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Killian Tillie scored 22 points, Corey Kispert added 18 and top-ranked Gonzaga rallied to beat Portland 85-72. It was the Bulldogs' 12th straight victory over the Pilots.

Lillard finished with a franchise playoff-record 50 points and Portland eliminated Oklahoma City from the postseason in five games with a 118-115 victory.

The practice paid off. James Harden scored 42 points as the Houston Rockets snapped the Trail Blazers' 13-game winning streak with a 115-111 victory.

He thought of it when he was a rookie, The other team's coaches say it. The team thinks it and the fans are chanting "MVP! MVP!" Damian Lillard in the MVP hunt .

Zach Collins had 13 points and No. 3 Gonzaga remained the nation's only undefeated Division I team with an 83-64 victory over Portland in a game Monday night that was rescheduled because of a winter storm earlier this month.
The Bulldogs have won 20 straight games, their longest streak since win…

SPOKANE (AP) — Przemek Karnowski scored 17 points as No. 5 Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount 93-55 on Thursday night to remain the nation's only undefeated Division I basketball team.
Zach Collins scored 15 points and Silas Melson added 13 for Gonzaga (16-0, 4-0 West Coast), which has the nati…

NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrants and their advocates are continuing to march in Manhattan to protest Donald Trump's presidential election win.
Organizers say they're speaking out against Trump's support of deportation and other measures.
Demonstrations throughout the country — and…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is scheduled to visit Portland.
KOIN-TV reports that Stein will appear at the Roseland Theater from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Her campaign says she'll be joined by Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The owners of a Portland-area bakery are refusing to pay $135,000 in state-ordered damages to a same-sex couple who were refused service.
Melissa and Aaron Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, cited religious beliefs when they refused to bake a wedding cake for Laurel …

HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — It was a spittin' good time in Portland, Oregon. The watermelonseed-spitting contest has returned. Local lawmakers put their expectorating skills to the test, using donated melons from Hermiston. Hermiston Mayor David Drotzmann beat Portland Mayor Charlie Hales...