Lakers Go Up 2-0 Against The Rockets

Lakers person a caller Big Three

From Broderick Turner: Do the Lakers person a caller Big Three?

LeBron James, Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard are putting successful their bid to make it so.

They mixed for 76 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists to lead nan Lakers to a 101-94 win complete the Houston Rockets successful Game 2 of nan Western Conference playoffs.

James had different adjacent triple-double pinch 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists to thief nan Lakers return a commanding 2-0 lead successful nan best-of-seven series. His two-handed dunk pinch 55.3 seconds near made judge nan Lakers didn’t rustle a 15-point lead they built successful nan first half.

Smart had 25 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds while his defense was outstanding erstwhile again.

Kennard had 23 points, six rebounds and 2 assists. His 2 free throws pinch 14.3 seconds near capped nan scoring.

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This play was his ‘last chance.’ Can Lakers’ Deandre Ayton present successful nan playoffs?

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NBA playoffs schedule

Lakers playoff schedule

First round

All times Pacific

at Lakers 107, Houston 98 (box score)
at Lakers 101, Houston 94 (box score)
Friday: Lakers astatine Houston, 5:30 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday: Lakers astatine Houston, 6:30 p.m., NBC
*Wed., April 29: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD
*Friday, May 1: Lakers astatine Houston, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD

*-if necessary

Kings excavation a 2-0 bid hole

From Kevin Baxter: The Kings haven’t won an NHL playoff bid since nan past clip they won nan Stanley Cup, which is to opportunity it’s been a while.

They’re halfway to different early exit aft a 2-1 overtime loss to nan Colorado Avalanche connected Tuesday, a consequence that gave nan Avalanche a 2-0 lead successful the best-of-seven series. The winning extremity came from Nicolas Roy 7:44 successful nan other period.

The Kings’ lone extremity came from Artemi Panarin while skipper Gabriel Landeskog had nan different Colorado goal.

“We did play really well,” interim coach D.J. Smith said. “We’ve sewage to find a measurement to triumph a game. Clearly, bully isn’t enough. We’ve sewage to triumph a crippled and support taking a portion of them and support playing beingness and springiness ourselves a chance to support lengthening nan series.”

Panarin gave nan Kings a 1-0 lead connected a wrister from nan wrong separator of nan correct circle pinch little than 7 minutes near successful regulation. It was his 2nd power-play extremity of nan bid and it came connected nan Kings’ 5th powerfulness play of nan night.

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Kings summary

NHL playoffs schedule

Kings playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (summary)
at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (OT) (summary)
Thursday: Colorado astatine Kings, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max
Sunday: Colorado astatine Kings, 1:30 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max
*Wed., April 29: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD
*Friday, May 1: Colorado astatine Kings, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD

*- If necessary

Ducks playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Edmonton 4, Ducks 3 (summary)
Wednesday: Ducks astatine Edmonton, 7 p.m., TBS, HBO Max
Friday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max)
Sunday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 6:30 p.m., ESPN
*Tuesday: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD
*Thursday, April 30: Edmonton astatine Ducks, TBD
*Saturday, May 2: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD

*-if necessary

Dodgers bats are silent successful nonaccomplishment to Giants

From Bill Shaikin: Four games ago, the Dodgers were connected a gait to triumph 128 games. They would triumph nan National League West by, what, 20 aliases 30 games?

Today, for nan first clip this season, nan Dodgers do not ain sole possession of first spot successful nan NL West.

They are tied for first pinch their rivals: nan San Diego Padres.

“I don’t deliberation anyone is excessively concerned astir nan Padres and what they are doing,” Dodgers head Dave Roberts said.

Because nan play is not moreover 4 weeks old, aliases because he is convinced nan Dodgers person nan amended team?

“I conscionable don’t deliberation we really interest ourselves pinch anyone, to beryllium rather honest,” Roberts said. “I deliberation that’s nan measurement we should deliberation of things. It’s nary disrespect to immoderate team. We’ve sewage to support our closet cleanable and play bully baseball, and it’ll return attraction of itself.”

On a acold and intermittently rainy nighttime successful San Francisco, nan Dodgers’ bats were cold, and astir productive erstwhile not used. In a 3-1 loss to nan Giants, nan Dodgers scored their only tally by bunching 4 walks successful 1 hitless inning.

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Who’s nan Dodgers closer? Tanner Scott ... maybe

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MLB standings

Angels suffer 4th successful a row

Lenyn Sosa had a pinch-hit, two-run double during a three-run eighth inning, reliever Louis Varland bailed retired struggling person Jeff Hoffman by inducing a game-ending double-play grounder, and nan Toronto Blue Jays held connected for a 4-2 win complete the Angels connected Tuesday night.

Hoffman struck retired Zach Neto to unfastened nan ninth, but Mike Trout singled and Jo Adell and Jorge Soler were deed by pitches to load nan bases. Pinch-hitter Yoán Moncada’s RBI azygous made it 4-2.

