>> mike: a poor decision by russell westbrook. and it will put chalmers on the free-throw line. what a play from shane battier. >> jeff: but westbrook thought the shot clock had reset. it had only gone to five seconds. >> mike: that's just being unaware of the situation. a bad decision for russell westbrook. >> jeff: game three, they did something similar with james harden's fouling when scott brooks didn't want to foul. >> mike: not recognizing the time of the shot clock would be a critical mistake. chalmers, a very good two-point shooter would take it a two-possession game. s that one of the great finals performances here in the second half. and now it's a four-point game. the thunder still have one time-out remaining. chalmers, two free throws. scott brooks calls his final time-out. 24 huge points. lebron james with his cramping in his legs. sitting down, a couple of possessions for his team, up by five. and 13.8 seconds away. from taking command in these finals. we've got "sportscenter" coming up right after game four. we'll hear from dwyane wade and kevin durant. magic johns

another big play from nick collison from russell westbrook. >> mike: kevin durant, russell westbrook. shining here in the fourth quarter. as the thunder now leading by nine with 29 seconds remaining. westbrook what a game he's had. 29 points, 11 assist, 8 rebounds and only two turnovers. miller. fakes a three. miller on the drive. and lays it in. shot clock turned off. sefolosha back to westbrook. and the heat not fouling. and there it is. it's going to be too little, too late. kevin durant will go to the line. already with 15 points here in the fourth quarter. and 34 for the game in his first appearance in an nba finals. >> jeff: mike, when miami looks at the second halftime, they are going to see a couple times when they could have balanced the floor better. too many gambles. the stales led to direct line drive. and they got to figure out, who is the best matchup to try to make russell westbrook shoot the ball over the top, versus again, more assaults on the rim. >> mike: he had his way in the second half. oklahoma city has outscored miami by 18 points in the second half. >> jeff: m

>> mike: a poor decision by russell westbrook. and it will put chalmers on the free-throw line. what a play from shane battier. >> jeff: but westbrook thought the shot clock had reset. it had only gone to five seconds. >> mike: that's just being unaware of the situation. a bad decision for russell westbrook. >> jeff: game three, they did something similar with james harden's fouling when scott brooks didn't want to foul. >> mike: not recognizing the time of the shot clock would be a critical mistake. chalmers, a very good two-point shooter would take it a two-possession game. s that one of the great finals performances here in the second half. and now it's a four-point game. the thunder still have one time-out remaining. chalmers, two free throws. scott brooks calls his final time-out. 24 huge points. lebron james with his cramping in his legs. sitting down, a couple of possessions for his team, up by five. and 13.8 seconds away. from taking command in these finals. we've got "sportscenter" coming up right after game four. we'll hear from dwyane wade and kevin durant. magic johns

what a shot from russell westbrook, and it's time-out, miami! westbrook looks exhausted. it's a three-point game with 1:47 remaining. >> jeff: miami's had a couple shaky offensive possessions where they got the clock down, then durant misses a couple, but flld up by westbrook. this shows you what a dynamic russell westbrook is. [ marv albert ] he is suffering from flu-like symptoms. we had to help him into the locker room. [ cheers and applause ] it made me a believer. [ cheers and applause ] [ phil jackson ] not in luck, or fate... [ marv albert ] you can see how exhausted michael jordan is. ...but in the will to win. ♪ [ marv albert ] yes! michael jordan! [ phil jackson ] you win from within. [ marv albert ] classic performance by michael jordan. ♪ it is time to say "so long" to the foot long, man. who are you talking to? [ male announcer ] say hello to the p'zolo... in meat trio, italian steak and buffalo chicken. get one for three bucks or two for five. pizza hut. make it great. >> mike: coming up on "sportscenter" after game two of the finals you'll hear live from le

