Patrick Beverley blasted Lonzo Ball after season opener
Patrick Beverley had no chill before, during and after his match with Lonzo Ball on Thursday night.
Beverley was making his Los Angeles Clippers debut, while Ball was making his hyped NBA debut. Beverley and his Clippers got the best end of the deal without a doubt.
Beverley scored 10 points in the Clippers’ 108-92 win over the Lakers, while Ball had just three points on 1-for-6 shooting and four assists for the Lakers.
The game went pretty much how Beverley predicted it would last month:
Suite à la déclaration de LaVar Ball, Patrick Beverley a directement réagi.
Beverley, who is notorious for being a pest, was all in Ball’s grill from the first quarter:
Pat Beverley is being very physical and pestering Lonzo Ball.
T"Just win, baby"
If there's one game in recent Raiders history that perfectly defines Al Davis' famous motto, it's what Oakland did to the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night. During a wild 31-30 win that saw Oakland run three plays with no time left on the clock, the Raiders pulled out a stunning win after Derek Carr connected with Michael Crabtree on a 2-yard touchdown pass with no time left.
MICHAEL CRABTREE FOR THE WIN! #KCvsOAK#RaiderNation
The touchdown capped an improbable final minute that you had to see to believe, and even the people who saw it had a hard time believing it (You can read about the ending by clicking here).
After the Raiders pulled off the win, Twitter went from its usual snarky self to completely stunned.
If you think Dodgers are in World Series due to payroll, you aren't paying attention
The Dodgers are back in the World Series thanks to a smartly built roster, analytics and more
If you're a fan of any MLB team that's not the Dodgers, it's easy to become cynical. They rolled into the season with the highest payroll in the majors (by far) at $242 million. Then they added pieces throughout the season, most notably the great Yu Darvish. When your team's payroll is higher than the GDP of several island nations, it's tough not to look in from the outside, and see success as anything more than outspending opponents into submissions.
So when the Dodgers crushed the Cubs 11-1 in Game 5 of the NLCS Thursday night to advance to their first World Series in 29 years, the derisive sneer army had its pet retort ready to go.
But here's the thing: The Dodgers won this game in large part because of Chris Taylor. And Charlie Culberson. And most of all Enrique Hernandez. None of three players were projected to play much this season. All three made either the league-minimum salary, or just a couple bucks more, this season. Combined, they made less than $2 million.
The Dodgers don't lack for high-priced stars, of course. Hitting star/actual Hobbit Justin Turner is in the first year of a four-year, $64 million contract. Rich Hill was considered a bargain signing last winter, and he's also averaging $16 million a year on his three-year deal. Darvish would've been a coup for any team at this year's trade deadline, but the Dodgers were especially well positioned to not think twice about paying the remainder of his Z-million salary this year. Then of course there's Clayton Kershaw, the best pitcher on the planet who's paid accordingly at $35.6 million in 2017. Kershaw smoked Cubs hitters Thursday night, firing six innings of tidy one-run ball, in the process running his lifetime record in playoff series-clinching games to 3-0. So much for the notion that he can't come through in OctoberRead More Here
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