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New on Sports Illustrated: Vegas Clinches Top Western Seed With OT Win Over Avalanche
The Golden Knights will face Chicago in the first round of the playoffs. The second-seeded Avs take on Arizona.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Alex Tuch scored 4:44 into overtime, Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday to earn the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
The Golden Knights will face Chicago in the first round of the playoffs. The second-seeded Avs take on Arizona.
“We came here to take care of every challenge ahead of us. We did a good job,” Marchessault said. “We wanted the first seed after the round robin and we got it done. So I think it’s pretty positive. We’re really happy where our game is at as a team.”
Tuch scored the winner on a shot over the shoulder of Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer.
The Avalanche tied the game with 1:02 left in regulation when J.T. Compher poked in the puck.
Marchessault scored in the second period and again early in the third when he was pulled down by Avalanche defenseman Ryan Graves on a breakaway. Awarded a penalty shot, Marchessault beat Grubauer to the glove side.
Nicolas Roy also scored for the Golden Knights, who finished 3-0 in the playoff seeding round between the top four teams. Colorado wound up 2-0-1.
It was Tuch’s third goal in round-robin play.
“Feels pretty good,” Tuch said. “Honestly it was a big goal to get the first seed. I didn’t care who scored it as long as we did.”
Robin Lehner finished with 32 saves in starting over Marc-Andre Fleury. Lehner was acquired in a trade with the Blackhawks in February.
Now he gets to face them in the postseason.
“It’s going to be fun,” Lehner said. “They’re a very good hockey team.”
Joonas Donskoi and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche. Grubauer was in net over Pavel Francouz, who stopped 27 shots in a shutout win over Dallas on Wednesday. The veteran Grubauer was solid in saving 22 shots.
Colorado’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had a breakaway chance late in the third against his former team, only to send the shot high.
“We’re talking like we lost and that our game was poor. I don’t see it that way. I don’t see it that way at all,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “If we were expecting this thing to be easy, we’re in the wrong tournament. This is going to be work. That’s a real good hockey team. I’m not really that disappointed.”
The intensity was raised to another level in a second period that featured four goals. The scoring spree got started when Marchessault tipped a power-play shot past Grubauer. MacKinnon was in the penalty box for an unsportsmanlike call after voicing his displeasure over an icing call.
MacKinnon, a candidate for the league’s MVP honors along with the Lady Byng Trophy, atoned for losing his cool by tying the game with a spinning, backhanded shot on the power play.
Vegas jumped in front again when Roy pounded in a shot with heavy traffic in front of the net. It would last less than two minutes as Donskoi tied it up.
Colorado had a golden opportunity in the first period during an extended 5-on-3 power play. The best scoring chance was by Mikko Rantanen, but his shot down low was plucked out of the air by the glove of Lehner.
“I was fortunate to get over there,” Lehner said.
The Twitter accounts for both sides were certainly entertaining leading into the game. The Vegas crew sent: “Rock Paper Scissors for the No. 1 seed???”
The Avalanche side responded: “You guys just love to gamble don’t ya?”
NOTES: Vegas F Max Pacioretty is getting closer to a return after suffering a minor injury during training camp before heading to Edmonton. How close? “Really close,” coach Peter DeBoer said. “That’s all I can tell you.” ... Golden Knights D Shea Theodore had two assists. ... Avs F Nazem Kadri and Rantanen each had two assists.
August 09, 2020 at 06:25AM
Vegas Clinches Top Western Seed With OT Win Over Avalanche
New on Sports Illustrated: Jackets, Leafs set to decide back-and-forth series
One side was left joyous, the other stunned and confused.
Both must now settle in and get ready to stave off elimination from the NHL playoffs.
The eighth-seeded Maple Leafs and the ninth-seeded Columbus Blue Jackets meet Sunday in Toronto in the deciding game of their best-of-five Eastern Conference qualifying series. The game became necessary after the Leafs' 4-3 overtime victory on Friday.
It was a stunner, to be sure. The Leafs mounted a third-period comeback, scoring three goals in the last four minutes of regulation to tie the game and force overtime.
"I've never been a part of anything like that," said Jason Spezza, a 17-year veteran. "With the firepower we have, though, and with these guys, they can put the puck in the net. We're never out of it. There's a great sense of belief in our group."
Spezza has rarely fought throughout his NHL days, and is relied upon more as a playmaker with great vision of the ice. But he dropped the gloves Friday against Dean Kukan around the 14-minute mark of the third period, and lit a fire under his team's skates.
"I was just trying to spark the guys, show some desperation and have some pushback," Spezza said. "Sometimes without the crowd, you don't have that. I was just trying to create some emotion and play the role that I'm in, try to get everyone going."
Zach Hyman, who scored with 23 seconds left to tie the game at 3-3, appreciated the knocks Spezza took from Kukan.
"He wants it more than anybody," said Hyman, who's in his fifth season with the Maple Leafs. "He's been in the league for so long. He was a first-line player throughout his career, an all-star, probably a Hall of Famer, and now he's playing on the fourth line, willing to drop the gloves and give our team momentum when we're down.
"You can't say enough good things about Spezz. He's a real leader on our team. We all love him. It was a great play for him and we got going."
The Leafs got their first and second goals from William Nylander and John Tavares, respectively. Auston Matthews, who had two helpers, potted the game-winner 6 minutes, 50 seconds into overtime.
Matthews said the Leafs have to keep showing the resilience that allowed them to force Game 5.
"You gotta go through ups and downs," he said. "I feel like we've been through our share of ups and downs. We have to stick with it, focus on what we can control, and focus on what we have in the locker room."
The Blue Jackets, meanwhile, have to recover from the shock of losing a game they thought was in the bag.
"We just stopped moving our feet," said Seth Jones. "We stayed back and stopped forechecking. They took advantage of it."
Cam Atkinson scored first and early, getting the Blue Jackets on the board at 3:58 of the first, and Vladislav Gavrikov added a goal in the second. Boone Jenner appeared to put the game out of reach with a goal at 14:18 of the third.
"This is what happens in a series, the ups and downs," said defenseman David Savard. "It's a roller coaster. We have to try to stay as even-keeled as we can, deal with these ebbs and flows. We're not going to dwell on it, we're going to put it behind us."
Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella was tight-lipped after Friday's game.
"I'm not gonna explain it," he said.
--Field Level Media
August 09, 2020 at 04:40AM
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New on Sports Illustrated: Blues, Stars vie for West's No. 3 seed in round-robin finale
The St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars will square off Sunday in their final game of the Western Conference round-robin tournament in Edmonton.