another big play from nick collison from russell westbrook. >> mike: kevin durant, russell westbrook. shining here in the fourth quarter. as the thunder now leading by nine with 29 seconds remaining. westbrook what a game he's had. 29 points, 11 assist, 8 rebounds and only two turnovers. miller. fakes a three. miller on the drive. and lays it in. shot clock turned off. sefolosha back to westbrook. and the heat not fouling. and there it is. it's going to be too little, too late. kevin durant will go to the line. already with 15 points here in the fourth quarter. and 34 for the game in his first appearance in an nba finals. >> jeff: mike, when miami looks at the second halftime, they are going to see a couple times when they could have balanced the floor better. too many gambles. the stales led to direct line drive. and they got to figure out, who is the best matchup to try to make russell westbrook shoot the ball over the top, versus again, more assaults on the rim. >> mike: he had his way in the second half. oklahoma city has outscored miami by 18 points in the second half. >> jeff: m

what a shot from russell westbrook, and it's time-out, miami! westbrook looks exhausted. it's a three-point game with 1:47 remaining. >> jeff: miami's had a couple shaky offensive possessions where they got the clock down, then durant misses a couple, but flld up by westbrook. this shows you what a dynamic russell westbrook is. [ marv albert ] he is suffering from flu-like symptoms. we had to help him into the locker room. [ cheers and applause ] it made me a believer. [ cheers and applause ] [ phil jackson ] not in luck, or fate... [ marv albert ] you can see how exhausted michael jordan is. ...but in the will to win. ♪ [ marv albert ] yes! michael jordan! [ phil jackson ] you win from within. [ marv albert ] classic performance by michael jordan. ♪ it is time to say "so long" to the foot long, man. who are you talking to? [ male announcer ] say hello to the p'zolo... in meat trio, italian steak and buffalo chicken. get one for three bucks or two for five. pizza hut. make it great. >> mike: coming up on "sportscenter" after game two of the finals you'll hear live from le

game four of the nba finals with russell westbrook putting on a show in miami. points at one point in the first half. but the game tightened quickly. this is the fourth quarter. westbrook leaves the defense flat-footed and pulls his team within one. the heat answer, dwyane wade puts up a three that gave miami a seven-point lead with 7:30 to play. wade hat 25 points in the game. westbrook comes back, pullup jumper over bosh. thunder within two. under seven minutes to play. his parents loving it. westbrook 13 straight points for the thunder in the fourth, finished with 43 points on 20 of 32 shooting. score tied at 90 here in the fourth quarter with under six to go. lebron james goes down hard, loses the ball. derek fisher with a chance to tie it, he's blocked by wade. heat gives the ball back to james who gets to give miami the lead. james after the fall in obvious pain had to exit the game, help people from the miami bench. missed about minute and a half of action. durant, the pullup jumper over shane battier puts the thunder up two with under five to play. he leb

russell westbrook, so good, even stephen a. smith had to have a postgame mea culpa.ets to within three. off the jump ball. okc needed to get possession. heat got it instead. they have a 3-1 series lead. no one's ever rallied from that deficit. >>> and europe 2012. say hello to england/ukraine and controversy. that's wayne rooney, after a two-game suspension. making his presence felt. 48th minute, finding the post and finding the net. he takes care of the rest. the co-host country wish they were playing iing uefa. gets out of the last second. but upon review, it looks like ukraine had tied it. but instead, it's disallowed. england wins the game and will face italy. >>> the college world series, 8:00 eastern time tonight. kent state and two-time defending champion, south carolina, on espn3 and watch espn. >>> coming up on "america this morning," who is the highest-paid actress in hollywood? you might be surprised. >> yeah. i didn't expect that one, either. >>> also, what really happened after alec baldwin picked up his marriage license in new york? the conflicting stor

russell westbrook and the thunder trying to feed off the home crowd. y in the 1st quarter westbrook takes it to the hoop with authority with the one- handed jam. late in the 3rd quarter we go. thunder now down two, kevin durant using the screen to perfection. he pulls up from three. it's good. he gives them a one-point lead now in the 4th quarter the thunder leading 99-93 with under three minutes left. >>> quarterfinals of the french open six time champion rafael nadal in the near court and he shows a nice touch on the drop shot. wee go on to beat fellow spaniard nicholas almagro in straight sets. on the women's side maria sharapova won to advance to her third french open semifinals. >>> the redskins ota practice tomorrow is open to the media. we will have full reports tomorrow. that's all for sports. then will be right back.   >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call on skype.

