live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> you know, for us, susie, the truck was like a personal friend. >> tonight an east bay nonprofit is missing an essential truck, the vehicle used to deliver food to the poor. have you seen it? good evening. i'm eric thomas. we'll get to that story in just a minute. but first, you probably noticed the rain today. it came down across the bay area, making outdoor activities quite a challenge. you can see the umbrellas out in santa rosa. in san francisco it was a soggy easter sunday for giants fans at at&t park. they were able to finish the game, but many fans decided to head home to get out of the rain. and across the bay, while the wet weather did not matter for dubs fans, a's fans didn't get to see the their team. the rain canceled the rain. from the richmond bridge camera, it is still wet out there tonight. and there is more rain on the

way after a brief break. here is drew with more on that. >> just what everybody wants to hear. another storm is on the way after the soaking we took on our sunday. live doppler 7 continues to track some scattered showers out there. the majority of the region just seeing cloud cover. the closer we go into live doppler 7, we're on fairfield, vacaville and north of discovery bay. this is the tail end of the shower activity. future weather as we go hour-by-hour into your monday morning. there is the chance of an isolated pocket of drizzle monday morning. but most of us are just going to wake up to gray skies to start the new work and school week. look what is knock on our door. live doppler 7. our next storm is approaching. and this one is less than 24 hours away. on the storm impact scale, tomorrow evening, more light showers on our way, continuing into tuesday. we'll go hour-by-hour and future weather time out that storm. and then show you major warm-up on the way in the full accuweather forecast. eric? >> drew, thank you very much. remember, you can track live doppler 7 on the abc 7 news app

a. the app is free to download at the app store and google play. >> well, there is an urgent plea tonight to return a piece of stolen property that makes life a little easier for disadvantaged in the east bay. this truck is an essential tool in delivering food to the needy in contra costa county. and tonight it is missing. abc 7 news reporter lilian kim is live at the white pony express in pleasant hill with our story. lillian? >> reporter: eric, the stolen truck is similar to this one. these vehicles are so critical to the work being done here that each solve them have been given a name. they call her suzy. and almost every day the refrigerated truck picked up and delivered food throughout contra costa county. but some time between saturday evening and sunday morning, someone stole her, right from the parking lot of white upon any express, the nonprofit known for its food rescue program. >> for us suzy the truck was like a personal friend. so we hate the loss. she was our very first refrigerated vehicle. >> reporter: white pony express

is a relatively new organization. it was found lead and a half years ago. and since then, it's picked up 4.5 million pounds of surplus food from restaurants and grocery stores. workers then deliver them to those who need it most. this is suzy in action at a food and clothing giveaway at a san pablo school recently. not having her in the fleet is going to create some major juggling for the more than 400 vol tire, we have a logistics team that will be plugging things where suzy would have done something, we'll find a way around that. we're pretty flexible and creative about that. but that's a temporary fix. that's not a permanent fix. >> reporte >> replacing suzy will cost around $75,000, money white pony express doesn't have. but they're hoping it's located. >> we're hoping somebody went for a joyride. >> anyone who has seen it is asked to call. lilian kim, abc 7 news. a young woman died after

falling from a balcony just blocks. it happened at dwight way and college avenue. the 21-year-old woman from elk grove likely fell from a third story balcony. she was breathing but unconscious when first spoernsd first arrived. she died at the hospital. she is a student at cal, active in a sorority. a witness tells abc 7 news it appears to be an accident. police are investigating. developing news from cleveland now where there is an urgent manhunt for a homicide suspect who stalked a man and shot him dead on the street. the entire incident was streamed on facebook. but tonight facebook says the video was uploaded after the killing. ryan burrow is in cleveland with the latest. >> i'm going kill this guy right here. >> this senseless murder too gruesome to show. a man identified by police as steve stephens gets out of his car and stops an apparent stranger. >> hi. can you do me a favor? can you say joy lane? >> joy lane?

