Experience bred confidence for the Golden State Warriors (Golden State Warriors championship rings), even when challenged by the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. No matter how far they were down, they've been through too much to ever think they're out. "We just really understand what we're capable of on both sides of the basketball," Draymond Green said. "We're never out of the fight. That's just always our mindset."

The Warriors swept their way to a fifth straight NBA Finals, getting triple-doubles from Stephen Curry and Green in a 119-117 overtime victory on Monday night. The two-time defending champions overcame a double-digit deficit for the third straight game against the Blazers, back in the conference finals for the first time since 2000. Green had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, and made a key 3-pointer in overtime. Curry added 37 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. They became the first teammates to have triple-doubles in the same playoff game.

The Warriors will face the winner of the Eastern Conference finals between Toronto and Milwaukee. The Bucks lead that series 2-1 with Game 4 on Tuesday night in Canada. The Warriors came back from 17 down after erasing an 18-point deficit in Game 3 and a 17-point hole in Game 2. "We've been here before. We've seen everything, every experience you can imagine. So we relied on that," Curry said. Playing without Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala and DeMarcus Cousins, the Warriors became the first team to reach five straight finals since the Boston Celtics went to 10 in a row from 1957-66. Damian Lillard, playing with separated ribs, had 28 points and 12 assists for Portland. He missed a 3-point attempt as time ran out in the extra period. Meyers Leonard added a career-high 30 points along with 12 rebounds.

The Warriors (cheap championship rings) were up 114-113 in the extra period after Green missed the first of a pair of free throws. CJ McCollum's jumper from out front briefly gave Portland the lead but Alfonzo McKinnie's basket put Golden State back ahead and Green made a 3-pointer to push it to 199-115 with 39 seconds left. Lillard made a layup and Curry missed a jumper to give Portland back the ball. Facing stifling defense from both Green and Klay Thompson, Lillard couldn't get off a shot but the ball went out of bounds in the scramble. The Blazers got it back with 3.3 seconds left but Lillard's final shot didn't fall. Blazers coach Terry Stotts was asked if he was expecting another buzzer-beating winner from Lillard, who had a memorable 3-pointer at the buzzer to clinch the first-round series against Oklahoma City. "Yeah, I did. I thought it was going to -- kind of meant to be," Stotts said. "When he shot it, it had a good arc. I thought it had a chance."

The Blazers (Portland Trail Blazers championship rings) stretched the lead to 17 points in the third quarter, but the Warriors went on a 12-0 run to close within 95-90 early in the final period. Green's long baseline jumper gave the Warriors a 108-106 lead with 3:30 left. Lillard's 3-pointer put the Blazers back ahead and Leonard's dunk extended it to 111-108 with just under 2 minutes to go. After Thompson's 3-pointer tied it up again both Curry and Lillard missed 3s. Curry made a 3 from the corner with 10.7 seconds left but he was called for traveling first and it didn't count. Lillard's layup bounced around the rim and out and the game went to overtime. Iguodala was out because of a sore left calf. The veteran swingman, who is averaging 10.1 points in the playoffs, was hurt in the second half of Saturday's Game 3 victory. It was not known how long he'd be out, but the Warriors said an MRI Sunday was clear.

Golden State was already missing Durant because of a sore right calf. It's unknown when the two-time NBA (cheap nba championship rings) Finals MVP will return. Also sitting is Cousins, who injured his left quadriceps in the opening round. "We've had guys step up all along this entire time and we're going to look forward to those guys continuing to step up, no matter what happens with the injuries that we have," Green said. "You know, we're trying to go win this thing. Never the goal is just to get there." Lillard separated his ribs in Game 2 but was playing through the pain. He averaged 33 points in the first-round playoff series against Oklahoma City but struggled against Golden State's defensive focus on him.

Playing with urgency in an elimination game, Portland pulled in front 30-28 in the opening quarter on CJ McCollum's layup and free throw, but Curry answered on the other end with a step-back 3-pointer. Portland went ahead 59-50 after back-to-back 3-pointers from Leonard, who finished with five 3s in the first half. Curry hit a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left in the half to close the Warriors within 69-65 at the break. Portland pushed the lead to 83-72 on McCollum's 3-pointer. After he made another 3 to push the lead to 91-78, he gestured to the crowd to make noise. McCollum finished with 26 points.

A little while later, it was Gio Urshela who had the last word for the New York Yankees (New York Yankees championship rings for sale). Urshela's single capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the surging Yankees leapfrogged Tampa Bay into first place in the AL East with a rousing 4-3 victory Friday night. "When Gio came up, I said: 'Turn off the lights,'" Sabathia recalled. Urshela, subbing spectacularly for injured third baseman Miguel Andujar, sent a two-out drive over Kevin Kiermaier's head in deep right-center field for his first walk-off hit. "The kid's just been unbelievable, and every time there's a big situation, he always comes through," teammate Luke Voit said. "He's been the energy of this team so far," Sabathia said.

