Mavericks Win Against Thunder, NBA Playoff Updates

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00:03 The NBA last night, another upset in the Mavericks Thunder Series.

00:06 As this game goes back and forth and the series goes back and forth.

00:10 This time it's Dallas going on the road and beating the Oklahoma City Thunder.

00:14 Final 104 to 92 last night.

00:16 Triple double for Luka Doncic, 31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

00:23 Of course, the total last night was 213, so this goes under the total.

00:27 The Mavericks win outright, so they naturally cover the spread and

00:31 get the money line for you as well.

00:33 A back and forth series it has been with Dallas having an opportunity to close out

00:38 the series in the next game, but it was the block as you can see of Luka in

00:42 the 30 point triple double was huge against Shea Gildress Alexander.

00:47 And everyone talking about that on social media today,

00:49 Luka talked about the block last night.

00:52 >> You obviously, 30 point triple double shot the ball well, but

00:55 how satisfying was it for you to seal this with that block and transition?

01:00 >> A bit, next year, all NBA defensive team.

01:04 >> [LAUGH] >> No,

01:07 we just see was the ball escaped a little bit for him.

01:13 So that's why I got the block.

01:14 >> [LAUGH] >> So we do it so anyway, but.

01:19 >> In terms of you stepping up in a game five when the series is tied two to two,

01:23 maybe there's some extra.

01:25 >> Yeah, I mean the whole team stepped up.

01:27 I couldn't do it without my teammates.

01:29 Everybody that came on the floor gave 100% energy and we play as a team.

01:35 We win as a team, we lose as a team.

01:36 And this team is special, man.

01:39 We've only been together for what, five months?

01:42 And I'll be having a lot of fun with this team.

01:45 >> Mavericks can close it out this weekend.

01:48 Did Luka say all defensive team next season?

01:50 I think he was joking.

01:52 All right, the Cleveland Cavaliers have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs.

01:55 It was a pretty simple series for the Boston Celtics.

01:59 They lost one game, which was a surprise, but without Donovan Mitchell,

02:02 essentially the Cavs had no shot.

02:04 113 to 98 last night, the Celtics did barely cover the spread.

02:09 I know in some books it went up to 16, but most had 13 and a half, 14.

02:15 Maybe some pushes at 15 as well.

02:17 4-1 was the series final Celtics win as they move on to the Eastern Conference.

02:21 We'll await the winner of Indiana and New York, Jason Tatum.

02:24 Last night, 25 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists.

02:26 But the story last night, honestly, was the ageless wonder.

02:29 Another big performance in the playoffs from the big man, Al Horford.

02:33 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.

02:37 Jason Tatum, one of the stars of the Celtics,

02:39 talked about just how big it was to get that performance from Horford.

02:43 >> Yeah, I think the one play in particular when he saved the ball out of bounds

02:48 in the last two minutes of the second quarter, it just gave us that extra

02:52 possession and pumped the crowd up, pumped our team up.

02:56 Those plays, that was so meaningful.

03:01 And just how he played in the second half on the defensive end,

03:05 he knocked down big shots time and time again.

03:08 So his performance, his energy,

03:12 his leadership tonight was crucial.

03:17 >> Jason, what impressed you most about what you're able to do in this series?

03:21 And what do you think will help you moving forward in the Eastern Conference

03:25 finals in terms of lessons learned, things you're able to accomplish?

03:28 >> One, how we responded after game two, going on the road in a pretty

03:35 good environment in Cleveland and winning two big road games.

03:38 And then coming back here tonight, and

03:44 they battled, Cleveland battled, give them a lot of credit.

03:47 They didn't wanna go home, they competed, they made it tough on us,

03:50 and we made enough plays to win the game.

03:54 >> And indeed, you would add right now at this point, the Boston Celtics are

04:01 on course right now to potentially play in the finals in the NBA, but

04:06 still will have to get past, of course, as you see there,

04:08 the winner of the Nixon Indiana Pacers.

04:11 By the way, they'll play that game tomorrow night.

04:14 Well, no more games to play right now for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

04:17 There's a report on ESPN, which is kind of surprising to be honest with you this

04:20 morning, that JB Bickerstaff may be removed as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

04:25 I mean, I don't know, Cavs had a really good regular season.

04:27 They ended up beating the Magic.

