Warriors, Nuggets advance; NHL playoffs second round set; Sovereignty prevails in Kentucky Derby

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🏀 Good morning to all, but above all …

The Golden State Warriors …

Winning for yourself is fun. Wining with your friend is better. Buddy Held exploded by 33 points, including a game 7 entitled nine points and Stephen Curry lived again in the second half as a Warrior passed over the Rocket 103-89.

• Houston was at eight-82-74-with less than four minutes to go before Golden State gave off 12-0 in 79 seconds. Included a tank block Jimmy Butlerand 3s of Curry and Held.
• The nine 3 of Hind were three more than the team -made rockets. In general, the Warriors exceeded the 54-18 of 3. Golden State also had only seven changes, a crucial category against the excellent defense of Houston.
• Curry scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half and 14 in the fourth quarter.

Hield scored only four points in match 5 and zero in match 6, both losses of Golden State. When Curry struggled and Golden State could find little offensive pace, Held came to rescue, unexpected hero In a series full of turns and turnsWrite Brad Botkin.

Can the Golden State challenge a title? With Timberwolves Then Sam Quinn took a look at warriors perspectives.

• Quinn: “The deeper go, the more pieces of puzzle begin to fit here. Warrior There is the old team here. They just played seven exhausting games against the Rocketand now you have to turn around and start the Minnesot Series on Tuesday. They will not get an additional rest day until two -day break between Games 5 and 6. Can they face the physical demands that come to play in the afternoon in the playoffs? “”

Elsewhere on Sunday, the Markers annoying the Knights 121-112 in match 1 of his second series. Indiana got a double number of six different players, including 23 Andrew Nembhard and 22 (and 13 assists) of Tyrese Haliburton. Indiana fired 53% (19 by 36) of 3; Cleveland was 24% (9 for 38). It’s a make -up league, people!

… and the Denver Nuggets

It Pepites They went down less than a month ago, their main coach and GM fired in the middle of a pre-playoff section.

Maybe it was the shake they needed. The nuggets burst out the Cutters 120-101 In the game 7. Six players scored more than 15 points, the first time in a 7th game in the history of the NBA.

One of these six was Russell WestbrookThe Mercurial Energizer Bunny. As evidenced by its 16 points, five-reefs, five-assisted, five stews, game 7, Westbrook has found the perfect house for his post-superstar daysSam writes.

• Westbrook: “If the adjustments he made were due to the brightness of Nikola JokicThe pressure accumulated since years of disappointment elsewhere, or good old growth, Westbrook made the subtle adjustments needed to prosper as a player. … Finally, he began to become the player out of the ball that his teams needed to be. “

Here is the updated Playoff support/programming of the NBA.

😃 Honorable Mentions

🏀 And it’s not a good day for …

Houston’s rockets …

Listen to, at some point, just admit that another team owns you until they do it. Warriors are now 5-0 in the playoff series against rockets, eliminating Houston in 2025, 2019, 2018, 2016 and 2015. In the last three, Golden State has eliminated Houston in Houston.

On the bright side, the rockets are going well. Amen Thompson It’s impressive. Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun They are special young talents, even if their presentations to post -season basketball had a few times.

There are potentially available superstar this season and the rockets will be closely linked to them, given their wealth of young talent and no capital. But Sam says They should not force anything.

• Quinn: “They don’t even know with certain Kevin during or Giannis antekounmpo … But what if they don’t do it? What damage is one year of more data? These assets go nowhere. There will always be unhappy stars. “

… and the clippers of the

In 2006, the late Dennis Green He triggered his iconic “they thought they were!” Rant. Almost two decades later, the clippers, unfortunately, are still who we thought they were.

They could have been a contestant of dark horses, Kawhi Leonard Finally healthy, James Harden Reinvigorated, Ivica zubac Among the most improved players in the league. They won 15 of their last 17 games entering the playoffs.

But they always thought they were. Harden took off their last missing act of great gamesscoring seven points in eight shots in the game 7. He surpassed it in 72-40 in the second and third quarter. This is the third consecutive departure of the.

They are the ones who thought they were.

Who will be next? Great questions are left Sam writes for an aging and undervaluing nucleus.

• Quinn: “Will there be a reactionary part of the fan base that wants a tear. It simply is not feasible. What if harden decreases to 36? What if the new Leonard health is a mirage? Is it where things get complicated. The cuts have depth. They have the basic papers that this version of their team would need.

😔 not so honorable mentions

Playoffs NHL Playoffs Secoffs after the double victory of Jet Overmen Over Blues

The first round of the Playoffs of the Stanley Cup 2025 is over and ended with a punch. Adam Lowry scored the game winner with less than four minutes in the double extension to lift the Aircraft on a 4-3 victory over Blues. At 96 minutes and eight seconds, was the third longest game in NHL history

The game even passing 60 minutes required a comeback that will not soon forget Winnipeg, St. Louis or the nhl.

• Winnipeg exceeded 3-1 in the third period before scoring two empty net goals: Vladislav Deputy with 1:56 on the left and Cole perfect With three seconds.
• The Tally de Perfetti is the second goal in the history of the Stanley Cup Cup and the last goal in a game 7.

Jets will face the Stars – Who had his own comeback- then. Former Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen He took revenge on his former club, scoring three goals from the third period to feed Dallas against Colorado 4-2 in his game 7 Saturday.

Here is all the calendar of the second round.

🏇 Sovereignty wins Kentucky Derby

It was rainy and muddy, but these roses are as beautiful as always: Sovereignty Favorite out of discomfort Journalism With a strong completion to win 151st Kentucky Derby.

Sovereign’s plans for pre -Rakness, the second stage of three triple crown races, are TBD.

⚾ MLB power rankings, weekend roundup: Dodgers no. 1

Floated by a seven -game winning streak that ended on Sunday, the Dodgers They return to the top of Matt Snyder’s MLB power rankings. Here are the top five:

1. Dodgers (previous: 3)
2. Parents (7)
3. Cubes (2)
4. Tigers (4)
5. Sailors (8)

We haven’t even reached a quarter of the season. But several teams have already exceeded slow beginnings and there is a lot of time for more teams to join this group, writes Matt.

Here is more news:

📺 What are we seeing on Monday

🏀 Knicks to Celtics Game 1At 19 ha tnt/trutv
⚾ Paders to Yankees or Reds in Braves19:05 on the MLB network
🏒 Panthers in Maple Leafs Game 120 Has espn
🏀 Nuggets to thunder game 121:30 to TNT/TRUTV