Both the Blues (0-2-0, zero points) and Stars (0-2-0, zero points) are looking to get playoff-ready after losing their first two games.
"We have to get into that mode for this last game before we head into the playoffs," Stars forward Andrew Cogliano said. "We have some time, we're going to stick together, we're not going to point fingers and we're not going to abandon each other. This is the time where you've got to rally together and be real about where we are and be real about getting better."
The winner of Sunday's game will earn the third seed in the Western Conference and face the eighth-seeded Calgary Flames in the first round.
Sunday's loser will fall to the fourth seed and a begin a series matchup versus the seventh-seeded Vancouver Canucks.
The Blues posted a 4-0-1 record in the five regular-season meetings. The Stars posted a 3-2 overtime win over St. Louis on Feb. 8.
The Blues were outshot 38-17 during their sloppy 6-4 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday.
"We have to make sure we're dialed in there, working together, and after that we have to be ready for Sunday," Blues defenseman Colton Parayko said. "Dallas is a good team, they always play us hard. So just make sure we play tight, play our style of hockey, and there's no doubt we can do that."
The Blues took a step back from their first game -- a tightly contested 2-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche -- in their loss to the Golden Knights.
"Listen, coming into this playoffs here, this round-robin, I'm not sure that our guys have really brought the intensity to the first two games," Blues coach Craig Berube said. "In the Colorado game there were spurts at times. But right now, these two games, the other teams have been more competitive and more hungry than we have. Our compete level has to come way up."
Stars coach Rick Bowness expressed the same sentiment after his team's two losses.
"The play-in series are very intense," Bowness said. "They're very, very physical. They're in each other's faces and it's every shift. And that's what we're going to see when we enter the playoffs. We're trying to prepare our players that this is coming. We have to prepare now. We can't just flip a switch when the first game of the playoffs comes along and say 'OK now we're intense.' "
The Stars finished their regular season with a 0-4-2 winless streak. They followed their lengthy hiatus with an exhibition loss to Nashville before dropping a 5-3 decision to the Golden Knights and 4-0 setback to the Avalanche.
"I don't think we are where we need to be as of right now," Cogliano said. "We have to realize that this is the playoffs and it's tough to win. Colorado proved that. When you play a team like that, they're a high-talented team, and for us to beat them we have to outwork them and check them and play a simple game, and we weren't able to do that tonight."
The Blues will play without forward Ivan Barbashev, who left the Edmonton bubble for the birth of his first child. Winger Vladimir Tarasenko is questionable with an undisclosed injury.
The Stars expect defenseman John Klingberg back for this game, but goaltender Ben Bishop is questionable with an undisclosed injury.
--Field Level Media
August 09, 2020 at 01:14AM
Blues, Stars vie for West's No. 3 seed in round-robin finale
New on Sports Illustrated: Bruins and Capitals clash for playoff seeding
The Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals each get one last chance to get on track before the start of the playoffs as they face off in the conclusion of Eastern Conference round-robin action Sunday afternoon at Toronto.
The Bruins (0-2-0) and Capitals (0-1-1) have each lost their first two games of the season restart, so the result of Sunday's contest will determine the third and fourth seeds in the East, accordingly.
With a win, the Bruins would earn the third seed and a first-round matchup against the seventh-seeded New York Islanders. With a loss, the Bruins would drop to the fourth seed and a first-round matchup against the sixth-seeded Carolina Hurricanes.
The Bruins' slow start in particular has been shocking, after Boston led the league with 100 points prior to the season's coronavirus-mandated hiatus. The team's latest loss came 3-2 at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday.
"We're just trying to win a hockey game right now," said Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy. "Would I rather be the No. 1 seed? Absolutely. But that's not going to happen."
The Capitals, meanwhile, have also scuffled, losing 3-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday after falling in a shootout in their first game of the restart.
"The point of these games is obviously for the seeding," said Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie. "But for us personally, we need to get our game to where it needs to be. We need to use these games to put ourselves in situations to mentally figure out how to be mentally strong out there, how to get our game to a certain level. Definitely it's harder to do that when you can lose three (games) and you're still in the playoffs."
For Washington, a point of focus figures to be remaining out of the box after taking seven total penalties in Thursday's setback. The Capitals never let up a power-play goal, though the time short-handed prevented the team's offense from getting going after falling behind in the first period.
"We have to handle ourselves a little bit better emotionally," said center Nic Dowd.
Center Nicklas Backstrom (undisclosed) missed practice for Washington on Friday. Defenseman John Carlson missed Thursday's game after being ruled a game-time decision, while center Lars Eller has left the NHL bubble for the birth of his second child.
For the Bruins, the key is getting the top line going as the star trio of David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand has been kept relatively quiet (zero goals, one assist combined) through two games.
"I think those guys, to be honest with you, will be ready to go on Game 1," said Cassidy. "They're not completely in sync. Some of that is on them to get focused and get back to the details. But I trust them."
Bergeron didn't practice Friday, along with center David Krejci and backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak. Cassidy said he believed each player would be available Saturday.
The Capitals beat the Bruins in their first two regular-season meetings this season before Boston responded with a 7-3 win in their last matchup Dec. 23.
--Field Level Media
August 09, 2020 at 12:40AM
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New on Sports Illustrated: Rockets relying on small-ball heading into tilt with Kings
The Houston Rockets were once more bullied on the backboards Thursday, yet again it mattered little in terms of the final score.
The Rockets (43-25) improved to 3-1 since the restart with their 113-97 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, winning despite a minus-14 rebounding margin.
By fully leaning into a small-ball lineup, the Rockets knowingly sacrificed rebounding in favor of opening the floor offensively for the penetration talents of guard Russell Westbrook and their gaggle of shooters.
When the Rockets face the Sacramento Kings on Sunday near Orlando, the odds are good that another disadvantage on the glass will play out. Yet despite securing only 65.9 percent of available defensive rebounds in the bubble, the lowest mark in the NBA since the restart, the Rockets continue to thrive via effort and advantages elsewhere.
"I think we've been fighting and competing," said Rockets guard James Harden, who on Saturday was named one of three finalists for league Most Valuable Player honors along with Milwaukee Bucks forward and reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lakers forward and four-time MVP LeBron James.
"Obviously with their length, they're going to get a few more offensive rebounds than we want, but I think if we're making up for it with the ball pressure and getting steal opportunities and then our offense, we're taking really good shots, I think it makes up for it."
