Nuggets force Game 7 against Thunder; WNBA season preview; favorites struggle at 2025 PGA Championship

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Denver’s nuggets

Jamal Murray may have been under the time he arrived at match 6 but it was the Thunder Who suffered an altitude disease while seeing Murray cut them.

Thanks largely to the efforts of Murray, the Pepites He forced a game 7 with a victory of 119-107 in Denver. Murray finished with 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists despite not feeling 100%.

Reigning mvp Nikola Jokic It was as great as you could expect. He published a maximum of 29 points to get 14 rebounds and eight assistance, but Jokic and Murray had some help from an amazing source.

Second year guard Julian Strawther He did not leave the place to give Denver a great boost in the biggest game of the season, as our own Sam Quinn points out.

• Quinn: “”Nikola Jokić flirted with a triple-double, and Jamal Murray overcome the illness to play perhaps his best game in the series. But the story of match 6 was the explosion of the second half of Julian Strawther. Denver’s young keeper, who was barely a factor in the first round and only peripherally in the rotation of this series, scored 15 huge points to help Denver get this victory. “

Rocky Mountain High of a Game 6 Victory was a little decreased due to an hamstring injury Aaron Gordon suffered in the closing minutes.

After the game nuggets interim coach David Adelman said his level of concern is “tall” As for Gordon’s injury. There were probably 21,000 people in Ball Arena who would echo this feeling.

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Favorites in the PGA championship

Scottie Scheffler, Rory mcilroy and Bryson Dechambeau It was expected to be struggling at the classification table in the 2025 PGA championship. Instead, the classification table is as messy as the “mud balls” The players dealt with the First Tour of the Quail Hollow Club.

At the conclusion of Thursday’s action, the best-ranked player among the aforementioned trio of stars was Scheffler (-2), which is tied for the 20th. Dechambeau fought even, and McILroy (+3) Had a disastrous exit. McILroy will only fight to cut on Friday.

So who is our leader of the PGA championship after the first round? That would be Jhonattan Vegas (-7), which has made six cuts in 16 major appearances in the championship.

Behind Las Vegas, the rest of the first five places are filled with major interpreters more unprotected:

• 1. Jhonattan Vegas (-7)
• T-2. Ryan Gerard (-5)
• T-2. CAM Davis (-5)
• T-4. Luke Donald (-4)
• T-4. Ryan Fox (-4)
• T-4. Alex Smalley (-4)
• T-4. Stephen Jaegar (-4)
• T-4. Aaron rai (-4)

Despite its slow beginnings, any star at the leadership distance should feel pretty goodExplains Patrick McDonald.

• McDonald: “There may be no name on the first page of the classification table that attracts fear of the competitors’ eyes, but there is more than far behind. Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg and Dechambeau are all the same.

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🏀 Preview WNBA season

The 2025 WNBA season is achieved tonight and we have covered you from all angles.

It Liberty They seek to defend their title, but they will have some formidable challenges. It Vines He will certainly try to regain his place over the WNBA but the Lynx And the new look Fever Should also be in the mixture.

In our expert seasonal predictions, All of them have the freedom doing -the return to the finalsAnd two of them have New York hitting the lynx once again. As Caitlin ClarkSophomore season with fever, all experts are among the top five places in the WNBA final standings.

Although Clark does not win his first WNBA title this year, he should have a good opportunity to bring some kind of hardware at home. Jack Maloney explains why Clark – A popular selection of MVP in our awards predictions – undo A’ja Wilson by 2025.

• Maloney: “The story tells us that there is a good opportunity that someone else will be the MVP. But who? The Indiana star of the Indiana Caitlin Clark is the favorite of the bets at +200, for Caesars, and received two votes, while Napheesa Collier, the runner -up last season won one. These are the most likely candidates in addition to Wilson.”

The other player everyone will see this year is Paige Bueckersthe first Uconn Superstar and the global selection number 1 of this year’s project. Move from a university basketball center to one of the worst teams in the WNBA would be enough to give anyone but Buckers will not move away from the challenge.

Before the season tips tonight, you can also consult our Ranking of the first 25 players And our Pre -season power rankings.

🏒 CANES ADVANCE, JETS FORCE GAME 6

Around the NHL, one team hit his ticket in the conference finals, while the other kept his season alive forcing a game 6.

In another narrow checking game between the Hurricane and Capital, Andrei Svechnikov I barely removed a shot Logan Thompson For the winning goal of the game with only 1:59 in a regulation in a 3-1 victory. This helped the canes to seal a 4-1 series victory and pushed them to the Eastern Conference Final for the second time in the last three years.

While the caps did not keep their season alive, the Aircraft refused to remain on the ground. Oh, Connor Hellebuyck Have you fought this post -season? There is no problem. Jets simply stifled the Stars“The high power offense in a 4-0 victory, allowing only 22 traits to the goal.

Nikolaj ehlers It was everywhere for Winnipeg, and it is a huge reason for which this series continues. His goal of playing power in the third period of the target was one of the highlights of the game, and his empty account put a point of exclamation in an exhaustive defeat.

That’s why Ehlers was one of the Chris Bengel 3 stars of the night.

• Sticks: “After losing all the two games in the initial round, the Nikolaj Ehlers end is demonstrating the vital that is for the offensive attack of Winnipeg. Ehlers recorded two goals in five shots, while registered one to take away on Thursday’s contest.”

Stay up to date with all results and update updates during the Playoffs of the Stanley 2025 Cup right here.

🏆 Barcelona captures the title league

With a victory for 2-0 Spanish on Thursday, Barcelona sealing another league title. This is now the 28th Club League title, pulling them at eight of the opponent Real Madrid to 36.

Lamine Yamal got the winning goal of Barça and Fermin lopez Put a cherry on the top of the day with their goal in time of stoppage. Manager Hansi Flick He immediately made Barcelona a force in the first year at work and has a hardware to show his efforts.

One of the main reasons for the success of Barcelona this season has been Flick’s impact on offensive attackaccording to Pardeep COATRY.

• Drawn: “ Barcelona completely embraced a style of attack that included a high line, a high and high reward approach that it paid because of the force of Flick’s attack, led by the tastes of Lewandowski, Raphinha and Yamal. They led the league with 97 goals of 87.47 goals so far this season, thanks to a varied approach that has allowed several players.

Barça captured the league title with two remaining games in the season, so they can now try to finish what has been a huge campaign with a little more winner.

📺 What are we seeing this weekend

⛳ We will be tuned to the PGA championship throughout the weekend. Here is How to do the action.

Friday

🏀 Lynx in Wings19:30 in Ion
🏀 Celtics in Knicks (Knicks Lead 3-2)20 Has espn
🏒 Panthers in Maple Leafs (Panthers Lead 3-2)At 20 Ha TNT/TRUTV/MAX
⚾ Astros in Rangers20:05 in Apple TV+

Saturday

🏀 ACES in LibertyAt 13 he has ABC
🏀 Sky to feverAt 15 he has ABC
🏇 150th Place of Pre -Rakness, 18:50 hours of publication in NBC
⚾ Bravas in red sox19:15 in Fox
⚽ Columbus of the crew at FC Cincinnati19:15 to FS1
🏒 JETS AT STARS (Stars Lead 3-2)At 20 he has ABC

Sunday

🏀 Nuggets to thunder (3-3 tied series)15:30 in ABC
🏒 Panthers in maple Leaves*19:30 to TNT/TRUTV/MAX
⚾ Mets in YankeesAt 19 hours in Espn
🏎 NASCAR All-Star RaceAt 20 Ha FS1

*If necessary