Canada coach Jesse Marsch was shown a direct red card early in the second half of his team's 2-1 Concacaf Nations League third-place match win over the United States on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Marsch was seen arguing a call in which match official Katia Garcia denied a penalty after forward Jonathan David appeared to have fallen without contact in the 18-yard box.

The Canada coach was also frustrated shortly before that when no penalty was called as Tyler Adams and Canada's David collided in the penalty area.

Shortly after Marsch's ejection, Canada took a 2-1 lead with a stellar goal from David in the 59th minute. Tani Oluwaseyi gave Canada a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute before Patrick Agyemang tied it for the U.S. before the break.

"After the game the other night [a loss to Mexico on Thursday], we were a little bit disappointed some of the calls didn't go our way, and we didn't want this similar pattern to repeat itself in this game," Canada assistant Mauro Biello said after the game. "Jesse was sticking up for his team, and in the end, for sure, it galvanized the boys and they saw the trust and how much it means to him and we were able to come back and get that second goal to win the game."

The Americans had won all three editions of the Nations League before this year, with Sunday's loss leaving them in fourth place.

The U.S. and Canada wound up in the third-place match after Mauricio Pochettino's team lost to Panama 1-0 in the semifinals on Thursday and Canada fell to Mexico.

Mexico plays Panama in the championship at SoFi later Sunday night.

Marsch had been mentioned as a possibility for the U.S. job in 2023 before Gregg Berhalter returned to coach the Americans. Marsch later took the job with Canada.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- After claiming the first three Concacaf Nations League titles, the United States men's national team suffered its second consecutive loss in the 2025 edition, falling to Canada 2-1 in Sunday's third-place match.

Tani Oluwaseyi opened the scoring for Canada in the 27th minute, only for Patrick Agyemang to equalize for the U.S. eight minutes later. But Canada looked like the more dangerous side throughout, even as manager Jesse Marsch was banished from the sidelines in the second half.

Just short of the hour mark, Canada reclaimed the lead with Ali Ahmed's deft pass finding Jonathan David inside the box to fire home from 14 yards.

The result leaves Mauricio Pochettino with plenty to ponder ahead of this summer's Concacaf Gold Cup, which is the final competitive tournament before the 2026 FIFA World Cup on home soil.

Over these past two matches, the U.S. head coach couldn't have liked what he saw.

USMNT shows some resilience, but falls once again

Let's face it. Expectations were low for the U.S. heading into Sunday's match. The team was coming off a dispiriting 1-0 defeat to Panama in which some longstanding issues about competitiveness, urgency and intensity came to the fore. That set up a match with a hugely motivated Canada side, with Pochettino rotating in some young players. When Oluwaseyi scored in the 27th minute off a goal-mouth scramble, the U.S. -- which had appeared a bit disjointed up to that point -- looked set to crumble.

But then the U.S. fought back with a mixture of veteran savvy and the feistiness of youth. Timothy Weah's surging run for the wing saw him find Diego Luna in the box. Luna then showed immense composure. Instead of striking at goal, he found Agyemang in space, and the Charlotte FC forward was able to finish.

It was a badly needed show of spirit from the U.S., given Thursday's tepid display against Panama, but it couldn't be sustained. David's second half strike put Canada back in front and, despite a couple of close chances, including one from Luna in the half's latter stages as well as another from Max Arfsten in stoppage time, the U.S. ended this Concacaf Nations League campaign with a disappointing fourth-place finish. -- Jeff Carlisle

Pochettino's defenders crumbled in defeat

A grain of salt must be used when analyzing an American back line that wasn't at full strength, but things became increasingly dire for the defense that looked disjointed and regularly caught chasing attacking Canadian players.

Even Mark McKenzie, initially a bright spot for the U.S., succumbed to mistakes in the second half that created dangerous opportunities for the opposition.

If Pochettino was hoping to find more answers for reliable options in depth, it's going to be tough to say that starters such as Arfsten, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Joe Scally, and perhaps McKenzie, are worthy of returning to the XI in the near future.

Marlon Fossey, another backup that earned minutes as a halftime substitute, also had some questionable moments as the national team's right back. -- Cesar Hernandez

Has Pulisic run out of gas?

There's no question that Christian Pulisic has enjoyed a stellar season at AC Milan. His 15 goals in all competitions tied his career high for a single season with two months to go. He has been a mainstay at international level as well. His 31 total goals put him in fifth place on the all-time USMNT list.

