Who feels worse: Loris Karius or Chris Paul?
Karius, as you know, made two brutal errors on Saturday that led to goals which killed Liverpool’s European Cup dreams.
He’d surely give almost anything to get those miscues back. (His team still would have been down Mo Salah, but that’s a whole other story.
“How did I screw up so bad,” he must surely be thinking.
Paul, on the other hand, missed last night’s game against Golden State because of a strained right hamstring. He got to watch his Houston Rockets miss 27 (27!) straight three point attempts on the way to a crushing loss.
For Paul to watch that must have been excruciating.
“Surely I could have made a difference,” you imagine him shouting in frustration in the shower.
So, over to you…
Now, let’s get skating.
The Home Team
— The Canucks signed Petrus Palmu, an interesting long shot prospect, yesterday.
— Cliff Ronning is heading into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Great profile here from Gord McIntyre.
— Oh those Sedins, keeping fit and having fun.
It's been settled: In a land race, which Sedin is faster? https://t.co/qPeAWR2D7p — Patrick Johnston (@risingaction) May 28, 2018
Stanley Cup Fever
— Vegas. Three wins to go. My wife is calling for a sweep.
Oof:
Vegas has 2 less goals in this Stanley Cup final than the 2011 Canucks scored in 7 games — phil verret (@BasketballPhil) May 29, 2018
— Tom Wilson’s hit was terrible. Watch the NHL do nothing about it.
The 5 + game misconduct for Interference was instituted for the very type of late blindside hit Tom Wilson just delivered. — Kerry Fraser (@kfraserthecall) May 29, 2018
— What. A. Pace.
Between Nosek's 2 goals, the winner with 10:16 to play & the clincher,with 2.7 seconds left, there were exactly 3 stoppages. Just continuous action. — Bruce McCurdy (@BruceMcCurdy) May 29, 2018
People have no idea
— The move Sergio Ramos pulled on Mo Salah was no joke. Throws do tons of damage, and as Ramos demonstrated, can be done very subtly.
Egypt was not happy with Ramos Saturday, that’s for sure.
Trending in Egypt now:
1- We are all Liverpool
2- Son of dirt
3- Ramos the dog
8- Son of shoes
We get the point. Ramos really pissed off a whole 100 million Egyptians 😅 #MoSalah #UCLFinal #Liverpoolrealmadrid pic.twitter.com/5QiDhj3dUx — Abdalaziz ibn Avil IV 🕋 (@Abdalazizawill) May 26, 2018
— By the way, did you see the red card that got missed?
Two minutes before the first Karius error he was elbowed in the face by Ramos …
pic.twitter.com/C0qLaadTS1 — Gregarious (@lfcgregarious) May 26, 2018
Think VAR would get that?
No red glare from those Rockets
— That third quarter, that there is your story.
— Can you say “misfire?”
Rockets shot 36% from three for the season, 16% in Game 7. I checked out some other Game 7 three-point performances from recent years (thread) — J.A. Adande (@jadande) May 29, 2018
Warriors-Thunder, Game 7 2016. Warriors 45% (41.6 season) Thunder 25.9% (34.9 season)
Rockets-Clippers, Game 7 2015. Rockets 40% (34.8 season). Clippers 25 percent (37.6 season)
Heat-Spurs, Game 7 2013. Heat 37.5% (39.6 season. Spurs 31.6 percent (37.6 season) — J.A. Adande (@jadande) May 29, 2018
— Hard to beat Stephen Curry even if you’re nailing your threes.
Players who have made 7 3-pointers in a Game 7 in NBA history:
Steph Curry, tonight
Steph Curry, Game 7 vs. OKC in 2016
That's it. — Zachary Kram (@zachkram) May 29, 2018
…or the Warriors for that matter.
Warriors' cumulative postseason plus-minus, by quarter…
1st: +1
2nd: +9
3rd: +130
4th: +10https://t.co/JeoDVj79zO — John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 29, 2018
— But still:
Consecutive threes.
We sat there and watched them miss 27 *consecutive* threes. Now people gotta pretend like they never had a chance. — Patrick Claybon (@PatrickClaybon) May 29, 2018
— It still amazes me to remember that Kevin Durant got one season in Seattle.
Look at who will be reuniting in the NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/qibbocB5SF — SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) May 29, 2018
(That’s Jeff Green, by the way, who plays for Cleveland.)
Around the NHL
— Just awful news about The Mule.
Red Wings' Johan Franzen has had 'really bad' few months, wife says https://t.co/mewkUTbpPx via @freep — Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) May 28, 2018
— Calgary city council is extending an olive branch to the Flames hoping to re-start talks over a new arena.
— Stunning stuff here from TSN’s Rick Westhead.
The Last Lap
— Cincinnati will be the latest city to join Major League Soccer, it will be announced this afternoon in the Queen City.
What to expect at Major League Soccer's announcement Tuesday; what's next for FC Cincinnati https://t.co/fFBU0KKgNx via @enquirer — Pat Brennan (@PBrennanENQ) May 28, 2018
— It’s rugby, pretending to play football.
— Balotelli? What?
— In an ode to that rugby/football vid above, here’s an old friend writing about a multi-sport athlete.
ICYMI: 29 of the 32 first round picks in this year’s NFL draft played more than one sport in high school. It was 30 of 32 last year. And if you work back, you’ll see the same trend.
Sports specialization before the mid-teens hinders a young athlete and if you’re dealing with a coach who says otherwise, go find a new team. Period. Kids do best when the challenges are varied AND THEY’RE HAVING FUN. A coach of a youth team who thinks his athletes should specialists is not going to be a fun coach. Things are being left on the table.
See you tomorrow.