Grayson Allen, what are you doing?
The Milwaukee Bucks were considered the championship favorites entering the 2023 NBA Playoffs. They ended the season being sent home in the first round, becoming the sixth No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 8 seed in league history, while being the first top seed to only win one game in a best-of-seven first round series.
The Heat beat the Bucks, 128-126, in a Game 5 overtime thriller on Wednesday night to eliminate Milwaukee and reach the second round.
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Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen continued his impressive run of success on Wednesday night against the Royals—aided by a pitch that no one knew what to make of.
For the fourth consecutive start, Gallen did not allow a run as Arizona won 2–0. He struck out 12 batters, none stranger than his sixth-inning punch-out of Vinnie Pasquantino. On a 2–2 count, Gallen threw what was supposed to be a changeup. But the pitch actually moved like a cutter, crossing up catcher José Herrera, who saw the ball go sailing past his glove.
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Jimmy gets buckets, but this bucket might be the most impressive of them all
A wise man once said, “Jimmy G Buckets, and the G stands for gets.”
Butler has been on a tear to open the 2023 NBA playoffs, averaging 36.5 points through the first four games, helping the 8 seed Miami Heat sprint out to a 3-1 lead over the Bucks. The Heat had a chance to close out the series in Milwaukee. Miami was down two with 2.1 seconds left, when Jimmy Butler hit the most miraculous shot I think I’ve ever seen.
Happy draft day! After months of speculation, Reddit rumors, mock drafts and ever-changing odds, the first round of the 2023 NFL draft is just hours away.
We’ve been keying in on every corner of the draft in the weeks leading up to it and you can find links to our coverage below. And during the draft tonight, our analysts will be reacting to picks in real time to help put into context what certain selections mean from a fantasy football point of view.
Nathan MacKinnon let his emotions get the best of him and it ended up costing his team in a big way.
TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley fired criticism in the direction of Grizzlies wing Dillon Brooks following his Game 5 performance against the Lakers.
Brooks has been under fire since Memphis’ Game 2 win for calling Los Angeles star LeBron James old and saying that he wouldn’t respect anybody that couldn’t put up 40 points on him. In the games that followed the callout, Brooks was ejected for hitting James in the groin, said the media created a villain narrative about him and then refused to speak to reporters after the team’s Game 4 loss.
LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne will make her SI Swimsuit debut in the 2023 issue released in May, the magazine announced on Thursday morning.
“Usually being a D1 athlete, an all-academic and an industrious entrepreneur is enough to garner respect and accolades,” said SI Swimsuit editor in chief MJ Day. “But when you are Livvy Dunne and you also mix in being arrestingly beautiful, you unfortunately garner the ire and resentment of a certain niche population.
“The refusal of some to appreciate Livvy for being more than just a pretty blonde is missing the point.
All season long, the Heat were—at best—a middling team. They were 25th in offense. Their net rating of minus-0.5 was worse than some teams who missed the playoffs. They shot the 10th most three-pointers in the league but converted at the fourth-worst rate. And, by Game 4 of their first-round series against the Bucks, they were missing their second-highest scorer and one of their top reserves.
So of course Miami pulled off one of the greatest upsets in NBA history, knocking out the Bucks—the No. 1 seed of the entire league—in a thrilling, 128–126 Game 5 victory Wednesday.
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Here’s everything you need to know about watching tonight.
The NFL Draft has finally arrived, and 2023 is promising to be one of the most unpredictable classes we’ve ever seen. There could be unprecedented pick movement and some of the wildest trades imaginable, with no consensuses at seemingly every position, paired with teams being very concerned about the top-end talent in this draft class. In short: If you’re a football fan then this is the year to watch live.
The Bucks’ NBA title hopes came to an abrupt end Wednesday night with their Game 5 overtime loss to Jimmy Butler and the Heat, who won the series 4–1 and will face the Knicks in the second round.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s thoughtful comments after the game about whether or not he thought the season was a failure quickly went viral, with lots of fans applauding his take on what it really means to fail.