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It took two overtimes, six fouls and a cacophony of defense. But after seven long seasons and 12 dismal losses, the Chicago Bulls finally shook off a lingering curse Monday night — beating Joel Embiid. The Bulls had a handful of wins over the 76ers in the nearly nine years since Philadelphia drafted Embiid with the No.

Tom Thibodeau will be reunited with one of his mentors at Madison Square Garden. With Rick Pitino taking the job at St. John’s and scheduled soon for an introductory press conference, Monday was an opportunity for Thibodeau to allude to his halcyon days as a young Ivy League assistant. “Just really, really happy for him.

Two-time World Baseball Classic winner Japan and reigning champion United States will play for the title on Tuesday night.       

The Chicago Blackhawks look unrecognizable, even from the team that delivered a gut check to Colorado’s season in January. The Avalanche have looked unbeatable since then. Against a shell of the Blackhawks’ former selves, the Avs sailed to a 5-0 win Monday night at Ball Arena behind Alexandar Georgiev’s 26-save shutout, his fifth of the season. “Definitely pretty confident right now, and we know some of the opponents are fighting for their jobs and maybe don’t have much to lose,” Georgiev said.

Snapshot: CU Buffs WBB 61, Duke 53 (OT) Turning point: Aaronette Vonleh hit back-to-back layups late in overtime to give the Buffs a five-point cushion that they carried to the finish. Buff of the game: Quay Miller. Playing her best game in a few weeks, she posted 17 points and 14 rebounds. What’s next?: Sixth-seeded Colorado will play second-seeded Iowa in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Seattle (5:30 p.m.

MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani sparked a ninth-inning rally with a leadoff double, and Munetaka Murakami hit a walk-off, two-run double to lift Japan over Mexico 6-5 Monday night and into the World Baseball Classic final. Yu Darvish is set to start when Japan faces the defending champion United States in Tuesday night’s championship game — Japan has won the tournament twice, Team USA has done it once.