
Well, you don’t see that every day.
NBA Finals dunk of the night goes to… Brook Lopez? Yes it does (VIDEO) — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Well, you don’t see that every day.
NBA Finals dunk of the night goes to… Brook Lopez? Yes it does (VIDEO) — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 50 points, 14 rebounds, and five blocks in a close-out NBA Finals game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo lifts Bucks with 50, then lifts Larry O’Brien trophy after win — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Giannis Antetokounmpo – as great as he has played overall – has shot just 39-for-66 on free throws in the NBA Finals (59%).
Chris Paul on Giannis Antetokounmpo FTs: ‘Everybody’s out there anticipating a miss. Hell, even he is’ — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

By DOUG FEINBERG LAS VEGAS (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson is out of 3-on-3 basketball at the Olympics after contracting COVID-19 while training in Las Vegas. “I will not be able to go and compete in Tokyo,” Samuelson said in a statement. “Competing in the Olympics has been a dream of mine since I was…
Katie Lou Samuelson tests positive for COVID-19, is out of Olympics — Press Telegram

The USA was back to being a physical and dominating defense, at least for 20 minutes.
Team USA looks golden in second half domination of Spain — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

The saving grace is that the Yankees threw their two best, and perhaps only competent starting pitchers this weekend. Otherwise, it’s fair to say the Red Sox fell flat in the Bronx, where they started a four-game series with a chance to bury their rivals into oblivion. But the first night was postponed due to…
10 takeaways after Red Sox lost two of three from the Yankees — Boston Herald

Nuggets veteran Will Barton declined to pick up his $14.6 million player option by Saturday’s deadline, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Will Barton declines $14.6 million player option with Nuggets, will enter free agency, sources says — Sterling Journal-Advocate

“It was a big-time play. It was the winning play of the game.”
Watch courtside angle of Holiday steal, lob to Antetokounmpo (VIDEO) — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

This is good news for the teams, maybe not so much for some players.
Report: NBA to keep most of relaxed two-way player rules for next season — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Milwaukee’s big three carried the day with a combined 88 point
Defense, rebounding, big alley-oop earn Bucks Game 5 win, puts them on cusp of title — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Lindor has a strained oblique, while deGrom has no timetable for his return.
Mets: Lindor out indefinitely, deGrom has forearm tightness — MLB | NBC Sports

Ratings for the games were high, which assured they would be back.
Report: League, players’ union agree to bring back play-in tournament — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports