Jim Harbaugh’s beloved Michigan operating again is following him to Los Angeles — however enjoying for the Chargers’ roommates.
The Los Angeles Rams chosen Blake Corum with the 83rd general decide of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The engine behind Michigan’s nationwide championship run, Corum powered Harbaugh’s offense, choosing up chunk positive aspects behind a superb offensive line. When the Wolverines wanted a play to regular the offense over the previous two seasons, they leaned on Corum, and he delivered.
The operating again generated 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns in 12 video games in 2022, serving to Michigan’s run to the School Soccer Playoff, however he suffered a knee damage that knocked him out of the ultimate two video games of the marketing campaign. Corum determined to eschew the draft final season and return to Ann Arbor, the place he once more shined, incomes 1,245 yards and a school-record 27 touchdowns in 2023. He completed his profession at Michigan with a school-record 58 profession TDs.
The 23-year-old boasts wonderful imaginative and prescient, capable of see the outlet and bounce to the hole. He typically anticipates the lane opening, permitting him to hit the crease and press the second degree. Corum units up his blockers nicely, typically deceiving linebackers to leap into the improper hole earlier than creasing his method to the opposite facet.
Corum additionally will get north and south in a rush and boasts the stability to bounce off poor second-level tacklers. With a nostril for the top zone, the again is ready to burrow behind blockers on the aim line and owns the lower-body energy to push ahead.
Corum enters the NFL on the smaller facet at 5-foot-8 however is compact sufficient to soak up punishment. He lacks top-end breakaway velocity and is not at all times fast to shift again into gear if pressured to decelerate. There may even be questions on his pass-catching capability on the professional degree, as he wasn’t requested to do a lot at Michigan (56 profession catches for 411 yards and three TDs).
A maniacal employee, Corum was a quantity runner that coaches trusted. Though his dimension and velocity shall be questioned getting into the NFL, his toughness and imaginative and prescient make him a viable weapon.
He’ll slot right into a backfield headlined by shocking 2023 breakout again Kyren Williams, bringing much-needed depth to the room for the Rams.
The 5-foot-8, 205-pound Corum was the Huge Ten Convention Working Again of the 12 months for the 2023 season after main the nationwide champion Wolverines with 258 carries for 1,245 yards and a school-record and FBS-high 27 touchdowns. Additionally beginning all 15 video games final yr, he reached 366 factors in his last season at Michigan to develop into this system’s all-time main scorer and likewise set the college report for profession speeding touchdowns with 58.
Moreover, Corum was named MVP of the School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship after speeding 21 instances for 134 yards and two touchdowns within the Wolverines’ 34-13 victory over the Washington Huskies.
Corum was additionally the one FBS participant to attain in each sport throughout 2023 season.
Over his final two faculty seasons, Corum totaled 505 carries for two,708 yards and 45 touchdowns.
Arda Güler scored to earn a second-string Actual Madrid facet a 1-0 win at Actual Sociedad on Friday, shifting the LaLiga leaders a step nearer to a record-extending thirty sixth Spanish title.
With 5 video games remaining, Actual climbed to 84 factors and prolonged their result in 14 factors over second-placed Barcelona, who’ve a sport in hand and host Valencia on Monday.
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Actual supervisor Carlo Ancelotti made 9 modifications to the staff who beat Barca 3-2 on Sunday, resting key gamers like Jude Bellingham and Toni Kroos forward of their Champions League semi-final towards Bayern Munich and his facet did simply sufficient to safe the three factors.
“It was clear that everybody thought we had been coming right here for a stroll,” Ancelotti instructed reporters. “The one ones who did not suppose so had been the gamers. That they had dedication and angle. That they had the need and enthusiasm to maintain profitable.”
Six-placed Actual Sociedad, combating for a Europa League spot, dominated possession underneath pouring rain in northern Spain and had a couple of good probabilities saved by Actual keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
The guests made the many of the solely probability that they had within the first half, when 19-year-old Turkish midfielder Güler, making his first begin for Actual after signing from Fenerbahce, turned house Dani Carvajal’s cross within the twenty ninth minute.
Three minutes later Takefusa Kubo thought he had scored the equaliser with a tidy end from shut vary, however the referee dominated the objective out after recognizing a foul within the build-up following a VAR examine.
The hosts pushed for an equaliser after the break however had one other objective dominated out, a strike from Mikel Merino who was offside, and a shot from the sting of the field by Beñat Turrientes was saved by the impressed Arrizabalaga.
