Heat play their game — hit 3s, grind, own fourth — to even series with Nuggets
DENVER — It was a recipe familiar to Heat fans (and one that kept Bucks and Celtics fans up at night):
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Bai Yulu wins thriller on final black against Joshua Thomond to reach last 32 at snooker Q School, Michael Holt advances
Bai Yulu claimed the final two frames against Joshua Thomond to complete a thrilling 4-3 comeback win and book her place in the last 32 of Q School in Leicester. The 19-year-old women's British Open champion sealed victory on the final black just before midnight on Sunday to set up a meeting with Simon Bedford on Monday evening, the penultimate day of Event Two of the 208-player tournament. Ad Bai produced breaks of 59 and 75 with Thomond compiling 76 in the fifth frame, but it was the Chinese player who held her nerve superbly to edge a taut decider by two points.
Michael Block comes up short in US Open qualifier after magical PGA Championship run
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Rose Zhang shoots 66 to take Americas Open lead in LPGA debut - ESPN
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Much was expected of Rose Zhang when she turned professional last week, and she is already delivering.
Hawks’ Trae Young plans to shoot more 3s… is that a good thing?
Quin Snyder wants his teams to shoot 3-pointers. A lot of them. In his final season as coach of the Utah Jazz, they took 10 more 3-pointers a game than his new Atlanta Hawks team did last season after he took over.
Lowe - Two plays from Game 1 show how dangerous the Denver Nuggets can be - ESPN
As Jamal Murray crossed into the middle of the floor in transition early in the fourth quarter of the Denver Nuggets' Game 1 win over the Heat — during a rare fast-break opportunity against a Miami defense that makes you earn every basket — he spotted Michael Porter Jr. flaring open near the left corner.
Heat look for ways to make Nuggets uncomfortable in Game 2
DENVER — One thing was clear from Game 1 of the NBA Finals: The Nuggets are not going to assist in their own demise the way the Celtics and Bucks did against the Heat. When Miami made their fourth-quarter run Thursday, the Nuggets showed poise, got the ball to Nikola Jokić, and got the comfortable home win.
Alfie Burden regains World Snooker Tour place after edging thriller with Iulian Boiko at Q School – 'So many emotions'
Alfie Burden put the disappointment of his World Seniors final defeat to close friend Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White behind him last month to regain his place on the World Snooker Tour on the final day of Q School in Leicester. Burden picked up from where he left off on Monday evening at Event Two of the 208-player competition after recovering a 3-0 deficit to overcome former Shoot Out winner Michael Holt 4-3 just before midnight. Ad A 4-2 win over Duane Jones in the last 16 on Tuesday morning, which included a closing 91, set the Londoner up for a quarter-final meeting with talented Ukraine teenager Iulian Boiko, who had defeated former World Seniors champion Peter Lines by the same scoreline.