Alright, let’s get into the big games and sporting news from this past weekend, along with a few previews for this week.
The Boston Bruins kind of failed.
The Florida Panthers just eliminated the Boston Bruins in overtime in Game 7 of the first round of the NHL playoffs. That really sucks.
The Bruins were won of the most dominant teams in NHL history. There is a trend of having the “best team ever” lose in the first round, as Tampa Bay got swept a few years ago. Regardless, it is a tough look, and the season kind of has to be considered a failure.
The Miami Heat knocked off the Bucks.
Giannis says it’s not a failure. I agree that it is not his failure. The man was out for a chunk of the series, and his teammates simply did not pick up the slack. It didn’t help that Jimmy Butler played out of his mind. The Heat are moving on to face the Knicks in the second round.
The Warriors committed regicide.
Stephen Curry killed the Kings. Plain and simple. His teammates made 23 shots, and the Warriors won by 20. Steph scored 50 points, including seven threes. Defense was incredible, but without Mr. Curry, this Game 7 goes the other way. The Warriors are taking on the Lakers in the next round, which we’ll preview later.
Mexic-Over
The San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres had an absolute classic in Mexico City on Saturday. The over was 15.5, which is already an insane total for a baseball game. The Padres hit that on their own. The final score was 16-11 with 11 bombs from both teams, resulting in the Sunday game having one of the highest over/unders in MLB history, closing at 19.5 but getting up to 21.5 at one point in the day. Easiest under in the world, but wouldn’t it have been fun if it hit?
Week-Ahead Preview
The Warriors-Lakers second round matchup is something that Adam Silver would have rigged if he thought about it. Steph vs. LeBron in a relatively wide-open Western Conference is just awesome. The legends of our time. I’ve already bet that it will go to Game 7, strictly manifesting a classic series.
I’m weirdly pumped for the Seattle Kraken and Dallas Stars series in the NHL second round. They both just play so hard, and it is incredible to me that one of these teams could play for the Stanley Cup in a couple of weeks. I want them to both wear their home jerseys so we can get an all-time weird color combination. Also, Jason Robertson is a dawg.
76ers-Celtics has the makings of an all-time series. It honestly sucks that this isn’t the Eastern Conference Finals. Obviously, the 76ers win it because they have to fulfill their Philly destiny and lose the championship, but it’s gonna be tough with Embiid out tonight and questionable for the rest of the series.
Check back in on Thursday for a new take and some weekend picks!
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