[Stump #117 - Sunday, May 19th]
What a Saturday in the sports world, big days from some of the best in Golf in Louisville, Mavs upset the one seed Thunder to get into WCF, and Bayer Leverkusen completes the first zero loss campaign in Bundesliga history!
🔴 YouTube Link: EPISODE 2
🟢 Spotify Podcast Link: 50 MINUTES OF JUICE
🟣 Apple Podcasts Link: JUICE
LETS. GET. INTO. IT.
THE DAILY STUMPED🔮
The NBA today is dominated by international superstars, who is the leading international scorer of all time?
A. Pau Gasol
B. Steve Nash
C. Hakeem Olajuwon
D. Dirk Nowitzki
E. Tony Parker
Answer at the bottom of The Stump!
ON THIS DAY 🗓
On this day in 1973…
The 98th running of the Preakness, super-horse Secretariat, with Ron Turcotte as jockey, record the fastest-ever race time (1:54).
Secretariat was coming off his win at the Kentucky Derby, and completed the second leg of the triple crown with this win in Baltimore.
Check out the worst-to-first sprint: LINK
STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍
Bayer Leverkusen: Undefeated and Unquestioned!
The German Football Club Bayer Leverkusen did something no other team in German Soccer history has ever done before: they ended the season undefeated. With their 2-1 defeat over Augsburg yesterday, they officially became the champions of the 2023-2024 Bundesliga season.
They clinched their 28th win of the season, to go along with 6 total draws, they managed to amass 90 points. That is the second highest point total in the Bundesliga era, only trailing the 2012-2013 Bayern Munich squad that finished the year with 91 points.
Not only have they been undefeated in Bundesliga play, they have been undefeated across all competitions. They reached the German Cup and Europa League final during this time, as well.
This is only the 8th time in European soccer history that a team has finished the season unbeaten (Only including Europe’s Big-Five Leagues). This list dates back to Preston in 1888-89, and the most recent team was Juventus in 2011-12.
When Leverkusen drew Roma in the Europa League semi-finals earlier this month, the German side ensured they went 49 game in a row unbeaten, securing the longest streak without losing to a European club since the introduction of UEFA in 1955.
With their title cliniching win yesterday, they ended Bayern Munich’s 11-straight Bundesliga titles. They will face Kaiserslautern in the German Cup Final on May 25th and Atalanta in the Europa League Final on May 22 to continue their remarkable streak.
🎙SONG OF THE DAY
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Classic! The music video is SO 2000 it hurts. Bucket Hats and small shades EVERYWHERE. Good song to lift your spirits on this Sunday morning.
Link to enjoy: LINK
WHAT’D YOU MISS⁉📰
⛳ Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele are tied atop a stacked leaderboard through 54 holes at the PGA Championship (-15)
Theegala (-14), Lowry, Hovland, Bryson all at (-13)
🏇 ‘Seize the Grey’ wins the 149th Preakness Stakes, entered at 9-1 odds
🥊 Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury via split decision to capture the undisputed heavyweight championship! He is officially the top dog amongst the class!
🏀 OG Anunoby and Josh Hart both aiming to play in today’s Game 7 at 3:30 PM ET
⚾ Yankees Luis Gil sets franchise rookie record with 14 strikeouts in a 6 inning showing!
🏒 Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov wins the Frank J. Selke Trophy (leagues top defensive forward) in the NHL, beating out Auston Matthews and Jordan Staal
⛳ Shane Lowry ties for lowest round in PGA Championship history with a 62. Tying what Xander did on Thursday
⚾ Pete Alonso rejected a $158M extension last June, according to Joel Sherman, New York Post…sheesh
STUMP SEVEN 7⃣
Here are 7 moments from yesterday in the world of sports you might’ve missed!
🗣Quote of the Day
“It’s the playoffs, man. If you don’t get excited about the playoffs, you don’t even deserve to be playing basketball.”
PLAYOFF MADNESS! Game 7’s INBOUND in the NBA. If that doesn’t get you FIRED up, I’m not sure what else will. Win or go home.
STUMP SCOREBOARD 💯
NBA🏀
Mavs def. Thunder, 117-116
DAL wins series 4-2
SOCCER⚽
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen def. Augsburg, 2-1
La Liga
Deportivo Alaves def. Getafe, 1-0
MLS
NYC FC def. NY Red Bulls, 2-1
Inter Miami def. D.C. United, 1-0
Serie A
Atalanta def. Lecce, 2-0
Torino def. AC Milan, 3-1
MLB⚾
Yankees def. White Sox, 6-1
Marlins def. Mets in 10, 10-9
Cardinals def. Red Sox, 7-2
Full Scoreboard: LINK
NHL🏒
Oilers def. Canucks, 5-1
Series tied 3-3
WNBA🏀
NY Liberty def. IND Fever, 91-80
LV Aces def. LA Sparks, 89-82
GOLF⛳
PGA Championship Day 3! Wild top of the leaderboard
Morikawa and Schauffele in the lead at -15
STUMP HERO THEEGALA third in final grouping at -14
Insane crew at -13 ft. Hovland, Bryson, Lowry
STUMP STARS 🌟
Bayer Leverkusen ⚽ (Bundesliga) - Complete the first undefeated season in Bundesliga HISTORY! 28 wins. 6 draws. 0 losses
Luis Gil (Yankees) - 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 14 Ks!!!!!
Luka Doncic (Mavs) - 29 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists
Luis Matos (Giants) - 3 H, 2 R, 6 RBIs, 1 HR
Evan Bouchard (Oilers) - 1 goal, 2 assists
Miami Marlins 9th Inning Offense - Scored 4 runs in the bottom of the ninth!
Jose Ramirez (Guardians) - 3 H, 1 R, 3 RBIs, 1 HR
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) - 36 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds
Shane Lowry (PGA Championship) - Ties PGA Championship record by shooting a 62
Kahleah Copper (Mercury) - 38 points, 6 rebounds
STUMP SCHEDULE 📆
NBA🏀
Pacers @ Knicks (3:30 PM ET)
GAME SEVEN
T’Wolves @ Nuggets (8:00 PM ET)
GAME SEVEN
SOCCER⚽
Premier League
Man City vs West Ham (11:00 AM ET)
Liverpool vs Wolverhampton (11:00 AM ET)
Arsenal vs Everton (11:00 AM ET)
La Liga
Real Madrid vs Villarreal (1:00 PM ET)
Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano (1:00 PM ET)
Serie A
Inter Milan vs Lazio (12:00 PM ET)
Ligue 1
Mets vs PSG (3:00 PM ET)
MLB⚾
Red Sox @ Cardinals (1:05 PM ET)
White Sox @ Yankees (1:35 PM ET)
Mets @ Marlins (1:40 PM ET)
Full Schedule: LINK
NHL🏒
Day off in the world of Hockey. Everybody take a deep breath
GOLF⛳
Day 4 of the PGA Championship gets underway!
WNBA🏀
Seattle Storm @ Washington Mystics (3:00 PM ET)
Glue Guy of the Day
Three-Point Celebrations
I feel like over the years these have gotten so funny and creative. Brunson’s three point celly is one of the best-kept secrets in all of basketball. Nobody knows what it means. I’m a fan of the classic three-fingers to the side of the head, but that’s just me.
DAILY STUMPED ANSWER
D. Dirk Nowitzki, who is originally from Germany, scored a total of 31,600 points. This is good enough for 6th all time. The second best international scorer was Hakeem Olajuwon, who scored just under 27,000 career points.
