murray comes up so a murray for each team tonight, dejante on the hawks and of course jamal on the denver nuggets. dave's call well poke as vogan bogan breathing hard all already here, keep an eye on him in those legs have been great against the east so far this season, 23 and six, that shot is off the mark, capella is the second best offensive rebounder in the nba. a young couple, yes, and they have just started living together . he brutally attacked gaza and the images that were broadcast from gaza were really painful. one of those movies that impressed me a lot was a type of wedding that was for the type of doumadi he had become a martyr, they were cheering and cheering and so on. in the end , we sat down with my wife one night and talked about how we can really celebrate and have a wedding in such a situation, regardless of this issue. we had common ideals with the people of palestine and gaza , so we made a common decision to cancel our wedding. from the costs of canceling the wedding and the things that were done, the only help we thought we could give to the people of ghaza directly in tha

lebronjames stormed out of a press conference, after his la lakers side narrowly lost to the denver nuggetsof the play—offs. the lakers lost 101—99 but james and his team—mates were unhappy about the decision to overturn a foul on d'angelo russell during the match. the lakers gave up a 20 point lead as the nuggets went 2—0 up in the series. and after the match lebron�*s frustration was directed at the officiating. i don't understand what's going on in the replay center, to be honest. i think i said it this year or last year, or whatever. d'lo clearly gets hit in the face on a drive. why the bleep do we have everyplace enter? it doesn't make sense to me. i am sorry i did not answer your question, but... and then i just saw what happened with the 6ers—knicks game too. what are we doing? clearly u nha ppy clearly unhappy there. the upsets keep coming at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the three time winner mark williams is the latest seed to be knocked out. he was beaten 10—9 by the 21—year—old chinese qualifier — si jah—wee of china in a thrilling deciding frame at the crucible.

three games were held when the denver nuggets were away from home.ter philadia was selected as the best player of the field by scoring 50 points and four assists . on the other side, new york guard julia branson was the star of his team by scoring 39 points, but he could not prevent new york from losing. cleveland cavaliers vs. orlando magic in the third game this morning 83 121 failed but in the conclusion of cleveland is one of his opponents. the matches of the knockout stage will be held in the form of four wins out of seven games. we also have a review of some other sports news. the basketball team of gorgan municipality, the representative of our country, in the first final game of the west asian super league last night , lost 60 results to its host from math lebanon . the second meeting between the two teams will be held on wednesday night in tehran. the games of this stage are played twice in three games. maryam tosi , our country's 20-meter sprinter in the american rangking world athletics championships, recorded a time of 23 seconds and 60 h

even though we expect the nuggets will advance. so you got denver defending champs. minnesota both look good. kind of the old guard. the lakers the suns. the suns are you know down three games to none. they're in trouble. so rank the top three in the west. >> for me i think for me denver is an easy one right. because i think you're the defending champion. you're going to beat until somebody knocks you off. but when you start going to between minnesota and okc, i love okc. i love the way they play. i love the pieces they have. they're young, they're energetic. but when you look at minnesota and they have the twin towers i love that team as well. so i'm very i'm struggling larry with two and three i feel pretty good about one. yeah >> any team with two seven footers you are likely to head in that direction. remember when rudy gobert when they first acquired him in minnesota that $40 million a year. people thought it was crazy. it's worked out with he and karl anthony towns i wasn't sure he's going to work. >> there's to see a seven footer a72 playing point guard out on

two games this morning , in one of the meetings, the los angeles lakers won 119 188 against the denver nuggetsheir fourth match and compensated for one of their defeats, but overall also, denver 3-pointer lebron james with 30 points, 5 rebounds and four passes leading to points, vantoni davis with 25 points, 23 rebounds and seven passes leading to points played an effective role in the victory of the lakers against nikola jokic center. dear people interested in sports news , thank you for this news section and god bless you. in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful , we offer greetings to you, dear viewers of the 13 o'clock news network, together with my colleagues, the parliament amended the articles of the tax plan on speculation and gambling in order to obtain the opinion of the guardian council. based on this , the business tax rate is 35% and the inflation rate is also it will be included in the tax calculation process. gold and foreign exchange transactions through the official market will not be included in this plan. also, with the overall plan to amend the tables of