The Rockets rank second in turnover margin on both ends, committing turnovers just 11.1 percent of the time offensively while forcing an 18.5 percent turnover rate. Their ball security combined with the ability to force miscues has offset the pounding the Rockets have taken on the glass.
The Kings (29-40) are seeded last among the six contenders for the final playoff spot in the West, having dropped four of five games in the bubble to inch toward elimination.
Sacramento sustained a 119-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday and has struggled to overcome the challenges of roster attrition that teams like Brooklyn continue to battle through positively.
"We need more," Kings coach Luke Walton said. "That's one of the positive reasons (that) it's great to be out here is we get to continue learning this. But, yeah, we've got to be better."
Sacramento has been most vulnerable on the defensive end of the court, posting a 118.8 defensive rating during the restart. The mark would rank last by almost four points per 100 possessions if extrapolated over the entire season (the Washington Wizards rank last at 114.9).
The Kings have shown flashes of offensive potency, even with a rotation altered by injury. But for a unit focused on collective growth, strides won't be made until the defense gets up to snuff.
"We'll continue to talk about it," Walton said. "I think the best way to learn a lesson is to go through things, to live through things. Going through this bubble and seeing what it's like, that should be a big-time motivator for us as a group as we continue to move forward, and it doesn't get any easier. We've got Houston, we've got New Orleans again and we've got the Lakers.
"There's going to be plenty more opportunities for us to learn that, but until we do (we'll continue to struggle defensively)."
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The Dallas Mavericks are struggling during the NBA's restart, losing three of their first four games.
But perhaps facing the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks next in Saturday's game at The Arena near Orlando isn't such an arduous task.
The Mavericks will attempt to complete a two-game season sweep of the powerful Bucks in the next encounter, as the first meeting saw Dallas end Milwaukee's 18-game winning streak 120-116 on Dec. 16 on the Bucks' home floor.
And the Mavericks prevailed despite Giannis Antetokounmpo -- the heavy favorite to win his second straight NBA MVP award -- exploding for 48 points and 14 rebounds.
The rematch means nothing to the Bucks (55-14), who wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference with Thursday's 130-116 victory over the Miami Heat.
But Antetokounmpo is gauging his team's performance with the bigger picture in mind. Milwaukee lost to the Toronto Raptors in last season's Eastern Conference finals and he wants the team to take the next step.
He knows exactly who can stop the Bucks, who are just 2-2 since the season resumed.
"I think the biggest challenge for us is ourselves," Antetokounmpo said after the win over Miami. "How are we going to play? How hard are we going to play? Are we going to play for one another? Are we going to defend hard? Are we going to be able to rebound the ball? Are we going to be able to make the extra effort? Are we going to dive on the floor?
"It's all about us. It's all about us."
Antetokounmpo and fellow forward Khris Middleton each scored 33 points against the Heat. But the win wasn't as easy as the final score might indicate.
The Bucks trailed by one with under five minutes remaining before ripping off 20 straight points. And the defense was shaky as the club gave up 73 first-half points for the second straight contest.
"It was just effort," Middleton told reporters. "We all spoke about it (at halftime) and realized we just weren't playing our best basketball. We were one or two steps behind on everything.
"So our focus was just play harder, play better."
Perhaps that message also applies to the Mavericks (41-30), who lost 126-111 to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday. Dallas has allowed at least 110 points in each game of the restart.
Star point guard Luka Doncic said he isn't dismayed despite his strong personal efforts only equating into one win over four games.
"We're a great team," Doncic said after the setback against the Clippers. "We've always got chances, no matter what. I think some people count us out, but we're not out. We'll give our max."
Doncic is averaging 32.8 points, 11 rebounds and 9.8 assists in the four games. He had a 40-point outing in a loss to the Phoenix Suns, a career-high 20-rebound performance in an overtime win over the Sacramento Kings and made six 3-pointers against the Clippers.
And his greatest skill is passing the ball. He has notched 10 or more assists in three of the games.
"I think Luka Doncic is really one of the unique young players really in the history of the game," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "He's very much his own man, very much his own kind of style of play, and extremely unique, and that's something that should be celebrated.
"I don't like putting a lot of demands on young players with comparisons, and then comparing stats. That shouldn't be relevant. What should be relevant is the fact that he continues to work to refine his game, which he's been doing each of these two years."
Big man Kristaps Porzingis is also playing superb at the NBA "bubble," and had 30 points and nine rebounds against the Clippers. He is averaging 30.3 points and 10 rebounds in the four games.
The Mavericks will likely be without shooting guard Seth Curry, listed as questionable because of leg soreness, for the third straight game.
--Field Level Media
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New on Sports Illustrated: Bryson DeChambeau Isn't a Majors Contender Yet, and That's Okay
There are three main reasons why golf's resident eccentric has never really contended in majors, and there's no way to know if he’ll get there. But it'll be a fun ride if he does.
Bryson DeChambeau recently told GQ he hopes to live to age “130 or 140,” so he should contend in major championships for the next 50 years, conservatively speaking. As Bryson would be the first to tell you, 72 and 4 months is the new 37, six months and three and a half days, though of course the math changes a bit if you live in the Southern Hemisphere and are a Pisces.
Golf is more interesting with DeChambeau in it, though some of his fellow players might disagree. Majors are more interesting with DeChambeau in contention, though we have very little evidence of that. Bryson, the muscled-up monster who has been the talk of golf, has never really contended in a major.
After two rounds of Man vs. Muni at TPC Harding Park, DeChambeau is two-under par, close enough to the leaders to believe he can win. He has not played his best golf. In the first round, his driver head broke away from the shaft; in the second, his driver rebelled against its player. Getting to two-under at the halfway point will not fuel the hype train, but it is progress for DeChambeau.
“I think I’m doing a much better job of controlling my emotions and keeping my head high,” he said afterward. “I just gotta hit more fairways.”
Any dissection of DeChambeau’s game must examine what he is and what he is not. He is, indeed, breathtakingly long, with a sudden-action swing that feels violent. When he hits it straight, as he has most of the summer, and putts well, as he has often, he can be the best player in the world.
He is not the best player in the world, at least not yet. There are three basic reasons he has never really contended in majors.
One is his touch from 100 yards and in. He is average at best; he punched a ball out of the dirt Friday that went way past the pin and off the green, though he did save par. His power advantage goes down on a course that neutralizes his length with thick rough and tight fairways — like Harding Park, and like most major venues. Bomb and gouge might win the Rocket Mortgage Classic, but winning this weekend will require a lot more creativity and better feel.
