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00:03 What an exciting finish in Kentucky at the PGA Championship,
00:07 right down to the last shot of the last hole.
00:11 We will recap that.
00:12 Also, Mike Mazzeo will join us for the latest on sports wagering and
00:15 also this very intriguing story about a former member of the Los Angeles Angels,
00:19 now involved in a potential sports betting scandal as well.
00:22 Also, Matt Lutovsky joins us for
00:23 the latest in Major League Baseball going on this afternoon and this evening.
00:26 But we begin with a recap from last night, and
00:29 we will have a new NBA champion for the sixth time in six years.
00:33 Yes, they did it.
00:34 The Minnesota Timberwolves went to Denver and won.
00:37 They were down 20.
00:39 It didn't matter.
00:40 Minnesota wins 98 to 90.
00:42 The Nuggets will not repeat.
00:43 Of course, they cover this spread in the money line.
00:45 I mean, when you think about it, sort of an embarrassing performance from Denver up
00:48 20, and they only get good performances from Jamal Murray and
00:51 Nikola Jokic, everybody else, silence in the second half of the game.
00:56 And so now Minnesota, yes, that's right, the Timberwolves.
00:59 Remember them from many, many years ago playing well?
01:02 I don't.
01:03 A lot of you don't.
01:04 But they're there.
01:05 They got a shot now to get to the NBA Finals.
01:07 And their head coach Chris Finch talked about what it took to pull out the series.
01:13 >> I mean, the effort was there.
01:14 You know, we just had to, our offense kinda went sideways in the first half.
01:20 And they really upped their defense.
01:22 They were very physical.
01:25 And we just talked about kinda getting back to simplifying our offense,
01:29 if you will.
01:29 I thought we were trying to over orchestrate matchups and
01:32 mismatches and all this other stuff, and kinda played right into their hands.
01:36 So we just had to get back to kinda moving the ball.
01:39 We didn't shoot the ball particularly well, typical game seven in that regard.
01:43 But even when we were down,
01:49 like I kept looking at the field goal percentage, and we were in the 40s,
01:52 in the 30s, our defense was there.
01:54 And then it went to a special place in the third quarter,
01:57 where we've been able to take it at times.
01:59 And just everybody just kinda bucking up and
02:05 making plays and executing the game plan, so.
02:08 >> Minnesota, great job by them over the course of the regular season.
02:14 It pays to play in the regular season, as the Timberwolves definitely found out.
02:17 Well, meanwhile, not as much drama going into game seven between the Pacers and
02:22 the Knicks, as the Knicks were just thoroughly outshot and outplayed.
02:26 The final 130, that's right, 130 to 109.
02:30 Indiana 67% from the field, which is the highest field goal percentage
02:36 from any game in the history of the playoffs.
02:41 That is incredible.
02:42 And look, Indiana played this kind of basketball all season long.
02:46 We didn't see it a lot in the playoffs, but they definitely came through.
02:50 And wouldn't you know, the Pacers now with an opportunity to beat
02:53 the Boston Celtics, who are the heavy favorite, by the way, now,
02:57 to win the NBA Finals.
02:59 But it was an incredible series also for the Knicks.
03:02 Incredible season for Jalen Brunson, who was hurt again in this game, unfortunately.
03:06 He'll be fine for the regular season, but also got hurt once again.
03:11 Brunson talked about the head coach and
03:13 certainly everything that was delivered with the Knicks in this series.
03:17 I think Tibbs has the same mindset we do as a team.
03:20 Tibbs is the reason why we have that mindset.
03:24 Tibbs is the reason why we night in and night out.
03:27 We fight to the best of our abilities.
03:28 Even though things may not be in our favor result wise,
03:35 he makes sure that we have that mindset night in and night out.
03:39 So I think he's evolved by just not,
03:45 I mean, he sees everything that everyone says.
03:48 So, but I think when it comes to us,
03:50 we don't really care what the people on the outside think of us.
03:53 We don't care what people say, positive or negative.
03:56 We go forward with what we believe is the best course of action in this,
04:01 inside this building, inside the organization.
04:03 And so I think the way that he's evolved is that his players in that locker room
04:08 have his back no matter what.
04:09 >> And you would assume that Thibodeau would be back as Knicks head coach,
04:13 although the NBA is insane.
04:14 They fire coaches for winning championships these days.
04:16 So what do I know?
04:18 Xander Shoffley basically went wire to wire
04:22 as the winner of the PGA Championship this year.
04:24 And by the way, kudos to him for closing this thing out with a birdie on 18.
04:28 Because the pressure, if you don't think it was there, my gosh.