it's the play—offs in the nba and the defending champions, the denver nuggets, are already on the brinkd at the expense of lebronjames�* la lakers. the nuggets have a 3—0 series lead — aaron gordon leading the way with 29 points. and nikola jokic with another 24 in their 112-105 victory in game three. lebronjames scored 26, but couldn't prevent the lakers from losing a seventh successive playoffs game against denver. no nba team has ever come back from 3—0 behind in a series. you take one game at a time. at this point, you lose and you go home so you come up with the mindset of let's get one and go from there. as if you still have life there, you always had belief, you play till the wheels fall off. that is what it is about for me. that is what it is about for me. meanwhile, the philadelphia 76ers' centrejoel embiid produced his best ever play—offs performance despite suffering with bell's palsy, which affects muscles in his face. embiid scored 50 points in their 125—111; win over the new york knicks, to halve the deficit to 2—1 in their series. it is pretty annoying with the left side

nikola jokic scored a game—high 41 points to help the defending nba champions denver nuggets reclaimence with a 116—107 victory over the minnesota timberwolves. meanwhile, the cleveland cavaliers beat the memphis grizzlies 110—98 to move within one victory of wrapping up an nba playoff spot. donovan mitchell racked up 29 points and eight assists injust his 10th game since the middle of february. the cavaliers have lost 11 of their last 17, but sit fourth in the eastern conference and would secure a second straight play—off appearance if they beat indiana on friday, or charlotte on sunday. the london lions women's team have made british basketball history after beating besiktas to win the eurocup and becoming the first british team to win a european basketball trophy. the lions won 81—70 at the copperbox arena in london after trailing from the first leg against their turkish opponents. holly winterburn with a huge three points inside the final 20 seconds, as the lions took the crown by the finest of margins, winning byjust four points on aggregate. and the pioneering hawaii—born sumo

in the nba, jamal murray's buzzer—beater saw defending champions denver nuggets beat the la lakers 101 lead in their play—off first—round series. anthony davis�* 2a first—half points helped the lakers take a 59—44 lead. they then stretched that to a 20—point lead, early in the third period. but the lakers missed eight straight shots in the third quarter, and lebronjames missed a three—pointer with 16 seconds left, allowing murray to take advantage and secure the win. we know they are a great sense of power team. we know they are going to get into a weather at some point, especially on their home floor, you just have to withstand them and i think we did. obviously we gave up a 20 point lead in that unfortunate but 20 point lead in this league is not safe, especially this is the defending champion, we have got to do better with that. in the eastern conference, the new york knicks lead the philadelphia 76ers 2—0, in their best—of—seven series after coming from behind to win 104—101. four—time world snooker champion mark selby was knocked out in the first round of this year's tournament an

after the los angeles lakers were knocked out of the nba play—offs by last seasons champions the denver nuggets narrowly won the fifth game of the best of seven series 108—106 to take an unasailable series lead. the nba's all—time leading points scorer was chasing his fifth title and his first with the lakers since 2020, but now faces questions on whether he will play ever again. i don't have an answer to your first question. i haven't given it much thought. some pound point i will sit down with my agent. i let's speak to our royal correspondence sarah campbell who is where the king hasjust correspondence sarah campbell who is where the king has just visited. correspondence sarah campbell who is where the king hasjust visited. it is a big moment. where the king has “ust visited. it is a big moment._ where the king has 'ust visited. it is a big moment. yes, you 'oin me, we miaht is a big moment. yes, you 'oin me, we might be — is a big moment. yes, you 'oin me, we might be lucky, he _ is a big moment. yes, youjoin me, we might be lucky, he might - is a big moment. yes, youjoin me, we might be lu

. >> yeah, it's the younger brother of nba champion denver nugget michael porter junior. and he was kicked out of the league. >> you could say he gambled and lost pretty big big time. he's out of the nba this morning. a casualty of the increasingly close ties between the gambling world and pro sports. for the first time in more than 60 years, the nba banning a player for gambling the league, saying toronto raptors player jontay porter bet more than $50,000 on games and influenced games to benefit gamblers he knew personally. >> the league's investigation found everything from limiting his own participation in games, sharing confidential information with known bettors and betting on as many as 13 nba games himself. >> the investigation revealing porter left the game after just three minutes last month, claiming he was ill to benefit people who had gambled that he'd have only limited playing time that night. the nba says one gambler associated with porter had placed an $80,000 bet on him, underperforming and stood to make more than $1 million. >> there is nothing more serio

