NBA
The Boston Celtics suffer a heartbreaking loss after giving up a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter to the Milwaukee Bucks’. The Bucks now have the series 3-2 after the 110-107 comeback win. Giannis Antetokounmpo puts up a huge 40 points and 11 rebounds. Jrue Holiday was fantastic support with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Jayson Tatum led the way for the Celtics with 34 points and Jaylen Brown had 26 in Boston’s losing effort. The series goes back to Milwaukee on Friday for a do-or-die Game 6 for the Celtics.
Bobby Portis made a putback off Giannis Antetokounmpo’s missed free throw with 15 seconds left, Jrue Holiday snuffed Marcus Smart on Boston’s final two possessions and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Celtics to take a 3-2 series lead.https://t.co/OlokXqVPON — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 12, 2022
Memphis Grizzlies rolled over the Golden State Warriors 134-95 on Wednesday night. They avoided elimination and force a Game 6 in the semifinals. Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and Tyus Jones each scored 21 points. The Grizzlies never trailed, they scored 77 points in the 1st half, the most in franchise postseason history. Klay Thompson led Golden State with 19 points. Game 6 is Friday night in San Francisco, where the Warriors have won 5 straight playoff games.
THAT SIDE STEP IS NASTY @DBane0625 pic.twitter.com/BTaX1kSobD — Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) May 12, 2022
Thursday Playoff schedule : Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76er’s – 7:00pm EST (ESPN), Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks – 9:30pm EST (ESPN)
NHL
The New York Rangers fight back to avoid elimination and get the Game 5 win over the Pittsburg Penguins 5-3. Jacob Trouba, Alexis Lafrenière, Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren all scored a goal a piece for the Rangers and Filip Chytil scored the tiebreaking goal early in the 3rd period. Jake Guentzel had 2 goals and Kris Letang also scored for Pittsburgh, which leads the series 3-2. Game 6 is Friday in Pittsburg.
TROU TROU 🚂 pic.twitter.com/LQWntAYcSX — x – Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) May 12, 2022
Carter Verhaeghe set a Panthers franchise playoff record with a 5-point night — 2 goals, 3 assists and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots. Florida erased a 3-0 deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Wednesday night, taking a 3-2 lead in the first-round series. T.J. Oshie scored 2 goals for Washington, which also got a goal from Justin Schultz and 2 assists from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Samsonov stopped 33 shots. Game 6 is Friday night in Washington.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Comeback Cats. 👏#StanleyCup | #TimeToHunt pic.twitter.com/wGpkQv3g2K — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 12, 2022
Mikael Backlund, Andrew Mangiapane and Trevor Lewis all scored a goal in the 3rd period, leading the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their first-round playoff series. Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves for the Flames who have the opportunity to finish off the series Saturday night in Dallas. Jason Robertson scored the solo goal for Dallas, and Jake Oettinger stopped 29 shots.
BREAD IS RISING! pic.twitter.com/DtB06gyDVF — y – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) May 12, 2022
Thursday Playoff schedule : Carolina Hurricanes at Boston Bruins – 7:00pm EST (TNT), Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning – 7:30pm EST (TBS), Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues – 9:30pm EST (TNT), Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings – 10:00pm EST (TBS)
MLB
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich is the first player to hit for the cycle this season. Yelich completed it with a triple in the 9th inning of Wednesday’s 14-11 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. He hit a double in the first, homered in the third, and singled in the fifth. The 30-year-old has completed 3 career cycles – all against Cincinnati.
Yelich did it AGAIN! His third career cycle, all against the Reds. Here are all four hits.#ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/jKAFqEjiro — Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) May 11, 2022
Wednesday’s game between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox was postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Guardians organization, the White Sox announced. Cleveland would have been short coaches if the team tried to play Wednesday.
Following multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Cleveland Guardians organization, today's game has been postponed to allow for continued testing and contact tracing. Major League Baseball will provide a rescheduling update when it becomes available. — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 11, 2022
Orlando Arcia hit a 2-run homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. Arcia hit his first homer of the season over the left-field wall off Ryan Brasier with 1 out in the 9th inning for his 3rd hit of the game. The home run drove in Ozzie Albies.
WALK-OFF WIN!!!!#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/qlqt3vGMtk — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) May 12, 2022