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SALT LAKE CITY -- A breaking NHL update saw Thomas Harley and Wyatt Johnston score first-period power-play goals to propel the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday, extending Dallas’s winning streak to four games. Harley opened the scoring with a close-range snap shot 2:11 into the game, followed by Johnston tipping in a puck for his 29th goal of the season at 7:42. Matt Duchene added a third goal for Dallas before the first period ended. Jamie Benn contributed two...

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia steadied itself during a turbulent day Saturday night as Joel Embiid recorded 40 points and 11 rebounds to lead the 76ers to a 124 to 114 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, hours after the NBA suspended Paul George for 25 games for violating the leagues anti drug policy. The league did not disclose the substance involved in the violation. George released a statement to ESPN acknowledging he took something he described as improper. His absence immediately altered...

DALLAS -- Charlotte delivered one of its most significant road wins of the season Thursday night as rookie Kon Knueppel scored a career high 34 points, including two decisive free throws with 4.1 seconds remaining, to lift the Hornets to a 123 to 121 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, overshadowing a historic 49 point performance from fellow Duke alumnus Cooper Flagg. Knueppel sealed the game after intercepting an errant pass from Flagg near midcourt with seven seconds left and the score...