Good morning. Happy Mother’s Day. Let’s (briefly) basketball.
Good morning. The Hawks can’t handle The Truth.
That and more in Sunday’s NBA newsletter.
THE OFFICIAL BANK OF THE NBA NEVER CLOSE: Paul Pierce banked in a buzzer-beating game-winner a day after Derrick Rose banked in a buzzer-beating game-winner. (WHAT NOW FLANNERY?) The Wizards (without John Wall) gave up a 20-point lead to Atlanta’s second unit, with Mike Muscala (!) tying the game late. After the shot, Pierce gave a terrific interview in which he declared that he didn’t call “glass,” but he did call “game,” which is way more grandiose and fantastic. (I often call “game!” as a I unleash a vicious table tennis shot at match point against my 5-year-old daughter. No mercy.)
Dennis Schroder claimed the shot was lucky, like those killjoys Rodger Sherman wrote about on Saturday. Pierce was Not Having It.
GROUND INTO A FINE POWDER: Memphis beat the Warriors AGAIN, this time derailing the machine in The Grindhouse. I like to think Stephen Curry cursed himself by autographing a sign noting the draft position of Curry and Hasheem Thabeet. In the game, he airballed a three worse than Steph Curry has ever airballed a three before. In truth Golden State missed a ton of open threes. Warriors backers might think that’s a sign they’ll come back around and hit those in Game 4. Grizzlies fans know this is what Memphis does to opponents.
FAST FACT: All lower seeded teams are now up 2-1 with Game 4 at home. This has been a Fast Fact.
TODAY! Split schedule!
Cavaliers at Bulls, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Rockets at Clippers, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT
AN AMAZING TONY ALLEN STORY: He played high school football under an assumed name due to eligibility issues. He had to stop when he scored a bunch of touchdowns and recruiters came calling.
PASS THE KOOL-AID: When Vivek Ranadive talks about his failures and plans, I’m all in. This is a very interesting piece.
Short newsletter via sleep and Mother’s Day! Back tomorrow. Happy Sunday, talk to your mom and take care.
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