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8 points with 15 seconds left. guys, golden state at the top, san antonio in second. their head to heads will probably decide if it stays that way. the difference is four in the loss column. right now golden state six losses, san antonio ten. they meet three times and the clippers remain on the heels of oklahoma city. they'll be tied in the loss column if it stays this way, as lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers, top team in the east, third best record in the league, are at staples. mike breen and hubie brown will have that tomorrow on abc. cleveland leads the east over toronto, just two in the loss column. cleveland wraps up a west coast trip. >> mark: not playing their best basketball right now. reason to be concerned because they're a team that needs to play great basketball and could be a problem facing the cavaliers. >> mike: toronto in second, boston in third. what does this mean for the thunder as they come in here and
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they do not have a good fourth quarter. this will count as a fourth quarter lead blown. got to get it in. no timeouts. morrow goes to the basket. misses the layup. aldridge the rebound, and the thunder will drop back-to-back games. the headline is san antonio 32-0 at home this year. they now are alone at third, 41 consecutive wins, a couple days shy of a full calendar year since they last lost at home. kawhi leonard, nine in the fourth, 26-point game and he's standing by with lisa. >> thank you, mike. kawhi, you guys turned it on in the fourth quarter. what was the difference down the stretch in in game? >> we p finally started to knock down shots. >> 26 points in the game but nine in the fourth quarter.
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what changed for you? >> like i said, i just started to knock down shots, got my rhythm going, my teammates found me, and just kept going from there. >> on the defensive end, how are you guys able to keep their stars, durant, westbrook, from beating you? >> we just competed the whole game and contest every shot. >> thank you. >> talk about the stars, lisa and what they did. oklahoma city's best players only one of nine from three. as a team oklahoma city only 17 points, shooting six of 18 in the fourth quarter. guys, thanks for letting me hang with you saturday night primetime. >> mark: it's been a pleasure. >> get you back to your normal partner. mike can deal with you the rest of the year on saturday nights. >> jeff: no rush. >> mike: with mark jackson, jeff van gundy and lisa salters, mike tirico saying so long from san antonio where the spurs win by 8 here on the home of the nba
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. >> good evening and thank you so much for joining us, everyone. tonight the bay area is mourning the loss of a deputy killed in a devastating wrong way crash. >> died overnight the wrong way driver also died. >> more about the deputy who died doing what he loved and the concerns stemming from this tragedy. >> tonight flags are flying half staff in memory of and as those here continue to mourn some of also asking whether
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enough is being done to prevent wrong way crashes. >> the crews are ripped apart. the deputy behind the wheel hit bay wrong way driver on the salmon expressway early saturday morning. >> when something hams happens it draws you very close together and this is a loss now for the sheriff's office -- not only but also the law enforcement men and women who are trying to do their job and get home alive. >> he knows that feeling. as a former investigator he was often called to the same crashes deputy was working. while he is saddened by the loss of a colleague and friend he is also frustrated deputy was the victim of yet another wrong way driver crash, the 5th to die in such accidents just this year. >> maybe now that it was a law enforcement officer maybe they will wake up.
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and it's sad that sometimes things have to happen so many times over and over again before they figure out what are we going to do about it. >> say they are taking the problem seriously after 17 wrong way crashes in 2014 and installed a series of these flashing lights and signs along exit ramps. because they have been in place a year yet they don't know if they are helping. the majority of wrong way accidents involve impaired drivers. believe both issues could be helped with more officers on the road. >> funeral arrangements are pending. repoing in hillsborough county. your thoughts and prayers continue to pour in tonight. hundreds of you have commented
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if you would like to offer your condolences you can do that by searching for facebook. governor rick scott also offering his con dole condolences, saying in part who is tragic loss will be not only be felt by his family members but across the state. we also learned more about the man driving the wrong way. eric macbeth worked as a banker. his neighbors say he never caused any trouble and was always willing to lend a helping hand. >> when i was starting financial aid he would help me out however he could. both families, my heart goes out to them. >> he was 31 years old. breaking news out of tampa place right now on the scene of
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this has closed down southbound lanes of republic cuba. releasing very few details only saying it happened around 10:15 tonight. we will bring you updates as we receive them. another hit and run crash in tampa. police are searching for a driver that left a young bicycle by bicyclist dead. authorities have not released his name. the truck that was described is an older dark blue pickup, possibly a toyota with a damaged topper. anyone who recognizes this description is urged to call police right away. we are also following breaking news out of sarasota county. deputies need your help to find an elderly man.
