing their souls.
Darragh McDonald / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants, Logan Webb Agree To Five-Year, $90MM Extension  —  The Giants announced that they have agreed to a five-year, $90MM extension with right-hander Logan Webb.  Webb will make $8MM next year, $12MM in 2025, $23MM in both 2026 and 2027, then $24MM in 2028.
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Associated Press:
Yankees' Aaron Judge, MLBPA win dispute over ‘All Rise’ trademark  —  NEW YORK — Aaron Judge won a dispute over trademarks used to promote the New York Yankees slugger.  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against a Long Island man who attempted to register …
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley and New York Post
 
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