Quote of the day
“Charles Oakley doesn’t like me, which is no big deal. I don’t like him or dislike him, I don’t think about him. He’s not important enough for me to think about.” -- Charles Barkley responding to a tweet from Charles Oakley. Instead of tossing Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice in a cage way past their primes, why not a Barkley vs. Oakley cage match? I’d pay to watch that.
About last night . . .
The 25 three-pointers mentioned above? That’s an all-time NBA record for either a postseason or regular season game. They made 18 in the first half, and NBA postseason record for a single half. At no point after the start was this game close and it was 74-38 at the half, which prompted the Hawks official Twitter account to send these gems out:
Their only choice at the time was to just lean into the buzzsaw.
After competing well in game 1, Atlanta looked like they didn’t belong on the floor with Cleveland. Here’s to hoping going back home helps the Hawks, because there have been way too many blowouts this NBA postseason. Also, do what this man says, Atlanta, because it can’t hurt.
Atlanta rappers ASSEMBLE!!!!
Yeah, the Capitals are totally doing that thing again
Let’s start with acknowledging that the Red Wings followed up their best regular season of all-time with a loss to their biggest rival, the Colorado Avalanche, in 1996. So we get it. But oh boy, the Capitals are Capitalsing again. Look, Pittsburgh is really good, and has two of the best players in the world on its roster, so losing a few close games against the Penguins isn’t some ridiculous failure. With the Caps, however, it’s part of a larger trend, in which they can’t win these close playoff games, not even in a season where they were very clearly the best team in the league for 82 games. The good news for Washington is they get a couple days to recoup before playing Game 5 at home on Saturday. The bad news is their fans know about this history more than anyone, and if the team falls behind, you may start to hear some boo birds.
What were you doing at 26? Or if you’re not 26, what do you reasonably think you’ll be doing at that age? Running a professional sports franchise like John Chayka? The guy is younger than half of the roster he is now in charge of. I can barely keep track of what groceries I have in my house, I don’t know how in the hell I’d ever generally manage an NHL team. What the hell? GMs are supposed to be older people with bullet proof resumes that have spent years studying every aspect of the game. What. The. Hell.
Things to read today
[sounds alarm] PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ANONYMOUSLY TALKIN’ SHIT ABOUT EACH OTHER !!!!
Sports Illustrated did one of their anonymous player surveys with PGA, Champions Tour and LPGA golfers. Topics covered include Trump and Clinton, prettiest swing and who you want on your side in a fight. The “loose lips” quips are always the best.
Race horse names are ridiculous
The Wall Street Journal collected the inspirations behind the names for all 20 of the horses running in the Kentucky Derby this weekend. We’re obviously rooting for Nyquist.
The best of the rest
Being a mascot is hard
Being a mascot is so hard
One job, TNT. You had one job.
Seems like we haven’t heard from Jim Harbaugh in a while . . .
If there was ever a time for the AND1 Mixtape Tour guy to be on the court at an NBA game …
Cristiano, you’ve been playing soccer for a long time, and this is like the FIRST thing they teach you.
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