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MINNEAPOLIS -- The streak is as unlikely as any in the NBA. The Miami Heat were 11-30 after losing at Milwaukee on Jan. 13. They had lost four games in a row and 10 of their past 11.

DENVER -- A loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Dec. 12 prompted Denver to change its lineup, and the Nuggets turned around their season.

TORONTO -- It will be matchup of struggling teams Monday when the Toronto Raptors play the Los Angeles Clippers at the Rogers Centre.

Both the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils, who face off against one another Monday night at the Prudential Center, are within striking distance of a playoff spot in the tight Eastern Conference. Both are in need of an exceptionally strong push to pass a slew of teams still ahead of them in the standings, however.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A depleted Philadelphia Sixers team came to The Palace of Auburn Hills in December and stunned the Detroit Pistons.

Freeman scored from 5 yards out to put Atlanta up 7-0.

NEW YORK -- The Los Angeles Lakers will be looking to stop a 13-game road losing streak when they visit the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Monday.

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick still have never scored in the first quarter of the big game.

MEXICO CITY (AP) Rene Reyes hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and Venezuela beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 on Sunday in the Caribbean Series.

Tom Brady threw for 466 yards and two touchdowns en route to winning his fourth Super Bowl MVP award as he led the New England Patriots back from a 28-3 second-half deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons, 34-28 in Super Bowl 51 Sunday night in Houston.

The first prop bet of the evening has been decided

Hideki Matsuyama won the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the fourth hole of a playoff for the second straight year, outlasting Webb Simpson on Sunday at TPC Scottsdale.

BOSTON (AP) Isaiah Thomas bumped into Paul Pierce tooling around Boston on Saturday night and then stole the spotlight from the former Celtics captain on Sunday.

HOUSTON (AP) The Latest on Super Bowl 51 (all times local):

Brady had nothing but praise for a guy he faced 20 times in his career.

NEW YORK (AP) O No, Canada.

HOUSTON (AP) New England receiver Michael Floyd is inactive for Sunday's Super Bowl against the Atlanta Falcons.

WASHINGTON -- LeBron James and the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers know from truly big regular season games. Whether the Eastern Conference leaders view their next matchup, Monday at the surging Washington Wizards, at that level is unclear.

Leon Draisaitl scored the only goal in a shootout, and the Edmonton Oilers stopped a three-game slide with a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

Chris Kreider and Jesper Fast scored 3:12 apart in the middle of the third period and the New York Rangers held off the Calgary Flames 4-3 Sunday.