Celtics Start Hot and End Hot

+ The 'Canes Close Out The Series with an OT Win

Author

Mike
May 12, 2023

Today’s Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes and 48 seconds

Happy Friday! This is the Daily Breakroom and we deliver little bites of happiness through sports every day(except today if you’re a Sixers or Devils fan). Don’t believe us? Save our p.s. for later… Like when you’re contemplating leaving the office at Noon.

Here’s what we go today:

  • NBA Series Saved and Lost

  • NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

  • PGA Tour Golf

  • LIV Tour Golf

Let’s get to it.

NBA Scores and Schedule

Thursday Night Matchups

East Semis, Series is tied 3-3

Boston Celtics 95

Philadelphia 76ers 86

  • Boston started off fast, grabbing a 10-point lead almost instantly and then going into the half with a 7-point lead

  • Philly ended up taking a 5-point lead towards the end of the 3rd and the teams traded lead changes throughout the 4th quarter until Jayson Tatum hit a big 3 around the 4-minute mark. Tatum would go on to hit 3 more threes to close out the game.

  • Tatum had 1 point in the first half and finished with 19 in the game. Marcus Smart scored 22 for the Celtics

  • The 76ers had 26 points from both Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey

Catch some Tatum Highlights

West Semis, Nuggets win series 4-2

Denver Nuggets 125

Phoenix Suns 100

  • Devin Booker and Kevin Durant both had a rough first half with some off shooting and the Nuggets ensured that they would take advantage. The Nuggets would enter halftime with an 81-51 lead.

  • Nikola Jokic would get another playoff triple-double with 32 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds. The Nuggets would get 26 points from Jamal Murray and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope also contributed 21 points.

  • Durant would finish with 23 and D-Book with 12. Cameron Payne picked up some slack with Chris Paul being injured as Payne went 7-9 beyond the arc and had 31 points.

Friday Night Games

New York Knicks at Miami Heat, 7:30 pm ET on ESPN

  • Heat leads the series 3-2

Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 pm ET on ESPN

  • LA leads the series 3-2

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Thursday Night Scoreboard

Carolina wins series 4-1

New Jersey Devils 2

Carolina Hurricanes 3

  • The Hurricanes advance to the Eastern Conference Finals with an overtime power-play goal from Jesper Fast

  • The Devils grabbed a lead early in the first with an impressive pass from Timo Meier and a one-timer from Dawson Mercer

  • The ‘Canes would tie the game in the 2nd with a misdirection goal but NJ would grab another lead on a power play goal from Timo Meier

  • Carolina would tie it up again in the 2nd with a goal that was screened in front of the goalkeeper.

  • Fast score the OT 7:09 into the period on a deflection

Dallas leads the series 3-2

Seattle Kraken 2

Dallas Stars 5

  • Dallas started off fast with 2 goals in the first 6 minutes of the game. Then Joe Pavelski scored his 7th goal of the playoffs 35 seconds into the 2nd period and the Stars were up 3-0 only 21 minutes into the game.

  • The Kraken would get the score close scoring a goal 90 seconds later and then 6 minutes after that. The score was now 3-2.

  • Dallas would again stretch the lead with another goal in the 3rd by Roope Hintz, which was his 2nd in the game and 8th of the playoffs.

  • Dallas would score their 5th goal on an empty net to fully seal the deal.

  • Game 6 is heading to Seattle

It’s Golfing Season ⛳️ 

PGA Tour

The AT&T Byron Nelson teed off yesterday for the PGA Tour at TPC Craig Ranch, which is just a little northeast of Dallas. The total purse is $9.5 million with $1.7 million going to the winner who can outlast this long 7,500-yard course over four days.

S.Y. Noh came in at an outstanding 11 under par in round 1. He had 9 birdies and 1 eagle and he also cracked his driver. His first-round score of 60 tied the course record.

Here’s how you can watch the action for the rest of the weekend.


Friday, May 12: 4-7 pm ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, May 13: 1-3 pm ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
Sunday, May 14: 1-3 pm ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)

LIV Golf

Take a four-hour trip north of TPC Craig Ranch and you’ll find yourself in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Cedar Ridge Country Club. LIV Golf will be kicking off their 54-hole event there on Friday.

The big concern of the weekend for LIV Golf is the course conditions at Cedar Ridge. They’ve had some rough winter conditions the last few weeks and the course hasn’t faired aesthetically as much as the league would like. LIV has brought some agronomist consultants on board to evaluate the course and while some areas of the course might not look like a 10/10, they’ll still be a true test to the golfers that are competing.

How does the LIV format differ from the PGA tour?

There are a few differences. Let’s go through them.

LIV Golf has:

  • 54 hole tournaments

  • No cut

  • 48 players max

  • Shotgun starts

  • Team events (48 players are on 12, four-man teams throughout the year)

On Sunday, we’ll have both an individual winner(lowest strokes) and a team winner (lowest cumulative strokes)

Want to watch?

Friday, May 12: CW App, LIV Golf+ App
Saturday, May 13: 1-6 pm ET, CW Network, CW App, LIV Golf+ App
Sunday, May 14: 1-6 pm ET, CW Network, CW App, LIV Golf+ App

That’s all for today. Enjoy those happy hours.

Cheers!

-The Daily Breakroom Team

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