Actual Madrid virtually ended up extending their lead in a while, with Álex Remiro making a superb reflex save to disclaim Eduardo Camavinga’s strike from shut vary.
“Now we have a spectacular squad. They’ve this angle that they really feel like they must win each sport. There are 4 factors left to clinch the LaLiga title and we’re very shut,” Ancelotti stated.
Whereas Arda Güler’s first season with Actual Madrid could have been comparatively uneventful, on Friday the 19-year-old however helped push Los Blancos one step nearer to a different La Liga title.
Güler scored the early winner in a 1-0 victory in opposition to Actual Sociedad, his second purpose for the Spanish membership.
{The teenager} moved to Madrid from Fenerbahçe in the summertime of 2023 however needed to wait till Friday to make his debut begin in La Liga for the 35-time Spanish champion.
With eyes on Tuesday’s all-important Champions League conflict in opposition to Bayern Munich, Actual Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti opted to relaxation key gamers for the sport.
Actual Madrid stars Jude Bellingham, Vinícius Júnior and Antonio Rüdiger have been all relegated to the bench to maintain them as recent as attainable for the midweek semifinal.
As anticipated with the adjustments, Actual Madrid was removed from its finest. However an indication of a champion is managing to recover from the road regardless of struggling, and Actual Madrid managed to take action whereas preserving a clear sheet away from residence.
“I’m very blissful for the purpose and the victory,” Güler mentioned postgame, per Actual Madrid.
Actual Madrid boss Ancelotti mentioned of Güler: ” … he’s going to be a vital participant for us sooner or later. There isn’t a doubt that he’ll keep right here subsequent yr. He has extraordinary high quality and an important reward, which is his expertise.”
“I’m very pleased with the gamers as a result of they’ve proven character and the need to maintain successful,” he added.
Actual wants 4 factors from its remaining 5 video games to safe the league title.
With over $60 million in cap area (probably) to play with this summer season, followers of the Detroit Pistons are hoping the group could make a giant splash.
They’re ready to tackle a giant contract in free company or a commerce, however with few affect free brokers obtainable, buying and selling for a star could also be their most viable route.
That received’t be simple both, because the Pistons have treasured few commerce belongings, so must half with a few of their younger expertise to even be within the dialog for any star participant.
One group followers will probably be watching carefully is the Phoenix Suns, who had been eviscerated on their residence flooring final evening to go down 3-0 of their first-round sequence with the Timberwolves.
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The Suns are costly, getting previous and now appear to be a group that may by no means get out of the primary spherical with their huge three of Booker, Durant and Beal.
Their first-round flop has some Pistons followers dreaming of potentialities:
However sadly, this one will most likely stay a dream.
Few gamers would complement Cade Cunningham higher than Devin Booker, an All-Star and elite scorer in his prime.
As soon as the Suns are eradicated, Phoenix could resolve to dismantle their costly roster whereas the components nonetheless have worth which might permit them to rebuild on the fly. However on this state of affairs, it appears much more probably that Durant could be shipped out given his age and contract, which solely goes for 2 extra seasons.
Booker continues to be simply 27 and locked up for 4 extra seasons, so it looks like he’d be the keeper they might attempt to construct round utilizing the largesse from buying and selling Durant and maybe Bradley Beal (good luck transferring his deal).
However even when the Suns do resolve to commerce Booker, there will probably be loads of groups (Philly involves thoughts instantly) and what precisely are the Pistons going to supply? Even when they threw in Ivey, Duren, Sasser and two first-round picks, would that be the very best provide for Booker?
Groups like OKC, Houston or New Orleans (simply to call three) might put out higher offers than Detroit simply due to their stockpiles of draft belongings, one thing the Pistons don’t have.
The Suns’ proprietor appears prepared to spend cash and hasn’t cared concerning the tax, so they could simply run it again and add more cash and gamers to the roster.
I’d like to deliver Devin Booker residence to play with Cade Cunningham in Detroit, but it surely’s onerous to see the Suns transferring him and even when they do, the Pistons received’t have the very best provide.
As I write this, the Phoenix Suns seem to be an extended shot to win the NBA Championship in 2024.
The sequence with the Minnesota Timberwolves isn’t over, however the Suns look outdated, sluggish, and disorganized. And even within the occasion of a comeback, it appears arduous to ascertain this Suns workforce beating any of the opposite elite groups, together with the Denver Nuggets.
