Stephon Castle amassed his fourth triple-double of the season and was among seven teammates in double-figure scoring, as the visiting San Antonio Spurs cruised to their eighth straight win via a 127-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday afternoon.

The Spurs (56-18) were victorious for the 13th time in their past 14 games and remain hot on the heels of Oklahoma City for both the top seed in the West and the best record in the league. San Antonio is two games back of the defending champion Thunder with eight contests left to play.

San Antonio ran off to a 28-point lead late in the second quarter, led by 22 at halftime and by 23 heading into the fourth period after repelling a tepid rally from the Bucks. The Spurs swept a three-game road trip to Miami, Memphis, and Milwaukee by at least 25 points in each victory.

Castle finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson added 16 points each. Dylan Harper scored 14, De’Aaron Fox hit for 12, and Julian Champagnie had 11 in the win.

Gary Trent Jr. scored 18 points to lead the Bucks, who played without Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee) for the sixth straight game. Myles Turner had 15, Ryan Rollins and Ousmane Dang hit for 12 each, Andre Jackson Jr. tallied 11, and Jericho Sims racked up 10 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee (29-44).

The Spurs sprinted away from an 11-9 lead with a 10-2 run capped by Champagnie’s 3-pointer at the 5:32 mark that granted San Antonio a 13-point advantage. A Sims layup with two seconds left in the first quarter allowed the Bucks to stay within 37-24.

San Antonio pushed the lead to 28 points after Wembanyama’s layup with 1:57 left in the second period before the Bucks got a basket by AJ Green and then a 3-pointer from Trent to trim their deficit to 67-45 at the break.

Castle’s tremendous first half (15 points, six rebounds, and six assists) paced the Spurs while Harper and Vassell added 10 points each before halftime. Trent had 11 points in the first half to lead the Bucks.

Milwaukee came out with purpose after halftime, drawing to within 71-58 when Pete Nance canned a 3-pointer three minutes into the third quarter. But the rally was short-lived as San Antonio swung back, building the margin back to 25 points after Harrison Barnes’ jumper from beyond the arc with 2:32 to play in the period.

–Field Level Media

With the 2026 World Cup just around the corner, the U.S. men’s national team’s debut this year began on a sour note after being routed 5-2 by Belgium in Atlanta on Saturday.

The U.S. had a 4-0-1 record in its final five matches last year and looked to be in form Saturday when Weston McKennie gave the Americans the lead in the 39th minute.

Then, everything unraveled quickly on goals by Zeno Debast in the 45th, Amadou Onana in the 53rd and a penalty from Charles De Ketelaere in the 59th before Dodi Lukebakio increased the advantage in the 68th and 82nd minutes.

Patrick Agyemang made it 5-2 in the 87th after a Ricardo Pepi takeaway in front of the Belgium goal.

The U.S. opens World Cup play on June 12 vs. Paraguay, but coach Mauricio Pochettino is more concerned with the match against Portugal on Tuesday, also in Atlanta, which will be his final chance for evaluation within the U.S. structure.

After that, the U.S. will not take the field again before the roster is announced May 26. Three days later, the Americans play Senegal in Charlotte, with the final tune-up June 6 in Chicago versus Germany.

McKennie claimed the lead off a corner kick by Antonee Robinson when he sliced between two defenders, leapt, then redirected the ball with the inside of his right foot for his 12th international but first in three years.

Robinson, who did not play for the U.S. in 2025 because of injuries, made his first appearance since Nov. 18, 2024, and was active from the start.

He drilled a shot from distance that forced a save by Senne Lammens in the ninth minute. The Manchester United keeper also denied a close-range shot by McKennie in the 17th.

Debast scored his first goal with a low knuckler from 25 yards to the lower left corner after the initial save by Matt Turner on Jeremy Doku traveled outside the box, where he immediately sent it back.

Onana scored from the top of the box for the lead, and De Ketelaere converted from the spot after Tim Ream’s handball. The defense was in disarray for the final two goals with Belgium roaming freely in the box.

–Field Level Media

NHL points leader Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists for the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-2 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Saturday afternoon.

McDavid increased his points total to 124 (42 goals, 82 assists) and stretched his point streak to four games (five goals, four assists).

Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist, Jack Roslovic and Matt Savoie also scored, Evan Bouchard had two assists, and Connor Ingram made 28 saves for the Oilers (37-28-9, 83 points), who have won three in a row to match their season high and pulled within three points of the Ducks for first place in the Pacific Division.

Beckett Sennecke and Cutter Gauthier scored, John Carlson had two assists and Lukas Dostal made 30 saves for the Ducks (41-28-4, 86 points), who entered the finale of the three-game road trip on a six-game point streak (5-0-1).

The Ducks gave up the first goal of the game for the 15th time in 17 games since the Olympic break.

Bouchard took a one-timer from above the right circle that went wide and hit the back of the net on the carom.

Carlson tried to sweep the puck into the corner, but it hit McDavid’s skate and ricocheted back toward the crease, where McDavid backhanded it into the net for his 42nd goal of the season and a 1-0 lead at 7:36 of the second period.

The Ducks were outshot 11-3 in the second period.

Roslovic made it 2-0 at 4:59 of the third when he slid the puck through Dostal’s pass off a feed from Hyman to finish a rush.

The Oilers scored again 1:11 later when Savoie redirected a cross-ice feed from Vasily Podkolzin into the net off another rush for a 3-0 lead at 6:10.

Sennecke spoiled Ingram’s second shutout of the season when he scored on a tip to cut it to 3-1 at 6:53.

Jeffrey Viel made a no-look pass from below the goal line to Gauthier out front and he scored his team-leading 37th goal of the season to cut it to 3-2 at 9:41.

Hyman sealed it with an empty-net goal with 17 seconds left for a 4-2 lead.

Ducks forward Troy Terry returned after missing the 3-2 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Thursday with a lower-body injury, but Anaheim defenseman Radko Gudas and Pavel Mintyukov sat out the finale of the three-game trip with lower-body injuries.

–Field Level Media