russell westbrook down. then, durant to beat the third-quarter buzzer. had 22 of 27 in the second half. his team needed him the most. fourth quarter, james harden. that's why he's the sixth man of the year in the nba. russell westbrook had other ideas. 23. that's put the thunder up four late. less than a minute to go. two-point game. harden again, stepping back. bang. giving okc a little breathing room. final seconds. last chance for the spurs. manu ginobili, the rare start. the three and a tie. that's off the mark. thunder could wrap up the series with a win in game six in okc on wednesday. >>> to the nhl. and for the great one, he, indeed, saw a great one. look at this. dustin brown, across ice to anze kopitar. what a finish. beat brodeur in game one in o.t. gets him again in game three. jeff carter, from the blue jackets, in the basement. to possibility the top of the hockey world. kings win it 4-0. they lead the series 3-0. they can go for the sweep and a title on wednesday in l.a. >>> back to the nba, eastern conference finals. continue tonight. gam

russell westbrook. just couldn't find the lane tonight. 4 for 20 after his magnificent performance in game four. >> jeff: but they didn't lose this game because westbrook shooting 4 for 20, though, that would have helped. it was just -- they couldn't guard them. and everything is easy. >> mike: wade fouled. and he'll go to the line. some nights, the other team just has something special in store. and that was the case for miami. 108 points and there's still 6:58 remaining. >> jeff: you're not going to lose many games at home when you make 14 threes. >> mike: wade will shoot. what a ride these 2012 playoffs have been. one of the more exciting postseasons we've seen in awhile. about a quarter of the games, about 25% of the games decided by three points or less. we saw incredible comebacks. how about the same team, the clippers, they trailed by 27 and won. led by 24 and lost. we saw great team scorers. how about the celtics getting to the conference finals and game seven. the san antonio spurs reeling off t

russell westbrook took a lot of heat for his play in game three hp he silenced the critics last nighter playoff high 43. wasn't enough. under six minutes to play and lebron, got the mini jumper to fall, was in pain. his leg cramped up at the worst possible time. he was on the bench for the final two minutes. mario chalmers stepped up big, blew past three oklahoma defenders and that was the dagger. chalmers had 25. miami held on to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 104-98 win. >>> the heat can wrap up their second title in franchise history tomorrow night, game five, 9:00 p.m. eastern in miami. >>> baseball, reds and indians in tied in the ninth. runners on the corner. picked a terrible time for a wild pitch. in came the go-ahead run and cincinnati up 2-1. the lead short lived, bottom of the inning, one on for cabrera, ended with a two run bomb to right. indians walk off with a win. >>> a lot of down time during a baseball game, enough time for teammates to turn on each other. to pittsburgh where brad lincoln fell victim to the dreaded cup on the hat prank. his teammates discree

russell westbrook. just couldn't find the lane tonight. 4 for 20 after his magnificent performance in game four. >> jeff: but they didn't lose this game because westbrook shooting 4 for 20, though, that would have helped. it was just -- they couldn't guard them. and everything is easy. >> mike: wade fouled. and he'll go to the line. some nights, the other team just has something special in store. and that was the case for miami. 108 points and there's still 6:58 remaining. >> jeff: you're not going to lose many games at home when you make 14 threes. >> mike: wade will shoot. what a ride these 2012 playoffs have been. one of the more exciting postseasons we've seen in awhile. about a quarter of the games, about 25% of the games decided by three points or less. we saw incredible comebacks. how about the same team, the clippers, they trailed by 27 and won. led by 24 and lost. we saw great team scorers. how about the celtics getting to the conference finals and game seven. the san antonio spurs reeling off t

third quarter, russell westbrook, fakes the behind the back pass and lays it in. oklahoma city builds a 10-1st quarter lead. wade going to find lebron in the corner and miami gets the lead back. james with 29 points and 14 boards. fourth quarter, and harden with the alley oop. d.c.'s own kevin durant. 74-73. d wade has the answer. in the lane, the floater. wade with 25 points, seven rebounds, seven assists. heat take a lead after that play. final minutes, westbrook, wide open 3 for the tie. no good. miami make their free throws down the stretch. they win for the 91-85 win at home. that means they take a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series. game four in miami on tuesday night. >>> don't go away. coming up, a little smack talk between redskins' assistant coaches. see who is talking and what all the fuss is about after this break. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can ru