Another reason is his head. This summer, DeChambeau has missed the cut at the Memorial after stubbornly staying aggressive and arguing with a rules official on his way to a quintuple-bogey; argued that he deserved a free drop because of ants; and, in one of those silly moments that was quickly forgotten, hit a way-too-hard punch recovery shot into the water at that Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday.
This brings us to the third reason: He is not yet 27. There are so many great young players in the sport now that we forget how young they really are, and how hard it is to win majors when you are young. But DeChambeau is young. He has time to refine his physical skills and improve his course management.
Friday brought some good signs. He did not complain about his difficult lies, saying instead, “They’re just lies. I hit it in the rough. That’s what you should expect when you hit it in the rough.” He admitted: “I do have some speed and some power, but out here, from these lies, sometimes you can’t control it.” He even pointed out: “I had a really good break on 13.” This was the attitude Sergio Garcia could have used at 26.
It is easy to watch DeChambeau hit 360-yard drives and think he is breaking the sport. But winning takes a lot more than that. Every player who had a dominant run in majors – from Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to Nick Faldo and Nick Price and all the way to Brooks Koepka – did it with a well-rounded game, exceptional poise, and outstanding course management. DeChambeau isn’t there yet.
There is no way to know if he’ll get there. But it will be a fun ride if he does. DeChambeau often sounds like he has the answers to questions nobody would ever ask – Friday, he said he was “a little inconsistent in my spin axis for a draw,” and you could almost hear Koepka rolling his eyes. But DeChambeau is easier to stomach if you consider these his answers, not everybody’s. Single-length irons, the stiff but effective swing, the 5-degree-loft driver, the strange putting stance … variety is 67.789 percent of the spice of life, is what I always say.
“At the end of the day,” DeChambeau said, “it’s just golf.” That, too.
August 08, 2020 at 05:08AM
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New on Sports Illustrated: Canadiens Upset Penguins to Win Qualifying Round Series
Artturi Lehkonen flipped a shot past Tristan Jarry with 4:11 remaining to end Pittsburgh's season and clinch the Montreal Canadiens' first playoff berth in three years.
TORONTO (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen flipped a shot past Tristan Jarry with 4:11 remaining to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a stunning 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, clinching their first playoff berth in three years.
Paul Byron took advantage of a Pittsburgh turnover, darted behind the Penguins net and then slipped a pass to Lehkonen in front. The 25-year-old Lehkonen found enough space between four Pittsburgh players to slip the puck into the open net.
The Penguins mustered little down the stretch and Shea Weber added an empty-net goal in the final seconds as the 12th-seeded Canadiens captured the best-of-five qualifying round over fifth-seeded Pittsburgh in four games.
Carey Price stopped 22 shots to collect his sixth career playoff shutout. Montreal will advance to the first round of the playoffs against either Tampa Bay or Philadelphia.
Tristan Jarry made 20 saves in his first career playoff start, including a stellar glove save to thwart a breakaway by Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher early in the third period. Pittsburgh’s star-laden lineup, including captain Sidney Crosby, provided little support.
Crosby failed to record a point on his 33rd birthday. Neither did anybody else for the Penguins, whose consecutive Stanley Cup wins in 2016 and ’17 seem like an increasingly smaller speck in the rearview mirror. Pittsburgh has lost nine of its last 10 playoff games dating to the second round of the 2018 postseason against Washington.
His team badly outplayed in the final minutes of a 4-3 loss in Game 3 — a contest in which the Penguins blew a two-goal lead and looked listless as the clock ticked down — Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan turned to Jarry in search of a spark.
The 25-year-old was an unlikely All-Star in February thanks to a stellar first half that helped Pittsburgh stay afloat despite a series of injuries to high-profile players, Crosby chief among them.
Yet, Jarry had struggled before the shutdown created by the COVID-19 pandemic, losing each of his last four starts. He tried to keep sharp while back home in western Canada, using his two English Mastiffs as training partners during the extended layoff.
While Jarry was sharp in his first start in five months, for long stretches there was little jump from the Penguins against the last team to enter the expanded 24-team tournament.
The Canadiens, who were in the process of playing out the string before the “pause” and the ensuing fallout put them in postseason position, were only too happy to slow the game down. Still, they generated most of the quality scoring chances and Lehkonen’s winner came at the end of another sloppy sequence by the Penguins.
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Montreal C Jake Evans, who left Game 3 in the second period after taking a hard hit from Brandon Tanev, did not play for the Canadiens. ... Pittsburgh tweaked its lines, moving right wing Patric Hornqvist to the second line, dropping right wing Conor Sheary to the third line and re-inserting center Jared McCann iback into the lineup after he sat out Game 3. ... Jarry is the second goalie in team history to make his first playoff start in an elimination game, joining Frank Pietrangelo, who started Game 6 of Pittsburgh’s first-round matchup with New Jersey. The Penguins won the next two games on their way to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. ... Pittsburgh killed all 12 penalties it faced during the series.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Lakers looking for offense against Pacers
The Los Angeles Lakers have the No. 1 seed in the West locked up with three regular-season games remaining, but concern remains heading into their matchup against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday evening near Orlando.
Since the NBA reconvened in the bubble on July 30, the Lakers rank last among the 22 teams in scoring average (98.8), field-goal percentage (40.8) and 3-point percentage (23.4).
"Offensively, we haven't been great," Lakers guard Danny Green told reporters following a 113-97 loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. "Everybody knows that."
Los Angeles will be up against an Indiana team that's bunched with the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers for the fourth, fifth and sixth-place spots in the East.
The Pacers have four regular-season games remaining, including two against the Heat.
Indiana won its first three games at the restart before losing 114-99 to the surging Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.
"I think we're a little bit tired," said Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon, who had 25 points, six rebounds, and six assists against the Suns. "This is a tough run that we're on. A lot of games in a short number of days. We're going to do our best to try to win games heading into the playoffs."
The Pacers defeated the Lakers back in December and a win on Saturday would give them their first season sweep against Los Angeles since the 2015-16 season.
Lakers coach Frank Vogel was in his final season as head coach of the Pacers that year. Now, he's trying to figure a way to beat Indiana, holding an 0-8 all-time record against his former team.
His record against Indiana won't play a role in what lineup he puts in the floor against the Pacers, but it should be interesting to see how he manages his star players over the final three games.
LeBron James sat out against the Rockets because of a sore groin and is listed as questionable for Friday's game.
Lakers center Anthony Davis has also been dealing with a variety of minor injuries since the restart. The team lists Davis as probable.
