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down by ten. the jazz trying to close it out. they have two of their key veterans on the floor right now in johnson and hill. >> hubie: oh, wow. the ball was late getting there. >> mark: fouled by chris paul. that's going to send him to the flee line. that is paul's second foul. felton will come in the game. but that miss by redick was huge for the clippers. >> hubie: that was typical to get the shot off. not saying he can't make that shot but i think it will be a difficult shot at any time. joe johnson at the foul line. tonight, fenway park, the cubs take on the red sox. coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern time with "baseball tonight" here on espn. john kohn
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the lead is back up to a dozen with a little over two minutes to go. clippers need a huge run here. chris paul losing the ball, tied up. jump ball. and joe ingles there as the antagonist playing great defense. >> hubie: just keep an eye on it here right now. they switch off. as they switch off, unfortunately, chris was trying to comb back with a dribble and a cross over. >> mark: think he might have been arguing with danny crawford it should have been a kicked ball. >> hubie: well, you have to get your cup. the guys in green, you tap the ball in the cup. >> mark: chris paul getting up and dhageing. crawford couldn't get a handle. and george hill astutely called time-out with the ball. 2:03 to go, the jazz
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win their first playoff series since 2010. >> hubie: you look at that chris paul. is that amazing? he just joout-jumps a 6'8" guy. . awesome... i'm glad you showed up. in my life! i think i'm about to cry... you better not. every single time i... get down! you always have... my back! my back! it's really hard to describe. it's like... all these tiny little... things? yes. yes. things! are actually... friendship. ♪
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>> mark: a big variable in the series. blake griffin's injury. he injured his toe. and it bhit a scenario what would have been had he been healthy? for the second consecutive year, blake griffin injured in the playoffs and unable to see the playoffs through with the clippers. and he has as we mentioned before, mending free agency. >> hubie: not just points. rebounding, shooting percentage. the second leading assist guy on the team. but the shootg
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this year were triferrific and had great year before the injury. >> mark: joe johnson. behind his back. le and jon got it back. tough step back and that's the stop the clippers needed. 1:39 to go, 12k0u7b. is it too late? the. >> hubie: he is tries to maximize the moving of the clock. you can move the ball to the other end. you are trying to save precious seconds right now. this ice cold coke is calling you. i'm just a dollar... ...at mcdonald's...come get me. ♪ don't let the ice cold, deliciously refreshing coke down. it's waiting for you. and the clock is ticking. so go now - like, right now and get any size soft drink for just $1. only at mcdonald's. ♪
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so ammara, you're a verizon engineer, tell me, what's one really good reason why the samsung galaxy s8 is better on verizon? well we have the largest 4g lte network in america. yeah that's a pretty good reason. and the most reliable. uh-huh. and, with unlimited, you get full hd video. oh wow, yeah, that's, uh, two, maybe even three reasons right there. it's exactly three. okay. sure, whatever you say. (vo) if you really, really want the best, switch to verizon unlimited and get the galaxy s8 for just $15 a month. i saw you take those phones, you know. no, you didn't. >> mark: 1:40 to go with the jazz and the clippers. and the jazz have controlled the tempo of the entire series almost. >> hubie: and hold the clippers to one shot attempt. and the other fact erp is chris paul since the first quarter only has four po
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so it's difficult for the clippers to come back if he is not going to be on liar along with a crawford and redick. mainly because that would give you perimeter scoring and penetration. but this is still not over. anything can happen. they can continue to move the ball. have to get something quick here. crawford with a three point miss. fou underneath. that is against rudy gobert. okay. danny crawford. >> hubie: there's the foul right there. that is the foul. that is george hill. i can't be
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they called it on gobert on the initial jump. i'm surprised at that. just surprised. >> mark: just one point today for rudy gobert to go along with three rebounds. he only played 14 minute bhchs he have was saddled with fouls from the very beginning today. >> hubie: they bring diaw back in. if there is a miss on the second foul shot attempt right now, you have got to get this rebound. >> mark: the lead is 12. the second most all time with a minimum of 2,000. >> hubie: you cannot fall asleep if you're the jazz. if they miss this shot, you must get the rebound. >> mark: appearing in the playoffs for the first time since 2012, looking for their first victory since
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jordan. goes 1 for 2 and the jazz -- >> hubie: this is precious now. if you shoot, shut be close to a minute. maximize the clock. up. >> mark: johnson. back to hayward. the clippers momentarily alive. under a minute to go. chris paul in the paint. nowhere to go. jordan. held by joe johnson. that's going to put deandre jordan back at the foul line. a very pop larp refrain today. he is 6 of 13 from the stripe. quin snyder in his first post season series looking to close out the home team here. what a huge win it would be for the franchise.