But Pulisic struggled to have much of an impact in either match at the Concacaf Nations League finals. Pochettino acknowledged prior to the Canada game that the U.S. needed more out of the Milan attacker. But Pulisic didn't deliver, failing to have much of an impact in the attacking half, whether it was from set pieces or the run of play. Granted, Pulisic has long been a marked man at international level, but that doesn't figure to change for the rest of this cycle.

On Sunday, the Canadians restricted Pulisic to just seven completed passes out of 12 attempts during the 69 minutes he was on the pitch. The 26-year-old -- the USMNT's primary attacking weapon -- also had zero touches in the visitors' 18-yard box. To put it mildly, that's not ideal.

Pulisic has been key for Milan, and Pochettino has expressed concern about his heavy workload. If he has run out of gas, AC Milan's reliance on him doesn't figure to let up, meaning Pochettino will need to come up with a way for Pulisic to recharge his batteries ahead of the summer. -- Carlisle

Canada earn back-to-back wins against U.S. rivals

A 2-1 friendly victory in 2024, and now, a Concacaf Nations League third-place match with the same scoreline.

Canada have earned back-to-back wins against their North American rivals, signifying additional parity in the region that was once dominated by just the United States and Mexico.

Even more impressive is the fact that both matches were on U.S. soil, highlighting a home-field advantage that is vanishing for the Stars and Stripes.

Things might not have gone to plan in the Nations League for the Canadian side that slipped up against Mexico in the semis, lost Alphonso Davies to injury in the third-place match, and also saw manager Marsch earn a direct red during Sunday's game, but they can at least hold their heads up high for once again quieting the U.S. -- Hernandez

Diego Luna has earned more reps

When Pochettino spoke last year about giving MLS players a shot, there was more than a temptation to think he was merely throwing a bone to the U.S. domestic league. It was certainly easy to talk up MLS players during the January camp too.

But on Sunday, Pochettino put his money where his mouth was and gave starts to Columbus Crew defender Arfsten, Agyemang and Luna of Real Salt Lake. Of the three, Luna shined the brightest. He continued to show off his ability to wiggle out of tight spaces, either on the dribble or with a deft pass. Most importantly to Pochettino, Luna exhibited the kind of urgency on the ball that the U.S. manager has been craving. Luna even showed some tenacity on defense. His pass to Agyemang in the run-up to the U.S. goal showed the right balance of patience and urgency. The only complaint was that he didn't get on the ball more.

All the more reason why when the team reconvenes in late May ahead of the Concacaf Gold Cup, Luna should be in contention for more minutes. -- Carlisle

No Davies or Marsch? No problem for Canada

It's one thing to lose a captain such as Davies to injury in the first half, and it's another to then see your manager earn a red card in the second, and yet, Canada found a way to prevail without their prominent leaders Sunday.

What was perhaps most noteworthy is that each goal seemed to be in response to their setbacks.

Following Davies' injury in the 12th minute, it took Canada just 15 minutes later for Oluwaseyi to find the back of the net. Marsh's red, following complaints that his side weren't given a penalty through a fall from David, was then quickly forgotten moments later when the Lille striker scored the winner in the 59th minute.

It might not have been the overall tournament that the Canadians may have wanted, but their resilience and strong mentality, just one year ahead of a World Cup that they'll co-host, was highly commendable. -- Hernandez

Raúl Jiménez scored his second goal on a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time as Mexico beat Panama 2-1 Sunday night in Inglewood, California, to win the Concacaf Nations League tournament for the first time.

Jiménez, the 33-year-old Fulham striker, dominated the week at SoFi Stadium with all four of Mexico's goals in El Tri's two matches. He scored on a header in the eighth minute against Panama, and he cashed in on the penalty awarded when defender José Córdoba touched the ball with his inexplicably outstretched arm while chasing after it in the 90th minute.

Adalberto Carrasquilla scored on a penalty in first-half injury time for underdog Panama, which staged a dramatic 1-0 upset of the host United States on Thursday night to reach the final.

The championship match was briefly suspended with 10 minutes left in regulation after a large portion of the raucous crowd of 68,212 repeatedly shouted the anti-gay Spanish slur that is commonly used at Mexican matches, both foreign and domestic, despite several governing bodies' attempts to eradicate it.

The players took a water break while anti-slur messages appeared on the scoreboard and over the public address system. The rest of the game unfolded without further incident.

