In the Warriors’ 134-125 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum, Curry scored 52 points – on 16-for-31 shooting from the field, 12-for-20 on 3-point shots and 8-for-8 on free throws – with 10 rebounds, eight assists, five steals and one block. He finished as a game-high plus-17 and entered halftime with 32 points, eight triples, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals.
It was Curry’s second 50-point game of the 2024-25 NBA season, as he scored 56 on Feb. 3 in Golden State’s 121-115 win over the Orlando Magic, and the 16th of his 16-year career (including his victorious 50 points against the Sacramento Kings in Game 7 of the 2023 Western Conference opening playoff round).
Jokić, meanwhile, reached the 60s.
In the Nuggets’ 140-139 double-overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jokić posted 61 points – on 18-for-29 shooting from the field, 6-for-11 on triples and 19-for-24 from the charity stripe – with 10 rebounds, 10 assists and a pair of steals.
Jokić’s 61 points were the most any player scored in a game during the 2024-25 season and were the most scored in a triple-double in league history. It also was Jokić’s second 50-point game of the season, as he scored 56 on Dec. 7 in a 122-113 loss to the Washington Wizards, and the fourth of his 10-year career (including his unvictorious 53 points against the Phoenix Suns in Game 4 of the 2023 West semifinals).
Curry and Jokić, two future first-ballot Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers, have two of the most stacked résumés in NBA history.
Tuesday, though, will forever be remembered as the day the pair each had 50-plus points, 10-plus rebounds, eight-plus assists and five-plus triples. After all, It isn’t too often fans get to see two superstars have career games on the same night.
For about 59 and a half minutes Tuesday night in St. Louis, the Detroit Red Wings appeared on their way to a well played road hockey game: Moments of absorbing pressure, excellent goaltending from Cam Talbot, and an opportunistic attack to nab a third period lead. However, 29 seconds short of securing two points, Detroit failed to clear, the Blues won battles to keep the puck alive, then Cam Fowler teed up a Jordan Kyrou redirect to tie the game at one, leaving a frustrated Dylan Larkin to rifle the puck off the boards. In overtime, Fowler scored the game-winner to give his team a 2–1 win, robbing the Red Wings of a point they'd thought was theirs moments earlier.
The result was "brutal," J.T. Compher (who'd scored Detroit's lone goal of the night to take a 1–0 lead five minutes into the third) told reporters after the game. "We played a really good road game for a long time, Talbs played out of his mind, gave us a chance to win, and they were able to squeak one in late and steal that second point from us."
"That's a really good hockey team playing good hockey at the moment, and we gave ourselves a chance to get two points, and we come up short," Compher added. "No one's beat 'em in eight or nine games, and we gave ourselves a really good chance tonight."
The sting of the loss is compounded by the fact that both the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets won Tuesday night, leaving the Wings four points to the wrong side of the playoff cutline with eight games left in the regular season.
"We know what's at stake, and it's not the fact that we gave up a point to an opponent," said coach Todd McLellan after the game. "It's just we didn't get the point, and I thought after starting slow on the night, Talbs kept us in it, and then we worked our way back in, checked fairly well...put ourselves in a situation to win and with about 3:40 left we iced the puck...and out comes the goalie and we just couldn't find a way to hit the open net at the other end or just finish the night."
Per McLellan, Tuesday's loss leaves Detroit with a choice that isn't really a choice: "We can either feel sorry for ourselves, which I don't think is a great option, or we can get back after it, and we have no choice."
The Red Wings host the Carolina Hurricanes Friday evening then the Florida Panthers Sunday in two games unlikely to lift them back into a playoff spot on their own, but certainly with the potential to all but eliminate them.
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You don’t have to talk to many folks in the Yankees clubhouse to hear whispered admissions that the team misses Juan Soto and wishes he were still around. Who wouldn’t feel that way after losing arguably the best left-handed hitter in the game, and a nice young man to boot?
But four games into the season, it is becoming evident that while the team thinks about its erstwhile mate, the 2025 lineup is dynamic, not to mention deeper and more athletic.
No roster is perfect, though, and the hole in this one popped up in the ninth inning of Tuesday’s 7-5 loss to Arizona.
Down 7-4 in the ninth inning and facing the D-backs’ left-handed closer A.J. Puk, manager Aaron Boone had already removed switch hitter Jasson Dominguez for outfield defense. That left three lefty hitters -- Austin Wells, Trent Grisham, and Ben Rice -- to face Puk. Switch hitter Oswaldo Cabrera, who is much better against righty pitching, was due up fourth.
