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Jamal Murray sinks buzzer-beater as Nuggets stun Lakers in Game 2

SportsNets - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 23:00

DENVER — Jamal Murray sank a 15-foot step-back jumper at the buzzer and the Denver Nuggets wiped out a 20-point second-half deficit to stun the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 Monday night and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.

Murray’s fadeaway, falling-down game-winner provided the Nuggets with their first lead since 5-3 in the opening minutes and gave the reigning NBA champions their 10th consecutive win over the Lakers.

The series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 Thursday night.

Murray’s winning shot came after LeBron James misfired from long range with 16 seconds left and the game tied at 99.

Michael Porter Jr. grabbed the rebound with 13 seconds left and the Nuggets didn’t call a timeout.

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Instead, Murray took the ball to the right side with Anthony Davis guarding him, stepped back and swished the basket just as the buzzer sounded. Both Murray and Davis fell into the Nuggets’ bench as the sellout crowd’s roar shook Ball Arena.

Murray finished with 20 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, and Nikola Jokic posted a triple-double with 27 points, 20 boards and 10 assists. Porter added 22 points and Aaron Gordon 14 for Denver.

Davis led the Lakers with 32 points, James had 26 and D’Angelo Russell added 23 with a career playoff-high seven 3s.

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The Lakers led 59-44 at halftime and stretched their advantage to 68-48 two minutes into the second half, and it sure looked like L.A. would beat Denver for the first time in 494 days. They still led by 10 entering the fourth quarter.

“I don’t have a 20-point play,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “You’ve got to just keep chipping away.”

That, they did, finally tying it at 95-all on Porter’s 3-pointer with 1:15 left.

Russell’s biggest basket was his layup that gave L.A. a 97-95 lead with a minute to go. Murray was fouled by James and sank both free throws to tie it again.

James responded with a layup for L.A. with 48 seconds left but Murray matched him again with a step-back jumper at 30 seconds. Then, James missed from long range, Porter corralled the rebound and the Nuggets were on their way to one of the biggest shots in franchise history.

Murray, who started out 3 of 16, went 6-for-8 in the fourth quarter.

Russell sank three 3s in the opening minutes, matching the number of 3-pointers he had in the Lakers’ last five playoff games against Denver. He made just one of his nine 3s in the series opener after going 2-for-15 in the Western Conference finals last summer, which led to his benching in Game 4. He finished 7 of 11.

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Auston Matthews dominates in Maple Leafs’ Game 2 rally: ‘That’s big-time stuff’

SportsNets - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 22:39

BOSTON — The scoreboard was deadlocked 2-2 after 52 intense back-and-forth minutes, and everyone at TD Garden seemingly knew the night’s next goal would be its final one.

Were that puck to come flying off a Boston Bruins stick, well, the Toronto Maple Leafs would be in tough to rally from an 0-2 series deficit.

The locals tried rousing Boston with chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” when the greatest American hockey player of the day — the one with a Maple Leaf stitched to his chest — spotted a lane, gathered some speed, gloved down a Max Domi flip pass like a wide receiver in full stride, and deked Linus Ullmark into the place where goalie hugs go to die.

Game winner: 3-2. Series tied 1-1.

“It’s just happening so fast, you don’t really have time to think,” Matthews said of the deciding sequence. “It’s honestly kind of instincts and just trying to make the right play.”

“Great play by Boosh,” recalled Domi, the quarterback between Ilya Lyubushkin’s exit snap and Matthews’ go route. “Tried to catch him a little bit in transition, and Tone took off. So, just threw it up, and he did the rest.”

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Seldom did Matthews — hot off his record-setting 69-goal regular season — make the wrong play on Monday, the night he finally uncovered his 70th.

In addition to his clutch breakaway finish, Matthews registered the primary assist on Toronto’s other goals (by Domi and John Tavares), ripped a game-high eight shots, threw a game-high-tying six hits, went a dominant 16-for-23 in the faceoff dot, and led all Maple Leafs in ice time (23:24). He also bailed out his goalie with a save in the Leafs’ blue paint.

A tour de force performance when the Maple Leafs — who are sorely missing 40-goal star William Nylander and had never led in the series until the Matthews goal — required one.

“A big goal for us,” Tyler Bertuzzi said. “Something we all needed. And we shut them down after.”

Added coach Sheldon Keefe: “That’s big-time stuff, the way those guys connected there in the finish.”

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The Bruins had every opportunity to take a series stranglehold before fumbling leads of 1-0 and 2-1 and committing two too-many-men infractions.

Two maybe goals by Toronto never stuck on the scoreboard after video review, and David Pastrnak’s go-ahead strike with a scant eight seconds left in the first period had all the makings of a backbreaker.

