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Patrick Beverley found himself trending on social media Friday, and not for good reason.
The 35-year-old posted an empty stat line in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 123–122 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena, logging zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists and zero steals or blocks in 16 minutes.
The NBA world began making memes about Beverley’s empty outing, including the television home of the Lakers, Spectrum SportsNet.
Beverley saw the chatter and made sure to respond online.
“Crazy cardio last night,” he posted to social media.

Crazzy cardio last night.

The New Jersey high school basketball team that fell victim to one of the biggest blown calls you will see anywhere showed some top-notch sportsmanship at the state championship game, which just so happened to be won by the team that benefited from the awful call.
Manasquan High School was on the receiving end of the awful call which saw its game-winning buzzer-beater overturned despite video evidence clearly showing it should have counted.
This cost Manasquan an appearance in the State Championship finals and instead handed it to local powerhouse Camden.

Indiana Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, the team announced Saturday.
Renowned surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the surgery on Mathurin in Los Angeles next week. Mathurin is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the 2024-25 NBA season.
Mathurin, who is a second-year player out of Arizona, played in 59 games for Indiana this season, which included 19 starts. He averaged 14.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game on 44.

New York Knicks guard Josh Hart had some extra motivation to beat the Orlando Magic last night, but it wasn’t because of bad blood between the teams.
Hart and his teammates traveled to Florida looking to gain ground on the teams above them in the Eastern Conference. One of those teams just happened to be the Magic, who had a half-game lead on them four fourth place in the East.
That’s a lot of solid reasons to want to beat an opponent, which the Knicks did. Thanks to some stifling defense, New York came out of the Sunshine State with a 98-74 victory.

Four years ago today, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was trying to downplay this thing called “the coronavirus,” AKA “Covid-19,” AKA “the novel virus” that was starting to freak people out across the country and globe.
Gobert would end his press conference that night by touching every single one of the basketball reporter’s microphones.

Rory McIlroy hits a tee shot during the third round of the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational. | Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images
Rory McIlroy hit an unbelievable drive on the 10th hole at Bay Hill, which made him unstoppable on the back nine.
Rory McIlroy needed a spark.
He struggled on the front nine, making bogeys at the 7th and 8th holes, and suddenly, he sat at 1-over for the tournament. His putter was not cooperating either, as he did not make a single birdie over his first nine holes.
As such, McIlroy decided to be aggressive at the par-4 10th, which measures 401 yards.

The NTT IndyCar Series gets back underway on Sunday with the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. Reigning Indianapolis 500 champ Josef Newgarden will start on pole for a race that the series hopes will be every bit as exciting as Saturday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
If you watched that race — another dominant Max Verstappen performance — then you’ll know that shouldn’t be too hard.
I don’t know that too many people look at Formula 1 and IndyCar as direct competitors. Not for attention, and not for talent.

The Los Angeles Chargers likely expect to compete in 2024, with one of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks in Justin Herbert and an accomplished new coach in Jim Harbaugh.
If they do, it may be with a very different-looking defense, based on a new report by Dianna Russini of The Athletic. The NFL insider says that the franchise is open to trading “many veteran players,” specifically pass rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack. Per Russini, teams are interested, but may wait to see whether the Chargers opt to cut the two big-name players, making them available in free agency.

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert implied after fouling out Friday night that sports betting is influencing how games are officiated in the NBA.
Late in the fourth quarter, with Minnesota up 97–96 on the Cleveland Cavaliers, Gobert fouled out after committing an offensive foul with 27.8 seconds left. The center immediately made a money gesture at the referees, resulting in a one-shot technical foul for Cleveland.
Cavaliers guard Darius Garland went on to make the free throw to send the game to overtime. Cleveland would go on to win the game 113–104.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stole Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl 39 ring. The New England Patriots owner confirmed it himself on an episode of Apple TV+’s “The Dynasty.”
After his team defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in 2005, Kraft for some reason thought it would be a great idea to visit Russia as part of his celebration tour. Personally, I would have chosen a less hostile environment (the Bahamas, maybe?), but hey, to each his own.
When in Russia, he visited Putin in St. Petersburg along with former Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch.