Breakroom Going Abroad!

Well....sort of

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Mike
May 17, 2023

Today’s Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes and 55 seconds

Good Morning. This is the Daily Breakroom and we’re like a little kid eating Lucky Charms, we pick out all the good stuff, but for sports!

We’re practically going abroad today with big-time play from the Serbian, the NBA draft lottery that has all the focus on France, and we’ve got a European soccer update.

Let’s get to it.

NBA Playoffs

Western Conference Finals

Denver leads 1-0

Los Angeles Lakers 126

Denver Nuggets 132

  • Nikola Jokic(he’s Serban ICYMI) dropped a triple-double with 34-21-14 last night in a game 1 win over the Lakers in the WCF. Jokic played decent from the paint but was 3 for 3 from beyond the arc. His abilities can take him anywhere on the court and Anthony Davis found it laughable after Jokic drained a deep 3 over Davis in the 3rd quarter

  • It looked like this would be a runaway game for the Nuggets from the moment Denver grabbed the 4-2 lead a minute into the game. Denver would pour it on the Lakers in the first half, heading into the locker room with an 18-point lead.

  • The Lakers were down as much as 21 in the third but actually outscored Denver in the 2nd half 72-60. The Lakers would get it within three with just a minute left but had too little too late.

  • Anthony Davis finished with 40 for the Lakers and LeBron scored 26. Austin Reaves also contributed 23

  • The Nuggets got 31 from Jamal Murray and 21 from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Got time to kill? Here are 10 minutes of highlights.

Eastern Conference Finals

The Miami Heat will visit the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the ECF tonight at 8:30 pm ET. You can watch the action on TNT.

NBA Draft Lottery

Gregg Popovich might have to coach for another 15 years as the San Antonio Spurs landed the No. 1 pick for the 2023 NBA Draft. The Spurs had a 14% chance of getting the top draft spot and they now have the opportunity to draft the 7’5” Victor Wembanyama, who is one of the most anticipated prospects since LeBron.

This is a great fit for Wembanyama as Popp will certainly help him develop in the league and the Spurs are always a great fit for the foreign players, especially the French. Boris Diaw played on the 2014 championship team and Tony Parker won four titles with the Spurs.

Brian Windhorst of ESPN was in France with Wembanyama as the lottery results were announced. Hear what this year’s No.1 pick has to say about the potential to join the Spurs.

Here are the other first-round picks that came out of the lottery last night.

First Round

  1. San Antonio

  2. Charlotte

  3. Portland

  4. Houston

  5. Detroit

  6. Orlando

  7. Indiana

  8. Washington

  9. Utah

  10. Dallas

  11. Orlando

  12. Oklahoma City

  13. Toronto

  14. New Orleans

  15. Atlanta

  16. Utah

  17. Los Angles Lakers

  18. Miami

  19. Golden State

  20. Houston

  21. Brooklyn

  22. Brooklyn

  23. Portland

  24. Sacramento

  25. Memphis

  26. Indiana

  27. Charlotte

  28. Utah

  29. Indiana

  30. Los Angeles Clippers

UEFA Results

Inter Milan faced AC Milan on the pitch last night in Italy. Inter won the match 1-0 which gives them the edge after leg 1 and leg 2 and will advance to the UEFA Finals. They’ll play either Manchester City or Real Madrid, who face each other today at 3:00 pm ET.

PGA Championship in Rochester, NY.

The PGA Championship is teeing off in Rochester, NY tomorrow at Oak Hill Country Club with tee times starting at 7:00 am ET. We showed you some pictures of the rough the other day and the course is in beautiful shape.

It does seem a bit odd that the PGA Championship would be hosted in the northeast in May when the course isn’t reaching its full potential with growth yet. Even though Justin Thomas joked that it’s Rochester in May and they just had snow 3 weeks ago, he mentioned the course was in great shape.

We’ll have 156 golfers teeing off tomorrow so if you want to catch some of the action, here’s how you can watch(all times are in the Eastern time zone).

  • Thurs, May 18

    ESPN+ 7:00 am-1:00 pm
    ESPN 1:00 pm -7:00 pm

  • Fri, May 19

    ESPN+ 7:00 am-1:00 pm
    ESPN 1:00 pm-7:00 pm

  • Sat, May 20

    ESPN+ 8:00 am-10:00 am
    ESPN 10:00 am-1:00 pm
    CBS 1:00 pm-7:00 pm

  • Sun, May 21

    ESPN+ 8:00 am-10:00 am
    ESPN 10:00 am-1:00 pm
    CBS 1:00 pm-7:00 pm

Looking for some fun pairings to follow? Here are some notable groups on Thursday.

Teeing off on hole 10:

  • 8:00 am: Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Gary Woodland

  • 8:11 am: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa

  • 8:22 am: Jordan Spieth, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland

  • 8:33 am: Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Smith

Teeing off on hole 1:

  • 1:25 pm: Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Young, Hideki Matsuyama

  • 1:36 pm: Adam Scott, Max Homa, Tony Finau

  • 1:47 pm: Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson

  • 1:58 pm: Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson

That’s all for today. Enjoy your Wednesday.

-The Daily Breakroom Team