AP Monday Sports Roundup

Englishman Willett wearing green jacket after Spieth loses 5-shot lead

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth suffered a monumental collapse on the back nine of the 80th Masters, handing the green jacket to Danny Willett of Sheffield, England. Willett shot a final-round 5-under 67 to finish five under par to win by three shots.

Spieth looked to be in the driver's seat after he took a five-shot lead into the back nine. But the defending champion bogeyed 10 and 11 and then took a quadruple 7 on the 12th hole. Spieth finished with a final-round 1-over 73 that included a 41 on that fateful back nine. Spieth finished tied for second with Lee Westwood.

Even more painful for Spieth was going to Butler Cabin and to the 18th green ceremony to present the green jacket to Willett.

"It was a really tough 30 minutes for me that hopefully I never experience again," Spieth said.

Dustin Johnson, Paul Casey and J.B. Holmes finished tied at 1-under. Only six golfers broke par at the 80th Masters.

MASTERS-WILLETT

Little-known Englishman wasn't planning to play Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP)_Who is Danny Willett? It's a question even hard-core golf fans are asking after his shocking victory at the Masters.

The 28-year-old Englishman wasn't even planning to play Augusta. His wife was due with their first child on the weekend of the Masters. Their son, Zachariah James, was born on March 30, clearing Willett to a most unlikely path to becoming a major champion -- and the $1.8 million first place check.

Willett won in his second appearance at the Masters. He's only the eighth player to win the green jacket in two or fewer starts at Augusta. He ended Europe's 17-year drought at Augusta National, and he became the first player from England to win the green jacket since Nick Faldo in 1996.

Willett is the second Englishman to win the Masters. The other is Faldo, who won three times.

Willett also is only the fourth European to win his first major title at the Masters.

NBA-SCHEDULE

Warriors tie '95-96 Bulls record with 72nd victory...Pacers are in, Bulls are out

Stephen Curry poured in 37 and the Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 92-86 for their 72nd victory this season, tying the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for the single-season record. The Warriors can break the record with a victory in their regular season at home against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

The Warriors had lost 33 straight regular-season games to the Spurs in the Alamo City in a streak dating to 1997.

The Spurs had won 48 straight regular season games at home, including a 39-0 start at home this season. The Spurs had not lost a regular-season home game since March 2015.

The Warriors are 72-9, one win from breaking the all-time record set by the Chicago Bulls in the 1995-1996 season when they finished 72-10.

In other NBA:

— The Indiana Pacers clinched a playoff berth with their 129-105 rout of Brooklyn behind Myles Turner's 28 points and 10 rebounds. The Pacers victory eliminated the Chicago Bulls from the playoff chase. Indiana can finish as high as seventh in the Eastern Conference with two games left.

—The Wizards handed the Hornets what could be a crippling defeat. Behind Marcin Gortat's 21 points and 13 rebounds Washington beat Charlotte 113-98, damaging the Hornets' chances to secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Frank Kaminsky had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Kemba Walker added 16 points for the Hornets, who shot just 34.6 percent from the field and committed 15 turnovers.

— Toronto has pulled within two games of idle Cleveland with two to play in the race for East No. 1 seed. DeMar DeRozan scored 27 in the Raptors' 93-89 win over the New York Knicks. The Raptors own the tiebreaker against the Cavaliers.

— James Harden scored 20 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter and the Houston Rockets kept their playoff hopes alive with a 130-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant, who has just two games left before his retirement, had 35 points for the Lakers, who lost their fifth straight.

—Jamal Crawford scored 22 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Dallas 98-91, snapping the Mavericks' six-game winning streak. The loss kept the Mavs in seventh place in the Western Conference, a game back of Memphis with two games to play. Dallas needs either a victory or loss by Houston to clinch a playoff berth for the 15th time in 16 years.

— Trey Lyles scored a career-high 22 points and the Utah Jazz maintained their slim lead for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference with a 100-84 win over the Denver Nuggets. Utah has a one-game lead over Houston with two games left.

— Khris Middleton scored 36 points and John Henson had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-108 overtime win over Philadelphia.

— The Miami Heat dumped Orlando 118-96. Hassan Whiteside had a big game with 18 points and 15 boards. Luol Deng scored 20 points.

NHL-SCHEDULE

Ducks win Pacific with road win in Washington

UNDATED (AP) — The National Hockey League's regular season ended with two games.

The biggest was the Anaheim Ducks' 2-0 victory over Washington. That clinched the Pacific Division championship for the Ducks. Corey Perry broke a scoreless tie in the second period with his 34th goal. Frederik Andersen stopped all 24 shots he faced in his return after a five-game absence due to a concussion.

In the only other NHL game, Michael Raffl scored the tiebreaking goal early in the second period and added two assists in the Philadelphia Flyers' 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders.

NHL-PLAYOFF MATCHUPS

It's Stanley Cup playoff time

UNDATED (AP)__The NHL playoffs begin this week, and here are the first-round matchups:

In the East, Florida plays the New York Islanders, Tampa Bay goes against Detroit, Pittsburgh goes against the New York Rangers and Washington plays Philadelphia.

In the West, it's Anaheim against Nashville, the L.A. Kings against San Jose, Minnesota vs. Dallas and St. Louis against Chicago.

NHL-NEWS

Detroit veteran center may be calling it quits...Senators GM stepping down

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk is expected to retire from the NHL after the playoffs. His agent, Dan Milstein, has confirmed that Datsyuk wants to return to Russia to reunite with his teenage daughter and to play in the Kontinental Hockey League for at least one season.