after the los angeles lakers were knocked out of the nba play—offs by last season's champions the denver nuggets faces questions on whether he will play again. i don't have an answer to your first question, to be honest. i haven't given it much thought. obviously at some point i will sit down with rich, my agent, and sit down with my family and see what is best, what is best for my career. we will cross that when we need to. how taxing? very taxing, mentally, physically and spiritually come everything, to be able to play this game alone and then to try to play at a high level is very taxing, it is a lot of dedication, hard work and a lot of long hours. there are nine water—based sports in this summer's olympics in paris, including rowing — some of them in the pool, but many in outdoor water. there have been calls for action to address water pollution and several uk water—based sports have united to demand that the uk government addresses pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. they want compulsory monitoring of all sewage outlets to protect participants. chair of uk sport, dame katherine

moor this weekend, nikola jokic scored a game—high 41 points to help the defending nba champions denver nuggets western conference with a a 116—107 victory over the minnesota timberwolves. t%he cleveland cavaliers beat the memphis grizzlies 110—98 to move within one victory of wrapping up an nba playoff spot. donovan mitchell racked up 29 points and eight assists injust his 10th game since the middle of february. the cavaliers have lost 11 of their last 17, but sit fourth in the eastern conference and would secure a second straight play—off appearance if they beat indiana on friday, or charlotte on sunday. and some sad news to bring you, the pioneering hawaii—born sumo wrestling champion akebono has died at the age of 5a. he played football and basketball in high school before breaking into the traditional japanese sport of sumo. in 1993 he became the first foreign—born grand champion and became a japanese citizen in 1996. the united states ambassador to japan called akebono "a giant in the world of sumo, a proud hawaiian and a bridge between the united states and japan." and that's all the spo

beginning of the decisive round of the playoff stage of this competition with four games, and denver nuggets managed to defeat 114 13 los angeles lakers. in this game, nikolaich center denver was the best player on the field with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 7 passes , but the effort of anthony davis, a member of the lakers team , will be held today despite the 28th week of league one football. in the most important matches, khyber -khoranabad and darya babil, chador mladkan with gaj saran oil and gas, and fajr sepasi of shiraz with esteghlal blue pushan molasseni will go the same distance. in the framework of the semi-final stage of the premier basketball league today, from 16:00, the teams of gorgan municipality and mehram of tehran will face each other for the second time. they get a team abadan natural and oil refining will hold their fifth game in the quarter-finals until the assignment of the last winning team to the semi-finals will be determined, and the latest news is that jalil kohbayezadeh, the head of the veterans and able-bodied federation of our country, will serve as the head of

. >> the denver nuggets begin defense of their nba crown and defense of their nba crown and the south (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. >>> denver of 1, 5:35 remaining here in the third quarter. pick and roll, jokic. >> aaron gordon throwing it down on the alley oop, the pride of san jose scored a dozen points with 11 rebounds and the nuggets beat the lakers in game 1 of their first round nba playoff series. back here at home a milestone day at the ballpark for a pair of san francisco giants. a choristers -- gorgeous day to play baseball at oracle park. giants take on diamondbacks. lee has his first career home run in san francisco which tied the game at 1. it was patrick bailey bobblehead day and he put on a show. he delivers his first career splash hit a home run. didn't actually go into the water, it went into the kayak and he went 4 for 4 with four rbi and was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. giants bounce back and get back on the winning track beating the diamondbacks, 7-3. >> we play good defense

morning the meeting continued with the holding of the third game, and in one of the games, the denver nuggets won against the los angeles lakers 119 in their second game and took a 2.0 lead. denver's serbian center, nikola jukic , scored 27 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in this game, leading to the score of the star on the other side, but the brilliance of lakers' center anthony davis, despite recording 32 points and 11 rebounds, was not enough to prevent his team's defeat. our country's rider won the cross-country championship in the international mountain competition in spain and won 30 world points. the 25th edition of the ceremony of the best sports of the season it was held in laros in spain, and novak djokovic , the famous tennis player from serbia, and aitana buonmati , the spanish soccer player. they won the best male and female athlete of the year awards respectively. jody belgham, the english striker of real madrid, also became a selfie phenomenon. the italian club udinese announced the dismissal of gabriel sofi as the head coach of this team and the selection of fabio cannavar

