NBA – National Basketball Association

Last Night

Chicago Bulls 133, Detroit Pistons 87

Bulls 133, Pistons 87 – Vucevic, DeRozan lift Bulls over Pistons 133-87

Nikola Vucevic scored 22 points, DeMar DeRozan had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls routed the Detroit Pistons 133-87. DeRozan sat for most of the final 16 minutes but still added seven assists. Eastern Conference-leading Chicago won after its season-best nine-game winning streak ended Sunday in Dallas. Josh Jackson scored 16 points and Saddiq Bey added 14 for the Pistons, who had won two straight. The Bulls led 61-52 at intermission and quickly turned it into a blowout by starting the second half on a 17-0 run that included four straight 3-pointers; two each from Derrick Jones Jr. and Vucevic.

Tonight

Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.

Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls, 10:00 p.m.

NHL – National Hockey League

Tonight

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

San Jose Sharks 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 – OT

Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 2 – DeBrincat scores twice as Blackhawks top Blue Jackets 4-2

Alex DeBrincat scored twice and Calvin de Haan netted his first goal in nearly a year to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to their second straight road win, 4-2 over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus has dropped four of five and lost at home to the Blackhawks for the seventh consecutive time. Connor Murphy also scored for Chicago, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for his 11th win. Boone Jenner scored for Columbus, and Gus Nyquist had a short-handed goal and an assist. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 16 shots in his third loss in four games.

Sharks 3, Red Wings 2 – OT – Couture, Sharks dodge fake octopus for OT win vs Detroit

Logan Couture scored in overtime moments after a fan threw a fake octopus on the ice and the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2. The octopus — a longstanding fan tradition in Detroit — hit the ice less than a minute into overtime with play in San Jose’s end. Couture directed the linesman to grab it, and play continued, with the Sharks pushing the puck to the other end. Brent Burns sent the puck toward the net and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped it but couldn’t control it. As the puck sat near the goal line, Couture knocked it in.

NHL – Red Wings hire Nicklas Lidstrom as VP of hockey operations

The Detroit Red Wings have hired Nicklas Lidstrom as vice president of hockey operations. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman says his former teammate will be based in his native Sweden and involved in every aspect of helping him run the organization. Lidstrom’s job duties will include evaluating professional and amateur players. Detroit drafted Lidstrom with the No. 53 pick overall in 1989 and he spent 20 seasons with the franchise, becoming one of the best defensemen of all time. He won seven Norris trophies and helped the Red Wings win four Stanley Cup titles.

MLB – AP source: MLB labor talks to resume after 42-day break

Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday in the first negotiations between the parties since labor talks broke off Dec. 1. The planning of the meeting was disclosed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made. MLB has been preparing a new proposal for the union. Management locked out the union on Dec. 2 following the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement, the sport’s ninth work stoppage but first since a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95. The dispute threatens spring training, which is scheduled to start Feb. 16 in Florida and Arizona.

NCAAMBKB – Men’s College Basketball

Tonight

Buffalo 78, Western Michigan 64

Eastern Michigan 99,