>> yeah. she is the reason why this might happen to you. how old are you? >> oh, man, i don't know nobody -- >> then shooting him point-blank with a pistol, the cold-blooded killing broadcast on facebook. >> from what we can tell now it's just a random person that he picked out. well don't know why. >> the shooter then gets back into his vehicle and calmly drives off. and just as chilling, the suspect's claim to have killed many others. the victim has been identified as 74-year-old robert godwin sr. his family is in shock. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. it's not real. >> so far no additional victims have been found. stephens was last seen in a white ford fusion with temporary tags wearing a dark blue and gray or black striped polo shirt. he is 6'1", 244 pounds. >> we want him to turn himself in. we'll look until we find him. >> in a statement to abc news, facebook says this is a horrific

crime. and we do not allow this kind of content on facebook. ryan burrow, abc news, cleveland. now to developing news in the continuing tensions between the united states and north korea. vice president mike pence says the era of strategic patience is over. he gave that statement after arriving at the u.n. military post near the demilitarized zone separating north and south korea. the vice president is meeting with american troops stationed in south korea as part of a ten-day tour of asia. he says he is hopeful china will pressure the north to abandon its ballistic missiles. he called the failed missile launch today a provocation and said the u.s. and its allies will use whatever means necessary to protect south korea and stabilize the region. berkeley police say they may arrest more people after yesterday's violent confrontation between groups in support and in opposition to president trump. berkeley police say they arrested 23 people on saturday, seven of them now face felony charges. the protest began at civic

center park as heated but nonviolent. the violence grew as people streamed from the park on to city streets. 11 people were injured. a spokesperson for bartels abc 7 news that service will be back to normal tomorrow after a serious electrical issue. on friday commuters faced big delays between martinez and pittsburg bay point station. it only affected longer trains. some commuters complained of a burning smell. bart still doesn't know what caused this problem. a north carolina mother and daughter are visiting san francisco are relieved tonight after police reunited them with their loved ones' stolen ashes. tonight police say they have a person of interest, but they have not made an arrest. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow spoke with both mother and daughter today and has the report. >> there is no words to describe the joy and the overwhelming love i have in my heart for having him in my hands and having him back with us.

>> julia wilkinson is clutching her father's ashes after losing him a second time. joe wilkinson died from a heart attack nearly eight months ago. wednesday julie and her mom arrived in san francisco, one of joe's favorite cities. they planned to spread his ashes. but this the time they parked in a fisherman's wharf garage waiting for their room to be ready, someone broke into their rental car trunk, stealing a wallet, a suitcase and joe's remains. >> that's a person. it's like robbing a grave. >> they called police. dispatchers told them to fill out an online report. even they have explained what was stolen. they then called reporters. after we contacted sfpd thursday, officers met with the women at the garage to conduct a thorough investigation. saturday julia says they received the call. >> they told us that someone had turned him in to one of the undercover officers. >> the family is deeply grateful and hopeful their story might

help someone else. >> in the future, if somebody calls with a situation like, this i hope they would listen a little more attentively. >> through it all, julia says she never lost sight of her faith in love. >> you can call it what you want, universe, spirit, god, i don't know. it is what it is. but it's a powerful force. >> she says in the end she believes her father found his way back to them. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. there is much more a head on abc 7 news at 11:00. an exciting start to the play-offs for our dub nation, and a meaningful afternoon for one of the warriors' biggest fans. >> how wonderful the warriors have been to our family. >> the team rallies behind the family, a cancer suffer wrvivor and stepping up to the plate with free massages. and football bringing together

this easter sunday. and this little kid's smile says it all. but first, neither the rain nor the chilly weather kept these bay a

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♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. did you hear it? a cheer could be heard across the bay area as the warriors took game one today of the nba play-offs. abc 7 news was at oakland's oracle arena where the warriors pulled past the trail blazers. this game had special meaning for one young fan who has already overcome a lifetime of struggle. sergio kept tana has our story. >> before today's big game, one special fan and he's family got the vip treatment and got an upclose and personal view of the warriors warming up.

you've been on courtside before, right? no. >> oh, wow. the last time he was this close to his favorite player, steph curry, he had both his legs. chris formaker was diagnosed with bone cancer a few years ago and had his femur removed. my colleague lyanne melendez recently profiled him and the surgical procedure called rotationplasty. you'll notice his foot has been rotated and reattached to what is left of his upper leg. >> it acts totally as a knee. the amazing thing is the muscles of the calf which become the front muscles of the thigh are more or less in tune with working at the rite time. they have to adapt a little bit. >> when he arrived at oracle arena he was quickly escorted through the crowds and down to the court. watching curry warm up before the game was spectacular, but he already met his favorite player a couple years. >> i went to a practice in 2015 for the warriors. and steph curry gave me jersey

he had worn to the practice. >> this was a special treat for the whole family. they've never been courtside. >> on top of, that how wonderful the warriors have been to our family while we were going through a difficult time. it's a happy day to be here. >> i think the warriors will win. >> the dubs did win, but that happened when they brought this young man courtside to be inspired about keeping active. at oracle arena, sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 sports anchor mike shumann was also at the game. he'll have all the highlights coming up in few minutes in sports. don't panic if you haven't done your taxes, because the usual april 15th deadline fell on a saturday so the deadline was pushed forward. washington, d.c. is a holiday tomorrow so the deadline is tuesday, april 18th. the irs has already issue in order than $229 billion in refunds. the irs says your chances of an audit have never been lower because of budget cuts.

