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a defensive clinic. and golden state -- just takes time off the clock. harkless fouls draymond green. so green will shoot free throws. >> mark: a great story, damian lillard scored 59 in a home game against the jazz. >> mike: the last regular-season game he played. >> mark: his career high. you'd think he would keep the basketball. instead he sent it an incredible gesture because joe johnson scored 20,000 career points. what a class act by damian lillard. >> mike: nice move. >> jeff: i thought he was taunting the other team by saying, i served you guys up. >> mark: what's wrong with you, man? >> jeff: that's where i thought you were going.
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joe johnson, we talked about it last night, what a great play he made to end that clipper game. he may be a hall of famer. >> mark: you look at his numbers they're better than some guys who are in there. >> mike: lillard misfires. and the fans continue the celebration here in oracle. a dominant fourth quarter for golden state. durant has mccollum on him. easily shoots over him. 32 for durant. and as the warriors just putting on the exclamation points on this one. game two will be wednesday right back here. lillard on the follow. boy, lillard and mccollum in losing effort, 73. the blazers will come up short.
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the pass is inside, curry to green. green misses. turner floats it in. lillard has it. ball knocked loose. lillard gets it back. flips it up and that will roll in. and the warriors will dribble it out. what a fourth quarter for golden state. they take game one of this opening round best of seven series. fine performances, brilliant performances from mccollum and lillard but they fall short as draymond green took control of this game with the warrior defense. and, again, a defensive clinic here in the fourth quarter for the warriors. and green, 19 points, 12
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rebounds, 9 assists. 5 blocks, 3 steals. he's with lisa. >> lisa: draymond, the game really changed at the start of the fourth quarter when you guys went on 15-2 run but even that was fueled by the defense like, what really started to click defensively? >> we started to really rotate, he started letting damian and c.j. get downhill and take tough shots. it's hard to win like that. once we started scrambling around and stopping those two it all clicked. >> lisa: you really filled up the stat sheet. did you know that you were one shy of a triple double. >> i wint paying attention. i almost lost a game. >> lisa: you had three steals. some of the blocks brought the house down. what was going through your mind tonight? >> i'm the ultimate help man all
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the time. we have two guys on damian and c.j. at all times so i can come weakside i sneak in there. >> lisa: moving forward you got this one. this is a tough team. mccollum and lillard scored 73 points between them. what has to change moving forward? >> we have to stop them in the first half. to minimize -- we're never going to stop them. cut that back just a little bit we'll be fine. >> lisa: mike. >> mike: thank you, lisa. they outscored the blazers 31-21 in the fourth quarter as portland had six turnovers. when we come back, final thoughts from jeff van gundy and mark jackson as golden state take s game one in oakland. jillian? yeah? you're not married. i mean, if we're giving it a term... sure i guess he's more of a boyfriend. how long have you been dating?
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...a potential boyfriend, yeah. so he's your friend. (whisper) chiropractor. ♪ hey you've gotta see this. cno.n. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. golden state takes game one. 121-109, good start in the playoffs, guys as we had the upset yesterday with utah
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winning. tnt's got houston and oklahoma city, that should be a great matchup, mark. >> mark: that's going to be battle all throughout. two spectacular players, that's going to be fun. >> mike: mreen while in the east, boston and chicago tonight. jeff. >> jeff: going up against a good chicago team. that was really a revelation. >> mike: well done, guys. >> mike: so for our entire crew, mike breen saying thanks so much for watching. opening weekend of the 2017 praufs, some sensational performances here in oracle arena. thanks for watching abc home of the nba finals. is is how it fees when you eat a subway® $6 footlong sub of the day.
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dangerous. police say he livestreamed the homicide and claims he's killed more. failure to launch. "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meade role goodies, melissa magee, jeff sky verse ski, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. sunday night, police make an arrest in the dirt bike crash and carjack ago this left woman and have year-old knee seriously injured. also from church services to the traditional, promenade, people all across the delaware valley are celebrating, easter sunday.
