1987 -- Robert Parish scored 15 of his 31 points in the third quarter and the Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 104-91 in the first game of their NBA Eastern Conference championship series.
1992 -- Britton's Bart Sime shot a final-round 77 for a 155 total to take top individual honors in the State B high school boys' golf tournament. Eureka's Charlie Glaesman finished a stroke back in second place.
1997 -- Scott Servais drove in five runs to match his career high as the Chicago Cubs, who began the season with 14 straight losses, rolled to a 15-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The Cubs are 15-13 since the terrible beginning.
2002 -- Roger Clemens pitched a four-hitter over eight innings with 13 strikeouts and Robin Ventura homered and drove in two runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 3-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2007 -- Torii Hunter hit his 10th homer of the season and drove in three runs to support Scott Baker, who pitched 8 innings of six-hit ball with no walks and five strikeouts as the Minnesota Twins downed the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2.
2011 -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks and tying their Western Conference finals playoff series at a game apiece.