some planet fitness locations are giving way free tax week massages through saturday. california's senior senator will hold her first town hall since president trump took office. senator dianne feinstein will take questions tomorrow at san francisco's scottish rite masonic center. the event is free be, you do have to have a ticket and they're all taken at this point. feinstein will be in the valley for a fireside chat. president trump celebrated easter by attending church of bethesda by the sea, an episcopal church in palm beach. he attended with first lady melania, his parents and her two younger children. mr. trump and the first lady are set to host the official annual easter egg roll at the white house tomorrow. back here, neither rain nor chilly weather kept kids of redwood shores of taking part in they scoured marlin part for easter eggs during this easter

egg hunt. kids of all ages ran around the park looking for hidden good east. it turned into serious business for some youngsters who eagerly showed off their haul. >> five, six, seven, eight, nine. >> that's 5-year-old caleb, who is excited about the 19 eggs he brought home. in addition to finding them, caleb says he likes to decorate eggs to celebrate the holiday. you your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >> the showers are winding down, but the clouds will stay in place the next 24 hours. and shortly more rain will fall tomorrow. live doppler 7 showing early active picture earlier this afternoon. tonight we're tracking the exit of the storm system. but what is falling in place now is a little bit of fog. live doppler 7 will get you down into the north bay. this is visibility in miles. ten is absolutely perfection. but when you get to napa, it's down to four miles.

i do expect there will be some areas of patchy fog for your monday morning commute. extra time likely not a bad idea tomorrow morning. outside we go. live look from our emeryville camera. it has been a cloudy day, and that continues tonight. you can see the low clouds hovering over the lights of the east bay. and the clouds will greet you first thing tomorrow morning. rainfall fell just as we would expect. but this light storm moving through pretty close to a quarter of an inch in most spots, if not less than less than that. san jose coming in shy of a quarter inch. san francisco just over a tenth of an inch. oakland coming in close to a quarter inch. fairfield just slightly over that. out there right now, numbers all day have not budged all that much, thanks to the cloud cover and the limited sunshine. it's actually mild right now so to speak in oakland. you're sitting at 60 degrees as we approach midnight. 58 in san francisco. 57 in san jose and 56 the current number in napa. overnight tonight we'll have the clouds in place, and we'll settle on either side of 50

degrees. so upper 40s to lower 50s will be your starting temperatures on your monday. live doppler 7 along with satellite. here sour current storm system exiting the region. but right behind it, there is another one that will quickly follow. and that's going to keep the clouds in place for your monday. we'll break down your monday planner. showers will be out of here. however, the road also still be damp with overcast skies first thing. by noon and there on it is warmer afternoon with temperatures getting into the 60s. the storm impact scale will be around tomorrow. it's a light system on your monday evening into tuesday morning. light showers moving through less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall. and light winds associated with it. so hour-by-hour we good on future weather. monday afternoon 2:00. watch the stamp in the corner of your screen. it's a lot of cloud cover out there. likely the showers do not arrive until after sunset. and probably close to 10:00 monday night. that's when we expect the drops to fall.

they will continue into the early morning hours on tuesday. tuesday 3:00 in the morning light showers are around that could likely continue tuesday by 7:00. but tuesday afternoon, it's out of here. and the sunshine returns. so the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's an ever changing day on monday. we have showers late moving in. continuing into tuesday morning. tuesday afternoon we get some sunshine. a weak system moves in thursday morning. it's out of here quick. and that leads the way to i think what everybody wants. friday, saturday and sunday, look at that. beautiful sunny and warm. and yes, that does say mid-80s inland one week from today. mid-80s. >> how about that. all right, drew, thank you. >> sure. people waited months to see him take his first steps.