lebron in fine form with 30 points as the nuggets fell to the lakers for the first time since december 2022. the teams head back to denverere's a check on the other results. boston, the nba's top seed, lead their best of seven series against miami heat after a comprehensive 1011—81; win. it's all square between orlando and cleveland with the magic winning the latest game there. and oklahoma city thunder will try to complete a sweep of their first—round series on monday in new orleans. they beat the pelicans 106—85. ronnie o'sullivan has taken his impressive form into his second round match at the world snooker championship in sheffield. o'sullivan — who's looking to win a record breaking eighth title at the crucible — lostjust one frame in his frst round match and was quickly into his stride winning the first two against welshman ryan day. day hit back to take the third. first to 13 will reach the quarter finals. elsewhere stephen maguire leads shaun murphy 11—7. leads shaun murphy 12—8. and that's all the sport for now. police have moved in on a pro—palestinian protest at northeastern university in boston. officials sai

lebron in fine form with 30 points as the nuggets fell to the lakers for the first time since december, 2022. the teams head back to denverere's a check on the other results. boston are the top seed in the east. they lead their best of seven series against miami heat 2—1 after a comprehensive win. orlando beat cleveland to level the series at 2—2. and oklahoma city thunder will try to complete a sweep of their first—round series on monday in new orleans. they beat the pelicans for a third time. the nfl draft is complete, with all 257 picks made in detroit. among them — a british prospect who's never played a game of american football before. travis clayton was selected in the seventh and final round by the buffalo bills. he's a former rugby player from basingstoke who took part in the league's international player pathway programme as an offensive lineman. he's six foot seven and weighs more than 300 pounds. he will now battle for a spot on the bills�* regular season roster. world numberfour elena rybakina eased to a straight sets victory over mayar sherif to reach the last 16 of the madrid open. the kazakh player, who ha

the denver nuggets are just so good. nver versus boston in the finals here, guys. >> whit: okay. great series to watch there. all right. you've already dropped a few names, but we know that the rosters are very star-studded here, so are there any other players that fans should keep an eye on? >> i'm looking at anthony edwards, the young star of the minnesota timberwolves. he told me he thinks that in the next two or three things, he could be the best player in the nba, and you know what? if game one, his preview against the phoenix suns which already has future hall of famers like kevin durant in it, i think he could be well on his way. he was looking like the best player in that series. you know, he's such an electric, athletic player. he dunks the ball at just an insane rate, plus he has a little bit of trash talk. come with that, stay for the fun, the jarring that you hear back and forth on the floor. he's quickly becoming a fan favorite here. >> janai: that sounds around like "gma." stick around for the trash talk. th

in europe like manchester united soccer team as well as teams like the new york yankees, the denver nuggetsl these big names increasingly have global footprints because social media's pushing out clips all around the world. jack: you mentioned nil, this name, image and likeness thing where if you're on instagram, you're a decent college athlete, you can make hundreds of thousands, in some cases millions of dollars. tell us about what that's doing. >> yeah. that's unfolding right now. it's a little bit messy state by state. but if you're a women's college basketball player, you know, out there or, for instance, you know, a football player, there's a guy at the university of houston i think we have a picture of him, damian dunn, you know, working for a local ford dealer getting a few thousand bucks in his pocket. but, you know, the big names out there, bronny james, arch manning and caitlin clark, the superstar women's basketball player at the university of iowa, they are getting -- they have the value of $3-4 million a year annually from if advertising which is, of course, a sea change for a

48 athletics competitions will receive 50,000 dollars and in the ba basketball competitions , denver nuggets, milwaukee bucks, cleveland cavaliers, brooklyn nets, phoenix sands, charlotte hornets and oklahoma thunder won against their opponents. the police command of the country issued an announcement about the implementation of the noor project with the aim of legally dealing with social anomalies from saturday, april 25 , in all the roads of the country. observe chastity and hijab, and the police are obliged to do so according to the duties of the assigned missions those who do not have the law will be dealt with legally. the bodies of the five martyrs of the terrorist attack two days ago on two faraja cars were prepared in siboran, masla, zabul. the bodies of these martyrs are supposed to be transferred to their hometowns in the cities of sistan baluchistan province for burial. mossom terrorist group like al. adl was responsible for this attack, my hossein, my hossein, my hossein, and the blessed martyrdom of my mother. in this region, we are all shiites and sunnis, we are brothers. the n

