National Sports

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray fought through an illness to score 25 points and power the Denver Nuggets past the Thunder 119-107 on Thursday night, sending the series back to Oklahoma City for a decisive Game 7.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson probably made dozens of saves in these playoffs tougher than this one — a shot by Andre Svechnikov from a severe angle that knocked Washington out of the postseason.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surviving the initial push of an opponent facing elimination, the Carolina Hurricanes scored first thanks to Jordan Staal.

OTTAWA — Delaney Baie Pridham scored twice to lead Ottawa Rapid FC to a 3-0 victory over Vancouver Rise FC on Thursday night in the Northern Super League.

RIMOUSKI — Maël Lavigne had a goal and an assist to help the Rimouski Océanic stay alive with a 5-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats in Game 4 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League final on Thursday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jhonattan Vegas played the best golf hardly anyone saw Thursday in the PGA Championship. Brilliant sunshine after three days of rain brought out a full house of spectators expecting a great show.

STOCKHOLM — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and added an assist as Canada overcame a frustrating start to post a 5-1 win over Austria in world hockey championship action Thursday.

TORONTO — From game to game Kevin Gausman isn't sure how his splitter is going to work and that's a big problem for the Toronto Blue Jays starter. Gausman gave up six runs on 10 hits as Toronto fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 on Thursday afternoon.

TORONTO — Brandon Lowe had a two-run homer in the first and the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays routed the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 Thursday afternoon. They were Lowe's sixth and seventh home runs of the season. He has 24 runs batted in this year.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona clinched its 28th Spanish league title after Lamine Yamal starred in its 2-0 win at crosstown rival Espanyol on Thursday.