The National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs are at theConference 
Championship stage.  Each ofthe four teams still in the overall championship 
search have one game undertheir belt.  The Washington Capitals beatthe Tampa 
Bay Lightning  on Friday 4-2.They will play again Sunday evening at Tampa Bay.  
Meanwhile, the Winnipeg Jets won their firstgame Saturday against the Vegas 
Golden Knights, also 4-2.  They play again, at Winnipeg on Mondaynight.  
Sunday sees the start of the Eastern and Western ConferenceChampionships of the 
National Basketball Association.  NBA's Boston Celtics take on the 
ClevelandCavaliers in Boston tonight in the Eastern Conference Championship.  
The Western Conference Championship's firstgame will be played on Monday night 
when the Houston Rockets host the GoldenState Warriors.  The playoffs 
arestaggered, every other day on opposite days, so that pro basketball can 
beyours every night of the week.  



In India Premier League Cricket, AB de Villiers and ViratKohli combined to 
knock the Daredevils out of contention.  Skipper Kohli and de Villiers scored 
fiftyapiece to help the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Delhi Daredevils 
byfive wickets in their must-win game at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in 
NewDehli  on Saturday. 


The victory kept RCBalive in the tournament, even though they remained at 
seventh in the 2018Indian Premier League standings.  Thefourth win in 11 games 
took RCB's tally to eight points, but they still need towin all their remaining 
three games to land a play-off spot.  The Daredevils are 3-9 on the season, and 
arefinished as far as the standings go.  TheSunrisers Hyderabad currently top 
the table followed by the Chennai SuperKings. 

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