Naturally, many followers are trying not ahead, however again. Again on the street not taken. The alternate actuality. The one by which the Suns didn’t execute a blockbuster commerce on Feb. 2023, sending the beloved Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets for Kevin Durant.
And even perhaps a world by which the Suns didn’t half methods with Deandre Ayton, the franchise’s solely #1 total choose in historical past, after they packed him off to the Portland Trailblazers in September of final yr in a deal that largely landed them Grayson Allen and Jusuf Nurkic.
It’s arduous in charge a fan for being a revisionist underneath these circumstances. The long run appeared shiny earlier than the KD deal, didn’t it? In any case, that was a core that had come near successful an NBA title not way back. And now the longer term appears to be like restricted, given Durant’s advancing age.
However I’ll say what might shock some: I might most likely take the identical path once more. Why? That sounds silly, doesn’t it?
Effectively, actually, I’ll grant it could. However I’m personally loving (most) of the daring actions taken since Robert Sarver gave method as proprietor to Mat Ishbia. Now not is that this the do-nothing franchise, the workforce afraid to take an actual large cash threat, the workforce that merely accepts its standing as a mid-market additionally ran and hopes to have the ability to contend each few years.
No. This can be a bolder Suns that was keen to roll the cube on a high-risk/high-reward sequence of strikes it knew wouldn’t be common with a large chunk of followers. That noticed an opportunity to deliver an all-time prime scorer to Phoenix and jumped regardless of the price.
It could be true that standing pat, operating it again, making an attempt to develop the “core” Suns into one thing past what they’d been was the protected selection. An untestable speculation is that it could have been the proper selection.
I hope this isn’t the top for the 2024 Suns. I hope they will discover one other gear and make a deep playoff run. I actually do.
However even when not, I gained’t want they’d performed it protected. Fortune will favor the daring. Finally. I’ve to imagine that.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem calls on Nikki Haley to exit 2024 race
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — a possible operating mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — is getting consideration once more. This time, it is for a brand new e-book the place she writes about killing an unruly canine, and a smelly goat, too.
The Guardian obtained a duplicate of Noem’s soon-to-be launched e-book, “No Going Again: The Reality on What’s Mistaken with Politics and How We Transfer America Ahead.” In it, she tells the story of the ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was coaching for pheasant searching.
She writes, in keeping with the Guardian, that the story was included to indicate her willingness to do something “troublesome, messy and ugly” if it needs to be accomplished. However backlash was swift towards the Republican governor, who only a month in the past drew consideration and criticism for posting an infomercial-like video about beauty dental surgical procedure she acquired out-of-state.
Gov. Kristi Noem
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In her e-book, Noem writes that she took Cricket on a searching journey with older canine in hopes of calming down the wild pet. As an alternative, Cricket chased the pheasants whereas “having the time of her life.”
On the best way house from the searching journey, Noem writes that she stopped to speak to a household. Cricket obtained out of Noem’s truck and attacked and killed a few of the household’s chickens, then bit the governor.
Noem apologized profusely, wrote the distraught household a test for the deceased chickens, and helped them eliminate the carcasses, she writes. Cricket “was the image of pleasure” as all that unfolded.
“I hated that canine,” Noem writes, deeming her “untrainable.”
“At that second,” Noem writes, “I spotted I needed to put her down.” She led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her.
That wasn’t all. Noem writes that her household additionally owned a “nasty and imply” male goat that smelled dangerous and preferred to chase her children. She determined to go forward and kill the goat, too. She writes that the goat survived the primary shot, so she went again to the truck, obtained one other shell, then shot him once more, killing him.
Quickly thereafter, a faculty bus dropped off Noem’s youngsters. Her daughter requested, “Hey, the place’s Cricket?” Noem writes.
The excerpts drew rapid criticism on social media platforms, the place many posted images of their very own pets. President Joe Biden’s reelection marketing campaign surfaced the story on social media alongside a photograph of Noem with Trump.
Others piled on, together with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who posted a photo on X that confirmed him feeding ice cream to his canine.
“Publish an image together with your canine that does not contain capturing them and throwing them in a gravel pit. I am going to begin,” Walz, a Democrat, wrote.
Then Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer replied to Walz’s publish by including a photograph of herself holding her two canine.
The Lincoln Venture, a conservative group that opposes Trump, posted a video that it known as a “public service announcement,” exhibiting badly behaved canine and explaining that “capturing your canine within the face is just not an choice.”
