Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 6/8/21
8 June 2021 Sports
Sports for June 8th
Kevin Durant scored 32 points in three quarters of a top-to-bottom blowout that sent the Brooklyn Nets halfway to the Eastern Conference finals with a 125-86 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night. Playing without the injured James Harden but showing no hint that they needed him, the Nets led by as much as 49 and held the NBA’s highest-scoring team 34 points below its season average. Kyrie Irving added 22 points and Bruce Brown filled in nicely for Harden with 13 points and six rebounds.
The Nets broke down the Bucks’ defense off the dribble all night, setting up uncontested shots that they mostly made. Brooklyn shot 52% from the field and was 21 for 42 from 3-point range.
The Bucks swept their first-round series against Miami but need a big turnaround when they get back home to avoid being swept themselves now.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks, but was thoroughly outplayed by Durant in a matchup of NBA MVP winners and sat dejected on the Bucks’ bench early in the fourth quarter with the game long since hopelessly out of reach.
Game 3 is Thursday in Milwaukee, where the Bucks beat the Nets twice in May while Harden was out with a right hamstring injury. He left Game 1 after 43 seconds with tightness of that hamstring, but the Nets shook that off to win 115-107. The Nets haven’t given a timetable for his return, though he didn’t appear too hurt going out under the backboard to holler toward Durant after his driving layup made it 95-65 after three.
The onslaught came quickly. A three-point game midway through the first quarter became 36-19 by the end of it after the Nets closed with a 23-9 surge. Durant scored 13 points, playing the entire quarter. He and Irving sat to start the second but the Nets opened with a 7-2 burst to push the lead to 43-21 on Blake Griffin’s 3-pointer. The lead ballooned to 27 late in the half before Brooklyn took a 65-41 cushion to the locker room.
NBA Western Confeence Semifinal Series (Mon.)
Phoenix 122, Denver 105 (Suns lead 1-0)
(Tonight)
Atlanta at Philadelphia (Hawks lead 1-0)
LA Clippers at Utah (Series tied at 0-0)
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not expected to be in Titletown for the mandatory minicamp which begins Tuesday, according to sources close to ESPN reporter Adam Schefter. Schefter tweeted the information out late Monday afternoon. If Rodgers does not attend the camp, the team could choose to fine him $93,085 for his absence, or they could make it an excused absence and waive the fine. Multiple reports have surfaced during the off-season of Rodgers’ disagreement with the front office. The team’s minicamp runs from Tuesday through Thursday of this week, and Tuesday’s practice is scheduled for 11 a.m.
The Brewers return to action tonight against the Reds in Cincinnati after an off-day Monday. Milwaukee has won four straight and 9 of ten. A pair of right handers square off as the Brewers send Adrian Houser (3-5, 3.86 ERA) against Sonny Gray (1-4, 3.64 ERA). First pitch is at 6:10 CDT and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
There was just one game Monday in the Central division as the Padres won at home over the Cubs 9-4. The Brewers are a half-game ahead of the Cubs in the division, 2 ½ games in front of St. Louis and four games ahead of the Reds. Pittsburgh is in last place in the Central, 9 ½ games out.
A matchup between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Notre Dame Irish football teams previously scheduled for October 3 of 2020 at Lambeau Field has been rescheduled- but for five years from now. According to the Green Bay Packers, the two teams will now battle it out on September 5, 2026. The 2020 game at Lambeau was supposed to be the first of a two-year, neutral site series which would also include a game at Soldier Field, the home field of the Chicago Bears in 2021. However, the 2020 game was canceled due to COVID-19. Officials say the September 25, 2021 matchup at Soldier Field will go on as scheduled.
High School Baseball (Mon.)
Waupun 4, Campbellsport 0
Plymouth 1, Kewaskum 0
Appleton North 2, Fond du Lac 0
Wautoma 7, Tomah 2-The Hornets improve to 17-3 overall.
Adams-Friendship 7, Wisconsin Rapids 5
Onalaska 7, Mauston 0
Pacelli 9, Nekoosa 5
Lourdes Academy 10, Central Wisconsin 3
Princeton/Green Lake 17, Hustisford/Dodgeland 16
Markesan 2, Columbus 0
Oakfield 9, Randolph 5
High School Baseball (Tues.)
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Laconia
Kewaskum at Slinger
Waupun at Port Washington
Winneconne at Omro
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Laconia
Lomira at Hartford
Mayville at New Holstein
Neenah at Fond du Lac
Kaukauna at Oshkosh North
Oshkosh West at Appleton North
Wautoma at Wisconsin Dells
Baraboo at Adams-Friendship
Nekoosa at Amherst
Horicon at Deerfield
Living Word Lutheran at Fall River
Girls Softball (Mon.)
Ripon 11, Princeton/Green Lake 1
Campbellsport 3, Waupun 2
Plymouth 11, Kewaskum 7
Kimberly 12, Fond du Lac 2
Wautoma 19, Markesan 0-The Hornets improve to 20-4.
Pacelli 20, Nekoosa 3
Pardeeville 12, Montello 0
River Valley 12, Randolph 0
Saint Mary’s Springs 8, Horicon 5
(Today)
Campbellsport at Laconia
Fond du Lac at Appleton Nofth
Oshkosh North at Appleton West
Kimberly at Oshkosh West
Pardeeville at Lourdes Academy
Randolph at Montello
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