Some fans could consider May as one of the slowest months in the sports calendar, but there were still a lot of things that happened in the last 31 days when we are preparing for the summer.
THE Nba And In the NHL The playoffs each organized crucial tricks in their tournaments, the finals of each sport are now fixed. The biggest club football match also took place in May, the UEFA Champions League final taking place last Saturday.
Of course, there was also Indianapolis 500, which is one of the best automotive events of the year.
With May ending, take a look at the 10 best sports scenarios of the month.
10 best May sports scenarios
10 Caitlin Clark undergoes a quadruple injury after an incredible start
After having an average of 19 points and 9.3 assists during the first four games of its second season of the WNBA, Caitlin Clark injured the Quad. It was originally expected to keep it for two weeks, but recently the Indiana fever announced that its recovery calendar could be extended. It is more likely that it has reassessed on the deadline of two weeks, which would fall around June 8, and another update on its status is published.
9. Christian Pulisic Titles of several notable players who left the alignment of the Cup of the Gold
Despite being AC Milan The top scorer, Christian Pulisic was left out United States Male Male team List for the Gold Cup this summer. USMNT will also be without Tim Weah, Geno Reyna and Weston McKinnie – Three key components of their FIFA 2022 World Cup team which has reached the stadium with direct elimination. Two things are at stake with this: it will be interesting to see how the USMNT fairs without a multitude of his veterans, and how he compiles his list for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
8 Scottie Scheffler wins the PGA championship a year after the arrest
Scheffler was dominant all weekend en route to a five-stroke victory. He pulled six under the peer during Tour 3 of the tournament to give himself a huge advantage before the last day. While Jon Rahm of Liv Golf was hot at the front of the Channel 4, he could never catch Scheffler and finally dropped in eighth place. Scheffler’s consistency was essential to win the PGA championship, and was also displayed in its ability to climb and stay at the top of the PGA Tour classification.
7. “Sovereignty” wins the Kentucky Derby; “Journalism” wins preakness
Sovereignty beat journalism, the favorite, to win the Kentucky derby on the back of the packaging to survive its opponent on the last straight line. After victory, however, sovereignty did not run in the Preakness, losing its chance to win the triple crown. The favorite again, journalism took care of business in preakness.
6. Florida panthers And Edmonton Oilers Compection yourself in the revenge match of the Stanley Cup last year’s Stanley Cup
The NNH Stanley Cup final will offer a revenge match last season. But, the road to come back is not that simple. In the first round, the Oilers found themselves following the Kings 2-0 and lost in match 3, but they set up a successful return to this third match, then won the next three consecutive to take the series in six. This gave them a magnitude to cross the rest of the Western Conference, eliminating the Knights of Las Vegas and Dallas stars In five games.
THE Panthers also found itself down 2-0, but in the second round of the eliminations of the Eastern Conference, at the Maple Leafs of Toronto. They rebounded to win the next three games, before dropping match 6, setting up a match to do or die 7. Panthers Showed their chops at the championship level and maintained their rights to defend it. After beating the Hurricanes de Caroline In five games, the Panthers meet in the final against a team of oilers who would necessarily be hungry after losing against them in 2024.
There were not many surprises in the side of the western conference of the support in the NBA qualifiers. THE ThunderWho won 68 games in the regular season to win the seeded, won his ticket for the NBA final after sending the Minnesota Timberwolves In five games in the Western Conference final. Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderWho was also appointed MVP for the regular season earlier in May, led his team to a serial victory with several performances of more than 30 points, which won the MVP of the Western Conference final in the process. He also helped thunder survive at Denver Nuggets In seven games in the semi-finals of the Western Conference.
The Eastern Conference, on the other hand, had some major upheavals in the conference semi-final. THE Pacers Has shot down the upper seeds Cleveland riderswhile the New York Knicks defeated the title champion Boston Celtics as a star Jayson Tatum suffered an Achilles tear in match 4 of this series. While the Pacers and the Knicks have renewed their rivalry, Tyrese Haliburton Taken a blow for the ages to help send game 1 of the Eastern Conference final to overtime after the return of a 14 -point deficit in the last minutes. The Pacers won this match and took a 3-1 lead before finishing the Knicks in match 6, with Pascal Siakam Winning series MVP.
4 Dallas Mavericks Win the first overall choice in the NBA draftment lottery despite 1.8% chance
Alarm ringtards for conspiracy theorists sounded in May Maladder won the Draft NBA lottery. They had 1.8% chance of winning the lottery, which makes its most unlikely victory in the 40th anniversary of the event. The victory also came after the Mavericks came out of the image of the playoffs after the controversial Luka Donic trade, allowing them to win the lottery and probably the Duke Star project Cooper Flagg with the overall choice n ° 1. San Antonio Spurs won the second choice, while the Philadelphia 76ers obtained the third choice.
3 and 3 PSG wins the first Champions League historically
No Kylien Mbappe, no problem. In its first season after the start of the French star of the club, PSG has always been able to win the best European club title. After defeating Arsenal 3-1 in the aggregate in the semi-finals earlier in May, PSG won a historic victory in the Champions League final on Saturday. He killed Inter Milan, 5-0, for the greatest victory in the history of the Champions League final. Désiré Doué scored two of the goals, while Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu each added a score in victory.
2. NFL publishes the calendar; With week 16 DoubleHerader
The last major event in the NFL offseason took place in May, the League published its 272 game calendar for the regular season of 2025. There were some major protruding facts on the NFL on the Fox calendar for the 2025 season. It will broadcast a revenge match of Super Bowl Lix during week 2, when the Philadelphia Eagles Head to Kansas City to face the Chiefs. There will also be a double head of Saturday in the week 16. The Washington Commanders will welcome the Eagles in a revenge match of the NFC championship match. The other match is between Green bay packers And Chicago Bears.
Of course, the calendar release day is also the Super Bowl for the media departments of each team. The release of this year’s calendar is not lacking in creative videos to help teams unveil their schedules.
1 and 1 Alex Palou Finally wins his first Indy 500
The most dominant driver of this Indycar season has again dominated in the largest race in sport. Palou won for the fifth time in six races when he won his first Indy 500 at the Memorial Day weekend. He took the lead with 14 remaining laps and never abandoned, persevering in a race that had several chaotic twists and turns. The race, which was the first time it broadcast on Fox, also had its best audience in almost two decades because it on average 7.05 million viewers.
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