“You down outdated canine, damage canine, and sick canine humanely, not by capturing them and tossing them in a gravel pit,” Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Venture wrote on X. “Unsporting and intentionally merciless … however she wrote this to show the cruelty is the purpose.”
Noem took to social media to defend herself.
“We love animals, however robust selections like this occur on a regular basis on a farm,” she mentioned on X. “Sadly, we simply needed to put down 3 horses a number of weeks in the past that had been in our household for 25 years.”
She urged readers to preorder her e-book if they need “extra actual, trustworthy, and politically INcorrect tales that’ll have the media gasping.”
Republican strategist Alice Stewart mentioned that whereas some Republican voters may admire the story “as a testomony to her grit,” it finally creates a distraction for Noem.
“It is by no means a great look when individuals assume you are mistreating animals,” Stewart mentioned. “I’ve a canine I really like like a baby and I can not think about enthusiastic about doing that, I can not think about doing that, and I can not think about writing about it in a e-book and telling all of the world.”
It is not the primary time Noem has grabbed nationwide consideration.
In 2019, she stood behind the state’s anti-meth marketing campaign even because it grew to become the topic of some mockery for the tagline “Meth. We’re on it.” Noem mentioned the marketing campaign obtained individuals speaking in regards to the methamphetamine epidemic and helped lead some to therapy.
Final month, Noem posted a virtually five-minute video on X lavishing reward on a workforce of beauty dentists in Texas for giving her a smile she mentioned she will be happy with. “I really like my new household at Smile Texas!” she wrote.
South Dakota legislation bans presents of over $100 from lobbyists to public officers and their rapid household. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable as much as a yr in jail and/or a $2,000 tremendous. The state legal professional basic’s workplace has declined to reply questions on whether or not the reward ban applies to people who find themselves not registered lobbyists.
Notice: The above video first aired on March 5, 2024.
The Minnesota Timberwolves will look to go up 3-0 within the first spherical once they head to Phoenix to face the Suns on Friday.
Led by a 25-point efficiency by Jaden McDaniels, the Wolves are coming off a 105-93 residence win over the Suns on Tuesday.
Here is every little thing you might want to learn about Sport 3 of Wolves vs. Suns within the first spherical of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on Friday, together with begin time, watch it on TV and pay attention on the radio.
watch and hearken to Wolves vs. Suns Sport 3
Date: Friday, April 26
Begin Time: 9:30 PM CT
TV channel: Bally Sports activities North Further | ESPN
Radio: iHeartRadio | Timberwolves app | KFAN
The place: Footprint Heart | Phoenix, AZ
Happening at Footprint Heart in Phoenix, Sport 3 of the Wolves vs. Suns first spherical collection can be broadcast dwell on Bally Sports activities North Further at 9:30 PM on Friday, April 26. Play-by-play announcer Michael Grady and coloration analyst Jim Peterson can be calling the sport for Bally Sports activities North.
This sport may also be broadcast nationally on ESPN. Play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco, coloration analyst Richard Jefferson and sideline reporter Cassidy Hubbarth can be calling the sport for ESPN.
You may hearken to Alan Horton, the radio voice of the Timberwolves, name the sport on iHeartRadio’s Timberwolves channel, KFAN and the Timberwolves app. The Timberwolves’ radio broadcast will begin quarter-hour earlier than tip.
Damage report
Word: Right this moment’s harm report could also be up to date earlier than the beginning of the sport.
There aren’t any gamers listed on Minnesota’s harm report.
Out: Grayson Allen and Damion Lee
Grayson Allen (Proper Ankle Sprain) and Damion Lee (Proper Meniscus Surgical procedure) are out.
Jerseys
Wolves: Affiliation Version
Suns: Assertion Version
The Wolves can be sporting their white Affiliation Version uniforms towards the Suns. Phoenix can be taking part in of their black Assertion Version uniforms.
Wolves vs. Suns collection schedule and outcomes
Minnesota gained Video games 1 and a pair of at residence and lead the primary spherical collection 2-0.
PHOENIX (AP) — Anthony Edwards hit a jumper late within the fourth quarter and snarled as he ran down the court docket, pounding his chest along with his fist for emphasis as Minnesota pulled away for an additional dominant playoff win.
The Timberwolves are the plain alpha canines by three video games of this more and more lopsided collection.
Edwards scored 36 factors, Rudy Gobert added 19 factors and 14 rebounds and the Timberwolves used a hot-shooting third quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 126-109 on Friday night time and take a 3-0 lead within the first-round matchup.