Misbehavior aside, Mexico feels right at home in the Los Angeles Rams' palatial home -- or anywhere in Southern California, where El Tri invariably draws rowdy, adoring crowds. Mexico also won the 2023 Gold Cup at SoFi Stadium, beating Panama 1-0 on Santiago Giménez's late goal.

The U.S. had won the first three editions of the Concacaf Nations League tournament -- in 2021, 2023 and 2024 -- which brings together the nations of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. But with Jiménez in dominant form, Mexico stepped up to claim this trophy.

Jiménez played alongside Giménez in the Nations League semifinals and finals, with coach Javier Aguirre using an aggressive alignment to create offense. It worked splendidly thanks to Jiménez, who needed only a few minutes to get Mexico on top in the final.

After Roberto Alvarado put a long, beautiful cross into the box, Jiménez outmaneuvered a defender and bounced in a header that set off a raucous celebration.

Panama dominated possession and generated more shot attempts in the first half, and it finally paid off when video review determined center back Johan Vásquez committed a foul in the Mexico penalty area shortly before halftime. Carrasquilla barely got his shot above goalkeeper Luis Malagón's trailing legs to tie it.

Earlier Sunday, Canada beat the U.S. 2-1 in the third-place game, with Jonathan David scoring the winner early in the second half when he sent his shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner.

Canada struck first with a goal by Tani Oluwaseyi, but the Americans responded shortly after on a goal from Patrick Agyemang.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this recap.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- After suffering two defeats in the Concacaf Nations League, United States manager Mauricio Pochettino insisted that his side has enough time to turn things around before the 2026 World Cup.

The U.S. came into the tournament's final phases having won the first three Concacaf Nations League titles. But its quest for a fourth straight championship ended in a 1-0 defeat to Panama on Thursday. This was followed by a 2-1 loss to Canada in the third-place match on Sunday.

Both losses took place at SoFi Stadium, where the U.S. plays its World Cup opener on June 12, 2026.

Now the U.S. will have just this summer's Concacaf Gold Cup plus four international windows before the World Cup. That isn't much time for a manager who took over the USMNT last September to turn things around.

But Pochettino, who said "we are all responsible about the two results" in the Nations League, thinks otherwise.

"It's better [to lose] now because I think we have time," Pochettino said after Sunday's match. "Because if we will be in this situation in one year time, for sure. I will tell you, 'Houston, we have a problem. SOS.'"

The results were still a body blow to the USMNT's desire to create momentum heading into the World Cup. The Gold Cup takes on considerable importance, given it will mimic the cadence of a World Cup with a group stage followed by a knockout round.

Pochettino said he understood the fans' disappointment about the showing in the past two matches, but sent a message to the fans: "Don't be pessimistic, and don't get bad feelings."

"We are all [disappointed] and the fans need to feel the disappointment that we didn't win. But I'm not going to allow [us] to feel pessimistic because I think we have good players. We are going to find a way to perform and for sure we are going to compete in a different way."

Among the problems facing the U.S. manager is finding a way to revive the U.S. attack. The former Tottenham coach praised Diego Luna after the Real Salt Lake midfielder assisted on Patrick Agyemang's equalizer Sunday and brought skill and energy throughout.

However, U.S. captain Christian Pulisic struggled to make an impact, touching the ball just 20 times in 69 minutes, and completing just seven of his 12 passing attempts.

"I'm not happy with my output, but yeah, it's partly me and partly just finding different ways to get the ball in that position," Pulisic said. "It was tough for whatever reason in the last two games.

"We never really found a rhythm and were aggressive enough in the attack to create enough chances, so that's what I look at first as an attacking player."

U.S. defender Tyler Adams was circumspect when asked to compare his team's mentality in the Panama game with Sunday's match against Canada, but pointed out numerous aspects the team can improve.

"I mean, listen, it's hard for me to judge. I think my mentality is a little bit different," Adams said. "I think we need to have every single person buy into exactly what we're doing and what we're trying to do. But it's just the little things for me. Duels, tackles leaving your mark on the field, not being naive in certain moments, being a little bit more clever.

"All the details of the games that I feel like when I watch people play with their clubs, we do. And then when we come here, sometimes I think we forget a little bit what the games are going to give us."

The U.S. will next play in June, when it faces Turkey and Switzerland in a pair of friendlies before the start of the Gold Cup.

LOS ANGELES -- UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close wanted to give Lauren Betts her moment.