And yet, whether it was goalie Ilya Samsonov zoning back in after getting his mask blown off by a Charlie Coyle headshot; Domi responding with his first playoff goal in Dad’s uniform just 14 seconds after Morgan Geekie’s opening goal; or Toronto’s troubled penalty kill doing the job with Bertuzzi in the box for a reckless slash of Brad Marchand, the Leafs steadied when doubt threatened to win the night.

“I loved our resolve tonight,” Keefe said.

“That goal into the period there obviously gives them life and momentum going into the second. And the game has potential now to be, in the back of your mind, similar to the one the other night.

“We didn’t let that happen.”

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Yes, the comeback was a group project, but Matthews was the lead contributor.

“He’s world-class in everything he does,” Tavares said. “When you see the drive every single day and the passion for the game and wanting to be such a difference-maker night in and night out, and certainly this time of year, having the night like he did was massive for our group.”

“The goal is one thing,” the captain added. “Obviously special. Not many guys in the world with those instincts and the hands and finishing ability. But the competitive aspect, winning battles, fighting for space, using his body, things he does so truly well and sets the standard for us — a hell of a game by him and just driving our team.”

Driving the Maple Leafs all the way back to Scotiabank Arena, where the Maple Leafs will have a dose of momentum and a newfound home-ice advantage in the series Wednesday.

“We needed this goal,” Samsonov said. “This guy is really important for us. We need (him to) score every game.”

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• Win and you’re… out?

Yes, the Bruins stayed true to their months-long goaltending rotation, sitting Game 1 winner Jeremy Swayman despite his first-star performance Saturday.

“Do any of you play Wordle?” coach Jim Montgomery asked reporters Monday morning. “The starting goalie tonight has two vowels in his first and last game… I don’t tell my wife; I’m not telling you.”

The flip to Ullmark was highly unconventional, and the Bruins went out of their way to keep this plan — agreed upon internally days before the series began — top secret.

“I don’t know why we would divulge information,” Montgomery said. “Like, if you’re preparing a game, there’s parts of a goaltender that are part of your pre-scout. So, it’s an advantage for us, right?”

Gotta toggle back to the other guy with two vowels in his name on Thursday.

• Keefe swapped out Calle Järnkrok on the first power-play unit and promoted Tyler Bertuzzi. Both nearly scored on the man advantage.

Bertuzzi had a presumed goal wiped off the board due to a high stick, and this oh-so-close Järnkrok blast was ruled a save by Ullmark after video review:

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• Domi celebrated his goal in fierce joy by slamming the plexiglas separating him and the raucous Bruins fans.

“It’s what it’s all about right? You got to give credit to this building,” Domi said. “Good atmosphere, had some fun out there, and big win. So, excited to go home all tied at one.”

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• The Maple Leafs’ fourth line of Connor Dewar, David Kämpf, and Ryan Reaves has been a pleasant surprise and is gradually earning more trust.

Some excellent shifts of sustained O-zone pressure as the Leafs out-attempted Boston 12-5 when that group was on the ice.

“They’ve got a very clear identity. Kämpfer, Dewar — those guys can be really trusted defensively. They can give you everything they have. And Revo for quite some time,” Keefe praised, “has really done his job wonderfully. I thought he was really good here tonight again: all around the net, offensively, forecheck, really good on the wall in the defensive zone.”

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Oilers’ Adam Henrique sets NHL record for longest span between playoff goals

SportsNets - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 21:54

The year was 2012, and Adam Henrique scored a goal in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 lead.

Little did he know, but that would be the last post-season goal he would score for 4,333 days.

Thankfully for the Burford, Ont., native, he was able to make his return to the playoff scoresheet on Monday when he gave the Edmonton Oilers a 2-0 lead in Game 1 against the Los Angeles Kings.

His nearly 12 years between playoff goals set a new NHL record for the longest span between markers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The previous record was held by Craig Ludwig (4,079 days).

Before this season, Henrique’s only appearance in the post-season since that 2012 run was in 2017-18 when the Anaheim Ducks took on San Jose Sharks in Round 1. The Ducks were swept in four games and Henrique was held pointless.

The veteran centre was headed for another early off-season with the Ducks until the Oilers acquired him at this year’s trade deadline.

It looks like the move is already paying dividends for the Oilers at the most important time of the year.

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Varsho’s hot streak continues as Blue Jays’ top half stays cool

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Game 2 Takeaways: Hurricanes storm back to stun Islanders

SportsNets - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 21:11

The New York Islanders tried to hang on for dear life to a 3-0 lead in Raleigh, but the Carolina Hurricanes waged a comeback for the ages — they scored twice in nine seconds in the dying minutes of the game — to take a commanding 2-0 series lead.

Sebastian Aho tied things up while Carolina’s net was empty, Jordan Martinook added the winner nine seconds later and the Hurricanes earned a 5-3 comeback win in front of a raucous crowd at PNC Arena.