Here is where the Yanks remain one threatening righty bat short. The two on the bench were Pablo Reyes and Oswald Peraza. After Rice homered to make it 7-5, Boone hit Reyes for Cabrera. Reyes lined the first pitch from Puk to center, ending the game.
The context that led to this moment:
-- The Yankees entered spring training without a full-time third baseman or high-end righty utility guy, in large part because they opted to exhaust their remaining budget at first base instead. The Paul Goldschmidt signing concluded the heavy lifting of a very busy and productive offseason.
-- All through spring training, the team scouted other camps for a righty bat, but the right player and deal did not materialize. They remain open to making this acquisition, but can’t create the player they need out of thin air; at the moment, this player doesn’t appear to exist.
-- Peraza entered camp with the chance to finally turn his potential to results and dazzle the Yankees. He could have become -- and still has the tools to be -- the righty bat about whom we’re talking. But he hit .160 in spring, and made the team in large part because he is out of minor league options and the Yanks aren’t quite ready to lose him on waivers.
-- Peraza’s lackluster spring left Reyes as Boone’s choice to hit for Cabrera on Tuesday.
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone (17) walks off the field after being ejected in the seventh inning against the Atlanta Braves at Yankee Stadium. / Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports
Now, a few potential solutions to this problem:
-- Dominguez could improve his defense to the point where Boone is eventually comfortable forgoing the defensive replacement. Had this been the case on Tuesday, he would have batted in the ninth instead of Grisham.
-- Dominguez could also improve from the right side. At present he is a switch hitter who is significantly better from the left side. His continued development could at some point give the Yankees another righty bat.
-- Peraza could step up. Time is running out there.
-- An appealing trade could somehow pop up, though it hasn’t yet.
This issue aside, the Yankees’ post-Soto lineup redesign is looking not just hot to start the season, but sustainably good -- and that’s without two future Hall-of-Famers in Soto and, for now, Giancarlo Stanton.
Forget the 18 home runs through four games for a moment. Consider what happened in Tuesday’s game, started by Corbin Burnes, one of the best pitchers in the sport:
-- Wells worked a brilliant 13-pitch at-bat in a fifth inning that set in motion a chain of events that ended in first baseman Josh Naylor’s two-run throwing error. Yes, the runs were unearned, but this was a classic case of a team making its own luck.
Wells appears on his way to the upper echelon of catchers in the game; who could have imagined a year ago that it would be legitimate to debate if a team would rather have Wells, Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman, the Mets’ Francisco Alvarez or Arizona’s Gabriel Moreno? But here we are.
New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Yankee Stadium. / Brad Penner-Imagn Images
-- Cody Bellinger stole a base, his first of the season. The highly athletic Bellinger swiped 20 bags in 2023, and is a threat while on the bases.
-- The youngsters hit balls hard: A bulked-up Rice smashed a double at 111 mph and a groundout at 105 mph. Dominguez homered and made solid, 97 mph contact on a single to left. And Anthony Volpe took Burns way deep to left, smashing a homer at 107 mph. Volpe had three homers on the season before the curtain closed on April Fools Day.
-- In addition to those specific events, the Yankee lineup features several elements that should help it all year. Dominguez, Bellinger, Rice, Goldschmidt and Wells all bring swings naturally tailored to Yankee Stadium’s dimensions.
-- Chisholm is far more athletic than his predecessor at second base, Gleyber Torres. He already has three home runs and a helpful high-tech bat.
-- We haven’t even mentioned that the Yankees continue to employ the best position player to grace New York City in perhaps a generation or more, Aaron Judge.
-- Another green shoot appeared in the clubhouse before the game, when Stanton confirmed what we heard from sources last week: His tennis elbows are improving, and he won’t miss nearly as much time as many of us assumed in spring training after Stanton declared his injury "severe."
One note on Will Warren:
The Yankees are excited about Warren’s potential, and loved his performance in five strong innings in Tuesday’s start. But one thing to note: Warren did not hold his fastball velocity for all five frames. He was within his normal range for most of the game, sitting 90-92 mph and touching 94 mph twice, according to a scout.
But Warren’s 3-1 fastball to Jake McCarthy leading off the fifth inning flashed on the scoreboard as 89 mph. It actually came in above 89.5 mph, according to a scout, so it could be called 90. But it did get a few people’s attention.
Possible explanations: 1) Warren threw 85 pitches, more than he had in a spring training game. He is still building stamina; 2) he might have been focusing on throwing a strike, resulting in a tiny velocity reduction; 3) it was freakin' freezing out there.
Not a significant concern at all. Warren pitched well. Just an observation.
