PRO BASKETBALLHOUSTON (AP) Stephen Curry and Golden State turned all those Houston bricks into a road back to the NBA Finals.Needing not only all their firepower but also 27 straight misses by the Rockets during an epic cold streak from 3-point range http://www.avalancheshoponline.com/authentic-nathan-mackinnon-jersey , the Warriors rallied to keep alive their hopes for a repeat.Kevin Durant scored 34 points, Curry sparked another third-quarter turnaround, and the Warriors earned a fourth straight trip to the NBA Finals by beating the Rockets 101-92 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night.The defending champions trailed by as many as 15 in the first half after falling behind 17 in Game 6.Curry, who finished with 27 points, scored 14 of Golden State’s 33 points in the third quarter as Houston’s shooting didn’t just go cold, it froze. The Rockets missed all 14 3-point attempts in that quarter as part of a 1-for-21 second half from long range.The Warriors will host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 on Thursday night in the fourth straight matchup between the teams.WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) – Celtics general manager Danny Ainge says point guard Kyrie Irving was unable to attend Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals because he was recovering from nasal surgery.Ainge said on Monday that Irving had a deviated septum. The injury occurred in November when he was hit in the face by teammate Aron Baynes. Irving wore a mask while healing from the facial fracture.Irving has not played since March because of a knee injury. But his absence on the Boston bench was noted when the Celtics played his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.Ainge joked: ”I don’t think he wanted to be seen in public and ruin his movie career.”HOCKEYLAS VEGAS (AP) – Commissioner Gary Bettman says an NHL team in Seattle would have the same favorable expansion terms given to the Vegas Golden Knights.Bettman says the league could vote on adding its 32nd franchise in Seattle later this year, although it won’t happen in June. Bettman remains just as amazed by the Golden Knights’ inaugural season as the rest of the sports world as they host the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup Final.Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly both confirmed the NHL plans to keep the same rules on the next expansion draft. If it happens within the next two years, as increasingly expected Patrick Roy Jersey , Vegas won’t have to lose any of its players.SOCCERZURICH (AP) – FIFA’s bid inspectors will hold a meeting in Zurich on Wednesday with the North American and Moroccan candidates hoping to host the 2026 World Cup.Officials from the joint United States-Canada-Mexico team and Morocco are invited to answer questions from a FIFA-appointed panel evaluating their bids ahead of the June 13 vote, FIFA said Monday.No date is set to publish the evaluation reports ahead of the vote by up to 207 FIFA member federations in Moscow.Though voters are not obliged to factor the reports into their choice, FIFA put a more rigorous assessment system in place after criticism of the 2018-2022 World Cup hosting votes in December 2010.CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Josh Sargent scored in his American debut, fellow 18-year-old Tim Weah added a goal in his second international match and a young United States team beat Bolivia 3-0 in an exhibition Monday night.Walker Zimmerman put the Americans ahead in the 37th minute and Sargent doubled the lead in the 52nd. Weah, the son of former FIFA Player of the Year and current Liberia president George Weah, scored in the 59th.Weah, born on Feb. 22, 2000, became the fourth-youngest American to score when he displaced Sargent Womens Samuel Girard Jersey , who was born two days earlier. Sargent’s goal was particularly memorable – with his back to the goal, he intercepted a pass over his head from the goalkeeper, played the ball to himself and put it in the net with a strong right-footed shot from about 11 yards.With no World Cup to play for, interim U.S. coach Dave Sarachan went with youth. He gave six players their debuts, raising the total to 15 in four matches since the Americans were eliminated in qualifying. Defenders Erik Palmer-Brown and Antonee Robinson and goalkeeper Alex Bono joined Sargent as debutants in the starting lineup, and defender Matt Olosune and midfielder Keatan Parks entered on the second half. RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes might not turn to Scott Darling for Friday night’s game against the San Jose Sharks, but he could be set for season debut any day now.It’s one of the developments for the Hurricanes, who’ve been idle for most of the week.“It sounds like it went pretty well for him,” Brind’Amour said of Darling’s conditioning stint. “I think it’s encouraging that he got through it and felt good about his game and put all that behind him for now.”Article continues below ...Darling Semyon Varlamov Jersey , playing with the American League Hockey affiliate Charlotte Checkers, stopped 25 shots in a 3-1 victory Wednesday night at Utica, N.Y.Brind’Amour hedged on saying when Darling would be in the lineup, though he has rejoined the team. Darling, 29, has been the projected first-stringer, but he suffered a groin injury in the preseason finale.The Hurricanes will have decisions to make soon about their roster regarding the goalies. Petr Mrazek has played in five games and Curtis McElhinney has been in the nets for four games.San Jose and Carolina both have 5-3-1 records (11 points) and, entering play Thursday night around the league, held first-place spots in their respective divisions.The Sharks have outshot every opponent this season.“We’ve put up some shots and our analytics are pretty good,” San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. “We’re feeling good about our game.”The Sharks are coming off Tuesday night’s 5-4 victory at Nashville. They’re not interested in changing many aspects of what they’ve been doing.“It’s just a matter of us sticking with our game and doing what we know http://www.avalancheshoponline.com/authentic-sergei-boikov-jersey ,” Sharks defenseman Brent Burns said.The Hurricanes are normally interested in playing at a rapid pace, so it’s a pair of teams with objectives that might look familiar to one another.“It’s two teams with very similar styles. Whoever gets their game going first will probably have the most success,” Brind’Amour said. “It’s go hockey, it’s get up and down the ice. We’ve got to obviously control the back end.” Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho has a point in all nine games, matching his career-high for a points streak. Across two games last year against San Jose, he scored three goals — though the Sharks won both matchups, needing overtime for one of them.Micheal Ferland is also on a roll for Carolina with a goal in four consecutive games. That gives him a team-high six goals this season.The Hurricanes made a roster move by calling up center Nicolas Roy from Charlotte. Forward Clark Bishop, who made his NHL debut earlier this month, was sent back to the Checkers after two games with Carolina.This is the opener of a three-game homestand for the Hurricanes, who haven’t played since Monday night’s 3-1 victory at Detroit.The Hurricanes produced two power-play goals in that game after registering just two power-play goals in the first eight games combined.It was a sign of going in the right direction Womens Sven Andrighetto Jersey , but it doesn’t mean that the issue has been solved.“You’ve got to work on it every day, that’s the way it’s going to be with this group,” Brind’Amour said.This will mark DeBoer’s 750th game as an NHL head coach.For San Jose, this is the seventh road game of the season. The Sharks go to Anaheim on Sunday to cap the brutal road stretch before four straight home games.