Warriors, Nuggets Advance; Set of the second round of the NHL; Sovereignty prevails in Kentucky Derby

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🏀 Hello everyone but above all …

The Golden State Warriors …

Winning by yourself is fun. Winning with your boyfriend is better. Boyfriend exploded for 33 points, including a record for match 7, nine 3 points, and Stephen Curry came to live in the second period as the Warriors jumped in front of the Rocket 103-89.

• Houston was less than eight – 82-74 – with less than four minutes before Golden State snatched a 12-0 race in 79 seconds. It included a block of breakthroughs (!), Two horrible Houston reversal figures, six consecutive points of Jimmy Butlerand 3S of Curry and Hield.
• The nine 3 of Hield were three more than the rockets made as a team. Overall, the Warriors have ahead of the Rockets 54-18 of 3. Golden State also had only seven reversals, a crucial category against Houston's excellent defense.
• Curry scored 19 of his 22 points in the second period and 14 in the fourth quarter.

Hield has only scored four points in match 5 and zero in match 6, the two losses of Golden State. When Curry had trouble and Golden State could find little offensive rhythm, Hield came to the rescue, the unexpected hero in a series full of twists and turnsWrites Brad Botkin.

Can Golden State challenge for a title? With Timberwolves Then Sam Quinn Take a look at the prospects of the warriors.

• Quinn: “The more you go deep, the more the puzzle pieces start to adapt here. Warriors are the old team here. They just played seven exhausting games against the RocketAnd now must turn around and start the Minnesota Tuesday series. They will not have an additional day of leave before the two-day break between matches 5 and 6. Can they manage the physical requirements that accompany playing so late in the playoffs? “”

Elsewhere on Sunday, the Pacers upset Riders 121-112 in match 1 of their second round series. Indiana has obtained a two -digit score of six different players, including 23 of Andrew Nembhard and 22 (and 13 assists) of Tyrese Haliburton. Indiana fired 53% (19 for 36) out of 3; Cleveland was 24% (9 for 38). It's a league to do or miss, friends!

… and Denver's Nuggets

THE Nuggets were in disarray less than a month ago, their head coach and GM pulled in the middle of a section of Pré-Playoff Dulne.

It was perhaps the shock they needed. The Nuggets blowed the Mower 120-101 in match 7. Six players scored more than 15 points, the first time it happened in a 7-history in NBA.

One of these six was Russell WestbrookThe Mercurial Energizer rabbit. As evidenced by his match 7 of 16 points, five points and five, five and five points, match 7, Westbrook has found the perfect house for its post-perfective daysWrites Sam.

• Westbrook: “If the adjustments he made were due to the Nikola JokićThe pressure accumulated after years of disappointment elsewhere, or simply good old -fashioned growth, Westbrook has made the subtle adjustments necessary to prosper as a role player. … Finally, he started to become the out -of -ball player that his teams needed him. “”

Here is the updated NBA qualifier / calendar calendar.

😃 Honorable mentions

🏀 And not so good morning for …

Houston's Rockets …

Listen, at some point, you just have to admit that another team has you – until they don't do it. The Warriors now have 5-0 in the playoffs against Rockets, eliminating Houston in 2025, 2019, 2018, 2016 and 2015. In the last three, Golden State eliminated Houston in Houston.

On the right side, the rockets are on track. Amen Thompson is great. Green Jalen And Alperen Sengun are special talents, even if their presentations in basketball in the playoffs had bumps.

There are potentially available superstars this offseason, and the Rockets will be strongly linked to them given their richness of young talents and recovery capital. But Sam says They shouldn't force anything.

• Quinn: “They don Even Know for sure what they really have Here Yet. Thompson was a reserve on Opening night. He Ended the Season As a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and a Budding Star. Singun just made his First All-Star Team … There is no guarani that of these PICKS YIELDS SOMEONE LIKE Kevin during Or Giannis antetokounmpo … But so if they don't? What damage has another data of data? These assets are not going. There will always be unhappy stars. “”

… and the clippers

In 2006, the late Dennis Green released his emblematic “They are who we thought they were!” diatribe. Almost two decades later, the mowers, unfortunately, unfortunately remain who we thought.

They could have been a competitor of Dark Horse, Kawhi Leonard Finally in good health, James Harden Invigorated, Ivica Zubac Among the most improved players in the League. They have won 15 of their last 17 games entering the playoffs.

But they have always been who we thought. Harden His last act of disappearance of Big GameMaked seven points on eight shots in match 7. Warned 72-40 in the second and third quarter. This is the third consecutive outing of the first round of the.

It is who we thought we were.

Who will they be next? Large questions remain For an aging and lower nucleus, writes Sam.

• Quinn: “There will be a reactionary part of the fans base that wants to disassemble. It is simply not possible. … What if hardened decreases at 36 years? What if Leonard's new health is a mirage? It is complicated things. The mower has a depth. They have the basic roles that this version of their team would need.

😔 Not so honorable mentions

🏒 NHL playoffs

The first round of the Stanley 2025 cup playoffs is over, and it ended with a blow. Adam Lowry scored the winning goal with less than four minutes to do in double overtime to raise the Plane to one 4-3 victory on Blues. At 96 minutes and eight seconds, it was the third match 7 in the NHL history

The game even exceeding 60 minutes required a return which will not be forgotten in Winnipeg, St. Louis or through the NHL will not soon be forgotten.

• Winnipeg dragged 3-1 at the end of the third period before scoring two empty clear goals: Vladislav Nametnikov With 1:56 on the left and Cole Perfetti With three seconds on the left.
• Perfetti's Tally is the second goal of the match match in the history of the Stanley Cup qualifiers and the last goal of the match in a match 7.

The jets will face the Stars – Who had their own incredible return – Then. Ancient Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen I took revenge for his former club, scoring three goals in the third period to feed Dallas after the Colorado 4-2 during their confrontation of match 7 on Saturday.

Here is the whole calendar of the second round.

🏇 Sovereignty wins Kentucky Derby

It was rainy and muddy, but these roses are still so beautiful: Sovereignty duration favorite Journalism With a solid finishing kick to win the Kentucky Derby 151st.

The plans of sovereignty for the preakness – the second stage of the three triple crown – are TBD races.

⚾ MLB power classification, weekend rounom: dodgers n ° 1

Supported by a sequence of seven consecutive victories which ended on Sunday, the Riders are back at the top of Matt Snyder MLB power classification. Here are the first five:

1. Dodgers (previous: 3)
2. Padres (7)
3. Cubs (2)
4. Tigers (4)
5. Mariners (8)

We did not even reach a quarter of the path throughout the season. But several teams have already overcome slow departures, and there is a lot of time for more teams to join this group, writes Matt.

Here is more news:

📺 What we look at Monday

🏀 Knicks at the Celtic game 17 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV
⚾ Padres to the Yankees or the Reds in the Braves7:05 p.m. on the MLB network
🏒 Panthers to Maple Leafs Game 18 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Thunder Game 1 nuggets9:30 p.m. on TNT / TRUTV