the main stage of the ba basketball tournament today with the victory of the denver nuggets and the new york knicks and the cleveland cavaliers were followed up against their opponents. thank you for your company. but today is tuesday, 4th of may, 14th of shawwal and 23rd of april. sunset in tehran. maghrib call to prayer will be at 18.4 hours and 19.3 hours and sharia midnight will be at 23.17 hours. we are very grateful for your attention and companionship with this news series, dear and respected compatriots. now we will go together to the higher program studio and join my colleague, mr. seifi, mr. seifi. hello, thank you, ms. mirsane, and have a good time , dear viewers. issue summer and nowruz school holidays and their reduction have always been discussed by educational experts. in the past years, this holiday has been reduced and increased several times, but after the implementation , it returned to its previous state, based on the current calendar of the school year. now , it starts from the first of mehr, yes, the first of mehr and ends on june 31, and now the amendment of this

than a 100. 80000 people have been displaced by slugs and schools funding an da tompkins, the denver nuggets go through to the 2nd round of the playoffs at the expense of liberal things. as late as that school story coming up with jo space up to the bright kids on the news out the it's built on usual to see big sun, the storms around the river plates. and they all bare again, but they don't move in the right now. the persistence of that sort of sundry down port. anyone price obviously gives you a risk of sounding stones or damage through hail and they are hanging around and this pot was something brazil. and you're to go south of that generally, generally speaking, but for a few shots is typical for this term here is windy is enough, light to snow, not crossing into southern argentine, it just proving the part that we're heading towards winter. but moving from the knolls just to present as much try and as a noise, the seasonal rains are still there. they're not particularly heavy. and the full cost of the moment that includes ecuador and colombia, but we've seen bull rain in panama, possibly

. >>> with a finish last night in denver. nuggets to marie for the win. onions. trailed the lakers by 20 in the second half rallied to beat l.a. for the 10th straight time. 101-99, the nba raining chance to get 2-0 series lead in the western conference. here is anthony davis's insightful analysis. >> can you take us through that last play? >> jamal made a shot. >> okay. >>> on national table tennis day, it was the perfect time to unveil the usa olympic team, which is dominated by players from the south bay. the team will trade in burlingame, till they leave for the games in paris the summer. plenty of time to work on the fresh language. >> i think might middle school french will get us through. >> reporter: before they go to paris, the usa table tennis team is training right here in burlingame. lily zang will compete in her fourth olympics. it will be the first time for teammate rachel's on. >> i was just in shock but i couldn't believe it. >> this is the dream. you know, this is the highest sporting stage in the world, every four years, it is what we work for ou

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i was at the denver nuggets. look really good. the timberwolves look really, really good in the mix. actually look good. >> orange and blue that's right, ok? all right. we'll see how it all plays out. aaron wilson bank you all right. thank you. okay. we'll people gathered in san francisco today for the annual cherry blossom festival. thousands packing into the streets to enjoy it. highlights are japanese culture and local art food vendors. of course. >> they also some stocking chief people to try out and enjoy like a little of there were cultural performances in the street and in peace plaza on this. the last cherry blossom festival before renovations are going to be beginning. and the plaza night you missed out today. don't worry. tomorrow is actually the last day it's going to feature the big parade that everybody loves and the south bay an event to raise money for kids with disabilities took over san jose's history park, coastal kids home camp brought back its signature touch a truck event, children and families got to explore

this is the denver nuggets you make it 3 to round to the is 10, g m t. thank you for joining. as prosecutors from the international criminal court are reportedly interviewing staff from 2 hospitals in the gaza strip. that's after the discovery of mass graves on the grounds of the 2 facilities. hundreds of bodies were recovered from 3 mass graves on the premises, as well as the mass, the hospital in hon eunice this month. and the remains of dozens more people were assumed at all. she for hospital in guys, a city after and is really seizure of the facility. both hospitals were left badly damaged and out of service after is really throw switcheroo. let's go straight to, i'll just say it was started. capitalism was in rafa for us in southern gaza. the type what more have you found out about these? i see see investigators interviewing staff at nasa hospital and now she's the hospital. who were they talking to and about what precisely well, the 1st one is lee, fully uh, the persecutors of ancient national criminal. who would have been speaking to a number of palestinian medics who h

