4/29/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
29 April 2024 Sports
Myles Turner scored 29 points, Tyrese Haliburton added 24 and the Indiana Pacers made a franchise playoff record 22 3-pointers as they pulled away late for a 126-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
The win gave the Pacers a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Indiana has won three straight since losing the opener and can reach the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time since 2014 – with a win Tuesday at Milwaukee.
Indiana is 7-2 this season against the Bucks, who are trying to avoid a second straight first-round exit.
Haliburton posted a career playoff scoring high for the second straight game while Turner matched a playoff career high that he set in Friday night’s overtime win. Turner also had nine rebounds and four assists against a Bucks squad that was missing two injured All-Stars, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.
It’s unclear if either will be available in Game 5. Antetokounmpo hasn’t played since straining his left calf April 9. Lillard injured his Achilles tendon Friday night and had a protective walking boot covering his right foot this weekend.
Brook Lopez led the Bucks with 27 points and nine rebounds, and Khris Middleton added 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.
But the Bucks depth took even bigger hits with Middleton playing much of the second half with four fouls and forward Bobby Portis Jr. being ejected with 5:01 left in the first quarter after he and Andrew Nembhard were involved in a shoving match. Portis drew two technical fouls on the play, part of a six-technical first half.
Still, the Pacers struggled to take advantage, finishing the back-and-forth first half with just a 67-64 lead.
But after Lopez’s opened the third quarter with a basket, Haliburton responded with three straight 3s to give the Pacers a 76-66 lead. The Bucks never completely recovered as Indiana extended the margin to 95-78 on Obi Toppin’s layup with 2:24 left in the quarter.
Milwaukee opened the fourth with seven straight points to close to 98-92. Indiana answered with a 10-2 run to rebuild a 108-94 cushion with 7:25 to play and the Bucks couldn’t get within single digits the rest of the game.
Nembhard finished with 15 points and nine assists for the Pacers and Pascal Siakam added 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
Malik Beasley added 20 points for Milwaukee. Game three is Tuesday night at Fireserv Forum with the tipoff at 8:30.
Aaron Judge homered in the first inning and played a central role as a baserunner during a seven-run rally in the sixth as the New York Yankees defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 15-5 on Sunday.
Anthony Rizzo went 4 for 4 and hit his 300th career homer. Anthony Volpe added a three-run shot on his 23rd birthday. Judge went 3 for 4 with three RBIs, including a 441-foot solo shot.
New York grabbed a half-game lead in the AL East over the Baltimore Orioles, who lost 7-6 to Oakland. The Yankees begin a four-game series at Baltimore on Monday.
Jake Bauers, who played for the Yankees last season, went 3 for 5 with a three-run homer against his former team. The 28-year-old first baseman also worked a scoreless ninth inning for the Brewers in his first major league pitching appearance.
The game was tied at 4 before the Yankees’ sixth-inning outburst. All seven of their runs scored with two outs after the Brewers failed to turn a double play earlier in the inning because shortstop Willy Adames’ attempted throw to first hit Judge’s padded left hand.
Judge was on first after drawing a leadoff walk when Alex Verdugo hit a bouncer to second baseman Brice Turang, whose throw to Adames retired Judge at second. Judge raised his left arm as he slid into second, and Adames’ throw bounced off the 6-foot-7 slugger’s hand before hitting the ground.
Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy argued that Judge should have been called for interference, which would have left the Yankees with two out and nobody on base. The umpiring crew disagreed, enabling Verdugo to stay at first with one out.
That decision proved crucial when the Yankees staged a big rally.
Verdugo scored the go-ahead run on Gleyber Torres’ single off Abner Uribe (2-2). The Yankees would score six more runs during a rally that culminated with a two-run single from Judge, who drew a hearty round of boos from the American Family Field crowd.
New York’s seven-run outburst came after the Brewers erased a 4-0 deficit by scoring four runs in the fifth off Marcus Stroman.
Ron Marinaccio (1-0) earned the win after allowing one run in 1 1/3 innings.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said OF Christian Yelich’s recovery from a lower back strain has “stalled a little bit.” Murphy added that he doesn’t think it’s a long-term situation. “I think within a week we’ll be in a better spot,” Murphy said. Yelich last played in a game on April 12.
The Brewers open a three-game home series with the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. RHP Bryse Wilson (2-0, 3.50 ERA) starts for the Brewers and RHP Ryan Pepiot (2-2, 3.77 ERA) pitches for the Rays. First pitch is at 6:40 at American Family Field.
In other games in the NL Central Sunday the Mets beat the Cardinals 4-2, the Rangers nipped the Reds 4-3, the Giants shaded the Pirates 3-2 and Boston slipped past the Cubs 5-4. The Brewers still lead the Cubs by a half-game in the division.
