Stephen Curry made nine 3-pointers and scored 36 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-94 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
Basketball
The New Orleans Pelicans won the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night.
The WNBA last year saw average attendance figures dip below 7,400 per game for the first time in its 22-year history. The Aces ranked ninth by averaging 5,208 and hope to improve on that number in their second season.
Shaquille O’Neal, famous NBA superstar, restaurateur and broadcaster, has been added to Wynn Nightlife residency roster for this summer’s pool season.
Tickets for the NBA Summer League, which is July 5 to 15 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
UNLV will play UCLA in a basketball home-and-home series the next two years, with next season’s game at Los Angeles. The teams play in the Thomas & Mack Center in 2020-21.
Texas graduate transfer Elijah Mitrou-Long signed with UNLV on Tuesday, and he is eligible to play next season. The Rebels are one scholarship short of the maximum 13.