russell westbrook and that is a sweet move. show and go and finger roll.he thunder built a 10-point lead. lebron james for three. mime -- kevin durant and he had 25. okc is down one. less than five minutes to go and duane wade and he had 25. lebron, aggressive going to the basket. crashes into durant. forces him to pick up his fifth foul. heat were up seven. and then in the final seconds okc was down for inbounding and he threw it away. 91-85 the final. miami takes a 2-1 series lead. >> if we do what we need to do defensively and we ma i can tough shots and -- we make tough shots and we rebound and we give ourselves a good chance to win game four. looking forward to it. >> simpson is a 26-year-old from north carolina. he was playing in his fifth major. thoab was expecting simpson -- nobody was expecting simpson to beat the likes of tiger woods and jim furyk. hello fog. tiger was in a fog. a terrible start, 4 over on his first three holes. here on three and chips it way too long. tiger shot 73 and finished seven over. how about the shot of the day? up and d

lebron james, dwyane wade, and chris bosh will face the thunder's rising stars kevin durant and russell westbrook. each team coming into this with something to prove. >> they moved the ball well and they shoot the ball very well. it's a good team. people have their own opinions. for me, i just go out and play at a high level and do whatever it takes for us to win. >> they have coordinated their eyeglasses and outfits >> . totally random. >> cats the first game tomorrow night at 9:00 right here on abc 7. >> shocking that it comes after russell westbrook had the glasses. there's a tattoo parlor offering free tattoos to fans of the oklahoma city thunder. they were booked solid in less than 30 minutes. the tattoos normally cost $100. maybe you would want the team to win first, but that is just me. >> it is free and people love that. we still have another half hour. >> trouble for the u.s. secretary of commerce. why he is being investigated in a hit-and-run case. >> a major construction projects starts this morning in d.c.'s u street corridor. we will have a live report and details coming up. >> yeste

russell westbrook left-hand lay-up, and one, ties the game at 73. fourth quarter, three-point lead, a good hustle, rebound, tip back, back to westbrook, he gets it over to durant behind the arc, three-pointer good. 36 for durant. here's the deal, though, 17 of them in the final quarter. fans chanting "mvp." pellup jumper, too. opens a lead for the thunder. pat riley in the stands thinking, whoa, did you see that? thunder owned the second half, long walk bulk to the locker room for he bron and company. here is our hometown hero on the comeback. >> we just wanted to continue to keep playing. it's a long game. every time coach was saying play harder, play harder. that's what we did. >> first of all, those two guys are all-stars for a reason. you can't stop them. you just try to limit them. you know, and russ made some big plays late. i think k.d. got a couple looks that, you know, we don't like. he had two transition threes we gave up where he had nobody on them and he had a kemping jumpers with nobody on him, either. >> they will make adjustments. the

russell westbrook. the thunder with their foul in the game. coast to coast with a jam. thunder ran away with game one. to 94. >>> best team in baseball locked down one of their players. >>> now to atlanta, the braves cruising along when the yanks grabbed the lead with two big swings. alex rodriguez tied the game with a grand slam. it matched lou gehrig's all-time mark. a two-rum bomb gave new york the lead. the yanks gave the lead. davis capped off a seventh with a 3-1 blast to the right mets over the rays. enough of the home runs. how about defense. a's and rockies. cliff pennington hit one deep but not tough enough. rob pennington of an assured home run. unfortunately not enough. a's won it, 8-5. finally a catch of the night, not by player but a fan. mike fontenot was there but this kid wanted it more and he made the grab over font know. sign him up, the phils could have used that kind of a cash. that's a look at your sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> announcer: early today sports is brought do you by aqua blue velva echlt men get it. >>> a baby name who wa

y habilita a russell westbrook. y a final de cuentas thunder se llevó la victoria 102 a 82.o decimos que cuauthemoc blanco retirarse luego de concluir el siguiente torneo con dorados de sinaloa. intentar resolver el adeudo que el club irapuato tiene con blanco. en diciembre se retira el te moco blanco. soy alejandro luna regresamos con usted. >>> gracias alejandro iba sams con guillermo. y el climas en los próximos días adelante guillermo te escuchamos. buenas noches continúa el sistema de alta presión que sigue trayendo los cambios y me refiero, a el aumento en la temperatura. claramente se ve la krreipts de vientos máximo hacia el norte. todo california con aumento de temperatura en la región. pero vienen algunos cambios en camino. no hay advertencias y simplemente la línea costera se mantiene la presencia de alto olía eje. temperaturas arriba de los 70 grados. igual que napa, algunos otros lugares hasta los 75 grados. realmente ese calor se ha sentido en la región. se espera que mañana algunos nublados traigan temperaturas cercanas a los 70 grados y el próximo lunes. habr

