>> mike: nba playoff coverage continues sunday on abc at 3:30 eastern. game four between the cavs and hawks. atlanta trying to keep their season alive. it starts at 3:00 with "nba countdown." game three here with portland this afternoon as the blazers, their talented young backcourt just sensational. >> jeff: after a struggle in the first half, c.j. mccollum has come alive. an effective pick and roll player, using baseline

with a little fade. once again, the pick and roll, the shot fake, the little step through. 13 big points to support lillard and al-farouq aminu. >> mike: lehigh engineer, was born and raised in camden. he broke his foot his senior year. every year he's gotten a little better. you saw signs last year, game five when they were eliminated by memphis in the first round he had 33. then they lost their starters, he got extra minutes, and boy, has he come through. nice feet inside. green with the finish. draymond green's got 30. nine rebounds, eight assists. >> mark: if i'm steve kerr, i'm concerned about the warrior team going forth. you have to do a better job on the defensive end.

portland team is unacceptable. still got plenty of time left and i'm sure that's what steve kerr is going to be talking about, challenging his team. >> mike: obviously a key concern. the other one is when will steph curry return. said he'll be reevaluated tomorrow, maybe play in game four, nothing definitive. shock clock at seven. lillard steps back. it's good. damian lillard with 37. >> mark: wow. >> mike: draymond green banks it in. his seventh three-pointer. >> jeff: new rule, that three-pointer that banks in is a two. >> mark: how good is damian lillard though. >> mike: lillard again, bang!

>> jeff: i don't say this dismissively, but if you traded him and curry, how much difference would we see? this is what we see steph curry doing. making something out of nothing. the incredible long range shooting off the dribble. >> mike: now in three games against the warriors in portland, he's had 51, 40, and 40 here tonight. 40 points, ten assists. eight more three pointers, an electrifying performance from damian lillard. >> jeff: mike, this is against an elite defensive team and an elite defender in klay thompson. >> mark: i coached the warriors and he gave us i believe 50 at oracle and we tried everything. he's that good offensively. or great shall i say. >> mike: coming up on two minutes remaining.

davis kicks it out. crabbe a three. rebound fought for. picked up by klay thompson as we get under the two-minute mark. draymond green. oh, green nails another. he's got 37 with eight three pointers. it's an 11-point portland lead with coming up on 1:30 remaining. lillard. mccollum looks up at the shot clock. mccollum tries a three. that's good. >> mike: 17 three

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mama, there goes that man. >> mike: we were talking during the timeout. this three-point shooting that's going on in the post season, it's staggering. like some of the cleveland shots are good spotup looks. we're talking off the dribble. >> mike: mccollum rips it down. 22 for mccollum, 40 for the man with the ball. as portland's going to get a win in game three. lost it out of bounds. a 20-second timeout called by terry stotts. the number one question for golden state right now, will he play in game four.

oh, my gosh i . >> mike: they are loving their blazers here at the moda center, another sellout crowd. right from the opening tip they have been a raucous crowd, as damian lillard and c.j. mccollum, plus al-farouq aminu who is also turning in an impressive performance. lillard another 40 against golden state, but this time in

playoff pressure situation. team down 0-2. much like they did in the first round against the clippers, they were beaten by double figures the first two games. came back and then won four in a row. they lost by double figures in games one and two against golden state. what a remarkable performance here in game three. terry stotts putting in his reserves, as barbosa nails that one. this crowd has been delirious. >> mike: roberts' shot won't go. the blazers will be the first team to beat the warriors twice this season, once in the regular season and once here in the playoffs. as barbosa misse

clark drives. out to rush. and that will do it. the series is now 2-1 after a brilliant performance from damian lillard and the portland trail blazers. the youngest team in the playoffs, a team that many people not only felt wouldn't make the post season here but to have them here in the second round, clearly they had some good fortune with the way it turned out with the clippers. clippers were shorthanded, good fortune for them obviously. now here against golden state without steph curry, but they have taken full advantage of

