Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday 11/18/20
18 November 2020 Sports
Sports for November 18th
The Green Bay Packers have activated wide receiver Allen Lazard from injured reserve after he missed six games. Lazard had the best game of his pro career Sept. 27 when he caught six passes for 146 yards and a touchdown in a 37-30 victory at New Orleans. But he suffered a core injury in that game and hasn’t played since. The 2018 undrafted free agent from Iowa State has 13 catches for 254 yards and two touchdowns in just three games this season.
Meanwhile, the Packers were off Tuesday and return to the practice field today. Green Bay (7-2) plays on the road against the Indianapolis Colts (6-3) on Sunday. The Packers are in first in the NFC North while the Colts are tied with Tennessee for first in the AFC South. The pregame starts at 1:00 with the kickoff at 3:25 CDT and can be heard on FM102.3, The Bug.
In Thursday Night Football this week, Arizona is at Seattle in a battle in the NFC West. Both teams, along with Seattle are tied for first at 6-3.
Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer has added former Charlotte Bobcats and Loyola Marymount coach Mike Dunlap along with Josh Oppenheimer as assistants. Dunlap coached Loyola Marymount for the last six seasons and posted an 81-108 record. Loyola Marymount athletic director Craig Pintens announced in March that the school and Dunlap had agreed to part ways. Oppenheimer previously was a Bucks assistant from 2013-16.
The NBA will hold its virtual draft tonight. Former Oshkosh North star Tyrese Haliburton, who played two years at Iowa State at point gurad, is projected to be a top ten pick in most mock drafts. Last year he averaged nearly 15 points and six rebounds to go along with 6.5 assists per game. Haliburton is 6’5” and 175 pounds.
The NBA announced the structure and format for the 2020-21 season Tuesday night, including how exactly the upcoming schedule will be released. The schedule will be released in two halves — what the league is calling the First Half and the Second Half. The schedule for the First Half of the season, which will run from Dec. 22 to March 4, will be released around the start of training camp, set for Dec. 1. The league won’t release the schedule for the Second Half until later in the First Half. That will include the rest of each team’s 72 regular-season games that weren’t previously scheduled, as well as any games that were postponed in the First Half of the season that “can reasonably be added” to the rest of the schedule. The All-Star break is set to take place March 5-10, between the two halves. The Second Half of the season will run from March 11 to May 16. The play-in tournament will be held from May 18 to 21 before the playoffs tip off May 22
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