The Thunder and the Panthers reach the NBA and the Stanley Cup finals

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🏀 Storm of thunder in the NBA final

The Thunder finished The dismantling of the West Conference Wednesday by exploding the Timberwolves, 124-94To secure a place in the NBA final.

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From Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill:

40 minutes of hell were supposed to be a university basketball mantra, and disappeared for a long time – but thunder remixed it.

Sometimes it’s five minutes, maybe 10. Just a section in which they transform opponents into stumbling, clumsy and inept foreigners. They can barely get a boost, even less an entrance pass.

With the opportunity of the franchise, a chance to win a berth in the NBA final, Dribbling has become an obstacle course. And this five or 10 -minute section lasted half a half.

Post-match reading:

In the future: Thunders are overwhelming favorites (-625 in Betmgm) to beat the pacers or the knicks. A bet of $ 10 on OKC to win the final would bring back a meager profit of $ 1.60 if they were to win the title.

🏒 Panthers reach the third consecutive final

FIRS PANTHERS Champions beat the hurricanes, 5-3Wednesday to win their third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup final.

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Rare feat: Florida is the ninth franchise to make the Cup final in three consecutive years, joining Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Edmonton, New York (Icelanders), Philadelphia, St. Louis and Tampa Bay.

What they say: “I remember a few years ago, it looked like such an achievement,” said striker Matthew Tkachuk after he and his teammates have bypassed an post-match celebration. “This year is all business.”

Are we directed to a revenge match? Since the NHL extended beyond the “six original” in 1967, the same two teams met in the consecutive Four Cup final. Oilers (up 3-1) are a victory to make it five.

• 1968: Canadians on Blues

• 1969: Canadians on Blues

• 1977: Canadians on Bruins

• 1978: Canadians on Bruins

• 1983: Insular on the Oilers

• 1984: Oilers on islanders

• 2008: Red Wings on penguins

• 2009: Penguins on the reds

• 2024: Panthers on Oilers

Go further: Why did the panthers not touched the Prince of Wales trophy

⚾️ MLB’s arms race

MLB teams Used to pass regularly throughout the season using around 20 launchers. Now they are lucky if they arrive in June before crossing this threshold.

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By figures: In 2010, 635 launchers made an appearance of the MLB. This year, this number is already 638 and we are only a third of the path throughout the season.

• The league has been tending in this way for years, first eclipping 700 in 2015, 800 in 2019 and reaching a brand of high water of 909 * in 2021, when the players still lacked time at the cocvid.

• MLB implemented a minimum three -beat rule in 2020, which moderately decreased the number of launchers used per game but had a negligible impact on the total throughout the season.

What motivates this? Sport has changed. The launchers were proud to go deep in the matches, but the type of launcher that the teams appreciate today – the flame throwers with high removal rates – cannot eat so many sleeves. More weapons are necessary for the calculation to add up.

• Consider this: in 2005, 50 launchers launched at least 200 rounds. In 2019, only 15 guys crossed this threshold. Last year? Four.

• This “Death of the Mannings Eater” is not just a question of endurance either. Managers with an analytical spirit tend to draw their starters before their third or fourth time by order, turning rather towards a long series of readers.

Between the lines: Health also plays a major role (and related), because although the increase in speed leads to more stick withdrawals, it has also fueled a The disturbing increase in launcher injuries. The more weapons on the IL, the more it takes to fill these spots.

What they say: “If you miss more bats, you get more withdrawals. If you get more withdrawals, you accumulate more victories. If you accumulate more victories, you are paid more,” Cubs Gm Carter Hawkins told The Athletic ($). “Thus, the incentive structure is oriented towards this, but it is more trying on the launchers and therefore (you need) more rest for launchers at different times.”

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Conclusion: The “Stuff Over Stamina” era has given a new status quo: it is no longer the number of sleeves your starter can give you, but how many quality arms are waiting in the wings.

*These figures include the pitching of position players, which tends to an average of about 60 per season in recent years.

📸 through the lens

Carlsbad, California – Oklahoma State beat Virginia Win his 12th national male golf coursebinding Princeton for the third plus. Only Houston (16) and Yale (21) have more.

Bormio, Italy – Isaac del Toro, the first Mexican cyclist to direct the Giro d’Italia, Won Stage 17 To add precious seconds to its advantage. It leads by 41 seconds with four steps to do.

Wrocław, Poland – Chelsea defeated Real Betis, 4-1, in the final of the conference league at Complete the full whole of European trophies (Champions League, Europa League).

Paris – Aryna Sabalenka rose to the French Open, where the second round ends today.

📺 Surveillance list: Thursday May 29

🏀 Pacers in Knicks, match 5 (8 p.m. he, TNT)

If the Knicks will maintain their season alive, they will have to break the strange but true sequence of the Indiana: the Pacers have only lost this playoff series 3 (0-3), going 11-0 in all the other games.

🏒 Oilers at Stars, match 5 (8 p.m., ESPN)

The good news for the stars, as they are faced with elimination, is that they are 7-2 at home in these playoffs. The bad news is that the Oilers won three consecutive games with a 13-2 score.

⛳️ US Women’s Open (8:30 am, peacock; 12h, United States)

The second T-shirt of the season in Erin Hills in Wisconsin, the 16th course to welcome the United States and women of the Women’s Open. The reigning champion Yuka Saso, 23, became the youngest winner of the US Open in the US last year, but missed his last three cups.

🥎 Women’s College World Series (12 noon, ESPN / ESPN2)

Double elimination support Starts today at Oklahoma City, with the n ° 3 Florida vs n ° 6 of Texas (12 noon, ESPN)N ° 2 Oklahoma vs n ° 7 of Tennessee (2:30 p.m., ESPN)N ° 12 Texas Tech against Ole Miss (7 p.m., ESPN2) and n ° 9 UCLA against n ° 16 Oregon (9:30 p.m., ESPN2).

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More:

• 🎾 French Open: Second round (5h, TNT / TRUTV / MAX) … N ° 1 Jannik Sinner, n ° 6 Novak Djokovic and n ° 2 Coco Gauff Gaudline of today.

• ⛳️ PGA: Commemorative tournament (8 a.m., ESPN +; 2 p.m., Golf) … An stacked field launches into the village of Muirfield for a $ 20 million handbag.

• ⚾️ MLB: Nationals at Mariners (9:40 p.m., FS1) … Mackenzie Gore from Washington leads the MLB with 13.4 stick withdrawals per sleeve.

• 🚴 Bike: Giro d’Italia (7:50 am, max) … Step 18 of 21.

Today’s complete slate.

🏈 Game guess

The raiders have just made aj cole the NFL’s best paid bettorsigning the prolonged Pro Triple trimester to a historic four -year extension.

Make a supposition: How much will Cole per year earn?

Answer at the bottom.

🎓 Everything about schools

It’s been a year to remember for these six sports departments.

Trivia’s response: $ 3.95 million ($ 15.8 million contract over four years)

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