Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday 10/12/20
12 October 2020 Sports
For the first time since Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final title a decade ago, the Lakers are NBA champions. LeBron James had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Lakers beat the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday night to win the NBA Finals in six games. Anthony Davis had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who dealt with the enormous anguish that followed the death of the iconic Bryant in January and all the challenges that came with leaving home for three months to play at Walt Disney World in a bubble designed to keep inhabitants safe from the coronavirus. It was the Lakers 17th title tying them with the Boston Celtics.
They made the clincher look easy. James won his fourth title, doing it with a third different franchise — and against the Heat franchise that showed him to become a champion. Bam Adebayo had 25 points and 10 rebounds for Miami, which got 12 points from Jimmy Butler — the player who, in his first Heat season, got the team back to title contention. Rajon Rondo scored 19 points for the Lakers, who put together the elite talents of James and Davis with this moment in mind.
The Lakers outscored the Heat 36-16 in the second quarter and led at the half 64-36. The 28-point halftime lead was the second-biggest in NBA Finals history, topped only by the Celtics leading the Lakers 79-49 on May 27, 1985. A 23-8 run by Miami got the Heat to 90-69 with 8:37 left, but the outcome was never in doubt.
In the NFL Sunday both the Packers and Lions were off and the Bears won on Thursday night over the Buccaneers. In the one remaining Northern Division game, Seattle won a thriller at home last night over the Minnesota Vikings 27-26. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Derek Metcalf on a fourth down play with fifteen seconds left to cap a furious comeback. The Vikings dominated the first half and led 13-0 at intermission. But Seattle scored 21 unanswered points in the third quarter and led 21-19 entering the final quarter. Two of the touchdowns came after turnovers by the Vikings. Minnesota then took the lead 26-21 before Seattle won it on their final drive. Wilson was 20-32 for 217 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. He also picked up 58 yards on five scrambles. Metcalf caught six passes for 93 yards and two scores. Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins completed 27 of 39 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns. Adam Thielen caught nine passes for 80 yards and two scores while Alexander Mattison carried 20 times for 112 yards. Seattle remains undefeated at 5-0 while the Vikings drop to 1-4.
Elsewhere in the NFL Sunday…..
LA Rams 30, Washington 10
Pittsburgh 38, Philadelphia 29
Arizona 30, New York Jet 10
Las Vegas Raiders 40, Kansas City 32-It was the Chiefs first loss of the season.
Houston 30, Jacksonville 14
Baltimore 27, Cincinnati 3
Carolina 23, Atlanta 16
Miami 43, San Francisco 17
Cleveland 32, Indianapolis 23
Dallas 37, New York Giants 34-Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a severe ankle injury, requiring surgery.
Tonight, the Saints host the Charges and tomorrow night Buffalo plays at Tennessee.
In game one of the American League Championship Series on Sunday Tampa edged Houston 2-1. Game two is tonight at Tampa Bay. The NLCS gets underway tonight as Atlanta plays the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
In Nascar Sunday, Chase Elliott won at Charlotte to advance to the next round of eight.
On the men’s PGA tour Martin Laird ended a seven-year victory drought by winning the Shriners Hospitals for Children’s Open.
In the LPGA Sei Young Kim won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship by five strokes over Inbee Park. Kim shot a 14-under 266.
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