Knicks Do It Again, Thunder Reigns, Home Teams Hold Court, and so much more.

NBA PLAYOFFS AND NEWS.

For the 2nd time in 2 games, the #3 seeded New York Knicks overcome a 20-point deficit to beat the defending NBA Champion and #2 seeded Boston Celtics. The 91-90 victory last night, gives them a big 2-0 series lead going back home to Madison Square Garden.

The odds now heavily favor the Knicks, as 85.7% of teams who win the first 2 games on the road, end up taking the best of seven series.

SG Josh Hart led the team in points with 23, but it was C Karl Anthony-Towns with his team leading 17 rebounds. Dominating the glass and not allowing those pesky second chance shots by Boston. PG Jalen Brunson led with 7 assists. Check out the final seconds of the game below.

Game 3 is in New York, Saturday afternoon, at 3:30 PM (EST) on ABC.

The #1 seeded Oklahoma City Thunder laid a 43-point butt whipping on the #4 seeded Denver Nuggets with a 149-106 victory at home.

The Thunder set an NBA record, scoring 87 points in the first half alone. The shots just weren’t falling for the Nuggets last night, and the Thunder made 56.2% of their shots, including 44.4% from beyond the arch. Full game highlights of the record-breaking night below.

PG Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the team with 34 points and assists with 8. PF Chet Holmgren had 11 rebounds.

It was a big win for the Thunder as the series is now tied 1-1, going to Denver.

Game 3 is Friday night, in Denver, at 10:00 PM (EST) on ESPN.

Golden State Warriors superstar PG Stephen Curry has Grade 1 left hamstring strain, is slated to miss at least 2 games, if not more.

Hamstring injuries are hard to recover from, as they can linger for weeks or months.

NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS AND NEWS.

The A1 Toronto Maple Leafs take a big 2-0 series lead over the defending Stanley Cup Champion and A3 Florida Panthers with a 4-3 victory at home. Full game highlights below.

Both teams got power play goals by Barkov (FLA) and Pacioretty (TOR) in the 1st period. Goals by Nylander and Domi, gave Toronto a 3-2 lead after 2 periods of play. Lundell scored at 5:33 of the 3rd to tie it at 3-3. Only 17 seconds later, Mitch Marner scored the eventual game winner at 5:50.

Game 3 is Friday night, in Sunrise, FL, at 7:00 PM (EST) on TNT, truTV, and Max.

The C2 Dallas Stars steal Game 1 in Winnepeg from the C1 Winnepeg Jets with a 3-2 win, to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

All 5 goals were scored in a wild and crazy 2nd period. Led by Stars RW Mikko Rantanen, who got his 2nd straight hat-trick. See all 3 goals below.

Game 2 is Friday night, in Winnepeg, at 9:30 PM (EST) on TNT, truTV, and Max.

The Utah Hockey Club in the NHL, now officially has a nickname and logo.

They will be called, the Utah Mammoth.

It was a 13-month process, and they had over 850,000 ballots cast by fans to come up with the name and logo.

It went through 4 rounds of “community voting” and this is the winner.

MLB SCORES AND NEWS.

The Guardians beat the Nationals 8-6.

The Yankees get the 4-3 win over the Padres in extra innings.

The Dodgers lay a beat down on the Marlins 10-1.

The Pittsburgh Pirates lose their 7th straight game to the streaking St. Louis Cardinals 5-0.

OTHER NEWS.

My Aunt Chris’ Toledo Walleye defeated my Fort Wayne Komets in double overtime, to get the 3-2 win, and tie the series at 2-2 in the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs. Game highlights below.

Game 5 is tonight, in Fort Wayne, IN. Puck drops at 7:35 PM (EST)

Get out and support your local pro and semi-pro teams.

– by Sean McKenzie

Stats and information courtesy of…..ESPN, NBA, NHL, MLB.

Pictures and videos courtesy of…..YouTube, myhighplains, and the ChicagoSunTimes.