5/16/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
16 May 2022 Sports
Sports for Monday
Grant Williams scored a career-high 27 points and hit seven 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum added 23 and Boston set a Game 7 record with 22 3-pointers to eliminate the NBA champion Bucks 109-81 on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Celtics will face top-seeded Miami beginning Tuesday in a rematch of the 2020 East finals. The Heat beat the Celtics in six games in that series at Walt Disney World.
The Celtics trailed early in Game 7 before outscoring the Bucks 61- 38 in the second half to cruise to the victory. Boston used a whopping 54-point advantage from behind the arc to improve to 25-9 in decisive seventh games. The Bucks are now 3-9. They went 4 for 33 (12.1%) from the 3-point line. That’s the second-worst 3-point percentage in a playoff game ever (minimum 30 attempts). Milwaukee missed their final 11 3-point attempts of the first half.
Williams finished 7 for 18 behind the arc. The Celtics were 22 for 55.
It helped silence another relentless night from Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 25 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists. But he was just 3 of 11 in the paint in the second half, including 1 for 6 the fourth quarter. Jrue Holiday added 21 points and eight assists. Brook Lopez finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Boston started the second half on an 11-4 run to open a 59-47 lead. It was 63-53 when Tatum went to the bench after being whistled for his fourth foul. But the Celtics rallied without him, outscoring the Bucks 16-11 the rest of the quarter to take a 79-64 lead to the fourth.
In the Western Conference semifinals, Dallas defeated Phoenix 123-90 to win game seven on the road. The Mavs play at Golden State in the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday.
Kolten Wong homered, singled and had three walks to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-3 on Sunday. Playing in his 1,000th major league game, Wong also stole two bases for the Brewers, who finished 4-5 on their nine game road trip
Jace Peterson and Rowdy Tellez also homered to back Brandon Woodruff, who limited Miami to three runs and five hits in his five-inning outing. Woodruff (4-2) walked two and struck out six. Aaron Ashby relieved Woodruff and pitched four hitless innings while striking out eight for his first save.
Milwaukee chased Miami starter Elieser Hernández during a four-run fifth. Peterson and Wong hit consecutive solo homers off Hernández while Tellez and Omar Narváez had RBI singles against reliever Louis Head.
Hernández (2-3) allowed five runs, two of which were earned, and three hits. The right-hander walked three, struck out two and hit a batter. He has surrendered 10 home runs in his seven starts this season.
Tellez made it 6-3, connecting with a solo shot off reliever Tommy Nance in the seventh for his eighth homer.
Brewers third baseman Willy Adames exited with a left ankle sprain in the bottom of the second. Adames made a successful hard slide at home off Luis Urías’ sacrifice fly that gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead in the first. Once Adames reached his feet, he limped toward the dugout. Adames played through the top half of the second before being replaced by Mike Rosseau. Adames, whose nine homers tie Hunter Renfroe for the team lead, will be re-evaluated Monday.
Brewers RHP Freddy Peralta (2-1, 4.40) is the scheduled starter in the opener of a home series against Atlanta Monday. First pitch is at 6:40 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Sunday the Pirates nipped the Reds 1-0, despite being no-hit by two Reds pitchers. It was the sixth time a pitcher/team has allowed no hits and lost. The Cubs shaded the Diamondbacks 3-2 and the Cardinals pounded the Giants 15-6.
In college baseball action Friday, in the Midwest Conference Tournament, the University of Chicago 16, Ripon College 14. Ripon bounced back in their second game Friday, beating Illinois College 10-2. On Saturday, the University of Chicago beat Ripon 9-4.
Steve Stricker completed at a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Regions Tradition, closing with a 4-under 68 for a six-stroke margin and his fourth PGA Tour Champions major title. Stricker’s second Tradition win at Greystone Golf & Country Club came in his third event since returning from a six-month absence for health reasons. Two straight birdies punctuated the dominant performance. He had his 20th consecutive round under par on the Founder’s Course, finishing at 21-under 267 for his eighth victory over the 50-and-over tour. Stricker also had a wire-to-wire, six-stroke win in last year’s Senior Players Championship.
Paidrag Harrington finished second, birdieing the final two holes for a 68. Steven Alker was in the group at 14 under after a 72. He has finished four straight tournaments in the top three, winning twice. World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els, who had his third 68 in four days, also was at 14 under with Rod Pampling (67), Stuart Appleby (69) and 2018 winner Miguel Angel Jimenez (70).
On the regular PGA Tour, K.H. Lee won the AT&T Byron Nelson by one stroke over Jordan Spieth Sunday in McKinney, Texas. Lee shot a final round 63 to finish at 26 under, 262.
In NASCAR, Kurt Busch won his first race of the season. In an intensely competitive run to the finish of Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, Busch nosed past leader Kyle Larson at the finish line on Lap 259 of 267 and completed the pass two corners later off Turn 2, as Larson scraped the outside wall. His brother, Kyle Busch, finished third.
High School Baseball (Mon.)
Ripon at Lomira
Sheboygan Falls at Plymouth
Waterloo at Mayville
Saint Mary’s Springs at New Holstein
Kiel at Winnebago Lutheran
Oshkosh North at Beaver Dam
Xavier at New London
Weyauwega-Fremont at Menominee Indian
Wild Rose at Pittsville
Appleton West at Fond du Lac
Neenah at Kimberly
Appleton East at Oshkosh West
Clintonville at Luxemburg-Casco
Fox Valley Lutheran at Freedom
Little Chute at Marinette
Waupaca at Wrightstown
Poynette at Adams-Friendship
Nekoosa at Assumption
Lodi at Wisconsin Dells
Hustisford/Dodgeland at Watertown Luther Prep
High School Softball (Mon.)
Ripon at Plymouth
Germantown at Kewaskum
Campbellsport at Saint Mary’s Springs
Mayville at Laconia
Lomira at Omro
North Fond du Lac at Winnebago Lutheran Academy
Hortonville at Beaver Dam
De Pere at Menasha
Xavier at Seymour
West De Pere at Shawano
Tri-County at Elcho
Wild Rose at Pittsville
Appleton West at Fond du Lac
Kaukauna at Kettle Moraine
Oshkosh West at Oshkosh North
Manawa at Clintonville
Waupaca at Fox Valley Lutheran
Ashwaubenon at Freedom
Little Chute at Notre Dame
Mauston at Montello
Nekoosa at Assumption
Lodi at Westfield
Dodgeland/Hustisford at Pardeeville
Horicon at Williams Bay
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