Toronto head John Schneider pulled Hoffman successful favour of Varland, who needed only 1 transportation to get Nolan Schanuel to crushed into a 4-6-3 double play, which was upheld aft a lengthy review. Shortstop Andres Gimenez’s relay propulsion hit Schanuel, who slid head-first.

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MLB standings

Rams opportunity Puka Nacua is doing well

From Gary Klein: Star receiver Puka Nacua will afloat participate successful voluntary offseason workouts, nan Rams are getting person to different statement accommodation pinch backmost Matthew Stafford, and coach Sean McVay and wide head Les Snead dream backup backmost Jimmy Garoppolo decides to put disconnected status and return for a 3rd play and imaginable Super Bowl run.

McVay and Snead addressed those topics and nan NFL draught connected Tuesday during a videoconference pinch reporters.

Nacua led nan NFL successful receptions past play but besides was progressive successful a string of off-the-field incidents nan past fewer months, including an alleged biting incident that led to a civilian lawsuit. Those situations put nan brakes connected immoderate contiguous chat betwixt nan Rams and Nacua astir a massive hold for nan fourth-year pro.

In March, Nacua began a rehabilitation program successful Malibu, but he was present for nan first time of workouts connected Monday.

Nacua, 24, “looks great” and is “doing really well,” McVay said. McVay declined to item discussions he’s had pinch nan All-Pro, who was a finalist for NFL violative subordinate of nan year.

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More World Cup tickets for sale

From Kevin Baxter: Amid reports of lagging income for this summer’s World Cup, which kicks disconnected successful little than 60 days, FIFA announced Tuesday that a caller summons inventory for each 104 matches will beryllium disposable for acquisition opening Wednesday astatine 8 a.m. PDT astatine FIFA.com/tickets.

Tickets will beryllium disposable crossed categories 1 done 3 successful summation to nan front-row spot categories, depending connected nan match. Tickets successful this shape will stay connected waste done nan extremity of nan tournament. Additional tickets will besides beryllium released to nan nationalist connected an ongoing ground done nan World Cup last successful East Rutherford, N.J., connected July 19.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said much than 5 cardinal tickets person already been sold for what will beryllium nan largest World Cup successful history, which would break nan tourney attendance grounds of 3.5 cardinal group successful 1994, nan only different clip nan games were played successful nan U.S.

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Cobi Jones statue to beryllium unveiled Sunday

From Kevin Baxter: On nan shot pitch, Cobi Jones was defined by blinding speed, a tireless activity complaint and an exceptional shot IQ. But that’s not what stood retired astir erstwhile you watched him play.

It was nan shoulder-length dreadlocks that made him instantly recognizable whether he was playing for the Galaxy aliases nan nationalist team.

So those became nan astir important — and much difficult — things to replicate successful nan nine-foot-tall bronze sculpture of Jones that nan Galaxy will unveil Sunday earlier nan team’s MLS matinee pinch Real Salt Lake.

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This time successful sports history

1945 — The Toronto Maple Leafs separator nan Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to triumph nan Stanley Cup successful 7 games.

1947 — The Philadelphia Warriors, down Joe Fulks’ 34 points, hit nan Chicago Staggs 83-80 successful Game 5 to triumph nan first Basketball Assn. of America title.

1954 — NBA adopts 24-second changeable timepiece and six team-foul rule.

1962 — The Toronto Maple Leafs seizure nan Stanley Cup successful six games pinch a 2-1 triumph complete nan Chicago Blackhawks.

1969 — Joe Frazier knocked retired Dave Zyglewicz successful 96 seconds to clasp nan heavyweight boxing title. Zyglewicz, 28-1 against journeymen, was fighting arsenic nan hometown leader astatine nan Sam Houston Coliseum successful Houston.

1987 — The NBA grants description franchises to Charlotte, Miami, Minnesota and Orlando. Charlotte and Miami subordinate nan convention successful nan 1988-89 season, while Minnesota and Orlando subordinate successful 1989-90.

1988 — New Jersey’s Patrik Sundstrom sets an NHL playoff grounds scoring 8 points — 3 goals and 5 assists — successful a 10-4 rout of Washington successful nan Stanley Cup quarterfinals.

1990 — NFL Draft: University of Illinois backmost Jeff George first prime by Indianapolis Colts.

1993 — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 triumph complete nan New Jersey Devils extends their NHL playoff grounds to 14 consecutive wins.

1994 — Shannon Miller wins nan women’s all-around title for nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth astatine nan World Gymnastics Championships successful Brisbane, Australia.

1994 — American fig skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500.

1994 — Michael Moorer outpoints Evander Holyfield to triumph nan IBF and WBA titles and go nan first left-handed heavyweight champion.

1995 — George Foreman thumps Axel Schulz successful 12 for heavyweight boxing title successful Las Vegas.

1995 — NFL Draft: Penn State moving backmost Ki-Jana Carter first prime by Cincinnati Bengals.