SAN DIEGO — All-Star outfielder Jackson Merrill and the San Diego Padres agreed to a nine-year, $135 million contract covering 2026-34.
Merrill’s deal includes a $30 million team option for 2035 that would convert to a player option if he has a top five finish in MVP voting at any point during the contract.
Merrill, who turns 22 on April 19, made his major league debut last season and became an All-Star, hitting .292 with 24 homers, 90 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. He finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting to Pittsburgh pitcher Paul Skenes.
He has an $809,500 salary while in the major leagues this year after earning the $740,000 minimum last year and gaining $1,191,534 from the pre-arbitration bonus pool.
Merrill would have been eligible for arbitration after the 2026 season and for free agency after the 2029 World Series.
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The Dallas Cowboys are handling negotiations directly with Micah Parsons rather than his agent. This approach is typical for them, but it frustrates agents who prefer traditional negotiations. Jerry Jones is reportedly offering Parsons the largest non-quarterback deal in NFL history.
2. Impact of Jerry Jones and the Cowboys' brand
The hosts discussed how Jerry Jones has built the Cowboys into the most valuable sports franchise globally. Despite not winning a Super Bowl since 1995, the Cowboys brand remains incredibly strong because of Jones' business acumen and strategic deals.
Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Cleveland Browns, candidly admitted to making a mistake with the Deshaun Watson contract, calling it a "big swing and a miss." This public acknowledgment might help the team move forward and focus on rebuilding.
Woody Johnson, owner of the Jets, dismissed the NFL Players Association report cards, calling them "totally bogus." This response contrasts with other owners who have used the feedback to improve their organizations, reflecting poorly on the Jets' adaptability.
The vote on the controversial "tush push" play was pushed back to May. The play is criticized by some for its potential danger and fairness issues, yet no evidence supports it being more dangerous than other plays.
The NFL adopted the playoff overtime format for the regular season — each team will get a chance to touch the ball, regardless of if a team scores a touchdown on the opening possession — but with a compressed 10-minute period. This change could lead to more ties and raises questions about the fairness of possessions.
The NFL announced a triple-header for Christmas Day, intensifying competition with the NBA for viewership. The move marks a significant shift as the NFL aims to dominate holiday sports broadcasting.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star outfielder Jackson Merrill and the San Diego Padres agreed Wednesday to a $135 million, nine-year contract covering 2026-34.
Merrill’s deal includes a $30 million team option for 2035 that would convert to a player option if he has a top five finish in MVP voting at any point during the contract.
Merrill, who turns 22 on April 19, made his major league debut last season and became an All-Star, hitting .292 with 24 homers, 90 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. He finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting to Pittsburgh pitcher Paul Skenes.
He has an $809,500 salary while in the major leagues this year after earning the $740,000 minimum last year and gaining $1,191,534 from the pre-arbitration bonus pool.
Merrill would have been eligible for arbitration after the 2026 season and for free agency after the 2029 World Series.
Its Wednesday, April 2 and the Diamondbacks (3-2) are in the Bronx to take on the Yankees (3-1) in Game 2 of this three-game series.
Zac Gallen is slated to take the mound for Arizona against Carlos Rodón for New York
Last night, Eugenio Suarez hit a grand slam in the top of the eighth inning as the Diamondbacks rallied for a 7-5 win over the Yankees. In his debut for Arizona, Corbin Burnes gave up four runs (two earned) in 4.1 innings. Anthony Volpe homered again for the Yankees. The Shortstop has three hits this season...all are home runs.
Lets dive into today's matchup and find a sweat or two.
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Game details & how to watch Diamondbacks at Yankees
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Time: 7:05PM EST
Site: Yankee Stadium
City: New York, NY
Network/Streaming: Dbacks.TV, YES
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Odds for the Diamondbacks at the Yankees
The latest odds as of Wednesday:
Moneyline: Arizona Diamondbacks (+113), New York Yankees (-133)
Spread: Yankees -1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Diamondbacks at Yankees
Wednesday’s pitching matchup for April 2, 2025: Zac Gallen vs. Carlos Rodón
Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (0-1, 9.00 ERA) Last outing: 3/27 vs. Cubs - 4 IP, 4 ER, 4 Hits, 4 BB, 4 Ks
Yankees: Carlos Rodón, (1-0, 1.69 ERA) Last outing: 3/27 vs. Brewers - 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 2 BB, 7 Ks
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Diamondbacks at Yankees
The Yankees went 21-15 (.583) last season with Carlos Rodon as the starting pitcher
The Under has cashed in 6 of the Yankees' last 7 home games with Carlos Rodon as the starter
Arizona has covered the spread in 3 of their 5 games this season
Jasson Dominguez hit his first home run of the season las tnight
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On Mar. 30, 2025, Pittsburgh Penguins netminder Tristan Jarry became the third goalie in franchise history to record 20 shutouts, blanking the Ottawa Senators 1-0.
