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almost a bad pass. gordon gets it back, drives on bogut. gordon, quick layup, too strong picked up by bogut and thompson is fouled. by the way, the pose points ever scored in your first nba playoff game is 38. super john williams with the nets in '79. davis has 33. and that last missed opportunity may have done in the pelicans' last chance. thompson, another missed free throw. wow. missed ten free throws. >> jeff: his dad is here too, the great michael thompson. >> mike: unbelievable as thompson misses a pair.
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thompson, a terrific free-throw shooter. he shoots 88% and we'll take a break. pelicans down seven with 24.8 remaining. they'll have possession when we come back but they're out of time-outs. >> mike: anthony davis exploding in the fourth quarter. 18 points against 4 rebounds and a block putting up big numbers but his team is down 7 with 24.7
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remaining. they just got to think three-pointer now, jeff? >> jeff: i think what's going to happen here, norris cole will get on the run here and try to get anthony davis isolated. you are going to try to take that first, best shot. >> mike: gordon, fakes a three. a couple of dribbles. leans in, in and out and in again. and they are going to check to see if it's a three or two for golden state inbounds. he had to take that dribble and may have gotten inside the arc and obviously this is huge. >> jeff: i love monty williams out of time-outs. >> mike: gordon has five three-pointers. no, put on the line. >> mark: you make a good point. i think both coaches in this series very good coming out of time-outs. >> jeff: really good.
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you're right. >> mike: so it's going to be 102-97. golden state led by 25 in the final minute of the third quarter led by 18 early in the fourth and then new orleans cut it to six at one point. gordon's toe clearly on the line. right now the scoreboard says 102-98 but it's going to be 97. >> mark: can't overemphasize enough anthony davis success in the fourth quarter has been at the five position. it has created problems. you don't have a big -- a legitimate five that can guard him and then spreads the floor out when you add a shooter like ryan anderson on the court. >> mike: you anticipate perhaps a lineup change for game two. >> mark: i'm not sure what monty williams will do. he's an outstanding coach and doesn't need my help. i'm just saying that it'll give
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them the best opportunity. and it creates problems for the warriors matching up. now you got to adjust. >> mike: well, now it's golden state ball. the pelicans are out of time-outs. they don't have a foul to give. so right now for golden state they're going to have to probably hit free throws before we wrap it up even with 20 seconds remaining. all right, always in playoff series one game is over, usually no carry-over but for the pelicans can this help them as they get ready for game two. >> jeff: no, i think who it helps is the warriors. if they would have blown them out and kept going, game two, you know, it's a lot harder to reach your team. steve kerr will have no trouble pointing out the flaws in their second half. >> mike: this game they were in complete control at the end of the third and even early fourth and had to sweat it out down the stretch. iguodala will inbound. 20 seconds remain.
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trying to get it to curry and thompson is fouled. thompson again a great free-throw shooter but just missed two and they've missed 11. thompson overall with 20 points. one of the splash brother ss. ryan anderson comes back in for cunningham as monty williams doing some offense/defense substitutions. golden state, last 18 games at home just two losses all season, another miss from thompson. six-point game. pondexter, the drive.
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scoop layup. misses, tipped. won't go. rebound, davis and davis is fouled with 9.7 remaining as green crashed into him. davis is going to shoot a free throw now. momentum carry -- davis doesn't have any chance -- has to hit one and miss one, correct. >> jeff: absolutely. and i would say trying to tip it out so you can create a three. >> mark: if you were going to miss it you would think you would have asik in the game for offensive rebounding abilities so almost indicates he's going to make it. >> mike: five-point game right now and no question he looks to make it. now it's four with 9.7 remaining. ball knocked out of bounds. cole who played such a strong game still golden state game.