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abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> and we tip off with the nba play-offs. golden state and portland at oracle. first round is where you see most of the upsets. and the warriors and trail blazers were both throwing eggs in their basket on easter. the dubs rally. warriors got kevin durant for this reason. he came out firing. drives, throws it down. then he buries the three. finished with 32 point, 10 boards. blazers backcourt unstoppable. damian lillard and cj mccollum, 56 fir-- 48 of the the the the e points. the game was tied at 56 at the half. third quarter at 22 lead

changes. steph a little scoop to the hoop. he finished with 29 points. very quiet 29. despite just three field goals from beyond the arc. what game for draymond green. 19 point, 12 boards, 9 assist, 3 steals and 5 blocks. durant heating up in the fourth. he is going to put it up and in. warriors take game 1, 121-109 the final. >> when they got it going hitting tough shots in the first half, some of them you just got to live with. we play a great defense and they were able to finish. we're talk about over the course of 48, trying to wear them out. >> go out there and try to be me. physically felt great. i felt in the flow of the game. i knocked down some shots. so i felt great. >> when you're coming across and you get a swat, that's usually the weak side. but at the rim it's man against man. who is going to win the battle? to win it's a different type of emotion. >> to be able the take a gut

punch and keep us on our toes. he know it's not going to be easy. everybody can play. they're here for a reason. come out and get another one. >> the house money being the eighth seed is the different deal than being the one seed. with know how good they are. with know we're going to come out and let it fly. and we have to be ready. meanwhile, down in the south bay, the sharks and oilers face off in game three with the series tied at one apiece. joe thornton back for the men in teal. his first action of the series. look at this. rickey henderson bringing out the team. how cool is that? can you imagine ricky on skates? see if you can follow the puck. martin jones bats it away. stays in the air. touched by three different sharks before coming down to the ice. and jones makes yet another save. scoreless after one. still scoreless in the sharks with a bad pass in their own zone. intercepted by zack kassian, who scores the first gel of the game. sharks had chances late. joel ward a good shot.

but. but final minutes the sharks pull a goalie. but joe pavelski can't get the shot off. oilers go up 2-1 in the series wth a 1-0 victory. game four tuesday at the tank. this abc 7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. coming up, giants continue to falter. and one-on-one with steve kerr. her husband's grocery shopping. >> hi honey. the eggs are past the butcher on the left. >> the calls just don't stop. >> sound familiar? see it next "right this minute."

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> good evening. i'm eric thomas. in tonight's headline, police in the east bay are looking for a truck that was stolen from a nonprofit in pleasant hill. the white pony express delivers

food to the needy. the truck was taken from the charity's parking lot some time between last night and this morning. in cleveland, police are searching for man who shot and killed a stranger on the street and then posted the entire killing on facebook. police now say the murder was not streamed live. the victim is identified as 74-year-old robert goodwin sr. stephens claims he has killed others as well. vice president pence is about to give a statement. this is in seoul and it comes one day after north korea's failed missile test. the vice president on a ten-day tour of asia. >> my warmest welcome -- >> earlier he said the era of strategic patience with the north is over and the u.s. will use whatever means necessary to protect the region. abc news correspondent martha

r radic. >> a medium range missile blew up almost immediately after launch. the failed ballistic missile test came as vice president pence was on his way to seoul after landing the vice president responding before u.s. forces. >> this morning's provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day. >> and tonight that intriguing question, could a u.s. cyberattack have brought down the north korean missile? something a former british cabinet member spoke about today. >> there is a very strong belief that the americans through cybermethods have been successful on several occasions in interrupting these sort of tests and making them fail. >> but no proof and no comment about those reports tonight from the white house. but today president trump's national security adviser lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster told me he is confident in president trump's strategy for dealing with north korea.

>> this problem is coming to a head. so it's time for us to undertake all actions we can short of a military option to try to resolve this peacefully. >> that problem includes the looming threat of north korea's six nuclear tests, and the new missiles displayed over the weekend. the concern? north korea is getting closer to being able to reach the continental united states with a missile. but if north korea pulls the trigger, this could be target number one. osan air base just 48 miles from north korea. >> what we do here specifically is we are trained day in and day out to fight ready. >> anti-missile batteries prime and ready. we got an exclusive tour. major sean walsh, an f-16 pilot up in the skies training at least three times a week within miles of the north korean border. >> when you look underneath your