04:30 I mean, Bryson DeChambeau was breathing down this guy's throat, warming up,
04:35 getting ready for a playoff, but Xander birdied 18, and he wins the PGA Championship.
04:41 He needed every single shot to win and talked about what it took on that 18th hole.
04:45 >> I was, I walked up, I saw a little left to right, I kept reading it,
04:52 I kept kind of panning, it started to look right to left to me.
04:55 And I was like, my gosh, this is not what I want for a winning putt.
04:59 Fortunately, it was uphill, it was six feet-ish.
05:03 I ended up playing it straight, it did go left, caught the left side.
05:08 Just a huge, just so much relief when it leapt in.
05:12 I don't even really remember it leaping in, I just heard everyone roaring.
05:15 And I just look up to the sky in relief.
05:17 >> Yeah, as exciting as it got, by the way, yesterday for
05:21 any golf event, in case you didn't watch the end of it.
05:23 All right, let's get to the Eastern Conference Finals.
05:26 Chris Tapps-Porzingis expected to miss some more time with the calf strain.
05:29 So could not probably be back, I would say, until game three
05:35 of the Eastern Conference Finals, depending on how things go.
05:37 Chris Paul, by the way, did an interview with Forbes,
05:39 said he would like to be an owner in some way.
05:41 Maybe a WNBA owner, it's potentially there.
05:43 We'll see what the future holds for Chris Paul.
05:46 Detroit Pistons are looking for a new team president.
05:49 Some candidates have emerged, according to Yahoo, Trajan Langdon, Scott Perry,
05:53 Dennis Lindsay, John Hammond, some possibilities.
05:56 We'll see what they end up doing ahead of the NBA draft.
05:59 Also, Bronny James is doing very well at the NBA Combine,
06:03 40.5 inch vertical leap, 19 for 25 in the three-point shooting drill.
06:09 He's in the ESPN Top 100 rankings, jumped up from about 100 to Top 50.
06:15 So the assumption is he'll be drafted.
06:17 This will be the storyline in the NBA draft coming up soon.
06:19 All right, Shohei Otani, his first walk-off win, no surprise with the Dodgers.
06:23 He now leads the majors in war.
06:25 He's a DH, that's incredible.
06:27 Does not play the field and leads in war.
06:28 David Fletcher, meanwhile, we're gonna talk a lot about this in the coming weeks.
06:32 A former player with the Angels who's now pitching in the Braves minor league system
06:35 as a knuckleballer, allegedly caught betting on baseball.
06:40 Well, we'll see what this really means, because indeed if this is the case,
06:44 it would be a lifetime ban for Fletcher.
06:46 And the story goes is allegedly he was using the same bookmaker
06:50 that Shohei Otani's interpreter was.
06:52 So we'll see what happens with this story as we move on.
06:55 My guess is we'll learn a lot more this week.
06:57 Shota Imanaga for the Chicago Cubs sets a major league baseball record.
07:01 His earned run average after the weekend, 0.84.
07:03 That's the lowest ERA for a pitcher.
07:05 Nine starts in major league history.
07:07 He's currently the heavy favorite to win the Rookie of the Year.
07:09 He's also in the Cy Young conversation.
07:11 So could we have a Rookie of the Year and Cy Young?
07:15 We will see.
07:15 Also a doubleheader coming up today with the Padres and Braves.
07:19 They will play two games coming up at 1220.
07:22 That is the first game of the two.
07:24 New York has set a weekly mobile sports betting revenue record for the week ending May 12th.
07:28 New York pulls in $70.9 million in revenue.
07:32 That's the all-time record for New York in a week.
07:34 How about that?
07:35 I guess the Knicks and Rangers had something to do with that, maybe so.
07:39 The National Football League is looking at a potential idea for ownership changes
07:43 which would allow institutional wealth, including some of these private equity funds,
07:48 to invest in NFL franchises.
07:50 They've never permitted this before, but certainly this is going to open up a lot
07:55 of doors potentially, not only here in the United States, but outside as well.
07:58 I'm sure they're looking at Live Golf and some of these other potential investors,
08:02 maybe to make some more money buying teams in the National Football League.
08:05 The Canucks and Oilers will play game seven tonight.
08:08 Edmonton hosts Vancouver.
08:09 Winter advances to the Western Conference Finals where the Dallas Stars, they await.
08:15 And also, how about a couple of MMA legends making this announcement over the weekend?
08:18 They're going to box.
08:19 Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva on June 15th in Brazil.
08:23 These guys dominated the UFC scene, and now they're headed over to boxing to see
08:28 if they can earn a few bucks and get people to watch and stream.
08:31 I won't be one of them, but maybe you are.
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