The series now heads to Long Island for Game 3 on Thursday night.

Here are our takeaways from the Game 2 comeback:

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Things that happened before the New York Islanders registered a shot: A hit that made Cal Clutterbuck’s helmet fly off, a fight, and more than 13 minutes of play.

It was Islanders rookie centre Kyle MacLean who dropped the gloves and went toe-to-toe with Stefan Noesen, author of the game-winner for Carolina in the series opener. Big swings were exchanged, and the fight finished when Noesen flipped MacLean down onto the ice. The crowd in Raleigh lost it.

And yet, the momentum swung in New York’s direction shortly after that.

Slow burn, then New York got cookin‘

It took 13:32 for New York to register a shot, but it was the Islanders who drew blood first and earned early momentum.

Late in the first, Islanders defender Mike Reilly floated a backhand pass out to a wide-open Kyle Palmieri in front, and he jammed it past Frederik Andersen to give New York that pivotal first goal of the game.

The visitors kept that momentum: They shut down the Hurricanes on the power-play, and just 29 seconds after that penalty expired, Bo Horvat wired a one-timer past Andersen from the slot to give New York a 2-0 lead.

It sucked the air right out of the building. New York had seven shots and two goals in the first.

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The Islanders’ goalie was absolutely stellar in the early going, and he’s the reason his team managed to hang on as long as they did.

It was also Varlamov who was called for a penalty in the latter half of the second period, and that’s when Carolina struck for the first time.

On the ensuing power-play, Varlamov made a pad save, and the rebound popped out to Jake Guentzel right on the doorstep. He passed it over to a nearby Teuvo Teravainen, who hammered it home into an open net.

Just like that, the Hurricanes were right back in it, and so were their fans.

In the second, Carolina continued to press and had a commanding dominance on puck possession, but couldn’t find the back of the net.

At one point, an Islanders line was in the d-zone for more than a minute, staving off attack after attack, and MacLean was playing without a stick after his broke. It was pure survival. Islanders d-man Noah Dobson made a big (shin) pad save with an open net behind him, since Varlamov was still recovering from his last save. It was an onslaught. A storm. A Hurricane, even.

Somehow, the score remained 3-1 Islanders through two periods.

The pressure continued in the third. And that’s when the Hurricanes’ pressure paid off.

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Jarvis spurs comeback

With 9:17 remaining, Seth Jarvis ripped a wrist shot in the top corner, blocker side, bar down. “Let’s go!” he yelled, and then he put his hand to his ear while the crowd went berserk.

Seconds later, it was all quiet again, when MacLean tipped a shot past Andersen, but the call on the ice was no goal due to a high stick, and the call was upheld after a review. It was still 3-2. The crowd loved that, too.

Nine-second Hurricane

What a rally it was. Sebastian Aho tipped one in at the 17:45 mark to tie things up, with the empty Carolina net and the extra attacker. Nine seconds later, with Andersen returned to his crease, Jordan Martinook scored on an attempted wrap-around that deflected in, giving Carolina its first lead of the game. Guentzel added the empty-netter.

The building that was pretty quiet in the first and second suddenly sounded like the roof was going to blow off.

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76ers Nurse says his timeout was ignored before Knicks’ crazy inbound sequence

SportsNets - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 21:05

It was the wildest finish of the playoffs so far, but should it not have counted?

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse claimed he tried to call a timeout before his team inbounded the ball in the crazy final sequence, but the referees ignored him, leading to a scramble and a 3-pointer from Donte DiVincenzo that would snatch the lead away.

“Obviously they score, we take a look at getting it in quick, we don’t get it in quick. I call timeout, the referee looked right at me. Ignored me,” Nurse explained. “Went in to Tyrese [Maxey], I called timeout again, then the melee started.”

“I guess I gotta run out onto the floor or do something to make sure I get his attention, but I needed a timeout there to advance it. Would’ve been good but couldn’t get it.”

It was an electric ending at Madison Square Garden.

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Knicks star Jalen Brunson got a favourable bounce on a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left. Then on the inbound, Kyle Lowry had some trouble trying to find an open teammate as his pass to Tyrese Maxey was poked up, with the two squads scrambling for possession on the floor.

Ahead of that inbound, Nurse attempted to call his timeout but was ignored. He tried to call another timeout after the ball was inbounded to Maxey.

Eventually, Knicks wing Josh Hart came up with the loose ball and sent it to DiVincenzo for an open 3-pointer, but he missed his first attempt. Centre Isaiah Hartenstein would come down with the offensive rebound and swing it around for another open look from DiVincenzo that would end up being the decisive bucket for New York.

The Knicks finished the game scoring eight points in the last 28 seconds to turn a five-point deficit into a three-point lead.

Nurse wasn’t all too pleased, and the tape-grinding started early for the former Raptors head coach.