i wonder how his older brother feel, michael porter, who played in the nba for the denver nuggets. think he's proud? no. here's a guy that's 24 years old that's banned for life and will never play again. and then years from now he'll look back and go, yeah, i really made a mistake. i kind of ruined that part of my life. >> and the message this sends to other players still in the league. >> but we live in a country where we forgive but not forget. ten years from now there's going to be some documentary out there. >> might be. >> after he straightens himself out not playing in the nba, but whatever he's doing, he straightened himself out, and america will understand, okay, he has become contrite to his actions. >> perhaps, one would hope. >> but we are responsible for everything we do. >> and we've got more sports to talk about. >> absolutely, yeah. >>> here's some guys that are responsible for what they did tonight. two hour, 12 minutes p poof, it was over. giants pitching strong. defense strong. offense, a four-run eighth put it to bed. in fact, the diamondbacks unravelled a little

after the los angeles lakers were knocked out of the nba play—offs by last seasons champions the denver nuggetss scorer was chasing his fifth title and his first with the lakers since 2020, but now faces questions on whether he will play ever again. i don't have an answer to your first question, to be honest. i haven't given it much thought. 0bviously, at some point i will sit down with rich, my agent, and sit down with my family and see what is best, what is best for my career. we will cross that when we need to. how taxing? very taxing, mentally, physically and spiritually, everything, to be able to play this game alone and then to try to play at a high level is very taxing, it is a lot of dedication, hard work and a lot of long hours. more details of those stories on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. now to kenya where the president of the country has announced that people in areas at risk of flooding or landslides will be asked to leave tomorrow. at least 169 people have died in the country. tenure are bracing for further rains and the army has been mobilised to help

take a 3 to the last for the defending and the champions, the denver nuggets, the through to the 2nd round of the playoffs at the expense of the broan. james and the lake is denver taking game 5 on monday in l. a. one. 08. 1. 06, the school jamal murray had a great night for the not get see, help them win game too with a bunch of pizza. and he would do something similar here on top of his $32.00 point . so the nights he also signed would prove to be the game, went up with just 3.6 seconds left on the clock and make his attempt at a positive visa was unsuccessful. i'd say all i'm following that defeat and speculation has already begun about the bronze future. the 39 year old made his 1st appearance, me, and be back in 2003. tonight. was there any thought at all? says, you know, this could have been your last game with the lakers. i'm not gonna answer that. i was at some point, i'll sit down with rich, my agent and sit down with my family and see what's best. there's a lot of dedication, a lot of hardware and a lot of long hours. something was very taxing, but it was rewarding because,

nikola jokic was once again the key as defending champions denver nuggets made a winning start to thenthony davis did what they could to keep the lakers in contention, scoring a combined 59 points. butjokic — who is the reigning finals mvp — was dominant at both ends of the court, finishing with 32 points; 12 rebounds and seven assists as the nuggets took the win 114 to 103, and with it a 1—0 series lead. mark selby has begun his campaign to win a fifth world snooker title and he's up against a player he knows very well. joe o'connor might have never competed at the crucible before but he's been to the venue before to support selby, as they're from the same english city. selby is in a spot bother. they've just finished the final frame of the session and he's 6—2 down. o'connor won the seventh with a break of 101 and just took the eighth. in the other match, jakjones is just one frame away from the second round, leading zhang anda 9—4. round three of the chevron championship has resumed after play was halted on saturday due to storms in texas. thailand's atthaya thitikul held a one—sho

nikola jokic was once again the key as defending champions denver nuggets made a winning start to theoring a combined 59 points. butjokic — the reigning finals mvp — was dominant at both ends of the court, finishing with 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the nuggets took the win 114 to 103 and a 1—0 series lead. elsewhere, there were opening wins for the new york knicks over the philadelphia 76ers in their first playoff meeting since 1989. the minnesota timberwolves cruised past the phoenix sunns off the back of 33 points from anthony edwards, while donovan mitchell's 30—point game saw the cleveland cavaliers beat the orlando magic. storms forced the abandonment of the third round of the chevron championship — the first womne's major of the year — with thailand's atthaya thitikul out in front. hot on her heels is world number one nelly korda. the american is tied for second alongside canada's brooke henderson who made seven birdies and an eagle to charge up the leaderboard. however, they both trail world number 10 thitikun by a shot. this putt on the 11th one of three birdie