Sunday night was the last time the Bruins would play at Pauley Pavilion this season, so with No. 1 UCLA up 17 points on Richmond and its ticket to the Sweet 16 punched after another layup from Betts, Close called for one last substitution.

With her final field goal, Betts reached 30 points and -- along with her 14 rebounds -- became the first UCLA player to score 30 points and grab at least 10 boards in an NCAA tournament game. It also marked her first 30-10 game as the Bruins rolled to an 84-67 win.

As she exited with 26 seconds left, the crowd gave Betts a standing ovation. She also added 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, while shooting 14 of 17 from the field.

"She's an absolute generational player ... an elite player," Close said. "She's incredibly competitive. She affects the game in so many ways on both offense and defense. I mean the list goes on and on."

On a night the Spiders pushed the Bruins -- heading into halftime tied at 36 -- Betts was the difference-maker. When she received the ball in the post, she was swarmed by Richmond defenders but still scored at will.

At 6-foot-8, she creates a mismatch that has been the fulcrum of the Bruins' success this season.

"The scouting report starts with Lauren every time. And so it's really almost an impossible task [to guard her]," Close said. "And our other players are the beneficiary of the attention that she draws every single night."

That was evident against Richmond, which stayed close despite Betts' strong start, scoring 14 points in the first half. Close said she called on Betts at halftime to take over the game with her defense.

"I just told her, 'You're not the national defensive player of the year candidate for just in the post,'" Close said. "'You are really good on the perimeter.'"

The Spiders scored only seven points in the third quarter and never got back into the game. Betts added 16 points in the second half and finished with nine offensive rebounds, but it was the attention she drew that opened shooting lanes for her teammates. UCLA sank eight 3s in the second half.

"Lauren just makes the game easy for everyone on this team," point guard Kiki Rice said. "And I think her ability to shoulder so much weight and just do that on a consistent basis and show up for us every single day is something we really admire."

As if the praise from the Pauley Pavilion crowd was not enough, during Betts' performance Sunday night, former Los Angeles Laker and current broadcaster Mychal Thompson posted on X: "UCLA Center ranking...1)Kareem...2)Walton...3)Lauren Betts..."

UCLA Center ranking...1)Kareem...2)Walton...3)Lauren Betts...

Mychal Thompson (@champagnennuts) March 24, 2025

When informed of the tweet, a near-speechless Betts expressed gratitude.

"That's crazy," she said. "Thank you."

The Bruins head to Spokane, Washington, searching for redemption after their exit from the NCAA tournament a year ago against LSU in the Sweet 16.

ESPN Research contributed to this report.

SEATTLE -- Kevin Willard wasn't sure who to go to with Maryland's hopes of advancing to the Sweet 16 on the line. So when the Terrapins coach called a timeout with 3.7 seconds left after Colorado State had taken a one-point lead, he asked his players in the huddle which one wanted the final shot.

That's when Derik Queen decided for him.

"Sometimes, you can draw something up for a guy that maybe doesn't want the basketball, and his exact words were, 'I want the MF ball,'" Willard said. "So once he said that, it was a pretty simple decision."

Queen paid it off.

The 6-foot-10 freshman center banked in a running, fadeaway jump shot at the buzzer to lift 4-seed Maryland to a 72-71 win in a back-and-forth thriller Sunday night at Climate Pledge Arena. Queen's final basket in a 17-point effort sends the Terrapins to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016. They'll face 1-seed Florida on Thursday.

Queen became only the fourth freshman to hit a buzzer-beating game winner in the NCAA men's tournament since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, according to ESPN Research.

"That was my first game winner," said Queen, a potential lottery pick in June's NBA draft. "When coach drew up the play, my teammates trusted me and he trusted me. I was a little bit nervous, but I knew we was due for one and I had to -- had to -- make this."

Queen's winning shot was the game's 15th lead change. According to ESPN Research, that's tied for the second most in any game in the past two NCAA tournaments, behind only the 16 lead changes between Auburn and Creighton on Saturday.

Maryland senior forward Julian Reese, the brother of WNBA All-Star Angel Reese, hit a pair of free throws to put Maryland ahead 70-68 with 22 seconds left. That was after drawing a foul while grabbing one of his game-high 11 rebounds.