In the Midwest League the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won at Peoria over the Chiefs 14-.6. There are no games Monday in the Midwest League.
• First round, No. … 25 overall:Offensive lineman Jordan Morgan , Arizona
• Second round, No. 45 overall: LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M. …
• Second round, No. 58 overall: DB Javon Bullard, Georgia. …
• Third round, No. 88 overall: RB MarShawn Lloyd, USC. …
• Third round, No. 91 overall: LB Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri.
The Packers entered day three with eight selection, but general manager Brian Gutekunst wasting little time moving up in the fourth round to pick the first of two safeties on the afternoon.
Gutekunst struck a deal with the Jets for one of their three sixth round picks to move up and take safety Evan Williams. The safety started 13 games with Oregon last season after transferring from Fresno State. Williams, who played more as a bos safety in college, registered 82 tackles during that stretch, and finished with 4.5 sacks.
The Packers continued to add to their offensive line depth by picking Jacob Monk in the fifth round. Monk started five years for the Blue Devils at guard and center, and projects to be a center in the NFL. Many draft exports point to Monk being undersized as a center, but making up for it with his foot quickness and football IQ.
Gutekunst added a third safety in this draft class by picking Kitan Oladapo (Kit-ahn Ola-deepo)in the fifth round. Over this six seasons with Oregon State, Oladapo finished with 248 tackles, 6.5 sacks and three interceptions to go along with 27 pass break-ups. He has good size at 6′2″ and 216 pounds and can come up to play in the box.
The Packers add their third offensive lineman to the draft class by picking Travis Glover out of Georgia State. Glover has a ton of playing time in college, start a program record 57 games, including 12 last season at left tackle. He also played at right tackle and at guard in his five years with the Panthers.
Brian Gutekunst said that he would like to add a quarterback during his pre-draft press conference, and made good on that statement in the seventh round by picking Michael Pratt. Last season Pratt finished with 2,406 yards passing to go along with 22 touchdowns and just 4 interceptions in 11 games. Those numbers were down slightly from the year before after Pratt missed two games early in the season due to injury. Draft experts saw growth in Pratt’s game each year as a starter, and NFL.com analysts even had Pratt rated as high as a fourth round pick.
The Packers exited the 2024 NFL Draft with 11 players, and a whole lot of what they were looking for. Versatility: First-round offensive lineman Jordan Morgan will begin his career at left tackle but is capable of playing tackle or guard on either side, while fifth-rounder Jacob Monk (center/guard prospect) and sixth-rounder Travis Glover (swing tackle) played multiple spots in college. “We’d love to have our entire (O-line) group be able to play all five spots,” General Manager Brian Gutekunst said. “I think we’ve done a good job of getting close to that.” At linebacker, second-rounder Edgerrin Cooper and third-rounder Ty’Ron Hopper are rangy run-stoppers and adept in coverage, able to handle the strong or weak side. At safety, second-rounder Javon Bullard and fourth-rounder Evan Williams are viewed as three-position players, both safety spots and nickel corner, while fifth-rounder Kitan Oladapo can play deep or in the box. Throw in third-round running back MarShawn Lloyd plus two seventh-rounders in QB Michael Pratt and cornerback Kalen King, that makes three more right in the mix for top backup jobs.
A pair of local prep stars, Kewaunee’s Tanor Bortolini and Fond du Lac’s Braylon Allen were picked in the NFL Draft.
Bortolini was the first of the two to be picked on day three with the Colts selecting the Badgers center in with the 117th overall pick. Bortolini, viewed as one of the more versatile offensive linemen in the draft, rose up draft boards following a strong showing during the NFL Combine back in February.
Allen followed towards the end of the fourth round when he was picked by the New York Jets at 134th overall. The former Fonda Cardinal will now have the chance to share a backfield with Aaron Rodgers in New York after rushing for nearly 3,500 yards and 35 touchdowns during his Badgers career.
Two Irishmen, Rory Mcllroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. They defeated Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer by one stroke on the first hole of a playoff Mcllroy and Lowry birdied the par-5 18th to card a 68 and send it to overime. Both groups finished 18 at 25 under par.
Hannah Green won LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Wilshire Country Club.
A year after making a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation and winning on the second hole of a playoff, Green — with help from Maja Stark — took the late drama out of this one for her fifth LPGA Tour victory and second of the year.
Green closed with a 5-under 66 to beat Stark by three strokes. The 27-year-old Australian, also the winner early last month in Singapore, finished at 12-under 272 on the tree-lined layout with poa annua greens that become bumpy late in the day.
In college baseball Sunday the Ripon College at Marian College was postponed.
UW-Oshkosh split a doubleheader with UW-Stout Saturday, losing the first game 4-2 but winning the second game 14-4.
In women’s college softball action from Saturday UW-Oshkosh won a doubleheader from UW-Stout, 3-2 and 7-1.
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