russell westbrook, 43 points, seven rebounds. lebron james goes down. apparently it was a cramp.n would miss much of the last two minutes of this game. but he was back on the floor enough to hit a three-pointer to give miami the lead. mario chalmers did his thing, 24. heat wins it with lebron watching from the sidelines the last couple of minutes. they can close it out and win the title on thursday night. >>> dodgers, interleague play in oakland tonight. hi, matt kemp. over 20,000. kemp will be out until probably the all-star break. seth smith, gwynn kicks it around. and brandon mccarthy is real good. 7 innings, 2 hits, did not allow runs. final of 3-0. >>> barry zito torn apart this evening in anaheim. this is one where you scratch your head and say, you know, consider eating the remainder of his contract. he's been lousy. albert pujols hits him for a 3-run homer. 3 and 1/3. 9 hit, 8 runs. uh-oh there it goes . mark trumbo off the top of the wall. zito has allowed 17 runs in his last 14 innings. 12-5 angels win. melky cabrera had 3 more hits. >>> keeps getting worse for 1-time n

russell westbrook added 25 including a layup plus the foul. six point lead. with only under three minutes to play. now the dagger, durant to parkins for the jam. watch durant. durant hugs his family, still 14 seconds to play. no worries. thunder eliminate the spurs 107-99 after trailing two games to none. the thunder are the western conference champs and await the winner of the heat-celtics series. >>> that is the early look at sports on "early today" i'm fred roggin. >>> is she or isn't she having a baby? >>> who was last night's big country music winner? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. an american rainbow family celebrates achievements they once could only have dreamed of. you're watching "early today." >> welcome back. the radar is filling in with the storm system filling onshore in the west. eugene heading up 5, salem to portland this area will be soaked in rain for your morning commute. slow go. views built on the poor side. once we get through northern california southward you're dry, sunny, still very warm around phoenix.

russell westbrook's 10-1. as for durant, something special. he outscored lebron 17 in first quarter. oklahoma city up 1-0 on the heat in the best of seven nba finals. stick around for the seven day ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> and i'm one month port -- a 911 call reported a man sleeping in his car, but it turns out he was shot to death and a heated controversy involving tuition breaks for illegal immigrants. these stories, plus the full ♪ [ male announcer ] we have more than 3,000 daily flights on southwest airlines. and that gives our customers thousands of options to fly where they want, when they want. fly nonstop s

late third, oklahoma city's first advantage comes when russell westbrook delivers a good 27 points, 11sist, 9 rebounds. they're much better than lebron and dwyane wade tonight. 105-94, oklahoma city wins, going away. they'll play game 2 thursday night back in oklahoma. >>> the giants returned to work against the lowly astros. madison bum gardner had never hit a pitch in his career. but there it goes. then they all came and jumped on him who took it from there. 7 and 2/3. only one run. and the giants brandon belt's first home run of the season. 6-3, giants. astros have lost 12 of 16. nice week for the giants to get back with houston, and then seattle. >>> the as in colorado, brandon moss a 2-run homer. a couple of home runs on the night. gave up six runs in the 3rd and the 8th. >>> you want to see tiger woods practice, you better get up early. yesterday, 7:00, today, 7:15. he played the first eight holes before going in to hold a press conference. his playing partnership was casey martin. everybody wanted a picture of the two fellas together. >> even if i do win a major championship, it