night vision goggles, you can see lights as far as you can see. it almost looks like daylight. and then you look out the other side of your cockpit, and it is darkness. >> while the failed missile launch is humiliating for kim jong un, he will try again no doubt to perfect a missile capable of reaching the united states. martha raddatz, abc news, seoul. turkey's president is celebrating a referendum win that would give him sweeping new powers that would replace the country's parliamentary new system. a crowd celebrate. it narrowly 51-49. the opposition will challenge fearing growing authoritarianism in their country. in nigeria they're trying to figure out who left $43 million in cash inside an empty apartment in lagos. take a look. the american currency was found neatly stacked in fire proof

cabinets. they received a tip and raided the apartment where they made the discovery. investigators are not sure how the money got there and who the rightful owner is. they're offering a reward between 2.5 and 5% of the seized money to anyone with information. tonight new technology could save swimmers' lives. drones acting as a lifeguards spotting sharks and swimmers in distress. marci gonzalez has the story. >> this surfer recovering tonight. surgeons amputating part of his leg after witnesses say a 12-foot shark attacked him off the coast of hawaii friday. >> he caught white water and is yelling for help. once i saw the blood trail, i called 911. >> that same day another surfer's leg bitten by a shark in florida, the fifth attack in that state in just the past week. now researchers are testing a new high-tech method to warn beachgoers when sharks are swimming nearby. the system in australia use as drone with an attached camera that not only sends back a live

view of what's below, but distinguishes sharks from other marine life. >> we believe it's something that will give us the capability of seeing sharks a lot more readily. >> officials in seal beach, california already use similar technology, launching from the shore, quickly confirming shark sightings instead of the old method of scouring the cote on wave runners which used to take hours. >> the great advantage of this is i can launch this, fly over the whole area and land it all in about ten minutes. >> but australia's new system takes it another step further, using an on board mega phone to alert beachgoers immediately. >> we think should it be rolled out worldwide. >> marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. a couple claims they were mistreated on another flight. michael hull and his fiancee were on their way to get married in costa rica when they were kicked off the plane before takeoff in houston. hull says someone was laying

across their seat ace sleep when they boarded so they sat in different seats. the flight attendant told them to sit in their assigned seats and they cooperated, but they say a u.s. marshall came on and told them they could not fly. >> flying is not cheap. people are usually in a happy place when they go on a vacation. for us we're going to go get married. we're still going to get marry and life goes on. but the way united airlines handled this was absurd. >> the bride and groom were we booked for a new flight this morning. in a statement they say the passengers repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating which they did not purchase and did not follow instructions to return to their assigned seats. a heartwarming reunion. football bringing one family together this easter sunday. and that little kid's smile says it all. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. a couple of light sprinkles tonight. another storm will quickly arrive tomorrow to bring

now to the easter homecoming for a military family. what dad did to make sure his kids would never forget this moment. abc news reporter gloria riviera has our story. >> it took staff sergeant matthew 27 hours, five flights and more to get from afghanistan to nebraska and the cornhuskers locker room. for most life-long husker fans, just suggesting up would be a life-long dream. for hawk it is that and so much more. >> he is in the middle of a really exciting event. and we just get to be a part of it. we're thankful of, that matthew. >> this was the last leg, from the battlefield to the football field, where matt, disguised as a husker at the invitation of the team is about to surprise his wife nicole and six kids. his family, also huge husker fans are there as honorary team captains. they have no idea dad is back early from a ten-month deployment. but when hawk takes off his helmet just as his son riley is about to do the coin toss, this

is what a megawatt smile look likes and what a family's true surprise looks like. smiles followed by tears as the honorary player takes a knee for a family hug. >> we're really excited. we're glad he is home. >> the hawks spending an unexpected easter sunday together. >> it was a logistic nightmare. when we found out about it, we had five days to get me home. >> a surprise homecoming for one husker fan devoted to family, service, and football. gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> all right. as you can see, still wet out there. but there is a break coming, right, drew? >> we're going get a break midday tomorrow. and then our next storm will arrive tomorrow night. live doppler 7 showing a little action on the screen, tracking drizzle. that drizzle into the east bay. street level, live doppler 7 showing a peppering of green on the screen around berkeley and emeryville and between oakland and alameda. expect the roadways to still be damp tomorrow morning. however, much of our monday is

dry. it's monday night the next storm will move in and it's light showers. a quarter inch of rain very similar to the rain totals we had today, and light winds. let's time it out. hour-by-hour we go on future weather. midday 2:00 on your monday. it's a lot of cloud cover. the rain is not here yet. i do expect the rain the arrive after sunset. likely around 9:00, 10:00 monday night. there you go, 10:00 p.m. the light showers return. they will continue into tuesday morning 3:00 in the morning and have an isolated shower for the tuesday morning commute before the storm gets out of here. and tuesday afternoon will wind up with peeks of sunshine to finish off the day. the accuweather seven-day forecast i'll a lot of cloud cover out there with showers late. then you see some morning showers on tuesday. lots of clouds midweek with another chance of morning showers on thursday before we brighten up, dry out and warm up very nicely for next weekend. >> you want me to play golf. >> ever, ever. >>, no we want you to play golf. just not on thursday.