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12 fouls on the bench but derrick favors had his teammates back today in a huge way. favors had 17 points and 11 boards. there is a stunned silence here in staples center here brgele and the he thinks he has to pass the basketball. >> mark: got on easy one. >> hubie: pass the basketball. do not get fouled. you stop the clock and need shots. >> mark: chris paul with a long three. no good and the fans begin to stream to the
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melancholy here. paul pierce, may be in this uniform for the last time. remarkably the home team of the series is going to win three games on the road. the visitors will win three in this series. >> hubie: paul pierce, we all know, one of the truly great players to play the game. 22 points a game throughout his career. 45% shooting. one of the top three point shooters in the history of basketball. he'll end up fourth in that category of three point makes. they call him the truth for a reason. he was one of the greatest finishers that the league has had. >> mark: today though belongs to quin snyder and the utah jazz who get their first playoff series victory since
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a team that was too young, to inexperienced a season ago, has rallied on the road and has done what 20% of road teams have done historically in game seven. let's go to lisa. >> lisa: thank you, gordon, this is on the troetd get a win. describe what it's like. >> it was a battle. the whole series was a battle. tonight is no different. it was fun. to compete with my teammates, tis a great win for us. a great win. >> lisa: you're a young team. first had to start with the belief that you can come here and do it. >> we were confident coming into the series. we had there thought through a lot. with injuries and stuff, guys stepped up. and an
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and. >> lisa: speaking of steps up, what impressed you about the performance that derrick favors had when rudy got in early foul trouble? >> he was huge for us tonight. and defense of for him to step up like that was huge. >> you guys controlling the tempo. how do you do it against the warriors? >> they are an another animal. i know the coaches will have a game plan for it too. with you will be worry about that tomorrow. >> lisa: congratulations on europe first playoff series win. >> thank you. >> lisa: back to you, mark. >> mark: 26 points, eight boards. they will take on the utah jazz tuesday night in oakland at oracle arena. and they will take on the defending western conference champ champs. meanwhile, houston plays
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antonio a little later today 34i67 and then you did it today without the guy at the center position and causing a lot of intimidati intimidation. so you did that. but people stepped up. when you look at the final box today, favors, joe johnson off the bench, the bench contribution was outstanding. so once again, the defense, they are known for defense. they gave it in this building today. >> mark: let's look ahead to the series now against the golden state warriors for the utah jazz. they went 2 -- 1-2 against them. the home win coming late in the season. the warriors, remember, have been
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next stop, george hill and the jazz. oakland. abc news "world news tonight" coming up. for brb brb and lisa salters, i'm mark jones saying thanks for watching abc's presentation of the playoffs. and two in the reserves. our 18 year old was in an accident. when i call usaa it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. it actually helped to know that somebody else cared and wanted make sure that i was okay. that was really great. we're the rivera family, and we will be with usaa for life. usaa. we know what it means to serve. call today to talk about your insurance needs.
