Miami Heat Tag a Buck in Their Playoff Hunt

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April 27, 2023

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Good Morning. This is the Daily Breakroom and we’re here to catch you up on all things sports in about 5 minutes.

It’s still playoff season and that’s not going anywhere for two more months. We’ll be catching you up on scores from the NBA and NHL and then we’ll finish with the First Round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

Let’s get to it.

NBA Playoffs

Wednesday Night Outcomes

New York Knicks 106

Cleveland Cavaliers 95

  • Knicks take the series an advance to the second round of the playoffs since 2013

Los Angeles Lakers 99

Memphis Grizzlies 116

  • Ja Morant didn’t leave the Grizzlies’ playoff hopes to chance. Morant scored 31 for the Grizz along with Desmond Bane who scored 33. Both had 10 rebounds

  • LeBron had a slow start for the night and only scored 15 points while Anthony Davis carried the brunt of the load with 31 points

  • We’ll have game 6 in LA

Miami Heat 128

Milwaukee Bucks 126

  • The Miami Heat became the 6th team in NBA history to advanced to the second round of playoffs as an eight seed.

  • The Heat produced another huge comeback in this series after being down by 16 at the start of the 4th quarter

  • Milwaukee went 5 for 25 during the 4th and in OT

  • “Playoff Jimmy” Butler did it again as he scored 42 points for the Heat and he scored the game tying shot at the end of the 4th with .5 left on the clock

  • The Heat will play the Knicks in round 2, starting on Sunday

Golden State Warriors 123

Sacramento Kings 116

  • The Warriors grab their first lead of this series with a road win in Sacramento after they’ve been notoriously bad with road losses this year

  • Curry scored 31 for the Warriors but went 2 for 10 from 3 point land and Klay Thompson scored 25 on a more efficient shooting night

  • Game 6 is heading back to Golden State on Friday night

Tonight’s Matchups

Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks, 8:30pm ET on TNT

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Wednesday Scoreboard

Florida Panthers 4

Boston Bruins 3

  • The Florida Panthers snatched an OT win from the Boston Bruins as the Bruins were trying to close out this series at home in 5.

  • Brad Marchand scored his 4th goal of the series in a 2nd period power play and Patrice Bergeron got some offense going with his first goal of the series for Boston

  • The Panthers started off with a goal in the first 9 minutes of play and held a 3-2 lead until the midway point of the 3rd when Bruins’ Taylor Hall scored his 5th goal of the series to tie up

  • Matthew Tkachuk scored the OT winner for the Panthers

  • Bruins lead the series 3-2 and will travel back to Florida for game 6

Colorado Avalanche 2

Seattle Kraken 3

  • The Seattle Kraken are quite the playoff story already and it’s their first time ever in the Stanley Cup Playoffs

  • The score was tied 1-1 during the 2nd period and Tye Kartye, who was making his NHL debut scored a goal

  • Each team scored in the 3rd and this series is heading back to Colorado for game 6 on Friday

Tonight’s Matchups

Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7:00pm ET on TBS

  • Toronto leads 3-1 and will attempt to close out the series at home

New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils, 7:30pm ET on ESPN2

  • Series is tied 2-2 and neither team has won a home game

Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights, 10:00pm ET on ESPN2

  • Vegas leads 3-1 and are looking to close out the Jets with a home win

2023 NFL Draft

The 2023 NFL Draft kicks off today, live from Kansas City. The draft will have 259 names called this year over 7 rounds. Thursday marks the start of the first round only. Coverage will be on ABC, ESPN, and the ESPN app and the first round will start at 8pm ET.

The first round will have 31 teams drafting.

You might be a newbie to this and think… cool, that’s a lot of teams.

But if you’ve been around football enough, you know that we’re missing a team there.

That’s right. The Miami Dolphins were stripped of their first round pick for violating the anti-tampering policy which basically means they were talking to players and coaches from other teams when they weren’t suppose to be.

What’s the order for the first round?

  • Pick 1: Carolina Panthers

  • Pick 2: Houston Texans

  • Pick 3: Arizona Cardinals

  • Pick 4: Indianapolis Colts

  • Pick 5: Seattle Seahawks

  • Pick 6: Detroit Lions

  • Pick 7: Las Vegas Raiders

  • Pick 8: Atlanta Falcons

  • Pick 9: Chicago Bears

  • Pick 10: Philadelphia Eagles

  • Pick 11: Tennessee Titans

  • Pick 12: Houston Texans

  • Pick 13: Green Bay Packers

  • Pick 14: New England Patriots

  • Pick 15: New York Jets

  • Pick 16: Washington Commanders

  • Pick 17: Pittsburgh Steelers

  • Pick 18: Detroit Lions

  • Pick 19: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Pick 20: Seattle Seahawks

  • Pick 21: Los Angeles Chargers

  • Pick 22: Baltimore Ravens

  • Pick 23: Minnesota Vikings

  • Pick 24: Jacksonville Jaguars

  • Pick 25: New York Giants

  • Pick 26: Dallas Cowboys

  • Pick 27: Buffalo Bills

  • Pick 28: Cincinnati Bengals

  • Pick 29: New Orleans Saints

  • Pick 30: Philadelphia Eagles

  • Pick 31: Kansas City Chiefs

Who’s going to get drafted first?

It’s hard to tell at this point, but the consensus is that the Carolina Panthers are going to take Bryce Young, the QB from Alabama.

What about the rest of the first round picks?

Honestly, it’s anyone guess. This draft isn’t a big QB draft class or one that has tons of talent at wide receiver. There are some standouts on the defensive side of the ball, coming from all over the field. On the offense, there’s maybe 2 receivers and a RB who could go first but you can expect a couple of tight ends to get taken with a team’s first round pick.

You want to dig in a little more but don’t know where to start?

We got you. We like Todd McShay’s thinking when it comes to the draft (and his cool demeanor) . Check out his top 350 player rankings right here to learn about the individuals you’ll be watching next season.

If you want to see where players might land, check out the Daniel Jeremiah’s (NFL Network Analyst) mock draft right here.

We’ll be back tomorrow to update you on the first round of the draft and of course, more playoff scores.

Have a great day,

The Daily Breakroom Team