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Editorial cartoons for the week of April 20.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder began their title defense with a 119-84 rout of the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Sunday.

The ECHL released the schedule for the opening round of the Kelly Cup playoffs on Sunday.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Fitzpatrick was in a playoff at Harbour Town against an American favorite Sunday, facing a large and noisy gallery cheering and chanting for his opponent — Scottie Scheffler this time, the No. 1 player in the world.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mattias Samuelson scored with 3 minutes, 24 seconds left, and Buffalo overcame a two-goal deficit in the final eight minutes to beat the Boston Bruins, 4-3, on Sunday night in the Sabres’ first playoff game in 15 years.

BOSTON — Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to Copley Square.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday.

CHICAGO — The losses are piling up for the New York Mets, and Francisco Lindor thinks the criticism surrounding the team is about to get very loud.