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good evening. thanks for joining us on this sundayme sunday. i'm tom llamas. and we begin with the deadly weather strike, at least 13 people dead across 4 states. a massive tornado touching down in texas, killing four, and sending dozens to the hospital. prom night there abruptly cancelled. the venue taking a direct hit. and the devastating scene, officials describing it as
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heartbreaking. victims swept away. high water rescues in arkansas. and the desperate search for two children missing. here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, at least four people dead after four powerful tornadoes tore through texas. >> there's a tornado crossing the road right in front of us. >> reporter: this giant wedge tornado slamming into the town of canton. ripping homes from their foundations. >> completely demolished. >> reporter: leaving trucks wrapped around trees. and at this car dealership, an entire lot of new vehicles, demolished. >> what could've happened to all of these people, and my son could've been in there. >> reporter: here at the rustic barn, it was prom night. the teens just starting to arrive when the dance's dj, kris ingram, saw the giant twister moving towards them. >> i ran in, i said we gotta get cover, it's gonna be a direct hit. >> reporter: he and the venue's owner rushing about 20 people into two bathrooms a
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out the storm. >> people were screaming and crying. we backed our backs against the door. >> reporter: when they finally came out, this is what they saw, the building torn apart. the three rooms they were hiding in, the only ones left standing. >> it was unbelievable to see that there was no building left except where we were located. >> not a single one of us was were hurt, scratched or anything. god was with us. there's no doubt on that. >> reporter: but in other areas along the tornadoes' destructive paths, at least 49 people were hurt, some as one twister touched down right onto interstate 20. two people still missing. and another tornado hitting mississippi today as well. back in canton tonight, the owners here, trying to sort through the damage. they say had the tornado hit 45 minutes later when prom was scheduled to start, dozens more teens would have packed into the
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>> marci, thanks so much. and the same system bringing severe weather across several states. the search is ongoing for two children swept away in arkansas. this weather outbreak is not over yet. the severe weather extending into monday. the system could trigger storms across parts of the northeast tomorrow. and to politics now. a new week and new questions for the white house, after extending an invitation to a brutal leader who may have helped stare down north korea. r rodrigo duterte of the philippines. trump himself sharing
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thoughts on kim jong-un and the threat of a possible conflict. here's bob woodruff. invitation from the white house >> reporter: tonight, an invitation from the white house for a world leader accused of human rights abuses. president trump is inviting the philippines' president rodrigo duterte for a visit. duterte faces international outrage over his ultraviolent anti-drug campaign. but he's a potential ally in the region on north korea. >> humman rights don't matter now? >> the issue on the table is so serious, and we need to make sure we have our ducks in a row. >> reporter: the hermit kingdom continues to be a major international trouble spot. just today, north korea
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threatened a nuclear submarine nearby. at trump's event in harrisburg last night, abc news asked if he plans to respond to friday's missile launch. >> you'll soon find out, won't you? >> does that mean military action? >> you'll soon find out. >> reporter: until now, the white house has drawn a distinction between missile launches and nuclear tests. >> if he does a nuclear test, i will not be happy. >> reporter: today, trump even expressed grudging admiration for kim jong-un. >> and, at a very young age, he was able to assume power. a lot of people, i'm sure, tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. and he was able to do it. so, obviously, he's a pretty smart cookie. >> reporter: so, how does the philippines' controversial leader fit into all this? we saw firsthand how he deals with suspected criminals in his country. his troops have killed more than 7,000 people since duterte came to power. in the crowd, a worried mother. soon, she learns her son is gone. >> oh, no. that's your son? >> outwardly it appears to be a deal with the devil. this is a pers w
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killings of drug dealers and who thinks it's okay to kill journalists. >> reporter: the philippines spoke this weekend about the north korean conflict, saying both the u.s. and north korea are playing with toys. >> thank you. and a freight train running right off the tracks. we'll tell you where this happened. before i had the shooting, burning of diabetic nerve pain these feet... jumped into city life as a kid... ...and kept my town moving. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness,
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