Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Warriors ready to unleash playoff-mode Durant

When Kevin Durant rained down shots on the Los Angeles Clippers with his deadly playoff performance on Thursday, he also provided a glimpse of what life will be like for Golden State and their competition without the injured DeMarcus Cousins. In short, less Cousins will equal more Durant -- more Durant post-ups, more Durant pull-ups and more Durant brilliance.The Clippers learned the hard way as Durant hung 38 points on them in a 132-105 rout that gave the Warriors a 2-1 best-of-seven first-round series lead. MLB roundup: Dodgers get to Hader, win sixth straight

Enrique Hernandez hit a three-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to six games with a 5-3 victory Friday over the Milwaukee Brewers. Hernandez connected on an 0-2 pitch against Brewers All-Star closer Josh Hader (0-1) to break a 2-2 tie and score A.J. Pollock and David Freese, both of whom walked. It was Hernandez's fifth home run of the season. MLB notebook: Suspensions issued over Royals-White Sox melee

Kansas City pitcher Brad Keller, Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and manager Rick Renteria received suspensions for taking part in a benches-clearing incident between the teams on Wednesday. Joe Torre, chief baseball officer for Major League Baseball, announced the suspensions on Friday. Barty beats doubles partner Azarenka to level Fed Cup semi-final

World number nine Ashleigh Barty kept alive Australia's hopes of advancing to their first Fed Cup final in 26 years when she beat former world number one Victoria Azarenka in the second singles of the tie against Belarus in Brisbane on Saturday. Barty had some trouble in the first set against the two-time Australian Open champion and saved three break points at 5-5 to go on to win 7-6(2) 6-3 and level the tie at 1-1. NBA roundup: Irving puts Celtics on verge of sweep

Kyrie Irving had a hand in 11 of Boston's final 16 points Friday night as the Celtics withstood a late charge by the Indiana Pacers to record a 104-96 win at Indianapolis and go up 3-0 in an Eastern Conference first-round playoff matchup. The Pacers, playing at home for the first time in the series, got within 88-87 with 6:05, but that's when Irving took over. Report: Red Wings to hire Yzerman as GM

Steve Yzerman is coming home to become general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, according to TSN's Gord Miller. "The Red Wings will introduce Steve Yzerman as their new GM this afternoon, Ken Holland to remain as Sr Vice President," Miller tweeted on Friday morning. France and Romania level at 1-1 in Fed Cup semi

Caroline Garcia kept her composure to beat Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 6-3 and bring France level at 1-1 with Romania in their Fed Cup semi-final after Simona Halep outclassed Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-1 in the opening singles on Saturday. Garcia produced a rock-solid performance to dismantle the challenge of Buzarnescu in one hour, 27 minutes on the clay surface in the Normandy city of Rouen as two-time champions France bid for their sixth final. Nadal knocked out by Fognini in Monte Carlo semi-finals

Rafa Nadal suffered a shock 6-4 6-2 semi-final defeat against flamboyant Italian Fabio Fognini at the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday, showing rare signs of weakness five weeks before the French Open. The 11-time champion's loss ended a series of 25 consecutive sets won on his favorite clay as Fognini set up a final showdown against Serbian Dusan Lajovic. NHL notebook: Wings legend Yzerman takes GM job

Steve Yzerman is coming home to become general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, the franchise announced on Friday. The hiring of the former Detroit star also marked the end of Ken Holland's 22-year stint as general manager. Holland signed a multiyear deal to become the club's senior vice president. NBA notebook: Technicals on Durant, Green rescinded

The NBA rescinded technical fouls assessed to Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Clippers forward JaMychal Green on Friday after reviewing a call made during Thursday night's game. Durant and Green were exchanging words during the third quarter when the double-technical was called, stunning both players.