— Charlotte was defeated, 121-90, at Orlando in the NBA play-in final for the eighth seed in the East on Friday night.
— Host Phoenix was a 111-96 winner over visiting Golden State for the eighth seed in the West.
— The Carolina Hurricanes open the Stanley Cup playoffs at home against Ottawa today (ESPN, 3 p.m.).
— No. 2 Georgia Tech was dealt a 5-2 college baseball loss at No. 3 UNC on Friday night.
— Wake Forest hit six home runs in a 22-1 victory in seven innings over visiting N.C. State.
— East Carolina’s bullpen held Wichita State scoreless for seven and two-thirds innings in a 7-1 American Conference victory for the Pirates in Greenville.
— ECU has its Purple-Gold spring football game today at 1 p.m.
— Duke football coach Manny Diaz has received a contract extension through the 2032 season.
— In the first round of the NBA playoffs today, Toronto visits Cleveland (Amazon TV, 1 p.m.), Denver hosts Minnesota (Amazon TV, 3:30 p.m.), Atlanta plays at New York (Amazon TV, 6 p.m.) and the Los Angeles Lakers will be at home to take on Houston (ABC, 8:30 p.m.).
— Matt Fitzpatrick leads the PGA Tour event at Hilton Head by one shot at 14-under par going into the third round today (CBS, 3 p.m.).
— Atlanta visits Philadelphia in MLB tonight (FOX, 7:15 p.m.).
