Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Pitchers with the most saves for the Toronto Blue Jays:
217— Tom Henke
121— Duane Ward
105— Jordan Romano
104— Roberto Osuna
100— Billy Koch
90— Casey Janssen
Quote of the Day
“Why would you want to dance with somebody who doesn’t want to dance with you?”
Adam Sandler, in
The Wedding Singer
Tuesday’s quiz
Which well-known actor played:
— Bradley Cooper’s brother in
A Star is Born
— U of Wisconsin football coach in
Draft Day
Monday’s quiz
In the movie
A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga got married in Memphis.
Sunday’s quiz
Mark Jackson was coach of the Golden State Warriors, before Steve Kerr.
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— Knicks 108, Celtics 105 OT
Boston led 75-55 midway thru the third quarter.
Celtics were 15-60 on the arc;
they missed 45 3-point shots!!!!
Knicks were 17-37 on the arc.
Knicks were +13 in the 21:00 that Mitchell Robinson played.
Celtics took 20 shots in third quarter; 19 of them were 3’s. Yikes.
— Nuggets 121, Thunder 119
OKC led by 11 points with 4:31 left in the game.
Aaron Gordon hit a 3-pointer with 0:02.8 left for the win.
Nikola Jokic had 42 points, 22 rebounds, six assists.
Denver outscored the Thunder 71-59 in the second half.
— Since 1970, there have been 20 NBA playoff series where one team won the previous series in seven games, while the other team swept their series. The team that swept the previous series won the next series 17 of 20 times.
Denver-Oklahoma City is the 21st series like that, since 1970. Nuggets won their last series in seven games, Thunder swept their last series.
— Utah Jazz/coach Will Hardy agreed to a contract extension, thru the 2031 season. Jazz are 85-161 in 37-year old Hardy’s three seasons, going 17-65 this year.
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Famous birthdays, May 6th:
Bob Seger, 80
Tom Bergeron, 70
George Clooney, 64
Jason Witten, 43
Dustin Colquitt, 43
Chris Paul, 40
Goran Dragić, 39
Jose Altuve, 35
Jonas Valančiūnas, 33
Mitch Spence, 27
— In the NHL, Dallas Stars coach Peter DeBoer has a career record of 9-0 in Game 7’s of a playoff series, which is really impressive.
— Edmonton Oilers left wing Jeff Skinner has played in the NHL for 15 years; before this year, he had never played in a playoff game, not one. 1,078 regular season games before he got his first playoff action.
— In the NFL, Baltimore Ravens released long-time kicker Justin Tucker, one of the best kickers ever, after 13 years with the team. Ravens won the Super Bowl in his rookie year, but recently he has come under fire for some off-field antics- he got released this week.
— If you’re on Twitter, go to @thehoopherald
There is a video on there of Steph Curry making 105 straight 3-point shots from the right corner, after a practice. He is the greatest shooter of all-time.
— Cardinals’ P Erick Fedde and Phillies’ 1B Bryce Harper were teammates at Las Vegas HS back in the day; they must’ve had a good team.
— Forget to mention this the other night, but Saturday in Chicago, Astros’ OF Jake Meyers went 4-for-4, with two homers, a double, triple and 7 RBI, the first player to do that since Ralph Kiner in 1950. Meyers batted 9th in that game- before Saturday, he had six RBI all season.
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Movie of the Day:
Fast Break (1979)- Guy who loves basketball and runs a deli in New York City quits his job to become a small college basketball coach in Nevada. He recruits five players to come with him, but he has to beat national power Nevada State to get hired full-time by the school.
Gabe Kaplan is great as the coach; two of his players were played by Bernard King, who was a great NBA player, and Michael Warren, who played at UCLA.
Former UCLA coach Jim Harrick was a technical advisor for this movie, and has a non-speaking role in it, as an assistant coach for Nevada State.
— Braves 4, Reds 0
AJ Smith-Shawver didn’t allow a hit until the 8th inning.
Reds scored 42 runs in Brady Singer’s first five starts; they got shut out in his last two.
— Royals 3, White Sox 0
Cole Ragans struck out 11 guys in five shutout IP.
Kansas City has won 11 of its last 13 games.
— Padres 4, New York 3
San Diego scored four runs in 8th inning for the comeback win.
Machado/Bogaerts each had a 2-run hit in the decisive rally.
— Cubs 9, Giants 2
Giants made four errors, allowed six unearned runs.
Dansby Swanson is 12-26 during his 7-game hitting streak.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Giants, Phillies
AL: New York, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, A’s, Royals