This Day In Sports 1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in Numbers Game the first night game at Yankee Stadium. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Morning rush NBA Finals to decide champ, more Valley Press news services that player movement.’ On the By TIM REYNOLDS FREE AGENT Soto leads U.S. over Nigeria at Associated Press other hand, that player move- Under-20 World Cup It all comes down to this. Warriors guard ment could be very positive for a Sebastian Soto scored a pair of goals, and No, really. Klay Thompson lot of teams.” the United States beat Nigeria 2-0 Monday in the It ALL comes down to this. (11) celebrates Maybe, maybe not. Under-20 World Cup at Bielsko Biala, Poland, to The next four, five, six or sev- with fans after If the Warriors win this se- rebound from an opening loss to Ukraine. en games of the NBA Finals be- scoring against ries, as the oddsmakers in Las Soto headed in Alex Mendez’s corner kick tween Golden State and Toronto the Portland Trail Vegas expect, it’ll be a third con- from 5 yards in the 18th minute, getting free will not only decide the 2019 Blazers in Game secutive championship for Gold- from defender Zulkifilu Rabu, then doubled the championship, but how this se- 2 of the Western en State — and some history. lead 25 seconds into the second half. Left back The Celtics, Lakers and Bulls Chris Gloster, a teammate in Hannover’s youth ries plays out is inevitably going Conference finals system, dribbled toward goal from midfield and to affect how free agency unfolds in Oakland on May are the only franchises to win passed as Soto burst past defender Valentine starting in a month or so. 16. Thompson will three or more in a row. And out Ozornwafor and into the penalty area. Soto ran It’ll affect Warriors star Kevin be a free agent of that group, only the Celtics onto the ball and slotted past goalkeeper Ola- Durant and his annual stay-or- this summer. have won four in a row (eight, wale Oremade with the outside of his right foot go decision. It’ll affect Raptors Associated Press actually). Michael Jordan never star Kawhi Leonard as he pon- did. Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe from 6 yards. grammed and intimated. Brook- Soto had a goal disallowed for offside midway ders his next move, or if he’ll be coming off seasons when they Bryant never did. through the first half. The 18-year-old forward moving at all. Klay Thompson lyn will be in the same boat. So averaged at least 10 points per That would be the obvious re- from Carlsbad, California, left Real Salt Lake’s will be a free agent this summer. will the Los Angeles Clippers, game. Their teams next season cruiting pitch the Warriors would youth academy for Hannover last summer and DeMarcus Cousins will be free who think they’re on the cusp of will be affected on some level by make to Durant and Thomp- made his Bundesliga debut on April 6 in the first this summer. Their thinking will building something really good, who gets whom in the draft. How son: “Come back and try to win of three substitute appearances near the end of inevitably be moved one way or and the Los Angeles Lakers, some teams pick in the draft will No. 4. Come back and try to do the season. another by this series; the de- who made the biggest signing of be influenced by what they’re something that very few players Ukraine (2-0) leads Group D with six points cisions they’ll all make in the last summer by getting LeBron hearing about free agency. And have done and something no after following its opening 2-1 win over the U.S. coming weeks will have a ripple James and have done very little that hinges on this series. one has done in a half-century.” with a 1-0 victory over Qatar on Monday. effect on the rest of the NBA. right since. So it’s not just a ripple effect. That lure would undoubtedly be Nigeria (1-1), which defeated Qatar 4-0 in its Durant made clear over the They will all be waiting to The finals may create a tsu- strong. But if they lose this se- opener, is ahead of the U.S. on goal difference. hear what Durant, Thompson, nami. The Americans play Qatar on Thursday, when weekend that he’s tired of the in- ries, it would seem much easier Leonard and Cousins decide. “The latest I’ve heard from Nigeria meets Ukraine. cessant talk about his future. for either player to say it’s been a