trail 2-1. >> doris: against what has been one of the elite defenses all season long, you just got 40. how did you do it? >> just playing hard, understanding the situation that my team was in. if you go down 3-0, not a lot of teams come back from that, especially against a team as great as this team is. i wanted to come out and be aggressive and just leave it all out here and that's what i did. >> doris: it's not often one supercedes the chief. how about the effort from aminu. >> from the chief, he was big time all season long. it seems like every time we need a big night from him, he comes through. in the clipper series, he came through big for us. tonight once again he came through big for us in a must win. we had some games at the end of the season when we were trying to get a playoff spot, he came through big for us. that's been the story of our team this year, having so many guys step up. he was huge for us. >> doris: you told us

to -- first team to beat this team twice. the confidence you've gained moving forward, how do you sustain this? >> i'm a confident person all around. even when i step away from the game. but our team, i think we match up well with these guys. we can go small. we can score the ball. it's more of a mental thing, you know, staying locked in for the whole game because this team can run off on you with those three pointers. we joust got to play hard and smart and not let them think the game better than we do. >> doris: thank you. >> mike: always so poised and calm. portland remains undefeated at home in the post season. now 4-0. now back in the series trailing two games to one with game four coming up right back here at the moda center. san antonio up 2-1, as toronto. cleveland up 3-0.

terrifrierrific atmosphere as t blazers beat the warriors. for jeff van gundy, mark jackson, doris burke and our entire abc crew, mike breen saying thanks for watching here on abc, home of the nba finals.

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newsroom about the possible motive of the alleged killer. ss, 24 hours after it announces a major maintenance plan, the federal government says that is not enough. things metro must do immediately. and check your winning tickets. the winning numbers from tonight's powerball. plus, caps win. they are still in this fight. what the team is saying about game six. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. news at 11:00, on your side. >> we could not find any link which is -- leakages between the victims here in montgomery county and the defendant. kimberly: innocent victims, three killed, three injured in 24 hours. the man accused of the horrible crimes, eulalio tordil.

abc seven as the police surrounded and captured him. tonight, new information in the past three hours about that arrest from those handling the investigation. we begin with roz plater. what did we learn tonight? tonight, kimberly come investigators believe they know the motive for the deadly shootings in montgomery county. the police say this was a man on the run, desperately looking for a new getaway vehicle. investigators say that suspect eulalio tordil was already wanted for killing his estranged wife, so friday morning he knew that the police were on his trail. a believe the shootings in montgomery county were attempted carjackings. first, the westfield montgomery mall. the shopper returning to her car encountered tordil. was her car,hat then pulled at a gun and said, " i'm not kidding, i will shoot you." she began screaming and two

tordil shot all three, killing one of them. acted selflessly and her heroic lay, not only coming to her a it likely saving her life. roz: at the aspen hill shopping center, he approached another woman and what they believe was his second attempt a carjacking. >> this this year's --vicious action probably when he shot and killed her inside the vehicle. roz: investigators found tordil 's in the shopping center across the street and cap did under surveillance. when he stopped that boston market for lunch, officers arrested him. tordil himself a law enforcement officer. >> tactically, you have to consider he probably has the same tactics and knowledge is and, to a degree, the skills and abilities are people do, and have to be mindful of that and how we go about apprehending

with the safety of the public. faces multiple murder, attempted murder, and handgun charges in montgomery county and prince george's county. his first court appearance will be monday afternoon. as for the second good samaritan victim who shot at montgomery mall, he is making progress and the police are hopeful he will survive. roz plater, abc 7 news. kimberly: we all are, thank you, roz. the growing memorials for those who lost their lives, friendly -- family and friends of gathered in the parking lot of the giant shopping center where she lost her life. after this woman lost her husband, she came with her family to a cumulative vigil to remember malcolm. >>

