Good morning. Let Clippers-Spurs never end.
That and more in Friday’s NBA newsletter.
Good morning. Let’s basketball.
LET’S PLAY SEVEN: The Clippers beat the Spurs in San Antonio to send their series back to L.A. for a final, fatal farewell on Saturday night. Predictably, the team’s two brightest stars -- Chris Paul (who started 0-8 but bounced back) and Blake Griffin -- led the way.
And man, Steve Ballmer really might not be cut out for this life. Game 7 is Saturday night, after the Kentucky Derby and before Pacquiao-Mayweather. It's unclear whether Big Baby Davis' ankle will be okay.
BULLDOZED: The Bulls beat the Bucks 120-66. Not a typo. Fun game. Giannis Antetokounmpo got himself ejected for dropping Mike Dunleavy. DeMarcus Cousins immediately adds Milwaukee to the list of teams he’d like to be traded to.
Game 1 of Cleveland-Chicago is Monday.
TONIGHT!
Hawks at Nets, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
LMA-OH: LaMarcus Aldridge discusses his free agency. It appears he’ll likely meet with other teams, but said glowing things about Portland, so we’ll see. I wrote a piece on how the Blazers might actually be the best team for Aldridge long-term.
THE THUNDER HAVE A COACH: Billy Donovan is super official, and I’m pretty sure he can’t back out now. Andy Hutchins has three things about Donovan NBA fans should know. Woj explains why Donovan finally made the leap.
MIDDLE FINGERS IN THE AIR: So the NFL coerced ESPN and every other TV network it partners with to restrict their reporters from tweeting draft picks before they are made official on TV. The New York Times quoted the great and powerful Adrian Wojnarowski, who can be like 5-6 picks ahead of the TV broadcast in the NBA Draft. This is his take: “I don’t care about anybody’s television show. My job is to report and break news when I have the news, and who a team is drafting is news. The draft and the announcement is a ceremony. I don’t care about anybody’s ceremony.” DAMN.
Happy Friday. See you next time.