The 37-year-old Datsyuk has one season left on his three-year, $22.5 million contract.

In other hockey news:

— Bryan Murray is stepping down as general manager of the Ottawa Senators. Murray, who has been battling cancer, will be replaced by assistant general manager Pierre Dorion.

MLB-SCHEDULE

Homer-happy Giants rally past Dodgers

UNDATED (AP) — Joe Panik hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the sixth inning and the San Francisco Giants homered three times to overcome an early five-run deficit and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6.

Buster Posey, Brandon Belt and Angel Pagan all homered as the Giants rallied after falling behind 5-0 before they even came up to bat. San Francisco has 14 homers in the opening week of the season. The Giants have hit at least one homer in the first seven games for the first time since at least 1913.

Johnny Cueto is 2-0 despite allowing six runs on 10 hits in seven innings.

In other baseball:

— Colorado rookie Trevor Story capped his amazing first week in the majors by hitting his seventh home run in the Rockies' 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Story, whose home run streak ended Friday night after he had become the first player in the majors to homer in the first four games of his career, hit one of five homers by the Rockies at Coors Field.

— The Chicago Cubs completed a 5-1 opening week by beating Arizona 7-3 behind a 12-hit attack. Jake Arrieta homered and pitched seven innings for his second victory.

— Coco Crisp hit a two-out homer in the 10th inning to help the Oakland Athletics overcome a dominant outing from Seattle ace Felix Hernandez and beat the Mariners 2-1 to finish a three-game sweep. Hernandez struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings but was not involved in the decision.

— The Blue Jays avoided being swept at home by the Red Sox with a 3-0 win. Marco Estrada pitched seven shutout innings and Josh Donaldson hit a solo home run in the win. Activated off the 15-day disabled list before the game after missing the start of the season with a sore lower back, Estrada gave up five hits, walked two and struck out eight.

— Matt Harvey of the Mets is now 0-2 after losing to the Phillies 5-2. He allowed a two-run home run to Odubel Herrera and the Phillies won the last two games of the three-game series after an 0-4 start. The Phillies already have more wins at Citi Field this season than last year, when they went 1-8.

— Jay Bruce hit an RBI triple in the ninth inning and the Reds capped a season-opening homestand with a 2-1 win over the Pirates. The Reds took two of three from Pittsburgh and are off to a 5-1 start.

— Jayson Werth hit an RBI single for his first hit of the season and Joe Ross allowed a run in seven innings to help the Nationals to a 4-2 victory over the Marlins. The teams split the two games they played with one postponed by cold weather.

— Manny Machado went 4 for 4 with a two-run homer and Baltimore beat Tampa Bay 5-3 to remain the only undefeated team in the majors. The 5-0 start matches the 1970 team for the best in Orioles history.

— Jimmy Nelson struck out nine in six innings and the Brewers took advantage of early wildness by Houston ace Dallas Keuchel in a 3-2 win over the Astros. The American League Cy Young Award winner walked four in the first inning and gave up a two-run single to Aaron Hill. Keuchel, who is 1-1, left with two outs in the sixth with a career high-tying six walks.

— Brandon Moss and Matt Carpenter each hit three-run homers as St. Louis beat Atlanta 12-7. The loss leaves the Braves winless in five games this season. Atlanta also lost right-hander Dan Winkler, who suffered a fractured right elbow while throwing a pitch in the seventh. The Cardinals completed the three-game sweep despite a poor start from Adam Wainwright, who allowed five runs in five innings.

— Pinch runner Terrance Gore streaked home on a wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning to score the winning run with a headfirst slide to lift the Royals over the winless Twins 4-3. The World Series champion Royals rallied for two runs in the ninth to tie it, then dropped the Twins to 0-6. This is Minnesota's worst start since the Washington Senators moved to the Twin Cities in 1961.

— Jered Weaver pitched six effective innings in his injury-delayed season debut, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 to earn a split of the four-game series. Mike Trout got his first two RBIs of the season.

The lone night game was postponed. The Tigers home game with the Yankees was called because of rain. The Indians-White Sox game in Chicago was also postponed.

MLB-NEWS

Notes from baseball

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the key men in the Mets rotation is having some health issues. Jacob deGrom, the 2014 NL Rookie of the Year, will miss his scheduled start Wednesday against Miami because of a sore muscle in his right side. The Mets said Sunday he will be replaced by Logan Verrett.

DeGrom won the Mets' home opener Friday against Philadelphia, allowing one run and five hits over six innings during a 7-2 victory. He came out as a precaution after 76 pitches because of the discomfort.

— The Texas Rangers have placed right fielder Shin-Soo Choo on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf muscle and catcher Robinson Chirinos on the 60-day DL because of a broken right forearm. Choo's injury occurred Saturday while he was running on the wet outfield grass before batting practice, and he is expected to be out four to six weeks.

— The Twins have placed outfielder Danny Santana on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring injury. He was hurt in the 7-0 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

OBIT-SMITH

Former NFL player shot and killed

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed late Saturday in what appeared to be a road rage incident in the Crescent City. An emailed statement from New Orleans city coroner Jeffrey C. Rouse said that Smith died "of multiple gunshot wounds" after a traffic accident. The former defensive end was 34 years old.

According to police, Smith was driving in a Mercedes Saturday in an upscale part of the city when his vehicle was hit from behind by an orange Hummer2. That caused Smith's vehicle to hit a car in front of him. At some point Smith and Cardell Hayes, the driver of the Hummer, exchanged words and then, according to police, Hayes pulled out a gun and shot Smith multiple times. He died on the scene.

Police said they recovered the weapon and took Hayes into custody.