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detectives say the 88 evening. he was last seen in a gray dodge caravan driving on sarasota boulevard with no head lights on. if you see him you are urged to call 911. now the most accurate weather team in florida. >> all right, folks, if you're within the sound of my voice thing. it's now going to feel like about 12:15 because you have got to set your clocks forward. let's take a look at what's going on weather wise. we are seeing that moisture move toward us but honestly a lot of that front is falling apart so we're going to get a little bit of the remnants of that weather moving through. and the cold front won't have
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71 from my act a city. zephyrhills and brandon. we're going to take those temperatures down a little bit. 66 tomorrow. we'll be back up to 80 but there will be some rain around. i'll let you know when it's going to hit pretty much down to the pinpoint exact moment when we check back with you in about 12 minutes. deputies have arrested a man accused of trying to suffocate and kidnap a woman. we told you earlier about the search for this man. detect i was say the 44-year- old put a bag over the victim's head and tried to keep her in his car. deputies caught him yesterday morning. he is now charged with felony
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in democracy 2015, the texas senator has now claimed most of the delegates in wyoming. voters handing him -- and one to marco rubio and donald trump. marco rubio has just won the caucus in washington dc. let's take a look at how this impacts. cruz now 367 delegates. while rubio rounds out third place now. senator rubio continuing his around the bay area. >> and he is aiming heated at donald trump. the senator holding his own rally this morning. he has spent this entire week
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he spent the entire day making rounds. he is weighing in at protests that shut down a trump rally last night saying. >> we are being ripped apart at the seems now. it appears race and other elements and it's disturbing but i'm also -- i'm sad. i'm sad for this country. this is supposed to be the example to the world of how a republic functions and instead people are watching third world images coming out of chicago. more resistance. today he looks visibly startled when a man tries to swarm the stage. he has been charged with disorderly conduct. trump is not taking any responsibility for the unrest, blaming democrat bernie sanders
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from? bernie was saying mr. trump should speak to his crowd. you know where they come from? bernie's crowd. >> a large crowd gathering outside with signs. but security was heightened and the event went on as planned. >> bernie sanders is defending his supporters tonight denying those claims that his fans were sparking the violence. also calling for trump to denounce violence at those rallies. also has strong words for chicago's mayor. criticized him for doing things like shutting down schools saying he doesn't needs support. >> based on his disastrous record as mayor of the city of
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emanuel's endorsement if i win the democratic nomination. that is not the kind of support. >> missouri and ohio were stops today for hillary clinton. she is predicted to lose in missouri but is predicted to win every other state. >> tomorrow is your last day to vote early. more than 250 poll workers stopped by to get ready for the florida primary just 3 days away. these workers are prepared for mass crowds. >> we think there's going to be a robust turn out. we have already had 4000 people vote just today. >> so far more than 49,000 people have voted early in hillsborough county. we do have locations posted. if you don't cast your ballot
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until tuesday and remember to bring a form of id with a driver's license. still ahead a deadly boat crash and 2 crew members still missing. similar details between this and other tragedies raising concerns. it's something i've been looking forward to. >> the latest chapter, a war hero marries his bride, why where and the date they got married makes this ceremony
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police say a man has admitted to plowing into a snow dog team. >> race officials saying these were 2 separate attacks. in one case a team leader he fought off the attacker. say a 26-year-old has confessed to the crimes apologizing and saying he was drunk at the time. he is now facing assault and other charges. one person dead and 2 others missing after a tug boat
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sank in new york state. investigators say the boat had morning. now seeing if there's enough lighting in the area. this is eeriely similar to one that happened in -- their boat also hit a barge for this very same construction project. in a navy sea action, wedding bells for michael nicholson wed he today. we met up with the pair right before they tied the knot. many are familiar with the sergeant's sacrifices. he lost 3 limbs after exploding back in 2011. a huge show of support. he had one of the biggest home comings. he had a dim view of his future until he set eyes on katy 2 years ago and today the latest chapter in their love story.
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>> it's been a long time coming. once i met katy i knew that i was going to marry her and i'm just happy that today is actually the moment that i get to do it. >> and adding to their sweet love story the couple married at the same location where corporal nickel son's parents tied the knot 33 years ago. people are dead tonight because of flooding. the youngest victim only 6 years old. >> hundreds of homes are under water after flooding there. how communities are dealing with that devastation. >> from texas to tennessee, thousands of residents across 6 states have been affected by historic rainfall. this woman had to be carried out of the water after driving her car into a flooded out road in memphis. in louisiana the state's governor called in the national guard to help.