"I haven't looked at my messages yet, but I know she's probably going crazy," Reese said of his sister. "But as far as the rebounding running in the family, I think it's just a heart thing. We just play the game with so much intensity and just wear our feelings on our sleeve and just try to play our hardest. I just really didn't want that to be our last game so I just really wanted to play real hard."

Colorado State took a 71-70 lead when Jalen Lake nailed a 3-pointer with six seconds left, leaving the 12-seed Rams one stop from their only trip to the Sweet 16 since the field expanded to 64 teams.

That's when Willard called timeout, still not knowing who was going to get the ball with the game on the line.

Queen, seated on stage next to a pair of teammates and his head coach in their postgame media sessions, confirmed to reporters that he had never made a game winner at any level before this one, leading Willard to interject with a comment that lit up the room in laughter.

"I wouldn't have given it to him if I had known that," he said.

But Willard was convinced in the moment that the 20-year-old Queen would deliver.

"I could see everyone's body language kind of perk up a little bit because he was so confident in the fact that he wanted the basketball," Willard said. "So, it was just a simple zipper. Give him the basketball and let him go to work."

Queen took the inbounds pass and drove to his left against 6-foot-7 guard Ethan Morton before jumping off his right foot and banking in the game winner.

"There's no opportunity to double him there," Colorado State coach Niko Medved said. " ... He just caught it and put his head down on an iso. I thought we extended the catch outside the 3. He caught it and drove it. He was driving left. I thought we angled him off, forced him going left off the wrong foot, step back from whatever it was. He made it. It's a heck of a shot. I really don't know what else you do to defend that."

Medved was asked whether he thought Queen traveled.

"I haven't seen the video yet," said Medved, who has been linked to the head coaching opening at Minnesota. "It's going to be hard for me to watch. I'm sure I will at some point. I don't know. ... Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. But it doesn't matter. They didn't call one. So whether it was or it wasn't, they didn't call one and they never go back and change the call.

"But again, he made a really difficult shot. He made a really, really difficult shot and they just made one more play than we did."

Colorado State's Nique Clifford, who had the assist on Lake's go-ahead 3-pointer, led all scorers with 21 points to break the school's single-season scoring record.

Maryland bounced back from a poor first half offensively, erasing a 37-30 deficit with a balanced attack. All five starters scored in double digits, with Rodney Rice scoring 16 and Reese adding 15.

Willard believed the Terrapins were due to win a close game. Each of their past four losses had come on a game-winning shot in the final 10 seconds, including three buzzer-beaters.

"These guys have shown such character in how they've bounced back," Willard said. "That's all I told them in the huddle, I said, 'Guys, for the first time, we have time left. It's our time to kind of make our moment happen.' We hadn't had that chance. So, they just bounced back

"... I'm just happy for them. This is a moment they'll remember for the rest of their lives. I'm still going to be coaching for hopefully 10 or 12 more years. But for these guys, Ju's a senior, DQ's going to the pros, Rod's going to be around with me for a while, but it's a great experience for them."

Queen finished with six rebounds and two blocks in 33 minutes.

"He just has such a great energy about him that when you're around him, you're going to smile and you're going to laugh and you're going to hug him," Willard said. "His teammates are the same way. Not too many people in this world have positive energy anymore. He's so fun to be around because he's always positive.

"So when he said he wanted the ball, and the way he said it, I knew something good was going to happen because good things happen to great people, and he is a great, great person."

MILWAUKEE -- Ole Miss guard Matthew Murrell wore sunglasses in a joyous locker room Sunday night, after his Rebels team -- and the SEC -- ended the first weekend of the men's NCAA tournament with swagger and style.

The sixth-seeded Rebels thumped No. 3 seed Iowa State 91-78 at Fiserv Forum, advancing to their first Sweet 16 since 2001, the only other in team history. Ole Miss also became the seventh SEC team to reach the Sweet 16, setting a tournament record. The ACC previously held the mark for most Sweet 16 teams from one league when it had six in the 2016 event.

"It shows the SEC, if it wasn't the best, it's one of the best conferences of all time," said Murrell, who scored 15 points in Sunday's win. "You can say what you want to say, but you've got seven guys taking up almost half of the Sweet 16, it's something special."

Despite being the second-lowest-seeded SEC team to reach the Sweet 16, ahead of 10-seed Arkansas, Ole Miss left no doubt, leading the Cyclones by as many as 26 points and registering its largest margin of victory in an NCAA tournament game. Murrell described the SEC as "a dogfight every night," which helped prepare its teams for March.