Voit homered on the first pitch from Jose Alvarado (0-3) to make it 3-2. New York tied it when pinch-runner Thairo Estrada scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch by Alvarado, who entered with a 1.04 ERA. Urshela and Voit had three hits apiece. Kendrys Morales clubbed an early solo shot for his first home run since joining the Yankees on Wednesday following a trade from Oakland. Willy Adames homered off Sabathia, who pitched six strong innings, and rookie Brandon Lowe hit a tiebreaking double against Chad Green with two outs in the eighth. Tampa Bay added another run on shortstop Gleyber Torres' throwing error before rain caused a 35-minute delay in the bottom of the inning. Torres doubled on the 10th pitch of his at-bat in the ninth to put runners at second and third with one out. "There's no excuse for what happened," Alvarado said through a translator. "They must have been sitting on my fastball."

Jonathan Holder (3-1) struck out two in a perfect inning. With their fourth straight victory and ninth in 11 games, the injury-ravaged Yankees (cheap championship rings) took over the division lead for the first time since a March 30 loss. "Night in and night out, I mean, it gets better and better. It's crazy," Voit said. Tampa Bay had been alone in first place since the end of games on March 31. The unfriendly rivals play twice more this weekend after New York took two of three from the Rays last weekend at Tropicana Field. "Anytime you get walked off, it's tough," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We did a lot of things good. We just came up short." Sabathia threw three inside pitches to Austin Meadows, including one right near the knees, before walking him with two outs and nobody on in the fifth. As he was coming off the field, a camera caught Sabathia appearing to tell teammates he "was definitely trying to hit" Meadows.

"I really didn't think anything of it, honestly," Meadows said. "He didn't hit me. So all good there." After striking out Lowe with his final pitch in the sixth, the big lefty cursed and yelled a nasty phrase in the Rays' direction. "I don't remember what I said," Sabathia answered. "Just excited about the game. We are playing for first place." The 38-year-old Sabathia got into heated exchanges with the Rays the previous two times he faced them -- once last year, once this season -- when he grew angry over pitches that either hit or went behind New York batters. In his final start last season, Sabathia was ejected at Tropicana Field and handed a five-game suspension for plunking Jesus Sucre after Andrew Kittredge of the Rays threw behind Austin Romine.

"CC's always got a little bit of an edge," Yankees (mlb championship rings for sale) manager Aaron Boone said. "He went out and set the tone really well to start off this series." Despite the latest verbal antics by Sabathia, who plans to retire after this season, there was no trouble on the field. "You know CC, he's been around a long time. He's a competitor," Meadows said. "He obviously wanted to take a shot there, but it is what it is, obviously. We've had beef back and forth, so it is part of the game."

TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: Yandy Diaz was back in the lineup at first base after leaving Wednesday's game in Miami with a sore left ankle. ... Guillermo Heredia (bruised right hand) started in center field. He was hit by a pitch Wednesday, but X-rays were negative. ... C Anthony Bemboom, who sprained his left knee Wednesday, was placed on the 10-day injured list and is expected to miss four to six weeks, Cash said. That opened a 25-man roster spot for catcher Erik Kratz, acquired Thursday from San Francisco. ... RHP Hunter Wood (sore right shoulder) struck out three in one inning of a rehab outing Thursday for Class A Charlotte and is "real close" to returning, Cash said.
Yankees: LHP James Paxton (left knee inflammation) won't come off the injured list in time to start Sunday's series finale, Boone said. He is expected to throw another bullpen in the next few days and could return to the rotation on the upcoming road trip next week.

Jackson became the first player in major league history to play for 14 teams when he made his Toronto Blue Jays (Toronto Blue Jays championship rings for sale) debut and pitched five innings without a decision in a 4-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. "It says I have a lot of perseverance," Jackson said. "I'm not one to give in. I feel like out of those 14 teams, some of those teams have had situations that would probably make people want to go home and quit and cry. For me, the tougher it gets, the harder I work and the harder I come to prove myself that I can come get outs in the major leagues." The 35-year-old right-hander allowed three runs (two earned) and six hits in five innings. He struck out two, walked one, hit a batter and left after 77 pitches with the score 3-3. Toronto acquired Jackson from Oakland on Saturday for $30,000. He began his tenure with his new team by throwing an 88 mph cutter that Joe Panik took for a called strike. "We were thinking about 80 to 90, and he gave us 77," Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said. "He kept us in the game. He did a great job. He's going to give you all he's got every time he takes the mound, like he did today."

Jackson had been tied with Octavio Dotel for the most MLB (mlb championship rings for sale) teams. Jackson agreed last month to a minor league contract with the A's and was 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA in three minor league starts. In addition to the Blue Jays and Athletics, Jackson has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles. He won a World Series title with the Cardinals in 2011.

"If I was one of those guys that was a nuisance to the clubhouse, then it wouldn't feel as great," Jackson said. "But knowing that the name that I've left behind for myself, on the field stuff, off the field, there's not too many people that have a lot of bad things to say about me. In that regard, it feels great. The personality gives me a chance to have an opportunity to play with a team. Now I have to go get it done." Brandon Crawford hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth off Ryan Tepera (0-2) after going 0-for-2 against Jackson.