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but the big story on "action news" is developing story right now, three homes have been damaged on this easter sunday and a fire still burning in bucks county. >> in fact, thinks happening in morrisville right across the river from trenton. "action news" reporter annie mccormack joins us live from the scene with the details, annie. >> reporter: walter and sarah we have learn that the fire is now under control but you can see behind me is there still pouring water on it from all side. now, a number of the fire companies that did respond to are now pulling up their hoses but there are still many more that remain on the scene. take a look at this video, this is video from the scene because of issues with fire hydrants near the fire, specifically, the what ther pressure fire fighters ran hoses all throughout this morrisville neighborhood and into the delaware river. you can see that there are also, wires down, from the fire, fire crews called in for emergency assistance, from peco and a number of neighbors on the block, and they tell me that they are without, power, at this time. the fire ripped through at
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least three single family homes in the 100 block of park avenue. they all face the delaware river right across the way from trenton. well, neighbors next door heard people yelling, some lucky to get out with their families, their pets and also to move their cars. one man who lives next door says that his family had just left minutes before, this fire broke out. lets take a listen. >> we hear popping. i hear some yelling. it is okay. i hear banging on the door i thought maybe somebody got hurt, fire works or something like that. and then the guy said is there a house that is on fire. whose's house, you know. i looked over and her house was already in flames. i mean, you could tell it was already way inn side. >> reporter: back out here live, where you can still see fire companies are pouring water on at least two of those homes, we're still waiting to hear more details from the fire chief, at this location, like we said, there are a number of fire companies that responded all throughout the bucks county area here to
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morrisville. at this point we're hearing there are no injuries. reporting live from morrisville, annie mccormack for channel six "action news". back to you. we are following, developing news out of delaware county, within about the past hour, fire fighters did get the upper hand on a apartment building fire here in land down. the flames broke out at 3:30 this afternoon on north rigby avenue. officials tell "action news" that the fire started on the up are floors, we are still working to get more information, about possible injuries, that the cause of the fire is not -- is under investigation. moving to the accu weather forecast fur plans included time outdoors on this easter sunday, you hit the jackpot. summer may still be about two months away but we enjoyed a prelude of things to come today. meteorologist melissa magee joins us now, with the first check of the accu weather forecast. hi there melissa. >> hi there walter. we had a taste of summer here on our easter sunday as temperatures were well above average. highs in the middle up toker 80's all across most location
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is today. eighty-four right now in philadelphia with that west to southeasterly win, 82 in allentown. eighty-three in millville. cooler at the coast with the wind coming off the water. beach haven 66. cape may in at 72. only issue with our forecast was wind were quite blustery, sustained there 10 to 20 miles an hour but we are starting to pick up higher gusts. we have a gusting of 31 miles an hour in philadelphia, 39 miles an hour in allentown and a gusts of 29 to the west there in lancaster. so if you are stepping outside for the rest of tonight looking at the evening planner , 7:00 p.m. that temperature still at 80 degrees. 8:00 p.m. 77. we will be in the lower 70's at nine, 10, 11:00 o'clock underneath a partly cloudy sky is there a risk of isolated shower, storm tracker six live double scan radar d is showing you cloud moving n is there a cold front off to the west that will make progress to the east later on tonight and then during the overnight hours. so stray shower is likely mainly north and west of
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philadelphia, then a week turning cooler but still nice back to work on monday, also tracking some late week rain, we will take a closer look at that coming up with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, sarah back inside to you. with the weather so warm on this easter sunday many people spent the day outdoors, enjoying the sunshine with family. action cam was here at belmont plateau this afternoon where many families, enjoyed an easter meal cooked right on the barbecue. the children, kicked off a soccer ball, others, raced a remote control car. however you enjoyed this holiday hopefully you were able to expenditure time outdoors. but of course for many the first order of business, today was easter sunday services. action cam on the scene here, at the basilica of saints peter and paul in center city where archbishop chaput celebrated mass this afternoon this was just one of the four services held today at the basilica. meanwhile, tens of thousands of people as you can see went through heavy security checks to attend mass in st. peters square as pope francis celebrated easter sunday.
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pontiff delivered his easter message from the central balcony from st. peters about a sill contact he decried the horrors of war, hatred and reflect on suffering around the world, and he urged followers to never let go of their faith. some worshipers awoke bright and early to celebrate the easter sunday, sunrise services were held all around the delaware valley. one we're about to show you took full advantage of today's beautiful weather. >> ♪ >> center city's presbyterian church held its easter services right outside of rittenhouse square. they were accompanied by west minister brass which has been residents of the church for nearly three decade. ♪ >> down at new jersey shore, and an easter tradition continued today, ocean city's music pier was filled with worshipers, for annual inter faith sunrise services. the congregation joined in prayer and song by the beach,
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as the sun, peaked over the horizon. and the congregation in delaware county gathered to day to prove that a church is made up of the faithful, not brick and mortar. ever abundant life church in darby was severely damaged by fire a year ago this week, their church is still being renovated but today they gathered at darby recreational center to hold a special easter sunday services there members wanted to show that the church ace live and well even though their church building is not yet developed. meanwhile in downingtown members of the calvary fellowship celebrated their easter sunday under a new roof , their building was damaged more than a year ago when the roof collapsed under the weight of heavy snowfall. they hold services in the gymnasium ever since but they were back in their main building for this joyous service. enan tabernacle church in mount air think sunday service offered uplifting worship and chance for church to give a real life lesson in the teachings of jesus christ. >> ♪