Those ailments have little to do with the poor shooting by the Lakers, especially from the 3-point stripe. Vogel believes they're due for a turnaround, however.
"I do believe in percentages, I do believe in guys trusting in the work they're putting in," he said. "The law of averages plays out, and I'm OK getting all these misses out of the way now."
One player who hasn't been missing much is Pacers forward T.J. Warren, who's averaging 33.8 points since July 30. Through Thursday, that was tied with Rockets guard James Harden for the best scoring average since the restart.
Warren had 16 points and 11 rebounds against the Suns, his second double-double since the restart after going without one the first 60 games of the season.
However, Warren is bothered by a sore right foot. He is listed as questionable.
--Field Level Media
August 08, 2020 at 04:38AM
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New on Sports Illustrated: Injuries loom large as Nuggets face Jazz
The Denver Nuggets have split their first four games of the NBA restart, and they sit exactly where they were at the beginning of play in the bubble: in third place in the Western Conference.
One observation is that Denver squandered a chance to overtake the Los Angeles Clippers for the No. 2 seed, but the upside is the Nuggets have not lost ground despite not having three starters for three games. They also sat four of them in a 125-115 loss to Portland on Thursday.
Denver (45-24) might stay shorthanded when it faces the Utah Jazz near Orlando on Saturday afternoon. The Nuggets have a two-game lead over Utah after the Jazz's loss to San Antonio on Friday, and a 1.5-game lead over Houston, which sits at No. 4.
Denver has been able to tread water despite not having guards Jamal Murray (left hamstring) and Gary Harris (right hip), as well as forward Will Barton (right knee) for the last four games. Forward Paul Millsap sat out for rest Thursday and should be back in the lineup on Saturday.
With the starters sidelined, rookie Michael Porter Jr. has filled the void and become a force after having inconsistent playing time before the league suspended play in March.
"I'm a different player right now than I was at that point even though some people argued that I should have been in the game," Porter said earlier this week. "I worked really hard during the break when we were off, and I think I came back a better player."
His work has paid off. After scoring 11 points in the first game back against the Miami Heat, he is averaging 31.3 points and 13 rebounds over the last three. He put up a career-best 37 points in an overtime win against Oklahoma City on Monday.
Porter has benefitted from playing alongside center Nikola Jokic, who had a triple-double against the Thunder (30 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists) and continues to be the catalyst for Denver's success.
Like the Nuggets, Utah (43-26) was without four starters in its 119-111 loss to San Antonio on Friday. Mike Conley (right knee soreness), Rudy Gobert (rest), Donovan Mitchell (left peroneal strain) and Royce O'Neale (right calf soreness) all sat.
Saturday's game could feature more reserves than stars taking the spotlight, but both teams have been grinding through injuries for a couple of weeks.
"That's the thing about being here, everybody's good. So we just have to be ready to play. We're going to get adversity in one way shape or form," Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder said this week. "More than anything it's recognizing it and being mentally tough and handling it."
While the Nuggets will likely have Millsap back, the other three starters could miss their fifth straight game. Thanks to a deep bench, a rising star and a unique talent in Jokic, head coach Michael Malone has options.
"(Jokic) makes everybody better, no matter who's on the floor with him," Malone said. "And Michael Porter is a huge part of our present and our future. The sooner those two create that on-court chemistry, the better off we're going to be, not only in the moment, but looking forward. Those are two cornerstones to our franchise."
--Field Level Media
August 08, 2020 at 04:15AM
Injuries loom large as Nuggets face Jazz
New on Sports Illustrated: Suns look to stay hot, face Heat in playoff chase
The Phoenix Suns have been the kings of the bubble.
Phoenix (30-39), which is 4-0 since the NBA regular season resumed earlier this month, will play the Miami Heat (43-26) on Saturday night as part of the league's restart near Orlando.
While the Heat has already clinched a playoff berth in the East, the Suns are trying to catch the Memphis Grizzlies for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference.
"We're feeling great," Suns forward Dario Saric said. "But this (winning streak) hasn't happened overnight.
"Since the first week of May, guys have been working hard every day. We worked on our games, and it has paid off for us. We're playing freely and without pressure."
The Suns are led by fifth-year pro Devin Booker, a 6-5 shooting guard and the team's first-round pick (13th overall) in 2015. He tops the team in scoring (26.2) and ranks second in assists (6.6).
Booker, a first-time All-Star this season, is not the only Suns standout. There's also Deandre Ayton, a 6-11 center and the No. 1 overall pick in the. 2018 draft. He leads the team in rebounds (11.7) and blocks (1.7) and ranks second in scoring (18.9).
But it's more than just Ayton's numbers that have stood out.
"He's doing an unbelievable job of screening," Booker said of Ayton. "He has grown as a player. He's picking things up."
Suns point guard Rickey Rubio -- now in his third NBA organization -- leads the team in assists (8.7) while chipping in with a career-high 13.3 scoring average.
But as good as things are going for the Suns, they do have two players -- 6-7 forward Kelly Oubre and 6-10 forward Aron Baynes out due to knee injuries. Oubre is third on the team in scoring (18.7), Baynes is tied for fifth (11.5), and they have combined to make 83 starts this season.
Booker said the Suns still have plenty of talent, even with the injuries.
"We have four games left (in the regular season)," Booker said. "We have to keep fighting through."
Meanwhile, the Heat are also dealing with injuries. They are missing their two top scorers -- wing Jimmy Butler (sore right foot) and point guard Goran Dragic (sprained left ankle).
Neither of them played on Thursday night, when the Heat blew a 23-point lead and lost 130-116 to the team with the best record in the NBA -- the Milwaukee Bucks.
Butler has missed two straight games and is unlikely to be ready for the Suns. Dragic, who sat out Thursday, is day to day.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra did not appear to be too dejected about the blown lead against the Bucks.
"It's not like we were up by 40," he said. "The way the NBA is played now, you have to play consistently for 48 minutes."
Without Butler, the Heat's best all-around player has been center Bam Adebayo, a first-time All-Star this year. He was called for five fouls against the Bucks and that contributed to only 22 minutes, six points, six assists and five rebounds against Milwaukee.
For the season, however, he is averaging 16.1 points, a team-high 10.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and a team-high 1.3 blocks.
Miami's most dangerous shooter is Duncan Robinson, who is fifth on the team in scoring (13.4). He leads the team in three-pointers made per game (3.7) and three-point percentage (44.8).