"He's always been a tough at-bat for me," Crawford said. "Threw me a nasty cutter in my second at-bat and has always mixed speeds with his slider and changeup." Toronto has four starting pitchers on the injured list, including right-handers Clay Buchholz (shoulder) and Matt Shoemaker (out for the season after knee surgery) and left-handers Ryan Borucki (elbow) and Clayton Richard (right knee). Jackson, who made his 306th big league start, is 104-123 in 17 big league seasons. He gets paid at the rate of a $2 million salary while in the majors and can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses based on starts: $150,000 each for 15 and 18 and $200,000 for 20. Mark Melancon (1-0) pitched out of a first-and-third, no-outs jam in the sixth for the win. Will Smith struck out the side in the ninth to remain perfect in 11 save chances.

Aramis Garcia also homered for San Francisco (cheap San Francisco Giants championship rings). Toronto leadoff hitter Brandon Drury singled and scored three runs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked and had an RBI groundout in four plate appearances, one day after the 20-year-old became the third-youngest player to hit his first two major league home runs in the same game. Freddy Galvis hit an RBI double in the first, but Jackson gave up a run-scoring double to Pablo Sandoval in the bottom half. Garcia hit a two-run homer in the second after right fielder Billy McKinney dropped Kevin Pillar's short fly ball for an error.

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Giants starter Shaun Anderson also gave up three runs (two earned) in five innings but allowed just two hits. He threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the third and allowed Guerrero's tying grounder in the fifth.
"We didn't play our best defense, and they got a couple of cheap runs, but overall I thought he did a nice job," manager Bruce Bochy said. "Couldn't get a hit to blow it open, but he did his job."

Toronto (championship rings for sale) LHP Thomas Pannone was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo after going 1-3 with a 6.85 ERA in 14 games for the Blue Jays. RHP David Phelps and Shoemaker were transferred to the 60-day IL. Toronto also claimed RHP Jimmy Cordero off of waivers from Washington and optioned him to Buffalo. Cordero has not pitched in the majors this season. The 27-year-old was 1-2 with a 5.68 ERA in 22 games with the Nationals in 2018.

J.T. Realmuto doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Cesar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies (Philadelphia Phillies championship rings) beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 Monday night. Lorenzo Cain had a career-high five hits and Mike Moustakas homered for Milwaukee. Harper struck out three times and was hitless in four at-bats but made a diving catch on Moustakas' liner to right field with two outs, the bases loaded and scored tied in the seventh. "I'm just trying to play the best defense I can and not let my at-bats factor in," said Harper, who is batting only .222 after signing a $330 million contract. "You have to play both sides of the ball, stay focused on both sides. My pitchers need me." The NL East-leading Phillies then rallied in the bottom half. Jean Segura struck out swinging but reached on a wild pitch by Matt Albers (2-2). Alex Claudio entered and retired Harper on a fly to center. Junior Guerra replaced him and struck out Rhys Hoskins. But Realmuto ripped a double to left-center to score Segura for a 5-4 lead. After Hernandez walked, Odubel Herrera extended the lead to 7-4 with a two-run double. Neither starter was effective on a cold night following a 52-minute rain delay at the start. 

Phillies (championship sports rings) ace Aaron Nola lasted only three innings, giving up three runs and five hits. He had given up just three runs combined in his previous three starts. "I threw a lot of pitches, got behind guys, but the bullpen came in and did a nice job," Nola said. Adam Morgan (2-1) got four outs for the win and Pat Neshek finished for his second save. Brewers starter Freddy Peralta allowed two runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in four innings, striking out five. Moustakas blasted a solo homer into the second deck in right field to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead in the third. Cain's RBI double off Austin Davis increased the lead to 4-2 in the fourth. But Davis then pitched out of bases-loaded jam with no outs. Yasmani Grandal grounded into a third-to-home double play and Eric Thames struck out looking. 



Christian Yelich's double and Grandal's triple each knocked in runs in the first. "We had a ton of opportunities but there wasn't a hit that could break the game open," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Nola helped himself at the plate in the second. With runners on second and third and one out, he worked a full count and then hit a grounder to shortstop. Thames dropped the throw to first for an error, allowing both runners to score and tie the game at 2. 

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The Phillies (mlb world series championship rings) honored team chairman David Montgomery with a video tribute and his name was scripted along both foul lines. Players are wearing a patch on their uniforms with his initials. Montgomery passed away last week after a battle with cancer. 

ROSTER MOVES 
Davis was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before the game. The left-hander had been optioned Sunday after being recalled on Saturday. 

TRAINER'S ROOM 
Brewers: OF Ryan Braun wasn't in the lineup for a third straight game because of a sore left hamstring but had a pinch-hit single. 
Phillies: RHP David Robertson was told by Dr. James Andrews not to throw for three weeks to allow the flexor strain in his right elbow time to heal. Robertson hasn't pitched since April 14. There's no timetable for his return, but he is expected to miss at least another month. ... RHP Edubray Ramos was placed on the 10-day injury list with right biceps tendinitis.