“We’re simply embracing the second,” Gobert mentioned. “We’ve got just one purpose in thoughts and we’re making an attempt to ensure we don’t get distracted by the success or the ups and downs. We’re simply locked in.”
Minnesota goes for the sweep in Sport 4 on Sunday in Phoenix.
The Wolves by no means trailed on Friday.
“This can be a staff you’ll want to dictate phrases with,” Minnesota coach Chris Finch mentioned. “You don’t need to get behind huge on them due to the way in which they will shoot the ball. That’s been a part of our messaging, a part of our emphasis, now we have to get off to good begins.”
It was the third straight sport the Wolves used an enormous third to show a good sport into a cushty victory. Minnesota hit 7 of 11 3-pointers throughout the surge, together with 4 from Nickeil Alexander-Walker, to take a 22-point lead into the fourth.
Bradley Beal led the Suns with 28 factors whereas Kevin Durant had 25 and Devin Booker 23. The remainder of the staff scored simply 33 factors.
The 7-foot-1 Gobert mentioned he’s seen the Suns being hesitant to drive within the lane when he’s there.
“That’s what I do finest,” Gobert mentioned. “I attempt to be a presence, give confidence to my teammates, ensuring I’m there for them. I’m making an attempt to get some blocks, however they don’t actually strive me. So on the finish of the day, that’s higher than any block.”
Minnesota had a six-point halftime lead and stretched its benefit to 69-58 early within the third after back-to-back 3-pointers from Mike Conley and Karl-Anthony Cities. Late within the third, Alexander-Walker hit his fourth 3-pointer of the quarter for a 95-73 lead.
The Wolves had been additionally dominant on the glass, ending with a 50-28 rebounding benefit. Edwards shot 12 of 23 from the sector and hit all 11 of his free throws whereas including 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
“We bought killed on the boards. This can be a greater, stronger staff,” Suns coach Frank Vogel mentioned. “We’ve bought to compete and win the 50-50 balls. I assumed our guys gave the trouble, however it wasn’t sufficient.”
Six Minnesota gamers scored in double figures. Cities completed with 18 factors and 13 rebounds whereas Alexander-Walker scored 16.
The listless Suns might by no means reduce the deficit to single digits within the fourth. Now they’re one loss away from what could be a bitterly disappointing season after coming into the yr with championship aspirations. By the top of the third quarter, there have been scattered boos coming from the house crowd.
Booker mentioned he couldn’t blame them.
“We put ourselves in a gap and we’ve bought to dig ourselves out of it,” Booker mentioned. “In order that’s that.”
Phoenix’s Josh Okogie, who had eight factors, was ejected late within the fourth after a tough foul on Gobert.
The Timberwolves led 59-53 on the halftime break following a aggressive first half. Edwards led the Wolves with 16 factors whereas Durant had 14 for the Suns. Eric Gordon gave Phoenix a spark with 10 factors within the first quarter, however it was brief lived.
The Suns performed with out beginning guard Grayson Allen, who led the NBA in 3-point capturing proportion this season. Allen’s coping with a sprained ankle from Sport 1 that he aggravated in Sport 2.
Sunday, April 28 at 7:00 PM ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Recreation Preview
The Indiana Pacers have the Milwaukee Bucks proper the place they need them heading into Recreation 4.
Up 2-1 of their best-of-seven first-round sequence, the sixth-seeded Pacers can keep home-court benefit and put the No. 3 Bucks’ backs in opposition to the wall with a win on Sunday in Indianapolis.
If Recreation 4 resembles Recreation 3 in any method, the power at Gainbridge Fieldhouse will reverberate all through the state from tip to last buzzer.
Recreation 3, a 121-118 Pacers extra time win, had every thing a basketball fan may need: aggressive play, jaw-dropping highlights, and clutch performances by stars.
Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle finest summed up the occasions of Recreation 3 throughout postgame interviews.
“The playoffs are madness,” Carlisle stated.
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After the Bucks overcame a 19-point deficit within the second half, and veteran ahead Khris Middleton despatched the sport into extra time with a 3-pointer on the finish of regulation, the Pacers dug in throughout further time.
With 1.6 seconds left, Pacers All-Star level guard Tyrese Haliburton — enjoying in his first ever dwelling playoff recreation — bought a floater to fall via contact earlier than making a free throw to seal it.
The sport-winner capped a historic night time for Halibuton, who grew to become the fourth participant in Pacers playoff historical past to report a triple-double by logging 18 factors, 16 assists, and 10 rebounds.