. >>> and the denver nuggets bounced the lakers from the playoffs. denver's murray delivered the dagger for l.a. the jump shot from the guard allowed them to punch their ticket for the timberwolves and elsewhere, the thunder sweep the pell icans in four games. they go to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2016. i hope you are set with the cough, frank. back to you. >> i'm feeling pretty good. i feel pretty good about the playoffs. excited to see the next generation of stars. frances, thank you. >>> coming up here on "worldwide exchange," changes at the top at one of the major european banks. the stock has popped 17% in the last year. if you haven't already, check "worldwide exchange" out on your favorite podcast apps. more "worldwide exchange" coming up after this. what is cirkul? cirkul is the fuel you need to take flight. cirkul is the energy that gets you to the next level. cirkul is what you hope for when life tosses lemons your way. cirkul, available at walmart and drinkcirkul.com. >>> it is 5:30 a.m. in the new york city a

, lebronjames stormed out of a press conference after his la lakers side narrowly lost to the denver nuggetstes were unhappy about the decision to overturn a foul on d'angelo russell during the match. the lakers gave up a 20—point lead as the nuggets went 2—0 up in the series, and after the match, lebron's frustration was directed at the officiating. i don't understand what's going on in the replay center, to be honest. i think i said it this year or last year, or whatever. d'lo clearly gets hit in the face on a drive. why the (expletive) do we have everyplace enter? == why the (expletive) do we have everyplace enter?— everyplace enter? -- a replay centre. it doesn't make sense to me. iam i am sorry i did not answer your question, but... and then ijust saw what happened with the 6ers—knicks game too. what are we doing? a frustrated lebron james. he has got to the top of his sport — one man hoping to do the same not in basketball but bmx is kieran reilly. he's hoping to add olympic gold to his already glowing honours list and became the first british man to become bmx freestyle park world cha

coming up, the denver nuggets begin defending their nba crown, defeating the lakers in game one. sports is next. >>> denver, 5:45 remaining in the third quarter. yokic, off the board. >> aaron gordon throwing it down, the pride of san jose scored a dozen points with 11 rebounds and seven assists. the nuggets beat the lakers in game one of their first round nba playoff series. good morning, everyone. back here at home, a milestone day at the ballpark for a pair of san francisco giants. gorgeous day for baseball at oracle park. the giants taking on the diamondbacks. bottom one, lee with his first career homer at oracle park. that tied the game at 1-1. it was patrick bailey bobblehead day and he delivers his first career splash hit home run that lands inside the kayak. he went 4 for 4 with three rbi. he was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. the giants get back on the winning track, winning 7-3. >> that's kind of the baseball we're going to play this year. we play good defense, running hard, pitchers are throwing strikes, and i think the boys are swinging a bit better. so i think

. >>> minnesota will meet the denver nuggets or the l.a. n the second round of the western playoffs. denver up, 3-1. one wonders what holds for this team, expectations not met there. >>> meanwhile in dallas, the clippers blew a 31-point lead but still did hold off the mavericks. paul george and james harden each scored 33 points for l.a. clippers beat the mavs. that series now tied up, 2-2. game five wednesday night back in southern california. >>> to the eastern conference now, the indiana pacers pushed what's left of thegy-plagued to the brink of elimination. they combined for 353 points in the game as the pacers used a franchise playoff record 22 three-pointers to beat the bucks, 21-13. they're in trouble. game five tomorrow night in milwaukee. >>> the new york knicks, meanwhile, are also just one win away from the second round. jalen brunson was immense, scoring 47 points in a game, the most ever by a knicks player in the postseason, and the new york knicks beat the 76ers, 97-92. they can punch a win in a game five tomorrow night at msg.

