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Follow live: Mavericks take on Thunder in Game 1 of Western semifinals

Former Utah State quarterback Cooper Legas is expected to transfer to Tulsa, per 247Sports’ Chris Hummer.
The signal caller appeared in 21 games over the last three seasons with 15 starts during his career with the Aggies, throwing for 3,485 yards with 32 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. Legas’ best collegiate season came last year where he started seven of the nine games he appeared in, throwing for 1,815 yards with 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

The Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers were tied 3–3 and battling in the final minute of Game 2 when the ESPN broadcast suddenly went dark.
The Rangers, who lead the Eastern Conference semifinal series 1–0, were on the power play and about to set up their attack with 50 seconds to play in regulation when the ESPN broadcast accidentally cut to the pregame scenes in Dallas.

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras exited Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets after taking the full force of a swing from J.D. Martinez to the left forearm. Contreras was diagnosed with a fractured left arm and will need a lengthy stay on the injured list as a result.
Contreras was visibly in pain as the Cardinals’ medical staff attended to his arm. To make matters worse, the play was ruled as catcher’s interference, meaning Martinez was awarded first base.
Replay of the incident showed that Contreras was positioned remarkably close to Martinez.

Will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s game translate smoothly against the Dallas Mavericks?
The Oklahoma City Thunder are bracing for a tough Western Conference semifinal battle against Luka Doncic’s Dallas Mavericks. And before getting into the matchups, it’s worth noting that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, like many young NBA players before him, showed up in a terrible pre-game outfit for Tuesday’s Game 1.
Aside from looking like a heap of walking, creamy peanut butter, SGA’s suit also received comparisons to ‘diarrhea’ by trolling fans on X.

Patrick Beverley addressed the incident from the closing minutes of the Milwaukee Bucks‘ season-ending 120–98 loss to the Indiana Pacers last week when he threw a basketball at a fan—twice—sitting behind the team bench.
“Unfortunate situation that should never have happened,” Beverley said on the Pat Bev Podcast. “What I did was bad, and that should never happen. I have to be better and I will be better.

With free agency and the draft behind us, what 32 teams look like today will likely be what they look like Week 1 and beyond for the 2024 season. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski reveal the post-draft fantasy power rankings. The duo break down the rankings in six tiers: Elite offensive ecosystems, teams on the cusp of being complete mixed bag ecosystems, offensive ecosystems with something to prove, offenses that could go either way, and offenses that are best to stay away from in fantasy.

Boston’s unbeatable when it shoots well from deep, as Cleveland found out in their second-round opener. It didn’t even matter that Jayson Tatum struggled.

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray lucked out on Tuesday — dodging a suspension from the league after facing heat for tossing items onto the court during Monday’s Game 2 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Were those items tossed out of frustration? You bet. 
Nuggets fans were on pins and needles thinking a suspension was on the way after cameras caught Murray tossing a towel and heating pad at different points in Denver’s loss to Minnesota. 
The Athletic / Stadium’s Shams Charania shared the NBA’s decision on Tuesday.

The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report confirmed that officials in Game 1 of Knicks-Pacers correctly called Myles Turner for an illegal screen late in the game.