👋 Good Morning Stump Nation!

We’ve got Game 2 of Mavs Celtics tonight! The Mavs have to show some more life tonight right? We had game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals last night and the Florida Panthers with Florida defending home ice! We’ve got exciting stuff in Tennis, Golf, Cricket, and College Baseball today! Fun time in sports!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.  

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

At what age did Luka Doncic start playing Professional basketball for Real Madrid?

• A. 6 years, 4 months

• B. 13 years, 11 months

• C. 15 years, 5 months

• D. 16 years, 2 months

• E. 17 years, 10 months

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

ON THIS DAY🗓️ 

On this day in 2019…

Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in 4 sets at the final of the French Open for his 3rd straight French title.

This was Nadal’s TWELFTH title at the French Open, the most at a single major for any player ever! Dominance!

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰 

Breaking News…

• 🏒 NHL raises the salary cap for the 2024-25 season to $88 Million

• ⚽️ USMNT gets smacked by Colombia in International Friendly. A tuneup for the Copa America. Final score 5-1.

• 🥊 Ryan Garcia arrested in Beverly Hills for felony vandalism charge. Tough scene for a 5:45 PM on a Saturday

• ⚾️ Florida State, Virginia, both clinch their sports in College World Series

Top Final Scores💯 

• ⛳️ Scottie Scheffler remains in solo lead at PGA Memorial Tournament at -10

  • 4 strokes ahead of Hadwin, Straka, and Morikawa all at -6

• 🏒 STANLEY CUP GAME 1: Panthers def. Oilers 3-0 in a goalkeeping clinic by Sergei Bobrovsky

• ⚾️ Phillies def. Mets in the MLB London Tour, 7-2. Red October in London with Bryce going YARD 💣️ 

• ⚾️ Florida State def. UCONN 10-8 in extras in one of the best games of the year! Back and forth the whole way with the Huskies showing a lot of heart! The Seminoles move on to the College World Series

What Caught Our Eye👀 

• RIDICULOUS save by Bobrovsky! 🏒

• You’ve heard of the Flying Knee but what about the SPINNING ELBOW 🥊 

• More Clark history in the WNBA…still not enough to make the Olympic team 🤔 

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️ 

NBA Finals: Mind Games or The Truth!

After Game 1 of the Finals Jason Kidd went on the podium and said that Jaylen Brown was the Celtic’s best player. Anybody else think that hurt Tatum’s feelings?

When you get to the NBA Finals, there often isn’t any love lost between the two teams. Even if there isn’t a rivalry going into it, by the end of it one is cemented. In this series all of the posters and commercials have each team having their Batman and Rabin, as well as a supporting cast.

Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum are the Batman’s (at least that’s how they try to show it). And Kyrie Irving and Jaylen Brown are the Robins.

After the game-one thrashing the Celtics gave the Mavs, Jason Kidd didn’t mince any words when going on to the podium for his post-game press conference.

When asked about Jaylen Brown he quickly said, “Jaylen’s their best player. Looking at what he does defensively, he picked up Luka full court. He got to the free-throw line, he did everything, and that’s what your best player does.”

The Boston situation is one that always baffles me. Everybody always seems so scared to mention Jaylen as the best player on that team. Would it be a hot take? Yes, but in postseason play we’ve seen this more often than not, where Jaylen Brown is the most consistent player on the Boston Celtics.

Jason Kidd has always been known for his tricks. At the beginning of his coaching career, he famously bumped into his own player and spilled his drink to talk to his team. He’s had his tricks before. Could this be another one?

A reporter asked Jrue Holiday to comment on Kidd’s quote and he said, “I mean he’s not wrong.”

For a guy who seems to be just a good, humble, kid. I have never understood the widespread Jayson Tatum hate. People always acknowledge him as the best player on his team, and then go on to talk shit about him. I disagree with every part of that. He absolutely is a great player but GIVE ME JAYLEN BROWN at this point in the season.

We’ve got Game 2 tonight. Maybe Jayson will make me eat my words and win Finals MVP, maybe Porzingis will stay on fire and win’s it. Who knows. The only thing I know for a fact is that this is the last series of the NBA season, and I’m gonna enjoy every minute of it!

JUICE STATION🧃 

Quote of the Day

Song of the Day

Glue Guy of the Day

Defined: Glue Guy (Noun, Verb, Adj., etc.) - a person, thing, idea, or thought that holds together the larger group. Not the star, not the main character, but a hard hat and lunch pale type who knows its role. The GLUE of the group.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️ 

NBA🏀: Game 2 of the NBA Finals - Mavericks @ Celtics (8:00 PM ET on ABC)

• Celtics lead series 1-0

NHL🏒: Have to wait another day for Game 2

MLB⚾️: Some of the key games on the slate today are Red Sox @ White Sox (2:10 PM ET), Astros @ Angels (4:07 PM ET), and Dodgers @ Yankees (7:10 PM ET)

NCAA Baseball⚾️: Super Regionals Continue!

• Game 3 of (1) Tennessee vs Cinderella Kids, Evansville

• (7) Georgia tries to get one back on (10) NC State

• (2) Kentucky tries to close the door or (15) Oregon State

WNBA🏀: Mystics @ Liberty (3:00 PM ET), Mercury @ Wings (4:00 PM ET), Storm @ Lynx (7:00 PM ET), Aces @ Sparks (9:00 PM ET)

French Open🎾: Men’s Finals, (4) Zverev vs (3) Alcaraz

Golf⛳️: Day 4 of the PGA Memorial Tournament held at Jack Nicklaus’ (🐐) golf club in Dublin, Ohio, the renowned Muirfield Village Golf Club!