. >>> i was disappointed in russell westbrook. >>> magic knows a thing or two about playing point guard. westbrook has played great of a struggle to get his teammates involved allow and he to open up double-digit leads. >>> what kind of adjustment to you have to make to become a better point guard? >>> i'm now making no adjustments. regardless of what anybody says or what you guys say about how i play, it doesn't matter. >>> his game 3 tomorrow in miami. the champions charities host of their annual breakfast honoring five super bowl mvp quarterbacks. the event raised money for the first team. >>> my older son was leaving notre dame and was not sure where to go, and he asked if i should call coach holtz >>> and i said what did he say >>> you have to persevered in this business. more important graduate from notre dame just remember persevered. no great man in this country or world does not purse of their winston churchill john f. kennedy steve wilson who steve wilson sells >>> that's because he quit. as long as you believe you can do what you can overcome anything, you cannot give up on y

russell westbrook took a lot of heat for his play in game three.silenced the critics last night. a career high wasn't enough. under six minutes to play and lebron got the mini jumper to fall but was in obvious pain. his leg cramped up at the worst possible time. he e was osh the bench for the final two minutes. mario chalmers stepped up that. was the dagger. chalmers had 25. miami held on to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 104-98 win. >>> the heat can wrap up their second title in franchise history tomorrow night. game five, 9:00 p.m. eastern in miami. >>> baseball reds andi indians tied it. in came the go-ahead run and cinci was up, 2-1. the lead was short louisvilled. cabrera ended with a 2-1. they walked off with the win. >>> just enough time for teammates to turn on each ore. the pittsburgh with the pirates brad lincoln fell to the dreaded cup on the hat prank. they discreetly attached the cup to his hat with a ton of bubble gum. when you've about got a cup on your hid and egg on your face, all you can do is give the camera a big thumb

russell westbrook to kevin durant coast to coast, two of his game-high 36. man attracts three defenders and makes a nice pass. last year's u.s. open champion throwing out the first pitch at irish heritage night at the yard. the giants had not had a home run in their last 16 home games. the pitcher madison bumgarner hit his first home run. brandon crawford, a base hit and right now the giants' lead with two outs in the top of the ninth up 6-3. after being swept by the rockies, a trip to core's field is just what the doctor ordered for the a's. portola cologne improves to 6- 6. the a's hit four home runs and win 8-5. do we have a live update on the giants? the giants are about to close out another win. the dodgers were also victorious tonight. [ male announcer ] u.s. olympian gwen jorgensen is going for aluminum. cullen jones is in it for water-resistant thermoplastic. and amanda mcgrory? she's competing for carbon fiber. they're not just going for gold, they're joining with citi to give back to the programs that helped them along the way with bikes, kickboard

russell westbrook found kevin durant. knocked down the three. oklahoma city under two.er a minute to play. could durant bring them all the way back? no. lebron was all over him. questionable noncall. no whistle. he held on to win it, 100-96. >>> after being swept by the yankees the mets did some spring cleaning of their own. they swept the rays in tampa. kirk knew enheight ripped one to north. they won with a 9-6 win. >>> kansas city, brayan pena came through in a clutch. royals breath the brewers for the second straight day in walk off fashion, 4-3. >>> golf, first round of the u.s. open, all eyes onning tooer woods. was his win at the memorial a fluke or a sign of things to come. this might answer that question. finished three strokes off the lead. shot of the day turned in by nick watney. par 17, 190 yards out. looked good in the air, better on the green, rolled all the way to the cup. that's a double eagle. >>> and finally, los angeles has hosted championship parades but but none like this. an estimated quart ore after million lined the streets of downtown l.a. for

russell westbrook took a lot of heat for his play in game three. he silenced the critics last night. a career playoff high 43, however, wasn't enough. under six minutes to play, and lebron got the mini jumper to fall, but was in obvious pain. his leg cramped up at the worst possible time. he was on the bench for the final two minutes. mario chalmers stepped up big in his absence, blew past three oklahoma defenders, and that was the dagger. chalmers had 25. miami held on to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 104-98 win. >>> the heat can wrap up their second title in franchise history tomorrow night. game five, 9:00 p.m. eastern in miami. >>> baseball, reds and indians tied at 1-1 in the ninth. runners on the corners, nick hagadone picked a terrible time for a wild pitch. in came the go-ahead run and cinci was up, 2-1. but the lead was short-lived. bottom of the inning, one on four, asdrubal cabrera. he ended it with a 2-1 bomb to right. indians walked off with a 3-2 win in ten. >>> and, finally, there's a lot of down time during a baseball gam