The SEC set an NCAA tournament record with 14 teams gaining berths. The league easily eclipsed the former mark of 11 by the Big East in 2011. But that year, only two Big East teams advanced to the Sweet 16.

"We set the objective really high," Ole Miss second-year coach Chris Beard said. "We want to go in the tournament. We want to have a good seed. We want to be one of those teams that has a chance to win the tournament. And Ole Miss winning the tournament, I don't know, probable? No. Possible? Absolutely."

Beard said his team is watching a documentary on the 1983 national championship team from NC State, coached by Jim Valvano. The Wolfpack also were a No. 6 seed in that tournament.

"Players are like, 'When are we going to finish this?'" Beard said of the documentary. "I'm like, 'We're going to finish on Sunday night, right before the Monday [national championship] game. So, it's not arrogance. It's absolutely belief. If I didn't believe this team was capable of continuing to win games in this tournament, then I shouldn't be the coach at Ole Miss."

DALLAS -- Anthony Davis could be close to returning to the Dallas Mavericks after a six-week injury absence, with the star forward listed as doubtful against the Brooklyn Nets to start a four-game road trip Monday night.

Davis hasn't played -- and has been listed as out -- since injuring his left groin in his Dallas debut on Feb. 8. That was about a week after the seismic trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles and enraged many Mavericks fans.

The defending Western Conference champion Mavericks are in a tight race with Phoenix for 10th in the West, the final spot in the play-in tournament.

Dallas will be without Kyrie Irving for the rest of the season. The star guard tore the ACL in his left knee in a 122-98 loss to Sacramento on March 3.

While the injury to Irving could have been a reason for the Mavericks to consider shutting down Davis, he has continued to work toward a return, going on road trips and staying engaged with his teammates.

Davis had an abdominal injury before the trade, missing his last two games with the Lakers and the first two he could have played for Dallas.

When he did return in a 116-105 victory against Houston, Davis had 24 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and all three of his blocks in the first half before pulling up lame late in the third quarter with the groin injury. He finished with 26 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists.

Seven of Dallas' remaining 11 games are on the road. There's a good chance Davis' return could happen on the four-game trip. Dallas is at the New York Knicks on Tuesday, Orlando on Thursday and Chicago on Saturday.

HOUSTON -- Injured three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic plans to return "at some point" during the Denver Nuggets' upcoming five-game homestand, coach Michael Malone said Sunday.

"We're just trying to get home and kind of see where he's at," Malone said before Denver beat the Houston Rockets 116-111, the fourth consecutive game Jokic has missed due to left ankle impingement. "It'd be great to have a chance to get our starting five some run together, because we haven't had a lot of opportunity to do that this season."

Malone said he does not expect Jokic, who went through a pregame shooting session Sunday, to play in Monday's home game against the Chicago Bulls.

The Nuggets are 2-2 in the four games Jokic has missed with the ankle injury.

Jokic had been playing heavy minutes despite the ankle problem -- averaging 39.8 minutes in eight March games -- before Denver decided to prioritize his health over fighting for the highest possible playoff seed.

Jokic also suffered a right elbow contusion in a March 10 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which had been listed on the injury report along with the left ankle impingement until Thursday.

Jokic is averaging a triple-double -- including career bests of 29.1 points and 10.3 assists per game -- making him one of two leading MVP candidates along with Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

MIAMI -- Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is traveling to join the team in Miami, and his status for Tuesday's game against the Heat will depend on how his pelvic bruise responds to treatment the next two days, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Sunday.

The Warriors, who lost Saturday night in Atlanta 124-115 without Curry, have said their franchise star will be reevaluated Monday.

Coach Steve Kerr said before the loss to the Hawks that he was hopeful Curry would rejoin the team at some point during Golden State's six-game trip.

Tuesday's game will mark Jimmy Butler's return to Miami to face his former team after a tumultuous breakup with Heat president Pat Riley. After that, the Warriors play Friday at New Orleans.

They are then at San Antonio on Sunday, Memphis on April 1 and finish the trip against the Lakers on April 3.

Curry sustained the pelvic bruise when he took a hard spill during the second half of Thursday's win over the Toronto Raptors. Kerr said Curry wanted to reenter the game, but the team opted against it.

Draymond Green described the defeat at Atlanta, albeit without the Warriors' best player, as a "terrible loss" given the Warriors are trying to avoid the play-in round of the NBA playoffs with 11 regular-season games remaining.