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8.3 left. pelicans have no time-outs left. so steve kerr will call a time-out and he's out of time-outs. 103-99. >> jeff: there's no time-out, mike. we're going to another review. >> mike: oh, a replay. last year the 2014 playoffs, 21 games decided by three points or less. we've already had an overtime game today and this one coming down to the wire. this is what they're going to look at. it doesn't appear curry touched it. cole's played well. >> mark: tough to see at that angle we don't see curry's left hand entirely. >> mike: right. >> mark: but you're right about cole and to go with what coach
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said it's a good opportunity for steve kerr to coach his team and also an opportunity for monty williams, telling his team all the mistakes we've made. all the missed assigns we committed on the defensive end. it's a four-point game under ten seconds to go. we can be much better. >> mike: look at that score in the fourth quarter and, again, defensively how well they played. obviously golden state hurt themselves by missing all those free throws. missing seven free throws in the fourth otherwise we wouldn't be out of these time-outs and wouldn't go down the stretch. they led 4-0, the pelicans did, warriors then dominated for a long stretch, that 5-point lead with under a minute to go in the third. but new orleans scored the last seven points of the third. the first seven of the fourth to kind of give them a little bit of a chance. so it's still golden state ball as the officials look to the replay.
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now they've got to get it in and hit some free throws. >> jeff: now they're calling time-out. >> mike: now he's out of time-outs. it's just day one of the 2015 nba playoffs and games coming up tonight, the bucks and the bulls from chicago derrick rose back in the postseason and then dallas and houston, james harden, spectacular all season long banged up. patrick beverley won't be available. they'll need certainly dwight howard and dallas, of course, everybody forgets, certainly in dallas they don't, last year the mavericks in the first round were up 2-1 against the spurs. the series went to a seventh game and spurs won it big in game seventh but could have been eliminated in the first and wound up winning the title.
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>> mark: the interesting thing rick carlisle says mark cuban isn't going to say anything and then mark cuban says something. it's going to be a great series. >> mike: between mark cuban and darrell going at each other it might be fun -- >> jeff: the games are going to be good. i just don't know with dwight howard back, i just -- james harden/dwight howard will be a little too much for the mavericks unless rondo plays a special series. because it hasn't worked out so far, but no better time for rondo and the pastmavericks for him to play great in that series. >> mark: i see houston winning that series. >> mike: rondo had many of his best in the postseason with boston. now philly needing to get it inbounds with 8.4 remaining. iguodala to inbound. pondexter will guard it. davis is playing a free safety
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there. can't throw it in the backcourt. and they find green. green found an opening, get it to curry and best free-throw shooter in the nba this season with a chance to ice it with 6.2 remaining. 33 for curry. but he's even missed a couple of free throws today. 91% during the regular season. he shoots with a mouth guard out of his mouth. >> jeff: like what armstrong used to do. >> mark: a guy in my neighborhood used to do it, but it was a cigarette. >> jeff: nice neighborhood, huh? you know, thinking about that i heard smoke -- the new smoking healthwise as we fly to cleveland, flying. >> mike: misses another one.
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knocked loose and barnes comes up with. he's fouled and that will do it. the pelicans thought there was some contact there. had a chance to grab the rebound. and were still down by five. would have been a miracle to try and pull it out. and barnes will now take the last free throws. and golden state survives an unbelievable charge by anthony davis. first time he missed three three throws in the game all season. davis with 20 points in the fourth but it won't be enough as golden state takes game one, a difficult fourth quarter after a dominant first three periods, bottom line, they get the win with game two coming up on monday night right back here in
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oakland. so anthony davis' first nba playoff game, he had 35 points 7 rebounds, much of the damage in the fourth with the 20 points and 6 boards in the fourth but pelicans lose game one. meanwhile, curry had 34. he's with lisa. >> lisa: thanks, mike. you guys seem to be in control most of the game until the last few minutes. what changed to make it so close? >> i don't know. tried to force it and he made it. the offense, look momentum change but we're a resilient team and found a way to get a win. game one. >> lisa: when you go up by so much, up by 25 points with about a minute to go in the their, with so much time left in the game, does complacency, lack of focus come into play? >> no.
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as aggressive in the whole fourth. playoffs, anything can happen. so big success for us in the playoffs and we haven't had many experiences like this down the stretch. >> lisa: give me one word. today's free throws shooting was -- >> awful. i missed three. klay missed a bunch. we'll fix that. we need those extra points down the stretch in the playoffs. >> lisa: thanks, steph. congratulations. mike. >> mike: all right, lisa. 34 points for steph curry as golden state begins their playoffs with a win. four-five matchup. clippers at san antonio. what an unbelievable first round and houston and dallas, that series begins in houston later on this evening. anthony davis did his best in the fourth quarter. came up short as the warriors defeat the pelicans abc "world news" coming up on most of these
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saturday night i'm walter perez a local high cool football player collapses and dies while taking part in spring work outs. grieving family and friend say good bye to the little boy whose life was cut short by a hit and run driver who remains on the loose. but the big story on "action news" is suspect in custody for hit and run that occurred in the cities tioga nicetown section last night severing a woman's leg. the investigators say suspect intentionally plowed down, a 24 year-old woman with whom she had an ongoing dispute. the not only did the victim suffer a critical injury but chaos triggered a chain reaction that led to the woman's home catching fire.