in a tiebreaker with last year's champs, the denver nuggets, who are trying to become the eighth franchise titles. behind them the timberwolves, clippers, mavs, suns, as well as the pelicans and the lakers, who will be tasked with slowing down the defending champs in the first round of the playoffs. now, the nba playoffs begin this afternoon. it's a quadruple header of games on espn and abc all starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern with the magic taking on the cavs. tomorrow on "gma," espn's malika andrews will join us live to break down even more. guys? >> janai: wait, so like the nba playoffs they end in june, right? that's a long time. >> gio: yeah. [ laughter ] >> janai: just realizing how long the nba playoffs are. there's a lot of basketball coming up. brace yourselves. >> whit: here we go. thank you, ike. we appreciate it. all that hoop talk. >>> coming up here on "gma" this morning, the rise of so-called super fake bags. the luxury counterfeits are harder to spot than ever. how to know if you're about to buy a fake. >> gio: also ahead, look what she made us do. we're decoding taylor's new

the denver nuggets will begin defending their nba title as the number two seed after the win over thes. meanwhile the suns' win moves them up to number 6 and the final guaranteed playoff seat in the conference while the pelicans lost to the lakers. the two-day play in tournaments will start tomorrow. we will preview them then. >>> meanwhile major league baseball will celebrate jackie robinson who back on this date in 1947 broke the color barrier when he made his historic debut with the dodgers. they have dedicated april 15th as jackie robinson day each year since 2004 and requesting that every player and all on-field personnel wear his number 42 during the game scheduled on the 15th. i should note the jackie robinson museum here in manhattan is worth a visit. you should go. >>> time now for the weather, and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. good to see you out there. how is it looking out there? >> great to see you. we're looking at a few things. we have several days of severe weather threats. today it's in the plains. warm temperatures will be in two third

hardwood and talk nba playoffs where we had a full slate of games today and none bigger than the denver nuggets taking on the los angeles lakers, the matchup in la where lebron is citing fighting to keep the team in the hunt down 3 games to none to the defending champs and he did not let laker fans down tonight. every time the lakers began to falter, he was there to save the let's go to the 4th quarter. d'angelo russell uses and anthony davis screen gets throws in the no look out. you passed lebron for that jam nuggets made a run lay down by 8 from lebron powers his way through there, the lane for a dagger layup with one 31 lebron finished with 30 points on the night avoids elimination. lakers win one, 19 they go back to the mile high city for game 5 on monday. >> let's go down to the big easy. the pelicans looking to get back in their series with the thunder trailing 2 games to shade gilgeous alexander. they say the called >> takes the pass on the top here makes a quick move through the key swing. the pelicans defense pretty bucket there led okc with 24 thunder led from tipoff put the game awa

lakers will take on the defending champion denver nuggets. that should be a good one.e eastern conference play in tournament tips off tonight. the philadelphia 76ers will host the miami heat to determine the number 7 seed. the loser that game will get another chance to learn a play in spot. loser of hawks-bulls, though, is out. we turn now to the nhl. the washington capitals are officially stanley cup contenders. tj oshy broke a tie and punched a ticket to the playoffs. washington will face the trophy winning new york rangers in the first round. there was a lot of chaos last night, pull that goalie early, didn't matter. caps win and advance. the canucks are two points behind the dallas stars in the western conference. and the playoffs and nhl and also kick off this weekend. time now for the weather and let's go to meteorologist angie lassman for the forecast. >> it's been busy the past couple of days. that same storm system that already spawned 23 tornado reports over the past couple of of days continues to be problematic. right behind it we're going to watch another s

the lakers are on the brink of elimination after another loss to the champion denver nuggets last nighton put up a cull rear high 29 points. nikola yokech added 24. denver will look to complete the sweep tomorrow night. the orlando magics got on the board handing cleveland its worst playoff loss in franchise history. the 121-83 victory cuts orlando's deficit from two games to one. game four is saturday afternoon in florida. >>> and in philadelphia the 76ers avoided a 3-0 hole with a 125-114 win over the new york knicks last night. i'm sorry to our colleague shaquille bruster. the reigning mvp announced after the game he's been diagnosed with a form of facial paralysis he has has affected him since before the play-in tournament. and a pair of eastern conference contenders pushed to the brink of elimination last night. in tampa bay two goals scored by matthew helped the florida panthers to a 5-3 road vict in a 3-0 series against the lightening. the hurricanes beating the islanders 3-2. time now for the weather to warm it up from the ice rink we go to meteorologist angie lassman for the fo