04:29 And yeah, fell short against arguably the best team in the NBA, but

04:33 I don't know what the Cavs' plan would be if Bickerstaff would be removed.

04:35 We'll see.

04:36 Meanwhile, Vince Carter is gonna have his number 15 jersey retired by the Nets.

04:40 He played four and a half seasons with them.

04:42 He's the only player in NBA history to play four decades, by the way.

04:45 NBA Rookie of the Year in '99 with Toronto.

04:48 Went to New Jersey in December of '04, played with the Nets '08, '09.

04:52 His last season was with the Atlanta Hawks.

04:54 He'll have his jersey retired, and

04:56 he'll become the seventh Nets player to have that done.

04:59 Meanwhile, Kaitlin Clark, her debut was the most watched WNBA game since,

05:04 get this, 2001.

05:06 Indiana Fever drew 2.1 million viewers across all platforms on Tuesday night.

05:12 Most watched WNBA game on ESPN.

05:15 2.3 was the peak as far as most people watching at one time.

05:18 And just a huge amount of fans watching women's sports right now.

05:23 It's just so great to see, although that picture stinks.

05:26 [LAUGH] You're on the ground like that.

05:28 Let's get that off the screen.

05:29 Fever will take on the Liberty tonight.

05:31 You can watch the game at 7 o'clock Eastern on Prime Video.

05:35 That's your next opportunity there to watch Kaitlin Clark.

05:37 In Major League Baseball,

05:38 Ronel Blanco got a ten game suspension for having a foreign substance in his glove.

05:43 He pitches on the Houston Astros.

05:44 He threw a no hitter earlier in the season.

05:47 We'll see what this means for his future.

05:49 Meanwhile, Max Scherzer not getting back to Texas anytime soon.

05:52 60 day injured list, right triceps issue, nerve issue.

05:57 Just wanna get him back for the second half of the season.

05:59 Naturally, the Rangers won the World Series last year.

06:02 And gonna need Scherzer, and my guess is Jacob deGrom will come back at some point

06:06 too to bolster that rotation in the second half of the year.

06:10 Meanwhile, the team that was the worst team in Major League Baseball for

06:13 a period of time, the Colorado Rockies, they won seven games in a row.

06:17 How about that?

06:17 They shut out the Padres and swept them.

06:19 Eight to nothing the final there.

06:21 And by the way, Yankees play the Twins again today.

06:23 Yankees won yesterday four nothing.

06:25 Won ten Eastern start Clark Schmidt, Joe Ryan.

06:27 Not a lot of afternoon baseball here on this Thursday.

06:30 Last night in hockey, the Colorado Avalanche stay alive.

06:33 They forced game six, and Dallas leads the series three games to two.

06:37 The final went over the total of six and a half yesterday, five to three.

06:41 The final there.

06:42 Meanwhile, some golf news.

06:43 How about this? A former warehouse assistant for

06:45 the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has pleaded guilty.

06:48 He's transported millions of dollars worth of stolen Masters Tournament memorabilia

06:52 and historic items, including Arnold Palmer, one of his green jackets, yikes.

06:56 His name is Richard Glabensky in Georgia.

06:58 He entered a plea in federal court in Chicago charged with one count of

07:02 transporting goods knowing they had been stolen.

07:04 He's got to write a cashier's check of $1.5 million to at least pay some of this back.

07:09 The NFL schedule was released yesterday.

07:11 The social media teams around the country doing a great job revealing the schedule.

07:16 Opening night, we know, it's Ravens Chiefs on September the 5th for

07:19 a Sunday night game.

07:21 Is the Rams and the Lions, the Jared Golf Bowl, I guess.

07:25 Also 49ers Packers in November and 49ers Lions is the final Monday night

07:30 football game of the season on December the 30th, we mentioned yesterday.

07:33 Netflix is going to host two games on Christmas Day.

07:37 Also Cam Hayward of the Pittsburgh Steelers not participating in workouts right now.

07:44 He's seeking to become a potential free agent or even get a new contract.

07:48 He's never missed an off season program.

07:50 35 years old, one of the best players on the defensive side of the National Football League.

07:55 He signed a four year $65 million contract in 2020.

07:59 He's looking for a new deal.

08:00 We'll see if he ends up getting it.

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