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serious weather event, serious enough that the entire state has been declared an emergency. >> moore shot this video of a houseboat that broke loose and floated away. there was nearly 2 feet of rain in the worst parts of the state. >> we were prepared. >> went door to door by boat to rescue people who were stranded. more than 100 people had to be evacuated in boeseer parish due to the rising flood waters. with more severe weather in the southeast on the way, the national weather service says flash flooding will remain through the weekend, especially for coastal mississippi. now the most accurate weather team in florida. >> i think a lot of people wondering if some of that wet weather is going to be heading to our area. >> it looks like with the way
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it would be but most of the energy from that is going to be heading off to the north. we've got a chance for rain but nothing like that. looking down on the camera view from high atop the old beer can building in downtown tampa, it looks calm, it looks clear. well, not clear, we've got some clouds around but no real rain or precipitation showing up on the radar right now. so instead we're going to look tomorrow. we've got clouds around. rain chances are going to ramp up. but it doesn't look like we're going to have a huge rain event and it's not even a cold front. so it's going to stay warm over the next few days. maybe dropping a degree or two between now and tuesday. doppler radar is clear right now but if you widen things out you can see that moisture making its way into the panhandle. but for the most part that's going to be heading off to the
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north and over us. we got up to 85 today at tampa international airport. 64 the overnight low. about 6 degrees warmer than our normal low of 58. no rain in the gauge out at tia, although there has been some spotty showers around and like i said, it's very warm still, 72 right now. winds from the south and southeast. wind from 5 to 15 miles per hour. here's the front, doesn't really have anything associated with it that will sweep any cooler air behind it but all of this is lifting up and to the north of us so we will see just a very slim chance of a very ragged line of showers starting to move through right about the noon hour and that noon hour is going to come at what most of us are thinking is 1:00 in the afternoon because we're turning
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the clocks forward so by noon tomorrow, could be a little bit of an impact on the golf tournament. maybe seeing some impact on the road race in st. petersburg but it's going to continue to move through. maybe by monday some lingering showers around and then moving to the east. we're going to be looking at temperatures back into the 60s tomorrow. maybe mid-70s for the other northern neighborhoods. and when you get down to the south 80 degrees for some of our inland counties. taking a look at that golf forecast, there are those chances of showers. they will be from noontime to about 3:00 p.m. but this is not going to be a long term event. could be some showers around as well.
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66 is your gulf water temperature right now. we will be seeing winds from the south at about 15, 1 to 2- foot seas and a light chop on the water ways. here's a look at the 7 day forecast. we'll get through that forecast, 30% chance of rain on thursday. then clear it out, cool off for the rest of that spring break week. the rays got more than just a -- a big impact on a special group. plus the only amateur had a day he will never forget.
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more than a decade ago tampa native would ride his bike to watch some of the best golfers play. mccoy learned all about the game on that same course playing there as a kid. fast forward more than a decade. he is beating some of the best golfers on that same copperhead course. mccoy jumped the leader board today birdieing that hole on 11. then on 13 par 4, the
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drops it within 3 feet of a cup. one of 7 birds on the day. mccoy shot a 5 under 66 impressive rounds. defending champ entered the day 1 over putting for eagle. he's now 2 under but your clubhouse leader is bill hoss, it rolls all the way in the bottom of the cup for birdie. here's your leader board. he's at 8 under for the tournament. mccoy is tied with the defending champ in 9th place at 2 under par just 6 shots off the lead. score of 66 by the way the lowest of the day. tee off tomorrow at 1:10. all right in the wrong direction just a few days after setting a team record. since that exact win a week ago
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all of a sudden dropping. so why all the recent struggles? john cooper said after last night's game he credits the losing streak on his team's attitude. >> got to have a little more fight in the game and we didn't have it. and then ultimately it turned into we were just way too cute. >> it seemed like we tried to be too cute and sometimes you have got to get a dirty goal. >> i'm sure we will see where we can obviously do things better. >> how about this, fresh off his suspension by lightning, jonathan didn't waste any time finding the back of the net.
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the good guys making a start. next inning in the 3rd, ronald torres, no runs, no walks. no score bottom of the 5. left center field gap. rays go on to beat the yankees. rays will have a split squad tomorrow against toronto and baltimore. today a spring tradition. the rays had their heads shaved, part of a national cancer foundation cure for a cut campaign. manager kevin cash, matt silverman and owner. >> it's kind of been a tradition here with the rays and i'm just happy to be a part of it.
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