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Good Morning, Stumpers!
Happy Sunday squadron! Yesterday was loaded baked potato in terms of sports! We had the UCL Final, Game 6 of the ECF, Moving Day in golf, and a whole lot of baseball! If you turned on the TV at all you were smacked in the face with action! Excited to share that weāve got more of it today! Can Scottie hold for another win?
Todayās Rundown
Whatās in todayās edition?
š” Pacers Advance to NBA Finals for Date with Thunder
ā³ļø Scottie Leads Through 54 Holes at the Memorial Tournament
ā½ļø PSG Wins 1st UCL Title!
š„ A Boxing Stumpset On This Dayā¦
On This Day
On This Dayā¦
š„ A Heavyweight Boxing Upset
Thereās been some really stunning boxing upsets in the history of the WBC, but none really live up to the crazy night of Andy Ruiz Jr.
On this day in 2019, Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. upset English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 rounds at MSG in New York City. He won the world heavyweight tile that night for one of the biggest upsets in the history of boxing.
Todayās Trivia
š§ Test your sports knowledgeā¦
Alright boys and girls, it's NBA Finals time. Who's your winner? |
Yesterdayās Trivia Answer: Early signs point to if that does happen, the Dodgers would smack the Yankees sillyā¦but hey, small sample size! Lot of ball left!
Before We Dive Inā¦
š Yesterdayās Must Seeās
šļø Stump Spotlight
NBA Finals Are Set
š š” Pacers Advance to NBA Finals
They have been doubted, they have been questioned, and they STILL remain heavy underdogs in what will be the final series of the NBA Seasonā¦But the Indiana Pacers keep on winning.
Knicks fans have started their media hibernation for about the next 48 hours. Itās understandable, weāve all been there. No phones, no media, no nothing for two days. If you look at the roster construction of this Indiana team, they donāt fully make sense. They have Tyrese Haliburton, and Pascal Siakam leading the charge. After that itās like a 5-gallon bottle of Elmerās Glue swept through the making of their group.
Some teams can go 8-deep. The good teams can go 9-deep. The deep teams can go 10-deep. This group of freakshows goes ELEVEN DEEP! What the hell even is that!?!?
Not only do they go 11-deep, but when they bring on a guy like Thomas Bryant, heās splashing corner threes. When Jarace Walker enters the fold, heās hitting contested layups and having to guard Jalen Brunson.
I donāt get it. I should hate them, for what theyāve done to some of these Eastern Conference teams now, but I just canāt. Yesterday maybe 5 times they scored wide open layups off of MADE NEW YORK BASKETS! Iāve never seen anything like it!
The noise through the TV of that arena was deafening! I can only imagine what it was like to be in there!
The Pacers now make it to their first NBA Finals in a quarter century, the last time was 2000 when they also defeated the Knicks in 6 games to get thereā¦eerie!
Indiana now has an absolute buzz saw that awaits. If this postseason has shown anything, it is that they will fight, and they will glue, but man I donāt see them beating OKC more than once. But hey, I donāt know diddly-squat! I love me some stumpsets, wouldnāt mind them shocking the world!
Pacers def. Knicks, 125-108 (IND wins series 4-2)
Pascal Siakam named Eastern Conference Finals MVP!
The Hot Stove
ā³ļø Sunday at Jackās Course
When it comes down to the last day of the Memorial Tournament at Murfield Golf Village, itās always going to be a good time.
Scottie Scheffler had a flawless moving day yesterday to position himself as the lone leader of the tournament heading into the last day. It was his first bogey-free round at Murfield in his many appearances there, but heāll have to face the red hot Ben Griffin down the stretch. Griffin, who had a pretty slow start to his PGA Tour career, has splashed onto the scene in recent weeks and is coming off of a win in Texas last weekend. Scheffler takes a one shot lead into the last day of the tournament, something we hear pretty often. Other than Griffin, Canadian Nick Taylor sits three shots back, but other than that the field is pretty far away from Scottie. Sepp Straka used a tournament low score on Saturday to find himself in a tie for fourth after moving up 27 spots, heās tied with Keegan Bradley and Jordan Spieth at -3. Hereās the top three heading into Sunday:
Scottie Scheffler (-8)
Ben Griffin (-7)
Nick Taylor (-5)
Scottie tees off at 2:05 PM with Griffin.
ā½ļø PSG def. Inter in Champions League Final!
It was the young squad from PSG that dismantled Inter in the highly anticipated UCL Final! The final was a brutal 5-0! The most lob-sided final in Champions League Final history!
This thing got ugly early for Inter. It was the former Inter member Achraf Hakimi who got the ball rolling for PSG and then the 19-year old Desire Doue who made it 2-0 just 20 minutes into the ball game! 19 years old and scoring at this stage is absolutely astonishing! He would go on to score a second by the way!! At half the score was still 2-0, but then PSG poured it on late in the second half to win by a total of 5-0, or five-nil, if you will. This is their first Champions League title, and it comes after the departure of superstar Kylian Mbappe. That had to be an added bonus for the team and the fans! Congrats Paris Saint-Germain!
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What To Watch
š NBA Finals ARE SET! Now we wait for Thursday!
ā¾ļø Major League Baseball
What to Watch: Brewers @ Phillies (1:35 PM ET), Red Sox @ Braves (1:35 PM ET), Rockies @ Mets (1:40 PM ET), Yankees @ Dodgers (7:10 PM ET), full schedule
š NHL Playoffs is in a holding pattern!
š WNBA
Sun @ Liberty (3:00 PM ET), Aces @ Storm (6:00 PM ET)
ā³ļø Day FOUR of the Memorial Tournament at Jack Nicklaus place, Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Last years winner, Scottie Scheffler, tees of at 1:30 PM ET. Hereās a link to the leaderboard
The Moment Youāve Been Waiting For
Glue Guy OTD Obi Toppin Indiana Pacers There was a point where TVs across the country were hearing loud and clear, āObi Toppinā chants in an arena! Unreal! | Quote OTD āScottie Scheffler has the outright lead after 54 holesā Jim Nantz When you hear this one to conclude Moving Day, it could be a lonnnnng day for the field on Sunday! | Song OTD My Sweet Lord George Harrison Itās what I have playing at this exact moment. As simple as that today folks. |
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