russell westbrook found kevin durant. knocked down the three. oklahoma city down two, just under a minute to play. last chance for the thunder, could durant bring them all the way back? no. lebron was all over him. questionable noncall. no whistle. heat held on to win it, 100-96. >>> after being swept by the yankees, the mets did some spring cleaning of their own. they swept the rays in tampa. kirk nieuwenhuis hit a home run to right, and then in the fourth, he ripped one to left. mets ended interleague play with a 9-6 win. >>> the kansas city royals down one in the ninth. brayan pena came through in a clutch, scored two with a single down the line. royals beat the brewers for the second straight day in walk-off fashion, 4-3. >>> golf, first round of the u.s. open, all eyes were on tiger woods. was his win at the memorial a fluke or a sign of things to come? this might answer that question. drained the long bird. finished three strokes off the lead. shot of the day turned in by nick watney. par 5, 17th, 190 yards out. it looked good in the air,

russell westbrook, the layup and the foul, the thunder with their first lead in the game. kevin durant took over in the fourth, off the turnover. coast to coast for the jam. 17 of his 36 came in the fourth. thunder ran away with game one, 105 to 94. >>> best team in baseball just locked down one of their best players. the dodgers signed andre ethier to a five-year $85 million extension. >>> now to atlanta, the braves cruising along when the yanks grabbed the lead with two big swings. alex rodriguez tied the game with a grand slam. 23rd of his career matches lou gehrig's all-time mark. nick swisher followed that up with a home run of his own, a two-run bomb that gave new york the lead. the yanks tagged the braves for six in the eighth and won it, 6-4. mets also put up six in an inning. ike davis capped off the seventh with a 3-1 blast to right. mets over the rays, 11-2. >>> enough of the home runs. how about some defense. a's and rockies. cliff pennington hit one deep but not deep enough. tyler colvin climbed the ladder and made the leaping grab. rob pennington of an assure

quarter after watching the thunder but a fifteen point lead windell down to four his main sidekick russell westbrookwas limited to just seven points with thirty baker poured in a career high twenty six to make up for the point guards off nights the series now heads back to san antonio for game five on monday night. twenty seven assists you know just move the ball or make a row plays a. thank you and at the first record was kind opened up for me in the fourth that i was able to make some shots but you know russell said grace for a change made great passes it was a shot too much of the finish now finally staying on the hardwood and russia have their eyes set on a place in the upcoming a london impacts the last chance of booking that will occur next month at a qualification tournament in venezuela on koreans has more. russia's national basketball team needed to become first second at the last year's european championships to get a straight ticket to the olympics at andre kirilenko and his teammates finish the tournament just to play slower than a quiet clinching bromance against macedonia this means ru

thunder's russell westbrook with flying one-handed jam but spurs left by 15 in the half and kevin durantit a three-pointer to put the thunder in front and they never looked back. late in the fourth, kendrick perkins going to slam one home. the thunder with a 107-99 victory to win the west and a hot at the nba title. >>> stanley cup finals. new jersey at los angeles. leading the series 3-0 the kings wanted a sweep. scoreless until the third period. and the devils struck first. patrik elias knocking in a rebound. kings tied it. and new jersey scored with a wrist shot and devils added an empty net goal to win 3-0. >>> to baseball now. mariners at angels. seattle with a lead in the second inning on the sharply hit double down the left field line in the third kendry morales hit a homer to put the angels up by two. mariners retook the lead and suzuki's solo homer in the eighth sealed it, an 8-6 win. >>> gregor blanco hit a solo homer in right to give san francisco a 4-2 lead in the fifth. in the sixth, blanco hit a playable grounder. the padres allowed two more runs to score. the giants went o

less than three minutes left and hardin to russell westbrook and durant with 44. perkins with authority. durant hugging the family. thunder went four straight to send captain jack and the spurs home 107-99. they will meet miami or boston in the finals next week. the ice kings and the devils game four in the stanley cup finals. the devils broke through for the first time with three third period tboals. goals. the kings answer on the power play and drew dowdy on marty brodeur. four and a half minutes left. it is 2-1 devils. it is a 3-1 victory, but they trail in the series three games to one with game five back in new jersey. to baseball and the as' -- the a's made quick work of the rangers. shut out in two hours and four minutes. colon is in command. you will get nothing and like it. the ball bounces off his knee and into the glove for the out. it is the guy who makes a great play and it is a 2-0 lead. he didn't jump into a volcano, but colon goes eight score less and strikes out five. it is 2-0a's with the win. giants and padres, and it is great to see the old ski