The top two nations in each of six groups ad- “I know what I bring to the And those are just the biggest our basketball operations group great run and it’s time to go play vance along with the top four third-place teams. team,” Durant said, “but I also fish — the whales, to use a term is that, I believe, 40% of our play- somewhere else. know that a lot of people on the Miami President Pat Riley likes. ers are going to be free agents If Durant stays, then the Wisconsin assistant coach up and outside don’t like to see us togeth- After that, there’s an addi- this summer,” NBA Commission- Knicks, Nets and Clippers would walking after crash er.” tional 60 or so players who could er Adam Silver said at All-Star have to move on to Plan B for free MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wiscon- New York will be paying in- be free agents this summer — weekend in February. “So it’s two agency. sin said Monday assistant men’s basketball coach tense attention to everything some have opt-ins and might sides of the coin. Some people Therefore, they probably Howard Moore was up and walking at a hospi- that gets said, tweeted, Insta- not be relocating — and who are could say, ‘Oh my God, look at all should be rooting for the Raptors. tal after a weekend automobile wreck in Michi- gan that killed his wife and daughter. The school also said Moore’s son, Jerell, had OLLEGE OFTBALL PORTS DDS been released from a hospital and was in the care C S MLB S O NHL NBA NCAA Division I Softball American League Glance Major League Baseball NHL Playoff Glance NBA Playoff Glance of family. West Division Today STANLEY CUP FINALS FIRST ROUND World Series Glance National League Moore’s wife, Jennifer, and daughter Jaidyn At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium W L Pct GB (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) WESTERN CONFERENCE FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Golden State 4, L.A. Clippers 2 were killed early Saturday in the crash on the Oklahoma City Houston 36 19 .655 — at CINCINNATI OFF Pittsburgh OFF Boston 1, St. Louis 0 M-14 highway in Washtenaw County. Authorities Double Elimination; x-if necessary Oakland 29 25 .537 6½ at PHILADELPHIA -113 St. Louis +103 Monday, May 27: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 Denver 4, San Antonio 3 Thursday, May 30 Texas 25 26 .490 9 San Francisco -114 at MIAMI +104 Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis at Boston, Portland 4, Oklahoma City 1 said a 23-year-old woman was driving west in Game 1 — Washington (50-7) vs. Angels 24 29 .453 11 at ATLANTA -106 Washington -104 5 p.m. Houston 4, Utah 1 the eastbound lanes of the Detroit-area freeway Arizona (47-12), 9 a.m. Seattle 24 32 .429 12½ at COLORADO -120 Arizona +110 Saturday, June 1: Boston at St. Louis, EASTERN CONFERENCE when she struck a car head-on that was carrying Game 2 — UCLA (51-6) vs. Minnesota East Division at DODGERS -195 New York +180 5 p.m. Milwaukee 4, Detroit 0 the Moore family. The woman was also killed. (46-12), 11:30 a.m. W L Pct GB American League Monday, June 3: Boston at St. Louis, 5 Toronto 4, Orlando 1 Game 3 — Florida (49-16) vs. New York 35 18 .660 — Detroit -113 at BALTIMORE +103 p.m. Philadelphia 4, Brooklyn 1, Moore, a Chicago native, played at Wisconsin Oklahoma State (44-15), 4 p.m. Tampa Bay 32 19 .627 2 at BOSTON -190 Cleveland +175 Boston 4, Indiana 0 at TAMPA BAY OFF Toronto OFF x-Thursday, June 6: St. Louis at Boston, from 1990-95 and was head coach at Illinois-Chi- Game 4 — Oklahoma (54-3) vs. Boston 29 25 .537 6½ 5 p.m. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS at CHICAGO -150 Kansas City +140 Eastern Conference Alabama 57-8), 6:30 p.m. Toronto 21 33 .389 14½ x-Sunday, June 9: Boston at St. Louis, cago before returning to his alma mater during at OAKLAND OFF Angels OFF Milwaukee 4, Boston 1 Friday, May 31 Baltimore 17 37 .315 18½ at SEATTLE -139 Texas +129 5 p.m. the 2015-16 season. Game 5 — Game 1 winner vs. Game Central Division Toronto 4, Philadelphia 3 Interleague x-Wednesday, June 12: St. Louis at Western Conference 2 winner, 4 p.m. W L Pct GB at NY YANKEES -172 San Diego +160 Boston, 5 p.m. Rio champion Nurudinov DQ’d from Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game Minnesota 36 17 .679 — at HOUSTON -128 Chicago Cubs +118 Golden State 4, Houston 2 4 winner, 6:30 p.m.