2003 — Minnesota and Vancouver go nan first teams since 2000 to travel backmost from 3-1 bid deficits and win. The Wild return Game 7 successful Colorado connected Andrew Brunette’s overtime extremity for a 3-2 win. The Canucks oust St. Louis pinch a 4-1 win.

2003 — Patrick Roy plays his last profession NHL game.

2006 — New Jersey scores a playoff-record 5 power-play goals successful its 6-1 triumph complete New York.

2006 — In Berlin, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko stops Chris Byrd successful nan seventh information of a one-sided conflict to summation nan IBF heavyweight title.

2010 — NFL Draft: Oklahoma backmost Sam Bradford first prime by St. Louis Rams.

2013 — Manchester United conclusion Aston Villa to declare nan 2012/2013 English Premier League.

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This time successful shot history

1876 — In nan first National League game, Joseph Borden of Boston hit nan hometown Philadelphia squad 6-5.

1898 — Theodore Breitenstein of nan Cincinnati Reds and James Hughes of Baltimore each sounded no-hit shot games. Breitenstein no-hit nan Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 and Hughes no-hit nan Boston Braves 8-0.

1903 — The New York Highlanders mislaid their first crippled astatine Washington 3-1 earlier 11,950 fans.

1914 — At property 19, Babe Ruth plays his first pro crippled arsenic a pitcher, arsenic he throws a six-hit, 6 - 0 shutout for nan Baltimore Orioles complete nan Buffalo Bisons.

1934 — Chicago’s Lon Warneke sounded his 2nd consecutive one-hitter, beating St. Louis and Dizzy Dean 15-2.

1957 — John Kennedy becomes nan first Black subordinate connected nan Philadelphia Phillies, making them nan past National League squad to integrate.

1959 — The Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs pinch only 1 deed successful nan seventh inning of a 20-6 rout of nan Kansas City A’s. Johnny Callison had nan deed — a single. In nan inning, Chicago was nan recipient of 10 walks — 5 pinch nan bases loaded — 3 Kansas City errors and 1 deed batsman.

1962 — The Pittsburgh Pirates hit nan New York Mets 4-3 successful a crippled successful which 2 NL records were tied. Bill Mazeroski tripled successful a tally successful nan eighth to springiness nan Pirates a 10-0 record, which matched nan grounds for astir consecutive wins since nan commencement of nan play group by nan 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. The Mets mislaid their ninth consecutive to lucifer nan people group by Brooklyn successful 1918 and tied by nan Boston Braves successful 1920.

1970 — Tom Seaver of nan Mets struck retired nan past 10 Padres he faced for a 2-1 triumph complete San Diego. He gave up 2 hits and vanished pinch a full of 19 strikeouts, tying Steve Carlton’s awesome convention record.

1976 — Montreal’s Tim Foli deed for nan rhythm successful a 12-6 triumph complete nan Chicago Cubs.

1978 — Andre Thornton of nan Cleveland Indians deed for nan rhythm successful a 13-4 triumph against nan Boston Red Sox.

1980 — Ivan DeJesus of nan Chicago Cubs deed for nan rhythm successful 16-12 triumph against nan St. Louis Cardinals.

1981 — Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela pitches his 3rd shutout successful 4 starts, strikes retired 11, and has nan game’s only RBI pinch a azygous successful a 1-0 triumph against nan Houston Astros.

1982 — The Atlanta Braves’ awesome convention grounds for nan fastest commencement was stopped astatine 13 consecutive victories erstwhile they mislaid 2-1 to nan Cincinnati Reds.

1991 — San Francisco’s Robby Thompson deed for nan rhythm successful a 7-5 nonaccomplishment to nan San Diego Padres.

1993 — Chris Bosio sounded a no-hitter to springiness nan Seattle Mariners a 7-0 triumph complete nan Boston Red Sox.

2007 — The Boston Red Sox deed 4 consecutive location runs against nan New York Yankees, tying a awesome convention record. Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek connected successful a span of 10 pitches during nan 3rd inning against Chase Wright, who was making his 2nd awesome convention commencement for New York. Boston won 7-6.

2008 — Atlanta’s John Smoltz became nan 16th pitcher successful awesome convention history to scope nan 3,000-strikeout plateau successful nan Braves’ 6-0 nonaccomplishment to nan Washington Nationals.

2014 — Albert Pujols became nan first awesome leaguer to deed his 499th and 500th homers successful nan aforesaid game, driving successful 5 runs to thief nan Angels hit nan Washington Nationals 7-2.

2020 — The Commissioner issues his findings successful his investigation into allegations of sign-stealing by nan 2018 Boston Red Sox, successful nan aftermath of a akin investigation into nan illicit doings of nan 2017 Houston Astros. While nan investigation reveals that nan Red Sox’s strategy was much constricted successful scope than nan Astros’, it was still illegal, and nan personification responsible for nan team’s video room is issued a one-year suspension, while nan squad must forfeit its second-round action successful nan 2020 amateur draft.

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