met my husband knew he was great. cheryl: he live like a hero in the police a he died like one, by saving a woman's life at montgomery mall. >> malcolm gave his life for so many he does not know in order to protect her from a predator. wentl: the family say he with his coworkers to the mall to grab lunch. their friend told them what happened. >> they heard the lady screaming, ran towards them, so they came to help. cheryl: investigators say that eulalio tordil shot and killed him, critically injuring his friend, who both came to the aid of the woman who is expected to survive. >> my deepest regret is i did not tell him how much i love him. cheryl: 17-year-old kayla always knew that her dad stood out. he worked as a civilian at the naval surface warfare center. it was tough to find a dry eye

nieces, and nephews surrounded his wife and children. but iontinued to cry, will laugh one day again. robert: cheryl-- cheryl: friend family surrounded the family. and this, "might, we knew you were a hero before this. now the world knows." cheryl conner, abc 7 news. anderly: stay with abc 7 wjla.com for updates on this developing story. you can also follow us on social media, facebook, and twitter. he the very first to find out about breaking news like this by downloading our smartphone app and signing up for breaking news text alerts. there are instructions on our website. just go to wjla.com/text. the fedel

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on our website at wjla.com. a super night to be a hockey fan, the caps take care of what they need to it home to stay in the series. robert burton is live at the verizon center. they can force this two-way win or go home seventh game, what do you think? robert: i agree, but for now if you are a cap's fan you can stop warring until game six in pittsburgh. that will be a tough one. let's go to the ice, show you how this went down. caps took the lead for good in the second, the game tied at 1-1. alex ovechkin, the one-timer, the rebound goes to t.j. oshie. caps win 3-1, their season still alive as they force game six. later in sports, we are in the locker room, talking with ovie and others. kimberly:

thanks. wildfires.raging how much it has grown in the past few hours and the massive exodus underway. josh: and as we work our way through the next few days, showers tonight, beautiful mother's day. a little breezy. the forecast coming up.

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adult man was found with critical injuries. he was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. lanham,eld drive in prince george's county police have been focusing on this house for about three hours or a man with critical injuries following an assault, taken to the hospital, pronounced dead. we will be gathering information and bringing the latest as we get it. kimberly: let's turn now to the weather because it sounds like the sunshine will come out for mother's day. josh: just in time for the big day for the moms. enjoy it. right now, i love when the wheel is this color after such a good win. the headlines, looking for showers tonight, may be a rumble of thunder, nicer weather tomorrow, then the daily rain chances move in starting monday.

reagan national. it is a comfy evening at this point, and we drop closer to 50 for the overnight low. the radar picking up on a lot that was not reaching the ground. let's zoom in nice and close, and now we are looking at live doppler from the airport, southeast d.c., prince george's county, parts of charles county, and basically to the east of 270. if you get light rain, is just a quick sprinkle. the heavier rain is this batch of thunderstorms right now working their way across west virginia, pennsylvania. that moves to the area overnight. that is between 2:00 and 4 a.m. if you get a rumble of thunder, it is from that. it is part of this cold front that will be working its way across, but the timing is key for us. tomorrow, a lot more sunshine, and that pushes through early in the

overall sunny skies and dry weather mother's day. week,ginning of the work the warm front gets closer and brings a chance of showers and cloud cover as we kick things off monday. soak up the sunshine tomorrow. 48 to 53 overnight, mostly cloudy, isolated showers. maybe a rumble of thunder, but that will break down as it tries to cross the mounts. noon,.m., mid-50's, 66 at 72 the high. the only nuisance tomorrow will be the breezy weather for mother's day. keep that in mind if you are planning a cookout. the paper plates and napkins might be trying to fly away. 40% chance of showers monday. the nice thing this week, even though we have a chance of rain and thunderstorms until thursday and friday, i don't think any of the days are completely overcast, certainly not as cool as last week.

rain deficit. kimberly: we appreciate the silver lining. josh: there is always an optimistic spin. kimberly: there was a silver lining at the verizon center. robert burton is there. robert: i hope that you are breathing easy now because tuesday in pittsburgh we will be breathing heavy again. sports is coming up.