He joins a list along with two of the greatest to strap on the pads in Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury and Tom Barrasso. Fleury is on his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame, while Barrasso earned his ring in 2023.
For the longest time, Barrasso was the only Penguins' netminder to record 20 shutouts, achieving his first on Dec. 28, 1990, and 22nd on Nov. 26, 1999. Overall, he recorded 22 shutouts in 460 games.
During his 12 seasons in Pittsburgh, including two Stanley Cup titles in 1991 and 1992, Barrasso recorded seven shutouts in 1997-98, only the second time he'd post more than five (1984-85).
Three seasons after Barrasso left the Penguins in 2000, the franchise drafted Fleury with the top pick in the 2003 Draft. He owns the team record with 44 shutouts, which may not be broken for quite some time.
At 21, Fleury collected his first shutout on Oct. 30, 2003, just his sixth NHL game. Eight seasons later, on Oct. 25, 2011, he'd earn his 20th shutout in game No. 375 before tying Barrasso's mark on Feb. 21, 2012.
When Jarry shut out the Senators on Mar. 30, he earned his 20th career shutout in his 288th game, surpassing Fleury's mark for fewest games to 20 shutouts by 87 games.
Despite the rough season, with numerous demotions to the AHL, Jarry is just in year two of a five-year deal he signed on July 1, 2023. In 288 games, his record is 149-96-30 with a 2.75 GAA and .910 SV%.
When he collects win No. 150, he'll be the third goalie behind Barrasso (226) and Fleury (375) to reach the milestone.
We're nearing the end of the regular season and a few NBA awards are heating up like Coach of the Year as Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson and Detroit's JB Bickerstaff. Let's take a look at the best bet between the two with less than a dozen games remaining.
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Coach of the Year: JB Bickerstaff (+210)
Kenny Atkinson's main argument for the Coach of the Year award was boasting the NBA's best record when the Thunder or Celtics were expected to, but now that Oklahoma City owns the league's best record, what is Atkinson's argument? Best in the East? 60-plus wins? I am not sure that will be enough compared to Bickerstaff's argument.
The Pistons were expected to make the play-in by some experts, but the majority of the public expected Detroit to be out of the playoffs and tanking at this point. To Bickerstaff and his players' credit, Detroit is the No. 5 seed at 42-33 (2.0 games back from No. 4) and continues to win with its best player, Cade Cunningham sidelined over the last four games (3-1 record and beat the Cavs).
Since January 1st, the Pistons rank second in defensive efficiency behind the Thunder (Cavs are 14th), eighth in offensive rating (Cavs are second), the third-best defensive rebounding percentage (Cavs are 10th), top six in blocks and steals per game, third in opponent points in the paint, and are tied for the fifth-most wins (28-15 record). Granted, the Cavaliers are 31-11 since the new year, Detroit continues to impress and hang with the best of the best with grit and great defense.
Cleveland had a win total of 47.5 entering the season, ranking tied for the 10th-highest, while Detroit's was 22.5, tied for the second-lowest with Washington (16-59) and Portland (33-43), only ahead of Brooklyn (21.5, 25-51) The Pistons are going to double their expected win total this season, while the rest of those teams are planning trips to Cancun.
At +180 to +210, I think the value on Bickerstaff for COY was still disappearing, so I say get involved now.
Pick: JB Bickerstaff to win Coach of the Year (2u)
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New York Islanders coach Patrick Roy didn’t mince his words when he discussed Anthony Duclair’s game in their 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
“He was god awful,” Roy told reporters after the game. “He’s lucky to be in the lineup. Sorry if I lose it on him right now, but that’s how I feel.”
Duclair had 12:15 of ice time against Tampa Bay, about three minutes less than his season average. He had the third-lowest ice time among Islanders skaters in that contest.
Roy thought the 29-year-old had a bad game, and “that’s why I didn’t play him a lot.”
“He’s not skating, not competing, not moving his feet, he’s not playing up to what we expect from him,” he said, adding he thinks it’s an “effort thing.”
Less ice time has been the theme of Duclair’s last three games. In their outing against the Lightning on Saturday, he played 11:05, a season low.
Duclair’s recent ice time comes during some of the lowest offensive production of his 11-year NHL career.
In 44 games this season, Duclair has seven goals and four assists for 11 points. His 0.25 points per game is a career low, as is his minus-15 plus/minus rating.
