under 30 seconds left in the game, paul pierce tries a desperation three-pointer but can't get it to call. dueling grabs the rebound. sixers win, 82-75 to force a decisive game seven saturday night in boston. >>> the heat can advance to the conference finals with a win tonight in indianapolis. >>> to hockey. a shootout between the rangers and devils in a critical game five at the garden. devils get on the board early when stephan gionta finds the net. that gives them a 1-0 lead. not even two minutes later, the devils score again. patrik elias with the goal and the devils are up 2-0. still in the first period, travis sajak finds the net for the devils. 3-0. the rangers never recover from the early onslet and the devils win, 5-3 and take a lead in the series. >>> the yankees taking on the royals in the bronx. alex rodriguez hits a two-run home run over the left field wall. yankees up 3-0. two innings later, a-rod at it again. hits his second home run of the game. it's the first multihomer game for a-rod since this time last year. the yankees go on to win, 8-3. >>> the phillies sent col

paul pierce came up big. pierce scoops it up, back for the dunk. less than a minute later, pierce hits a big three, puts the celtics up seven. he finished with 36 and 14 rebounds. just over a minute left, pierce hits the game-clinching foul slot, followed by a tebow pose at center court? wow! pierce leads the celtics with an 87-80 victory without rondo. if the knicks plan on avoiding a sweep by the handz of the heat, they'll have to do it without amar'e stoudemire. stoudemire as we told you yesterday will miss tonight's game three of the heat because of that self-inflicted hand injury after he smashed a fire extinguisher. he had surgery to repair a muscle in his left hand. he's listed doubtful for sunday's game four. most think he's out fort playoffs. >>> baseball, nationals fans finally got their chance to see 19-year-old phenom bryce harper up close and personal. making his home debut last night in d.c. against the diamondbacks, here's the reception he got when he was introduced. >> left fielder, number 34, bryce harper! >> nice ovation for harpe

soared over paul pierce. capped an 11-0 run. they kept it going in the fourth. holliday with a team high 20. sixers won it. they force a game seven on saturday. >>> the other series in the east has gotten pretty dirty. now the league is trying to clean it up. suspended miami haslem for a game for this flagrant foul on hansbro. happened after he took dwyane wade down. also dexter pittman suspended for this flying elbow. that will cost pittman about 22 grand. game six between the pacers and heat is tonight. >>> hockey kind of tough to win a game when your own teammate is trying to score on you. brad richards keeping lundquist on his toes. they peppered lundquist with three goals early in the game. g gabrik made him pay. it was tied at three. the devils had plenty flft the tank. giada found ryan cutter in front of the net. new jersey can wrap tup with a win on friday. >>> braves and reds tied at one in the ninth when todd frazier sent everybody home. a solo shot to right. first career walk-off homer. and that would explain why he didn't see this coming. the dreaded

last chance for boston, trying to set up the three for paul pierce but kevin garnet whistled for an illegal screen, if you can believe that. the sixers hang on and take game two 82-81. series tied at 1-1. moves to philly tomorrow night. >>> stanley cup playoffs, rangers and devils in the first game of their anticipated eastern conference finals. rangers coming off two consecutive seven-game series. scoreless until the third period, daniel girardi slaps one past martin brodeur to put the rangers on the board. later in the third, rangers get it up the ice to chris kreider, puts it in. rangers second goal of the game. they win 3-0. game two tomorrow night in new york. >>> nationals rookie bryce harper's action-packed first month in the majors continued last night. in the top of the second, nats up a run, orlando hudson lines one to right field. harper gets a glove on it. oh, can't pull it in. it goes as an aerror, allows a run to score. harper redeems himself in a third inning, 429-foot shot to dead center, the first home run of the young man's career. put the nalts up 4-1. he gets a curtain c

but they still had paul pierce and he came up big. scoops the bad pass. give-and-go. finishes with the dunk. less than a minute later, pierce hits a huge three, puts the celtics up seven. pierce 36-14. just over a minute remaining. pierce hits a game-clinching foul shot. watch this afterwards. a little tim tebow tribute at center court. pierce leads the celtics to a victory, 87-80. without rondo. [ laughter ] >> without rondo. >> i'm sorry. that's funny. >> that's good. >>> to baseball now. the nationals fans got what they wanted. they got a star pitcher. now this 19-year-old kid, bryce harper. >> this guy is a punk, right? >> check out the -- >> the home debut of the phenom, bryce harper. >> going to be huge. >> watch. >> left fielder, number 34, bryce harper! [ applause ] >> he got a nice ovation from the people who were there. unfortunately, there weren't many there. first home major league at-bat for bryce harper. strikes out to four pitches. 0 for three in the game. he is two for nine in his young career. >> the stadium wasn't filled up? >> no. not even half full

paul pierce tries a desperation three-pointer but can't get it to fall. dooling grabs the rebound but doesn't have any luck either. sixers win 82-75. that forces a decisive game seven in boston. >> who do you like in game seven? >> that wasn't so bad. >> it wasn't so bad. but the heat can advance to the -- >> i don't care. >> you're wearing your celtics -- >> to be whoey now. a shootout between the rangers and devils at the garden. devils get on the board early when gionta finds the net with the goal three minutes into the first period that. gives them a 1-0 lead. not even two minutes later, the devils score again. this time, patrik elias with the goal, and the devils are up 2-0. mika, still in the first period. travis zajac finds the net for the devils making it 3-0. the rangers never recover from the early onslaught, and the devils win 5-3 and take a three-game to two lead in the series. >> talk about an onslaught. >> you look fantastic. >> thank you. >>> now to the red sox try to get back to the .500 mark taking on the first place orioles in baltimore.