“You can ask him if you want to, see if he saw me calling a timeout,” Nurse said, evidently frustrated. “I watched the film just to make sure. I’m clearly calling a timeout, I didn’t see if he looked at me in the film but I can see me clearly calling timeout. Twice.”

According to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, the 76ers plan to file a grievance with the NBA about the officiating across the first two games of the series

Joel Embiid echoed that sentiment post-game, saying that more importantly than the timeouts, the referees missed plenty of calls at the end of the game.

“Everybody on the floor was trying to call a timeout, myself included,” Embiid said in the locker room after the game, also visibly frustrated. “Nico [Batum], coach on the sideline, but they didn’t give it to us. But forget about the timeouts, there were a bunch of fouls. … That’s [expletive] unacceptable.”

Now, the 76ers find themselves at a 2-0 deficit in the first round series after two games that could’ve gone either way.

Philadelphia has never recovered after being down 2-0 in a series. With injury concerns seemingly always surrounding Joel Embiid and calls like these not going their way, making franchise history could be that much harder for the 76ers.

“It makes the series a little longer,” Nurse said, confident that his team can still get the job done.

The two teams will head to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Thursday, April 25. It tips off at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT.

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“Absolutely,” Schneider said. “They’re getting a little sharper.”

Then there’s Garcia, who looks like one of the most dominant relievers in the game. He struck out another hitter Monday, lowering his season ERA to 0.79 while retiring the side on 11 pitches.

If they continue at this rate, the Blue Jays would win 92 games — a respectable total that makes you wonder what they’d look like if they can ever get their offence going.

“It really comes down to just reminding people how good they are and what they’re capable of,” Bichette said. “Just helping each other stay consistent.”

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DiVincenzo’s late three helps Knicks take 2-0 series lead over 76ers

SportsNets - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 20:34

NEW YORK (AP) — Donte DiVincenzo made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining after a desperate scramble, and the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

The Knicks trailed by five points within the final 30 seconds, on the verge of losing home-court advantage before a stunning rally, starting when Jalen Brunson finally got a shot to fall during an otherwise miserable night.

Brunson’s 3-pointer from the corner bounced on the rim and fell in, cutting it to 101-99 with 27 seconds remaining. Josh Hart stole the ball from Tyrese Maxey to get the ball back for the Knicks, but DiVincenzo missed a 3-pointer. Isaiah Hartenstein grabbed the rebound and passed it to OG Anunoby, who got it back to DiVincenzo, who hit that one to make it 102-101.

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Hartenstein then blocked Maxey’s drive, Anunoby made two free throws, and the Knicks held on when Joel Embiid missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Brunson finished with 24 points despite going 8 for 29 from the field. Josh Hart had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and DiVincenzo scored 19 points.

Maxey had 35 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in a brilliant performance after he was ill earlier in the day and missed their morning shootaround. Embiid had 34 points and 10 rebounds.

Game 3 is Thursday in Philadelphia.

The 76ers appeared on the verge of going home happy after Maxey had 15 points in the fourth quarter. His 3-pointer with 1:09 to play gave the 76ers a 100-96 lead and when Kyle Lowry made a free throw with 47 seconds to go, the crowd at Madison Square Garden was as quiet as it had been all night.

A few minutes later the fans were chanting DiVincenzo’s name deliriously after he had given the Knicks their first 2-0 lead in a playoff series since the first round against Boston in 2013.

Hartenstein chipped in 14 points and Anunoby had 10, but it was mostly the efforts of Brunson, Hart and DiVincenzo – the three former Villanova Wildcats who will now head back to Philadelphia for the next two games.

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Hart scored 19 in the first half to keep the Knicks close in a game they didn’t lead for the first time until there were four minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Brunson was only 8 for 26 in Game 1 but had eight rebounds and six assists Monday.

Embiid played 39 minutes, rarely looking bothered by his surgically repaired left knee he appeared to reinjure in Game 1. But he and Maxey had little help, with Tobias Harris the only other Philadelphia player in double figures with 10 points.

Maxey, a finalist for the Most Improved Player award, hit three straight 3-pointers to start the game and send the 76ers to a 9-0 lead. They were ahead by 10 in the second quarter when Embiid was called for a technical foul. After he was called for a foul trying to block DiVincenzo on a drive to the basket, he used the ball to shove DiVincenzo back.

That got the fans into it, booing Embiid profanely, but the Knicks couldn’t make much of a dent in the score until Hart scored seven straight points, with his 3-pointer in transition cutting it to 51-48. It was 53-49 at the break.

Reserves Bojan Bogdanovic and Deuce McBride, who had big performances in Game 1, combined for 11 straight New York points for a 90-82 lead with 7:43 remaining. But Philadelphia battled back to tie it at 94 on a basket by Maxey.

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