Haliburton’s 16 assists had been additionally the second-most ever by a Pacer in a playoff recreation, as he completed one in need of tying Mark Jackson’s franchise mark set in 1998.
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On prime of Haliburton’s memorable efficiency, and different clutch performs by different gamers like Andrew Nembhard and Aaron Nesmith down the stretch, Myles Turner posted a profession playoff-high 29 factors for the Blue & Gold in Recreation 3.
Turner, who has performed for the Pacers since 2015, stated he hopes the surroundings from Recreation 3 carries over into the remainder of the playoff dwelling video games and that it makes a distinction for the gamers.
“That was unreal, bro. Don’t get me began,” Turner stated postgame. “That was every thing I hoped for. I wouldn’t say value the five-year wait — I want it was right here sooner, but it surely was positively simply an incredible environment to play in. Simply for my household to give you the option to expertise that this time of yr, it was actually cool. For the fellows that haven’t been right here for the Indiana Pacers within the playoffs, this was an incredible introduction for them. It’s solely going to get crazier. It was wonderful. Simply energetic the complete recreation, by no means actually was any lows. It was cool.”
With out two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, Middleton stepped up on the offensive finish for the Bucks, posting 42 factors on 16-for-29 capturing whereas accumulating 10 rebounds. Antetokounmpo hasn’t performed but this postseason and his standing stays in query as he recovers from a calf harm.
One other harm to watch will likely be Bucks All-Star guard Damian Lillard, who momentarily left Recreation 3 within the first quarter with what he described as an Achilles situation. Lillard nonetheless had 28 factors on Friday regardless of the harm.
No matter Sunday’s consequence, the Pacers will play in Milwaukee at Fiserv Discussion board for Recreation 5 on Tuesday, with a begin time nonetheless to be introduced by the league.
Projected Starters
Pacers: G – Tyrese Haliburton, G – Andrew Nembhard, F – Aaron Nesmith, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Myles Turner
Bucks: G – Patrick Beverley, G – Malik Beasley, F – Khris Middleton, F – Bobby Portis, C – Brook Lopez
Harm Report
Pacers: Bennedict Mathurin – out (proper shoulder labral tear)
Bucks: Khris Middleton – possible (proper ankle sprain), Giannis Antetokounmpo – uncertain (left soleus pressure), Damian Lillard – uncertain (proper Achilles tendinitis), Chris Livingston – out (non-COVID sickness)
Final Assembly
April 26, 2024: In a wildly entertaining Recreation 3, the Pacers outlasted the Bucks 121-118 in extra time at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
After giving up a 19-point lead, the Pacers led by three within the last seconds of regulation earlier than Bucks ahead Khris Middleton drilled a 3-pointer proper earlier than the buzzer to push the sport into further minutes.
Additional time began out wacky, together with a possession by which the Pacers pulled down 5 sturdy offensive rebounds, however the Blue & Gold stayed locked in.
Tied at 118 with 6.7 seconds left in extra time, Pacers level guard Tyrese Haliburton sprinted up the courtroom, bought a floater to fall via contact with 1.6 ticks on the clock and hit the following free throw to finish the sport.
Haliburton grew to become simply the fourth Pacers participant to report a triple-double within the playoffs, ending with 18 factors, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, and Myles Turner recorded a playoff-best 29 factors within the win.
Middleton scored 42 factors (16-for-29 capturing) to anchor the Bucks, Damian Lillard added 28, and Bobby Portis chipped in 17.
Six gamers scored in double figures for the Pacers, together with all 5 starters. Indiana’s bench outscored Milwaukee’s reserves 28-6.
The Pacers outrebounded the Bucks 50-43 and outscored the guests 12-4 in fast-break factors.
Noteworthy
The Pacers have by no means gained two straight dwelling video games after splitting their first two video games on the highway to open a playoff sequence. They’re 0-10 all-time in these conditions.
Pacers head coach Rick Carlislie has 65 profession playoff wins and is one in need of tying Billy Cunnigham for the sixteenth most in NBA teaching historical past.
Broadcast Info (TV and Radio Listings >>)
TV: TNT – Announcers TBA Bally Sports activities Indiana – Chris Denari (play-by-play), Quinn Buckner (analyst), Jeremiah Johnson (sideline reporter/host)
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Pat Boylan (sideline reporter/host)
Tickets
The Pacers and Bucks will meet once more at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Recreation 4 on Sunday, April 28 at 7:00 PM ET. Discover Tickets >>
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