--Field Level Media
August 08, 2020 at 04:03AM
Suns look to stay hot, face Heat in playoff chase
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Cosplay and Covid: Video gamers defy the virus
Video game meet-up ChinaJoy was one of the first big shows staged in China since the pandemic began.
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BBC NEWS - Beirut explosion: Before and after images
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BBC NEWS - Sri Lanka election: Rajapaksa brothers declare victory
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New on Sports Illustrated: Ex-UNC Basketball Player Jalek Felton Expelled for Sexual Assault, Records Show
The university released 15 sexual assault records on Thursday following a four-year lawsuit filed by several media outlets against UNC.
Jalek Felton, a former basketball player for the University of North Carolina, was expelled for sexual assault, according to records released by the school on Thursday.
Originally, UNC had announced that Felton was suspended in spring of 2018, before Kerry Sutton, his attorney, claimed on Twitter that he withdrew from the university on Mar. 1, 2018.
The 6-foot-3 guard was found to have violated UNC's policies on sexual violence or sexual assault. Felton was expelled from the UNC System, ordered to have no contact with the individual who filed the complaint and was banned from campus for four years, reported UNC's student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel and the News & Observer.
This information was made public after the school released 15 sexual assault records following a four-year lawsuit filed in the fall of 2016 by the DTH Media Corporation, WRAL, The Charlotte Observer and The Durham Herald Sun.
The N.C. Supreme Court ruled on May 1 that the university must release the disciplinary records for individuals found responsible for "rape, sexual assault or related acts of sexual misconduct."
In the records obtained by The Daily Tar Heel, there were "10 cases of sexual assault or sexual violence, four cases of sexual misconduct and one case of deliberate touching of another's sexual parts without consent."
This comes just a month after the U.S. Department of Education ruled that UNC had to pay a $1.5 million settlement for misreporting campus crime statistics.
Jalek, the nephew of former UNC and NBA star Raymond Felton, played 22 games during his freshman year during the Tar Heels' 2017-2018 season. He cited federal privacy laws for not disclosing details concerning his reported suspension on Jan. 30, 2018.
Although Felton retained an attorney, Sutton told the News & Observer at the time that UNC was only gathering information about misconduct. He was not charged with a crime.
Rather than transferring to a different school, Felton went on to play professionally for Petrol Olimpija, a team in Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as teams in Finland and Mexico later in his career.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Banged-up Sixers, Magic set for bubble battle
The Philadelphia 76ers' hopes of a deep playoff run are in jeopardy.
All-Star Ben Simmons limped to the locker room with a knee injury during Wednesday's win over the Washington Wizards, and the diagnosis is a partially dislocated left kneecap. Simmons will remain out indefinitely.
He won't play when the host Sixers (41-27) look for their third straight victory against the Orlando Magic on Friday at the NBA bubble near Orlando. It's unclear if Simmons will be sidelined for the entire postseason.
Simmons was injured in the third quarter of what turned out to be a 107-98 win over the Wizards. X-rays and a magnetic resonance imaging test both initially came back negative.
"Some of the information is fluid," Sixers head coach Brett Brown said. "It's just that the stuff is still being evaluated."
Joel Embiid carried the Sixers over the Wizards with 30 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocked shots.
"He just grabbed the gym, grabbed the game," Brown said of Embiid. "He's passing out of the double team at a highly efficient rate."
The Sixers have struggled on both ends of the court in the three games despite holding a 2-1 record. They allowed more than 40 points in the fourth quarter in a loss to the Indiana Pacers and then again in a win over the San Antonio Spurs.
Indiana's T.J. Warren exploded for a career-high 53 points.
"We've started the three games very inconsistent," Brown said. "We do some good things offensively, defensively and then you see some head-scratching stuff. ... We're trending in the right direction, just not as quickly as I'd like."
Like the Sixers, the Magic are also dealing with an injury to a key player -- Aaron Gordon.
In Wednesday's 109-99 loss to the defending champion Toronto Raptors, Kyle Lowry committed a hard foul on Gordon, who left the game in the third quarter with left hamstring tightness.
Gordon's injury doesn't appear to be a long-term issue, according to reports, though he's expected to sit out against the Sixers.
"It would be a huge hit for us," Magic head coach Steve Clifford said if the injury keeps Gordon sidelined for awhile.
The team is already without forward Jonathan Isaac after he tore his ACL last week.
Evan Fournier scored 15 points for the Magic, who fell to 32-37 but remain as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race, a half-game behind the Brooklyn Nets.
"They're obviously champions," Fournier said of the Raptors. "Fouls are part of basketball. Was (the foul on Gordon) nice? No. But who cares? I mean, it was a foul. It was called flagrant one. There's just not much to say."
Aside from Gordon, the Magic's offense sputtered against Toronto's stifling defense. They managed only 35 points in the first half and trailed by 20. The 35 points were a season low for points in a half.
There's some bright news on the injury front, however, as Michael Carter-Williams (tendon in left foot) is likely to be available.
The Magic are very close to officially clinching a playoff berth. One Magic victory or a loss by the Wizards will seal the playoff spot, as both teams have four games remaining.
--Field Level Media
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Swedish economy suffers record hit but escapes 'horror show' after controversial COVID-19 approach
Whether trying to spare the economy was worth allowing the virus to rip through the country is a question Sweden is still trying to answer.
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Five reasons why gold prices could surge another 25 per cent this year
Gold closed above US$2000 an ounce for the first time this week, capping an explosive growth spurt that has blown past analysts' projections. But as investors race for cover, analysts say the rally is set to continue.
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are bulletproof
Trying to crack down on the power exhibited by the "big tech" giants may be too big of a hurdle for the US and Europe.
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ResMed eyes 'U-shaped' recovery after ventilator boom
The ventilator maker posted a 24 per cent jump in operating profit but acknowledges demand won't last.
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New on Sports Illustrated: NBA Creates Foundation, Pledges $300 Million to Black Growth
Each team will donate $1 million annually, or $30 million collectively, over 10 years to spur economic growth in the Black community.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The NBA’s Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized plans to create the first NBA Foundation that will work to spur economic growth in the Black community, announcing Wednesday that the initial contribution will be $300 million over the next decade.
Each team will donate $1 million annually, or $30 million collectively, over those 10 years. An eight-person Board of Directors will be installed, with four of those seats going to representatives from the board of governors, three seats to NBPA players and executives, and one to the league office.
NBPA President Chris Paul had said earlier in the season restart at Walt Disney World that $300 million would be the start, and now those plans are complete.