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abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> all right, bill walsh is my favorite all-time head coach who i played for and covered. but steve kerr is a close second. i talked with him after tonight's game, and he is still dealing with that botched surgery on his neck. he took the band-aids off and buried it in the garbage can. i told him he still has it and he laughed and a we began our interview. >> if this is setting the tone. what is series this could be. >> these guys are good. we knew it coming in. the backcourt is amazing. and they're very well-coached. and they're playing with house money. being the eighth seed is a different deal than being the

one seed. we know how good they are. we know they're going to come out and let it fly and we got to be ready. >> let's talk about cj mccollum. what a game he had and what a shooter he circumstances he is maybe the best one-on-one player in the league. he is certainly in the top few. not many guys who can shoot threes like that but also put it on the floor. we know that's coming. we know he and damian are both explosive. and we got to live with some of the stuff they do and hopefully limit some of the other stuff. and we'll watch the tape and see where we can get better defending them. >> javale mcgee, what a spark he was. consume of block, fed that three to steph. that's what you brought him here for. boy, he is paying dividends. >> javale was great. a lot of great individual performances. david west fantastic, ian clark off the bench a good job. but javale gave a huge boost with his injury. and draymond maybe one of his best games overall. he was everywhere. a couple of key blocks, threw

down a lot of points. he is the heart and soul. >> draymond is amazing. he is just a winner. he just is a competitor and a winner. and honestly, i don't know many guys in the league. i don't know if there are any who can do what he did tonight in terms of making threes. nine saves, rebounding, five blocks. amazing defense on all five positions. he is a unique, unique talent. do. >> you feel a difference in a locker room? two years ago you were the hunted. now you're hungry and trying to get that title back. do you feel that coming into the series? >> you know what? steph said that the other day that we're actually chasing something now instead of defending it. i think that's a good approach. we didn't win the whole thing. we ended the season in a disappointing fashion. and we would like to get another crack at it. >> and i think they will. russell westbrook and the suns are opening up in houston against james harden, the beard. blowing by steven adams in a rout. westbrook well defended but

still able to drop the triple. westbrook 22 point, 11 boards, 9 turnovers. thunder down five at the break. kantner, nowhere idea to turn. finally pulls up for three. the beard with 37. the rockets cruise 118-87 to take the series opener. celtics and bulls. boston guard isaiah thomas playing with a broken heart. his sister died yesterday in a car accident. hopefully thomas able to get his mind off it by playing. he had 15 the first half. celtic downs two at the break. another close game. thomas doing his best to keep the celtics in it. he finished with 33. but it was jimmy butler leading the way with the bulls with 30. eighth seeded bulls pull off the upset. game one between the hawks and the wizards. in the east, this is how drew gets ready for his weather. john wall had 32 points. but kent bazemore in the torture chamber. mart sin gortat throwi ining it

down. wizards take game 1, 114-107 that final. today's astros game postponed by rain. they'll make it up as a doubleheader on saturday, september 9th. giants meanwhile were raining tears after today's series against the rockets. diehards were out at at&t dancing anyway. third pitch of the game, rockies lead-off man charlie blackmon off jeff smaamardzija. bottom first, brandon crawford tripling in brandon belt. looked like the game might be as back and forth as the dubs and the blazers. bottom six, two out and man on third. crawford with a soft grounder. great bare-handed play to get crawford. bruce bochy falls to 4-7 on his birthday. as a giants manager, 4-3 the final. this abc 7 sports report brought to row by river rock casino.

the sharks need to get busy. they're down 2-1. they play tuesday night. warriors can take game two on wednesday. great time to be a bay area sports fan right now. >> you got that right. you're also right about who does the 50 push-ups before the show. because larry beil said it was me. now look at us and decide for yourself. >> 20 push-ups in the sports department to work there. we have an updated test. >> some people get grandfathered in. that's it for the night. i'm eric thomas. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30

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