National Sports

EDMONTON — Canada's women's basketball team will host Turkey in an exhibition series in July, as part of the team's preparation for the 2018 World Cup.

Toronto FC's list of walking wounded is beginning to thin. And not a moment too soon. A quarter of the way through the regular season and the MLS champions are second-last in the standings at 2-6-1.

Montreal is moving to name a new park after Montreal Canadiens great Dickie Moore. The park would be located in the Park Extension neighbourhood where Moore grew up.

VANCOUVER — Head coach Carl Robinson likes his team's character, he's just frustrated over how the Vancouver Whitecaps are being forced to show it.

LAS VEGAS — Gerard Gallant wasn't a believer in October, but the Vegas Golden Knights head coach was confident by January his expansion team had what it took to go deep in the playoffs.

HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets were the best team in the NBA in the regular season.

Wednesday's Games NHL Playoffs Vegas 4 Winnipeg 2 (Golden Knights lead series 2-1) --- NBA Playoffs Houston 127 Golden State 105 (Series tied 1-1) --- MLB American League Cleveland 6 Detroit 0 Tampa Bay 5 Kansas City 3 Texas 5 Seattle 1 Boston 6 Oakl

NEW YORK — Dwane Casey has been named one of three finalists for the NBA's coach of the year award. Too bad the nomination came five days after he was fired by the Toronto Raptors.

NEW YORK — Houston's James Harden, Cleveland's LeBron James and Anthony Davis of New Orleans are the finalists for the NBA's MVP award.

BOSTON — Oakland catcher Bruce Maxwell will miss a four-game series at Toronto that starts Thursday because he cannot enter Canada while awaiting sentencing in Arizona on a gun-related charge.