Warriors steal home-court edge from Rockets, Timberwolves crush Lakers; John Cena atop wrestling world again

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The Golden State Warriors and the rest of the match winners 1

There will be a day when “impossible” means, you know, “it is not possible.”

But until that day, Stephen Curry It will continue to make the alleged “impossible” possible and there is no defense. It Warrior The Superstrella got 31 points over 12 for 19 shots (including 5 by 9 of 3) to drive the Warriors to a 95-85 victory over the Rocket.

• It is the 41st Curry playoff game with at least 30 points and five 3, most of all time. James Harden It is second … with 19.
• In his debut in the Playoff Warriors, Jimmy Butler He had 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five robberies. It is the first match 25/5/5 of a warrior in the playoffs since Curry in 2016.
• The rockets fired 39.1% of the field, 20.7% of 3 and 55% of the free launch line. The last team that has divided so badly in a playoff game was in 2003 Mavericks.
• The 85 points in Houston were a low season.

Colin Ward-Henninger has Winners and losers of match 1 Through the playoffs, and Curry, Butler and Golden State as a whole are among the first.

• Ward-Henninger: “The 37 -year -old curry, who in this series is especially reminded of his age because he trained both Jalen Green and [Amen] Thompson in his camp several summers, so did all this with a wrap in the thumb approximately the size of a Catcher’s guard. “

We also catch our attention over the weekend …

• Seeds number 1 impressed: the Thunder Beat Grizzlies131-80, the margin of 51 points the bigger ever in a game 1and You jerome cause it Knights‘121-100 wins over the Heat.
• It Knicks used a 21-0 in the fourth quarter to overcome the Pistons123-112. After a slow start, Jalen Brunson became big in the biggest momentsand this game Show the dangerous that can be the playoff KnicksWrite Brad Botkin.
• Kyle Kuzmas Historically horrible game 1 at her Dollars‘117-98 loss in the Markers illustrated Which little helps Giannis antekounmpo It has. Could receive help in the form of Damian Lillard repay Soon, though.
• It Celts crossed in front of the Magic103-86, and Jayson tatum Does not look too worried about his wrist injury.
• It Pepites Beat Cutters112-110, in overtime, and we got the maximum Russell Westbrook experience.

😄 Honorable Mentions

🏀 And it’s not a good day for …

The Los Angeles Lakers

Well was certainly not the playoff workshop Lakes kept in mind. It Timberwolves Los Angeles, accelerated, 117-95behind a remarkable three -headed monster Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards Combining by 70 points out of 13 by 21 (62%) shooting 3.

This was one of the main themes of the night: Minnesota made a record of Playoff Franchises 21 points. The other? The Timberwolves overflowed the Lakers, who were not ready for their physical level. Lebron james and Jj redick even admitted so much.

A big problem for this is the lack of center of lakers. Luka Doncic It had 37 points, but of course only one attendance, and Minnesota dominated the glass. This defect is not something they can fixSam writes.

• Quinn: “They are not built to win slugfests. Their goal is to use their star ball managers to find and torture your weakest proponents. This will not be easy without a center to force these impossible options … Saturday was a memory of the creation of this team.

😧 not so honorable mentions

🏈 Nico iamaleava transfers to UCLA

The wildest transfer saga of the Nile of University Sports is over. Nico iamaleava Signed with Uclajust over a week after his Tumultuous exit since Tennessee.

• On April 11, Iamaleava lost the final practice of volunteers before the spring game, according to his camp sought $ 4 million a year in Nile, almost twice the original agreement.
• Tennessee quickly advancedwith Josh Veicel said, “No one is older than the program.”
• Iamaleava was immediately the number 1 player in our ranking of the transfer portal. After all, it was the overall high school recruitment number 2 in the class of 2023, and even in a season of 2024 up and down, he helped Tennessee to make the University Football Playoff and showed one vice versa.
• UCLA emerged quickly as a Potential sweating – Iamaleava is from the south of California, and now the Bruins have their new quarterback.

Is worth the riskWrite Cameron Salerno.

• Salerno: “ Despite Tennessee’s luggage, players like Iiamaleava do not grow in the trees. It was one of the best recruits that left southern California in 2023, and the advantage is still there because it was an elite quarterback at this level … The Bruins occupied the 15th place in Yards per game (328.8) and the number 16 in points per game (18.4).

🤼 John Cena wins the 17th World Title in Wrestlemania 41

John Cena It was already a legend, but on Sunday he added another line to his incredible resume. Cena broke the record of professional struggle with his 17th World Championship, defeating Cody Rhodes to win the indisputable WWE championship.

Cena got help Travis ScottAnd he used a kick in the groin and a huge shot on his head, with the championship belt, no less, to beat Rhodes. The 17 World Cena Championships are now One more than Rich flair On the list of all time. Our Brent Brookhouse weighed with qualifications in each game.

• Stream: “The game was not fantastic and always went to the way WWE prepared the end. Scott interfered with a blow and a very clear belt shot that was a disappointing way for things to end, especially considering the expectations of its appearance. The rock. “”

Here are our thoughts on night 1 and night 2.

MLB Power Rankings, Weekend Roundup

For the first time this season we have a repetition on top of Matt Snyder Power rankings. Here are the top five:

1. Padre (previous: 1)
2. Dodgers (6)
3. Mets (2)
4. Cubes (3)
5. Yankees (10)

The Yankees jump was the second largest of the MLB, only behind the Bravewhich have passed between 8 and 6 from the terrible 0-7 begin the season. Still, everything is not well in Atlanta: Ronald Acuña Jr. called Brian Snitkers Double standard After Snitker defended Jarred KelenicThe lack of traffic.

Here you have more information about the weekend.

📺 What are we seeing on Monday

⚾ White sox a red sox11:10 am on the MLB network
⚾ Paders to Tigers18:40 to FS1
🏒 Canadiens in CapitalAt 19 hours in Espn
🏀 Pistons in Knicks (Knicks Lead 1-0)19:30 to TNT/TRUTV
🏒 Blues to jets (Jets Lead 1-0)19:30 in Espn2
🏒 Avalanche at Stars (Avalanche Lead 1-0)21:30 in Espn
⚾ Brewers to giants21:45 on the MLB network
🏀 Clippers in Nuggets (Nuggets Lead 1-0)At 10pm in TNT/TRUTV
🏒 Oilers to KingsAt 10pm in ESPN2