“All NBA team governors recognize our unique position to effect change and we are committed to supporting and empowering young Black men and women in each of our team markets as well as communities across the U.S. and Canada,” NBA Board of Governors Chairman and Toronto Raptors Governor Larry Tanenbaum said.
The league said the charity would be public and that the foundation would work to deepen “the NBA family’s commitment to racial equality and social justice.” Those missions have been front-and-center at the restart at Walt Disney World, where games are played on courts with “Black Lives Matter” painted on them and about 85% of players are choosing to have a social justice message on their jerseys for the remainder of the season.
“Education. Scholarship. Economic Opportunity. These are the three main areas of our social responsibility work at Monumental Sports & Entertainment and where we personally invest in our community,” Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said. “Which is why we fully endorse the NBA’s plan to create a charitable foundation and are pledging $1 million every year for the next 10 years to fund skills training, mentorship, coaching and pipeline development to create employment and career advancement in Black communities.”
The foundation’s mission is “to drive economic empowerment for Black communities through employment and career advancement” for high school, college-aged and career-ready Black men and women, plus aid organizations that offer training and mentoring. Efforts will be centered on helping people get a first job, finding careers after high school or college, then career advancement.
“Given the resources and incredible platform of the NBA, we have the power to ideate, implement and support substantive policies that reflect the core principles of equality and justice we embrace,” NBPA Executive Director Michele Roberts said.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Nationals' Scherzer Leaves Start vs. Mets After One Inning
Max Scherzer left his start for the Nationals against the New York Mets after just one inning Wednesday night.
WASHINGTON — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left his start for the Nationals against the New York Mets after just one inning Wednesday night.
Washington did not immediately announce why Scherzer was taken out of the game after merely 27 pitches.
He was replaced in the top of the second by Erick Fedde.
Scherzer was not as sharp as usual at the outset Wednesday, going 2-0 counts against each of New York’s initial two batters, walking one and giving up a single to the other.
The Mets eventually went ahead in the first on Dominic Smith’s sacrifice fly.
Scherzer entered the game with an 0-1 record and 2.84 ERA this season.
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New on Sports Illustrated: Ingles, Jazz keep Grizzlies winless in bubble, 124-115
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Joe Ingles scored 12 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, and the Utah Jazz kept the Memphis Grizzlies winless in the NBA bubble with a 124-115 victory Wednesday.
Mike Conley had 23 points and seven assists against his former team for the Jazz (43-25), who improved to 2-2 in the seeding round and nudged ahead of Houston (42-25) for the fourth spot in the Western Conference standings.
''We just moved that ball, and when we rotate it from corner to corner, I know it's hard to defend,'' Conley said. ''When we get into that kind of rhythm and mode, it's pretty tough.''
Dillon Brooks scored 23 points, while Grayson Allen had a career-high 20 points and six 3-pointers as the Grizzlies dropped to 0-4 in the seeding round, further endangering their chances of hanging on to the No. 8 seed in the West playoffs.
Jonas Valanciunas had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Ja Morant added 20 points and nine assists for Memphis (32-37), which has lost five straight overall since March.
''Our guys are getting better every single game,'' Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. ''It's all magnified in a four-game stretch where we're 0-4 and it hasn't shaken our way, but we're learning a lot from every game. We've just got to keep gaining confidence from what we're doing.''
Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 16 rebounds for Utah, which took charge of a close game with a 9-0 run in the closing minutes. The Jazz held the Grizzlies scoreless for 2:56 while getting back-to-back 3-pointers from Ingles, who hit six 3s overall and finished two points shy of his career high.
''I was taking advantage of some opportunities and picking my spots,'' Ingles said. ''I don't think we're a team that takes bad shots. The more confidence we have in each other, the more we'll keep doing that.''
Memphis has been plagued by slow starts in the bubble, but the Grizzlies jumped to an early double-digit lead. Utah responded with a balanced 22-1 run in the final 4:41 before halftime for a 64-55 lead.
TIP-INS
Grizzlies: They wore their turquoise Vancouver Grizzlies throwback uniforms. ... Memphis' final five games in the seeding round are against winning teams. ... Memphis hit 11 3-pointers after struggling from distance earlier in the restart. ... Allen is 14 for 21 on 3-pointers in the bubble.
Jazz: Donovan Mitchell added 18 points and seven rebounds. ... They wore their Stockton-and-Malone purple mountain throwback uniforms. ... Conley hit four 3-pointers in his second straight impressive offensive game. He is the Grizzlies' franchise leader in scoring and games played, among many categories.
CRAZY EIGHTH
Portland (31-38) leads a pack of four teams now within three games of Memphis for the eighth seed. What's more, if the eighth-place team doesn't finish four games ahead of the team in ninth, those teams must play each other to determine who makes the playoffs.
The Grizzlies had a 3 1/2-game lead over the Blazers for eighth place entering the bubble, but the Grizz claim the stakes don't bother them.
''We're still focused on whichever game we've got coming up,'' Morant said. ''The media are going, `Oh, well, they had this lead. Now they have this lead. Somebody is coming to take it.' We can't pay attention to that, because that would lead to us trying to put pressure on ourselves, which we don't have to. We're learning from everything we're going through right now. We've got four games left to play, and we're going to attack those games.''
REPLACEMENT PART
Grizzlies rookie Brandon Clarke had his lowest-scoring performance in the bubble with six points despite starting in place of Jaren Jackson Jr. Memphis' second-leading scorer was ruled out for the season Tuesday with a torn meniscus in his left knee.
UP NEXT
Grizzlies: Face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday.
Jazz: Face the San Antonio Spurs on Friday.
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August 06, 2020 at 03:59AM
Ingles, Jazz keep Grizzlies winless in bubble, 124-115
Elderly woman dies in house fire in Melbourne's west
An elderly woman has been found dead after a house was destroyed by fire in Melbourne's west.
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German newlyweds missing in WA outback were due to fly home
They were last seen near Broome more than tow weeks ago and a concerned friend said the couple were due come back to Perth to fly home to Germany soon.
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Tyranny, loss and leadership: What's on MIFF's menu
On the opening weekend of this year's online festival, our critics preview some of what's in store.
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Five reasons why gold prices could surge another 25 per cent this year
Gold closed above US$2000 an ounce for the first time this week, capping an explosive growth spurt that has blown past analysts' projections. But as investors race for cover, analysts say the rally is set to continue.
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Elderly woman dies in house fire in Melbourne's west
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Facebook removes Donald Trump post over coronavirus misinformation
In the video, the US President said children are "almost immune" to COVID-19.