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"action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at 35th headquarters in logan with the are latest, annie. >> reporter: walter, philadelphia police tell us that the offend der turn herself in around 11:00 a.m. at 35th district. at this point she has not been officially charged. victim's family told me earlier today they were relieved to hear already early this morning very early this morning there was already significant progress being made in this case. saturday evening police drove a woman believed to be the suspect in friday's hit and run out of the 35th district. saturday morning victim's mother had this to say. >> all i want to do is get her and see her in court. >> reporter: witnesses say this white suv with the woman they identified as precious behind the wheel mode down beatrice spenc, she lost most of her leg. at ledge motive, the suspect thought the victim was vying for romance even from her hospital bed site the victim denies that. >> she just keeps saying she ran me over, mom and took my
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leg, mom. i was than the even going with him. i got one leg. >> reporter: early saturday morning an anonymous tip led police to the discovery of this white dodge durango with front end damage and 6,000 block of marvine. police believe it is the same vehicle caught on surveillance during yesterday's crime. >> and that is when i saw with her coming a hundred miles an hour, running up here, i telling everybody to move move move. >> reporter: her uncle was also hit and if that tragedy was not enough sp ence mom and family, providing dinner cooking on the stove, during the chaos and a fire destroyed their home. and the spence family tells me they are getting help from the red cross because of the fire situation. they are also staying with family, as well. they also tell me that the the woman that they believed to be behind the wheel they had problems with earlier in the day, on friday. they do believe that she threw a brick through a window of their home. they tell me this to file a
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police report of the. live from logan annie mccormack for channel six "action news". as police look for that suspect this morning dozens of people were mourning the the the loss of a little boy killed by another hit and run driver. "action news" invited to the greater bible way temple church in west philadelphia, for four year-old latif wilson's memorial service. wilson died after running into traffic near 57th and richfield street monday night. investigators have made contact with the suspected driver's attorney but she has not yet been arrested. wilson's grief stricken grandmother says her family needs justice and closure. >> please turn yourself in and stop trying to disassociate from the accident. you shouldn't have kept going or kept moving but it is, what it is. >> after today's service mourners released balloons in honor of the youngster. local high school community is mourning the sudden loss of the football player, 15 year-old ryan
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gillyard collapsed and tied while taking part in spring conditioning drills with his team. he was a freshman at st. joes prep in north philadelphia that is where "action news" reporter kenneth moton joins us live with the full details kenneth. >> reporter: walter, for hours now we have seen parent, student, football coaches here at st. joes hugging and supporting each other after this sudden dead. the details on this tragedy are, limited. the the grief here has been enormous. as st. joseph's prep saturday afternoon a community and a team in mourning after 15 year-old freshman running back and linebacker ryan gillyard collapsed on the practice field and then later died. st. joes says it was just after warm ups for a conditioning work out at 11th and cecil b. moore in west philadelphia brian was surrounded by his teammates and simply fell. the his coaches rushed to help. the team was transported by ambulance to nearby temple university hospital where he was pronounced dead. the investigation is ongoing as official as wait autopsy
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results but we are learning more about the student athlete. the school expressed condolences to the parents and family of the upper darby delaware county 15 year-old who also played cyo basketball at saint den is in havertown. ryan was a great person and someone we were proud to have as part of our community. we will do whatever we can to support his family and friend especially the members of the freshman class and the football team of which he was a member. st. joes prep known for its extraordinary academics and renoun athletics program. last year saint football champion now down a teammate, parents, students, coaches called special. st. joes have grief counselors here all weekend and monday students faculty and staff will all after a chance to meet with counselors, walter. reporting live from north philadelphia this evening kenneth moton for channel six "action news". tragic story thanks, kenneth. a teenager had to be rescued from the roof of the elementary school today in bellefonte delaware.