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>> during services today church lead's long with the community college of philadelphia, announced partial scholarships, for philadelphia high school students. the scholarship is designed for students who are eligible for programs, for other necessities. tabernacle senior pastor with the president of the community college of philadelphia, explained why they decided to offer offer the scholarship. >> metvation is it is right thing to do. jesus gave to us salvation and so because he gave us, we give to others. >> each year enan tabernacle announces a new program to help, community members. the organization chosen 300 ministries held a special service for homeless today, cities mantua section. and everyone who attended enjoyed a full course breakfast and all of the children received a easter basket filled with treats. in other news police in upper darby made an arrest in the crash and carjacking that ended with a woman and her six year-old, seriously injured
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yet. three cleve douglass is facing a long list of charges. he was riding a dirt bike through philadelphia, and police gave chase. douglass crossed into upper darby where he ran down the woman and her niece. they say he then carjack a vehicle and then took off. douglas was also injured in the class and arraigned at chester crozer hospital where he is being treated to day. is there still much more to come on "action news", including more coverage of easter events all around the region. we will take to you south street for the annual prom men made which drew hundreds of very well dressed people and a few easter bunnies. and a community in north philadelphia comes together, to clear a vacant lot to have youngsters having their own easter egg hunt. heart breaking loss for phillies in the bottom of the ninth. jeff skversky has details in sports but first a look at some easter photos you have shared with us today. think that he'll construe it as
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with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's supposed to do release its own insulin. trulicity responds when my blood sugar rises. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. in front of the boardwalk near bally's casino. pries were handed out in 10 categories, monk the judges, atlantic city mayor don guardian and miss new jersey's 2016, bren a white. i like her hat. we have the most time honored easter that digses in philadelphia, annual easter promenade on south street. >> hundreds of people showed up dressed in their easter best, "action news" reporter bob brooks was there. >> reporter: yes. >> ♪ >> reporter: for the eighty-fifth year it was eighth ter promenade march down south street, ♪ >> reporter: as expected, on point, so many of the young boys and girls, the goal, to be best dressed. >> i am wearing a flower
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dressed, and at the bottom and bow in the middle. >> reporter: are you the best dressed here. >> yes. i think you might win. >> reporter: this is the biggest crowd they have ever had for promenade, gorgeous weather. >> it is not a surprise. >> reporter: everyone was enjoying a day, even our very own alycia vitarelli was there >> happy easter. >> reporter: helped judge for best dressed and other parade award, long standing easter promenade tradition, so much fun for some, they just want more. >> this is wonderful. i will go to every neighborhood have it in every neighborhood. >> reporter: another look out here at promenade and i have to be honest this was my first experience here, but i must say how everyone, young and old looks absolutely wonderful reporting from head house square, bob brooks, channel six, "action news". all day long you have been sending us pictures of your easter festivities with the #, six abc action. >> here's another lot at cutest on the bunch. we will be right back. (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes,
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>> we think it should be rolled jeff's here now with sports, and a tough loss for the phillies and this one came late in the game. >> bryce harper is a big pain for the phillies, today, and, many other times. let's not sugar coat it after week phillies have had, nothing would be better then for phillies to hop out of washington with a series win against the nationals. you thought your easter egg hunt was chaotic, the bun any d.c. has had way too much candy, he is bouncing off the wall. watch out. speaking of jumping, the ball jumps, all daniel's bat here in the eighth, back comes phillies, jason werth, um-hmm, he miss play is it, thanks, hernandez scores from first.
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phillies within one. later in the eighth, tommy joseph. two outs. rbi single. phillies tie it up at three. then in the ninth, runners on third, freddie galvis, to second. here comes aaron altear, matt we hadders, watch closely drop the ball. joachim benoit facing bryce harper. watch the pitch. right down the middle of the plate. benoit knows it, gone. harper's second of the day. his first career hit against benoit it is walk off game winning three run home run. phillies lose six-four. they lose the series. phillies in their early season issue with the closer job. coming up on sports sunday mike missanelli will join me live in the studio at 11:45. phillies face mets in new york on tuesday, zach oakland will headache fist first start. like the phillies game, time in the ninth with to out marlins pj riddle the walk off
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two run home run. marlins beat mets for third straight game, four-two the final. miami is tied with washington for first place. the eagles are still doing their homework on potential draft picks among those looking for a predraft interview glassboro native corry clemens, scheduled to meet with the eagles on wednesday, and at six abc. clemens a, running back there glassboro high school played college ball at wisconsin where he ran for 15 touchdowns and nearly 1400-yard as a certificate. clemens is projected as a third, or fifth round pick. running back is among the need , for the eagles. with the eagles, with their picks, we are live at parkway for preview nfl draft here in philadelphia, wednesday night, check out "action news" sports special, the draft preview, party special at 7:30 on wednesday, april 26th. he has played in 31 games in three seasons and is risky as it is, sixers still plan a rebuild that future around
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joel embiid. he has played only 13 percent of those games because of injuries. sixers say they have seen enough to know embiid is a game changer. only other rookie in history to average near bye 29 points, in 36 minutes, wilt chamberlain. as far as embiid being able to stay healthy on the court they envision him being able to play in back to back games next season. >> i look at joel's found days as completely scratching the surface of what he is going to be. he is just at the infant stage of where he will end up and those infant stages as we all see are just incredibly unique nba playoffs here on six abc steph curry and golden state having a tum time. cj mccolumn from lehigh university with the circus shot. he scores 41. it is still in the enough. fourth quarter warriors
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runaway, green with the basket and the foul. golden state takes game 1121- 109. can't wait to see sixers, one day, hoping this time next year back in the playoffs. it has been five years all right. >> we will keep waiting until it happens. >> thanks, jeff. up next on "action news", north philadelphia neighborhood joins together to bring easter joy for local children. meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back. vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers.
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