In comparison, Duclair put up 24 goals and 42 points in 73 appearances last season playing for Tampa Bay and the San Jose Sharks. That earned him a four-year deal worth $3.5 million per season with the Islanders, the longest contract with the biggest cap hit of his career.
The Point-Claire, Que., native hasn’t had a point in his last six games. He also hasn’t recorded an even-strength point in 17 games and has just three points in his last 25.
With eight games remaining in the regular season, the Islanders are five points back of the Montreal Canadiens, who control the last wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Steph Curry appeared rejuvenated on the floor Tuesday night as he erupted for 52 points and 12 3-pointers in the Warriors’ 134-125 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.
But what sparked the star point guard’s scoring onslaught? Golden State coach Steve Kerr revealed after the game that it was Curry’s other favorite sport — along with a week off due to injury — that might have had him feeling refreshed before the pivotal Western Conference matchup.
“I think it helped,” Kerr told reporters of Curry’s recent break. “And I think two rounds of golf on this road trip helped. Yeah — I’m only half joking, you know. But yeah, the week off was helpful for him. I think he looks recharged, rejuvenated.”
Curry was relegated to the sidelines for the Warriors’ losses to the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat on March 22 and 25, respectively, after suffering a pelvic contusion in Golden State’s 117-114 win over the Toronto Raptors. The 37-year-old has worn protective tailbone padding since his return on March 28 against the New Orleans Pelicans, and it certainly didn’t hinder him in Tuesday’s win.
Some time on the golf course appears to have served Curry well, too, as the 2023 American Century Championship victor got some swings in when he rejoined the Warriors on their road trip last week.
In Tuesday’s game, Curry again came close to breaking former Warriors teammate Klay Thompson’s single-game 3-point record. And even though he didn’t eclipse his fellow Splash Bro’s mark of 14, his coach still was impressed.
“The guy is 37 years old,” Kerr said. “It’s incredible. Fifty-two points, with people draped all over him, all game long. The conditioning, the skill, the audacity, the belief. It’s just incredible to watch Steph at work. I can’t believe he’s still doing this at this age, but he’s put the work in, and he’s still got it.”
Another night, another Curry performance for the ages. But it’s clear Kerr wanted to credit Curry’s work — and relaxation — on the golf course in addition to his effort on the court.
Draymond Green never will shy away from offering his NBA mentees advice. Even after he helps hand them a brutal loss.
The veteran forward spoke to reporters after the Warriors’ 134-125 win over the Grizzlies on Tuesday at FedExForum and shared why he was “disappointed” in Memphis center Jaren Jackson Jr., who fouled out after colliding with Golden State forward Jimmy Butler with 1:55 remaining in the fourth quarter.
“I’m disappointed in Jaren,” Green said. “I’ve got a lot of love for him, that’s my Spartan dog. He’s too good to still be getting in foul trouble. A couple of them fouls he picked up, he can stay away from those. It’s time for him to take that next step in that department, because it was huge for us for him to get out of the game. And I’m happy he did, but I am a Jaren fan. I’m always rooting for him.
“To see him still getting some of those fouls he’s picking up, he can’t do that. His team needs him out there … Jaren’s got to figure that out, he’s gotten too much better offensively and too hard to stop to be taking himself out of the game on the defensive side of the ball. That was disappointing, from the big brother in me. That was a little disappointing.”
Jackson Jr. himself seems to agree.
Jaren Jackson Jr., who's avoided foul trouble most of the season, has been in major foul trouble in two of the last three games, including fouling out tonight:
"You just can't do it, I'm too important. I have to be out there. That's on me, I definitely let everybody down." pic.twitter.com/kRD9NOWc5B
“You just can’t do it, I’m too important,” Jackson Jr. said postgame. “I have to be out there, and that’s on me. I definitely let everybody down in terms of that and I’ll own that.
Green and Jackson Jr. developed a friendship after the Warriors forward took the young big man under his wing when he was selected by the Grizzlies with the No. 4 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.
And even through the Warriors benefited from Jackson Jr.’s absence in the final minutes of Tuesday’s game, Green wishes the former Defensive Player of the Year had stayed out of foul trouble.
Rosen has appeared in six games this season with the Sabres, where he has one assist, three hits, and a minus-2 rating. He recorded his first career NHL point during his latest three-game call-up on March 27 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Rosen will now look to build on his strong season with Rochester after being demoted to Rochester again. The forward prospect has shown good promise this season with Rochester, setting new AHL career highs with 27 goals and 54 points in 55 games.
In 188 games over three seasons with the Amerks, Rosen has 61 goals, 80 assists, 141 points, and a plus-9 rating.
