De’Aaron Fox, who led the NBA in clutch scoring with 194 points, earned the inaugural Jerry West Clutch Player of the Year Award on Tuesday night.
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The tweet from the NBA communications handle hit just before midnight.
Draymond Green suspended.
I had to check twice to make sure it wasn’t a fake account.
Suspended? Green’s actions late in Game 2 of Sacramento’s win over Golden State was the talk of radio, TV and podcasts on Tuesday. His response to his ankle being wrapped up by Kings center Domantas Sabonis—a stomp to Sabonis’s midsection followed by a Super Mario-like leap off his stomach—earned him an ejection. Even that was questionable. A suspension is worse.
NHL fans witnessed an alarming incident during Game 1 of the first-round Western conference playoff showdown between No. 8 Winnipeg and No. 1 Vegas.
Jets forward Morgan Barron was inadvertently cut across his forehead after landing on the skate blade of Vegas goalkeeper Laurent Brossoit. Following an intense scramble in front of the Golden Knights goal, Barron was hit from behind and fell to the ice just as Brossoit’s skate was coming up.
In a sign of immense toughness, the rugged winger left the game only briefly returning prior to the end of the second period.
The Hawks fell into a 2–0 series hole against the Celtics on Tuesday, with Boston cruising to a 119–106 victory. After the game, star guard Trae Young made sure he didn’t take a financial hit to make matters worse.
Young, who finished the game with 24 points and six assists, was asked during his postgame media session whether or not he thought the officiating was fair. Now a five-year veteran, he didn’t take the bait.
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“You trying to get me fined?” Young quipped. “No, it was good officiating.
In the middle of the second quarter of Tuesday’s Game 2 between the Knicks and Cavaliers, TV cameras panned to New York’s Quentin Grimes, who was having the bloody insides of his mouth cleaned up by a team trainer.
The snapshot was a manhandling microcosm for the bullying nature of Cleveland’s defense, which held the Knicks to just 17 points in the period and 39 in the first half. Before halftime alone, the Cavs forced 14 turnovers—more than New York coughed up per game during the regular season—lifting them to a dominant 107–90 victory to even the series at one win each.
Devin Booker took it to another level, Kevin Durant was solid as always and Chris Paul helped close it out down the stretch for Phoenix in Game 2.
Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended without pay by the NBA Tuesday night for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Kings following his flagrant-2 foul against Kings center Domantas Sabonis during Game 2.
With 7:03 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 2 against Sacramento on Monday, Green was ejected for stomping on Sabonis’s chest after the Kings forward fell to the ground in the paint, where he wrapped his arms around Green’s ankle.
The NBA is penalizing Warriors forward Draymond Green after deliberately stomping on Sacramento Kings player Domantas Sabonis during Monday night’s Western Conference playoff game between Golden State and Sacramento.
Draymond has been suspended one game, per NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars. Green will be forced to sit out Wednesday night’s Game 3 against the Kings.
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On Tuesday night, veteran play-by-play announcer Dave O’Brien served up one of the funniest walk-off calls MLB fans will hear all year.
On the NESN telecast, O’Brien assumed Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo’s flyball down the right field line in the bottom of the 10th was going to go in the stands in foul territory. However, the ball hit the wall on the edge of fair territory and resulted in a game-winning hit for the Red Sox.
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