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investigators say he and two friend climbed up there this afternoon, one actually fell and broke his arm. rescue crews had to use an area lad tore get the remaining teen down. one of those youngsters was flown to christiana hospital. construction worker is in critical condition after suffering an electric shock while working on a property in north philadelphia this happened just after 10:30 this morning on the 1700 block of folsom street. investigators say 309 year-old man was working in a cherry picker when he came in contact with a live wire. he was rush to hahnemann hospital. well, storage shed in the frank farly service plaza along ac expressway caught fire this afternoon. nobody was injured. the plaza remained opened including the gas station. crews got this one under control in a half an hour. fire fighters rescued a father and son, from a second floor balcony late last night at the green terrace apartments in northeast philadelphia. crew as arrived to the building there on the 2200 block of treemont street, to find flames shooting from the second floor. one fire fighter suffered
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minor burns to his legs while battling that blaze. he as well as the father and son were taken to aria frankford hospital, no word yet how the whole thing started. well, a piece of philadelphia music history had a date with the wrecking ball today. thinks former center city location of philadelphia international records which was the birthplace of course of the iconic sound of philadelphia. cot was once owned by song writers kenny gamble and leon h uff. building was badly damage by arson five years ago. soon it will be a new hotel and condominiums. we could not have asked for a more perfect spring day. in fact it was a little on the warm side. what can we expect for the following week and tomorrow as well. meteorologist karen rodgers is joining us today and joining us with the sun and first check of the accu weather forecast. >> any day is a beauty walter, still at this point we have beautiful blue skies and bright sunshine. it was warmest day we have had since last september. hopefully you enjoyed it. lets look at numbers, even now at 80 degrees in philadelphia.
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eighty in washington. eighty-one in richmond, virginia. you can see that warm flow that we have had. enjoying it today. temperatures have just slowly been climbing up there, since wednesday. wednesday we were at 71. seventy. thursday 71. friday 74. today's high 81 degrees. normally 65. so the temperatures nearly 20 degrees above average. it is a spring warm up. today it felt more like summer. looking at satellite six and action radar we are dry, and we have nothing but just a few cloud out there here or there some cloud starting to build out to the southwest. the dryer air has been a concern. just until 8:00 tonight we have a red flag warning. that is because of the breezy conditions, the very low humidity and dry fuel. so this is for areas north of the city where we are seeing this in mercer county and upper montgomery, bucks, berks, lehigh and mount pocono. wyche that red flag warning. it is a beautiful day. here's what ace head. big temperature swings. soggy monday.
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cooler era lives in the seven day forecast. i will talk about that all in a minute, walter sound good thanks karen. today's sunshine made it perfect for a run this morning. law enforcement officers and family and friend took part in the 6-miler from the philadelphia art museum all the way to william penn charter school in east falls. they were caring for to much kick off the spring games of the special olympics . more than 200 athletes, from the philadelphia area competed in events, drug tennis, basketball, and track and field. and in north philadelphia, it was a closing ceremony for a program that involved hundreds of young people. police in philadelphia officers here were on hand to congratulate those who took part in the cheers program, at the the cousin pal center. the goal of the program toys help young people make good life choices. all right. much more to come on "action news" tonight, summer is not even here yet but lots of local kid and their parents are planning for the next school year. why hundreds of people spent their saturday learning about their educational opportunities. plus it was a day to
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celebrate for animal lovers in the philadelphia area why a whole lot of dogs and cats of local spca will be able to fine new loving homes. plus jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.
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several hundred people, took part in a walk through center city to mark a grim tragic event in history. this was the the eighth annual philadelphia armenian genocide walk. those taking part say they want to raise awareness of the atrocities committed against armenians by ottoman empire from 1915 to 1918. armenians say more than million christian where is killed during mass slaughters starvation and deportation into the syrian desert. young students in camden and their parents were thinking ahead today. they spent this saturday at the crock center attending an enrollment fair for grade k
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through eight. parents got a chance to hear from teachers catholic charter and renaissance schools so they can make informed choices for their children's education. hundreds of people helping to take home a new friend walk through the doors of the pennsylvania spca today for the long awaited reopening. the the shelter on erie avenue had been closed since march 12th after more than 150 dogs came down with kennel cough. no animals died but officials shut it down as a precaution. today their efforts paid off as the shelter reopen. this weekend only, all dogs are available for adoption, for only 20 bucks. still to come on "action news" tonight phillies try to get on the winning side on the road against the washington nationals, jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

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