Santiago Moreno and Kaick scored goals midway through the first half and Samuel Sarver added a stirring tally in stoppage time as FC Dallas defeated Real Salt Lake 3-1 on Saturday in Frisco, Texas.

Dallas (5-3-4, 19 points) has captured back-to-back wins for just the second time this season and pulled even on points with Real Salt Lake (6-4-1, 19 points) for sixth place in the Western Conference.

RSL have dropped three of their past four games.

Moreno put Dallas on top in the 18th minute, running through traffic to receive a pass from Petar Musa just outside the box. Moreno steadied the ball three times before unleashing a right-footed shot that split two RSL defenders and found the bottom-left corner of the goal past diving goalkeeper Rafael Cabral.

Four minutes later, Musa sprinted out of his own end off a pass from Moreno and dribbled the ball into the box before testing Cabral with a shot that the RSL keeper could only deflect away. Kaick pounced on the rebound, making short work of the chance with an open goal.

Real Salt Lake nearly found the net with their only shot on goal in the first half. Noel Caliskan hit a high, curving left-footed shot from outside the box toward the upper right corner that Dallas goalkeeper Michael Collodi leaped to bat over the crossbar in the 33rd minute.

Diego Luna trimmed RSL’s deficit in half in the 85th minute when he turned around a pass from Morgan Guilavogui and beat Collodi with a right-footed shot into the far corner. Alexandros Katranis also garnered an assist on the goal by making the pass that started the scoring play.

That set the stage for Sarver, who had entered as a substitute in the 75th minute.

Sarver gathered a loose ball deep in his own side of the field two minutes into stoppage time and sprinted down the pitch, first splitting two RSL defenders near midfield and then shrugging off the attempted tackle from Katranis just outside the box. He then calmly pushed a shot past Cabral for the clinching goal.

–Field Level Media

Christian Lundgaard snapped a 47-race winless drought and secured his first IndyCar win in nearly three years with a victory in the Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on Saturday.

The Danish racer, who started in fourth place, took the lead for good on the 68th lap of the 85-lap race, finishing 4.6713 seconds clear in his No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet to earn his second career IndyCar victory.

David Malukas, who led a race-high 27 laps, finished second in his No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet.

Lundgaard is the third McLaren driver to win an IndyCar race, joining Johnny Rutherford and Pato O’Ward. With the win, he moved into fourth in the IndyCar Series standings with 182 points, three points behind Malukas for third.

“Very happy,” Lundgaard said. “I really didn’t expect this today. I hoped for it. This was a long wait for this win, especially around this place. You know how fast I’ve always been around here, and it’s just been time after time after time disappointments. Now we’re here. Let’s go.”

O’Ward started Saturday’s race in second place but finished in 18th, quickly falling back after he was involved in a first-lap crash which impacted multiple drivers.

Alex Palou, who started on the pole and was seeking his fourth straight win on this course, finished in fifth behind Graham Rahal and Josef Newgarden.

Palou remains atop the standings with 237 points, 27 clear of Kyle Kirkwood, who finished in ninth on Saturday.

Lundgaard will go for the Indianapolis double — which Palou pulled off last year — in the Indianapolis 500 on May 24.

–Field Level Media

Ajay Mitchell scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half and the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the final 24 minutes en route to a convincing 131-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their Western Conference second-round series on Saturday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 23 points and nine assists as the defending champion Thunder took a commanding 3-0 series lead and improved to 7-0 this postseason. Chet Holmgren had 18 points and nine rebounds, Cason Wallace added 16 points off the bench and Mitchell also had 10 assists.

The Thunder trailed by two points at halftime before steamrolling Los Angeles 74-49 in the second half.

Rui Hachimura made five 3-pointers and scored a team-high 21 points, and LeBron James added 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Lakers. Luke Kennard had 18 points off the bench and Austin Reaves had 17 points and nine assists for Los Angeles.

The Thunder can complete the sweep in Monday’s game at Los Angeles. No team in NBA history has come back to win a playoff series from a 3-0 deficit.

The Lakers once again missed NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic. Oklahoma is playing without its second-best player in Jalen Williams. Both players are sidelined with hamstring injuries.

Oklahoma City shot 56.4% from the field, including 17-of-38 from 3-point range. Isaiah Hartenstein had 12 points and nine rebounds, Isaiah Joe scored 12 points on four 3-pointers and Luguentz Dort had 10 points. Wallace also made four 3-pointers for the Thunder.

The Lakers made 46.9% of their attempts and were 14-of-30 from beyond the arc. Marcus Smart and Deandre Ayton added 10 points apiece for Los Angeles, which committed 17 turnovers leading to 30 Oklahoma City points.

The score was tied at 63 early in the third quarter before Hartenstein and Holmgrem slammed home consecutive dunks to start a 15-2 spurt.

Gilgeous-Alexander and Holmgren finished the burst with baskets, helping Oklahoma City end the stretch with 11 straight points to take a 78-65 lead with 5:37 left in the quarter.

The Lakers later scored seven straight points – six by Smart – to move within 84-79 with one minute left in the period. However, Joe drilled two 3-pointers in the final 45.2 seconds as the Thunder took a 90-79 advantage into the final stanza.

The margin was 11 before Mitchell scored nine points during a 14-7 run that lifted the Thunder’s lead to 112-94 with 6:12 remaining. Alex Caruso completed that surge with a thunderous dunk.

Wallace drained a 3-pointer to push Oklahoma City’s lead to 120-97 with 4:01 left, and Oklahoma City led by as many as 27 while finishing off a severe second-half beatdown.

Hachimura was 4-for-4 from 3-point range during a 16-point first half that helped the Lakers lead 59-57 at the break. Gilgeous-Alexander had 14 in the half despite 4-of-14 shooting.

–Field Level Media