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are bulletproof
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NRL to investigate after Wayne Bennett breaches COVID-19 protocol
The master coach could be in some serious hot water with the NRL after he was spotted at a Leichhardt restaurant.
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German newlyweds missing in WA outback were due to fly home
They were last seen near Broome more than tow weeks ago and a concerned friend said the couple were due come back to Perth to fly home to Germany soon.
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ResMed eyes 'U-shaped' recovery after ventilator boom
The ventilator maker posted a 24 per cent jump in operating profit but acknowledges demand won't last.
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Explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut
Graphic warning: Hundreds of people are feared dead and at least 3700 have been injured following a massive explosion that rocked the city of Beirut, destroyed buildings kilometres away from the blast site and claimed at least one Australian's life. The explosion, which authorities said was sparked by a fire at a warehouse containing 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, sent a shockwave through the Lebanese capital that devastated apartment towers and offices, flipped cars on their roofs and shattered windows and plaster walls.
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Simmons suffers knee injury as Philly beat Wizards
Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Washington Wizards 107-98 despite losing two-time All-Star Ben Simmons to a knee injury.
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AFL to retain same umpires list for 2021
The league determined that it was too difficult to assess performance properly from a list management perspective given the disrupted nature of the season.
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Online performances under threat as government sets conflicting rules
Online performance projects are in jeopardy in Melbourne as companies seek clarification on what the new lockdown rules mean.
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One Australian dead, embassy 'considerably' damaged in Lebanon blast
Australia is working with Lebanese authorities to find out whether any more Australians have been injured or killed in a massive explosion that rocked the city of Beirut.
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Massive blast rips through Beirut, casualties in the thousands
BEIRUT - A huge blast in port warehouses near central Beirut storing highly explosive material killed 78 people, injured nearly 4,000 and sent shockwaves that shattered windows, smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital. Officials said they expected the death toll to rise further after Tuesday's blast as emergency workers dug through rubble to rescue people and remove the dead. It was the most powerful explosion in years to hit Beirut, which is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections. President Michel Aoun said that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures and said it was "unacceptable". He called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared. "What we are witnessing is a huge catastrophe," the head of Lebanon's Red Cross George Kettani told broadcaster Mayadeen. "There are victims and casualties everywhere."
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BBC NEWS - Climate change: Satellites find new colonies of Emperor penguins
A search from space discovers new colonies of the Antarctic bird that has an uncertain future.
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BBC NEWS - Education suffers in Kashmir's 'endless' lockdown
Students in Indian-administered Kashmir have seen massive disruptions to education.
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BBC NEWS : Architects urge refurbishment tax breaks
Knocking down old buildings sends a wrecking ball through carbon targets, architects say.
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BBC NEWS : My Money: 'I eat biscuits like a naughty schoolboy'
Mark Bauwens from France takes us through his week during the coronavirus pandemic.
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BBC NEWS : Virtual house hunting gets a pandemic boost
Estate agents say demand has soared for tours of houses using virtual reality headsets.
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Virgin Australia to axe 3000 jobs, sell long-haul jets in relaunch
The airline will sack about a third of its workforce, retire its budget Tigerair brand and offload its long-haul international jets as part of a re-launch under its new owner Bain Capital.
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Disney reveals financial pain of pandemic, unveils unusual Mulan release plans
For months it's been clear that Disney was facing a financial disaster unlike any in its history. It became evident just how deep the carnage has gone.
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Seafood and eat it while knowing how much plastic is in it
Queensland researchers have developed a method they say is faster and more accurate at measuring the level of microplastics in commercial seafood.
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Perth train station Joker’s dark past revealed
Perth man Reece Sturgeon has been arrested over a street stunt, but the 38-year-old lives with a dark past. In 2004 he ran down a group of teenagers, killing a 17-year-old boy.
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'Looks like a terrible attack': US President Trump on Lebanon blast
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'Every single word was a struggle': Stephenie Meyer on new Twilight novel
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Weak start tipped for ASX; Gold, iron ore push higher
The ASX is expected to open lower on Wednesday even after an uncertain session on Wall Street finished in positive territory. Gold hit a record $US2025/oz
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New on Sports Illustrated: Islanders bid to push Panthers to brink of elimination
It's been a long time since the NHL held a best-of-five playoff series, but the New York Islanders have that ancient history on their side after winning Game 1 of the Eastern Conference qualifying round against the Florida Panthers.
The seventh-seeded Islanders will look to take a giant step toward advancing to the NHL's main playoff bracket when they face the 10th-seeded Panthers in Game 2 on Tuesday afternoon in Toronto.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Beauvillier scored and goalie Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves to lead New York to a 2-1 victory on Saturday afternoon.
The win was the first for the Islanders since a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Feb. 23. New York lost its next seven games (0-3-4) before the regular season was paused due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 12.
Saturday's victory marked a return to form for the Islanders, who are tied with the Boston Bruins for the second-fewest regular season goals allowed (389) in the NHL since head coach Barry Trotz arrived prior to the 2018-19 season. New York has allowed just one goal in four of its five playoff wins under Trotz.
"I didn't know how we would fare today," Trotz said Saturday. "I felt pretty good, but you just don't know until you see what they have to offer."
The Game 1 win indicates the Islanders have a pretty good chance of faring well in the series. The first round was a best-of-five affair during the 1980-86 playoffs, during which the team that won Game 1 went on to win the series 49 times in 56 series (87.5 percent). A team that won the first two games went 55-1, with the 1985 Islanders mounting the only comeback from an 0-2 hole.
The Panthers enter Tuesday feeling pretty good after outshooting the Islanders 19-17 over the final 40 minutes on Saturday. Jonathan Huberdeau scored Florida's goal 23 seconds into the third period.
"We got better once the game went on in the second, third period," Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov said following the game. "Game 2 starts from 0-0, so we have to keep doing what we did in the second half of the game and keep getting better. Keep building on that and we should be fine.
"We're really excited and we're really happy about our late push. Obviously not the result we wanted, but we're going to get better."
Varlamov and the Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky are expected to face off again in the net. The win for Varlamov on Saturday was his first in the postseason since April 26, 2014. Bobrovsky also made 27 saves in the opener.
The Panthers escaped Game 1 without any known injuries, although center Lucas Wallmark didn't play for undisclosed reasons.
The Islanders had to play most of the final two periods without defenseman Johnny Boychuk, who took a hit to the head in the open ice from Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson. Trotz offered no update Sunday on Boychuk, who missed the final five games of the regular season with an eye injury.
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