russell westbrook, he drains the three. and then durant going old school with this three pointer.ith 36 points. final score, 109-103 to even that series up at two games a piece. and the kings in overtime. kings now leading that series two games to none. >> yeah, which one? >> the hockey. >> i think the basketball as of right now, i'll tell you about kevin durant, media wants lebron to get it. kevin durant more points. >> he's on fire. thanks for watching. we're out of time. we'll be back at 6:30 and wusa9.com is always on. have a great night.

russell westbrook started four for four in the contest. west bract driving hard and slam itself off the rim. wade to lebron and had 26 points. westbrook had 18 in the first half. with authority. lebron just missed a triple double. 12 assists and the sweet dish right there. to wade who had 25 points. durant would answer though. gliding around and lebron double clutch and scores 28. mario won an ncaa title for kansas. no fear. stepping up with 25 points and westbrook scoring machine the left down the lane. the former ucla brew win with nine consecutive points and finished with 43. lebron left with leg cramps and then came back and brings the house down with a big three. under a minute left and he seals the deal. the heat win it 104-98 with lebron looking on. miami takes a 3-1 series lead. >> we want our leaders to step up and help them out the best we could. we put the dagger in him. i was able to get to the hole. >> that's the main thing about the team. we all have high hopes and we play this game. >> game five thursday night right here on

he kind of pumps in midair and throws it down over duncan, kind of disrespectful. 4th quarter russell westbrooksteal, going to lob it up and this is all oklahoma city right now. they're up by 25 late in the 4th and san antonio hasn't lost since april 11th. that's going to come to an end. >>> how about some golf, phil mickelson not off to a very good start and it's normally not a good sign when you hurt to yourself after you hit the ball. i've -- when you mutter to yourself after you hit the ball. i've done that. he shot a 7-over 79 and withdrew due to mental fatigue. tiger woods, good frame of mind lessen just four shots off the pace. >>> at the national arbor in maryland, 80 five spelling competition and it came down to a 14-year-old and her final word. >> guetapenf. >> the delayed angie says but she wins -- delayed reaction, but she wins and earns a big hug from her brother and parents and $30,000, a $2,500 savings bone and a $5,000 scholarship -- bond and a $5,000 scholarship and a whole lot of confetti. >>> nats and o's off tonight. nick markakis will be out three to four weeks with a broke

russell westbrook started four for four in th contest.ing hard and slam itself off the rim. wade to lebron and had 26 points. westbrook had 18 in the first half. with authority. lebron just missed a triple double. 12 assists and the sweet dish right there. to wade who had 25 points. durant would answer though. gliding around and lebron double clutch and scores 28. mario won an ncaa title for kansas. no fear. stepping up with 25 points and westbrook scoring machine the left down the lane. the former ucla brew win with nine consecutive points and finished with 43. lebron left with leg cramps and then came back and brings the house down with a big three. under a minute left and he seals the deal. the heat win it 104-98 with lebron looking on. miami takes a 3-1 series lead. >> we want our leaders to step up and help them out the best we could. we put the dagger in him. i was able to get to the hole. >> that's the main thing about the team. we all have high hopes and we play this game. >> game five thursday night right here on abc7. >> the gia

quarter after watching the thunder but a fifteen point lead windell down to four his main sidekick russell westbrookwas limited to just seven points baker poured in a career high twenty six to make up for the point guards of night the series now heads back to san antonio for game five on monday night. twenty seven asus you know just move. the first three corners can opener for me and for that i would make sure you know russell. says it should do my job. now finally staying on the hardwood and team russia have their eyes set on a place in the upcoming a london olympics their last chance of booking their birth will occur next month for the qualification tournament in venezuela koreans has more. russia's national basketball team needed to become first or second at the last year's european championship to get a straight ticket to the olympics but andrei kirilenko and his team mates finished the tournament just to play slower than a quiet clinch in bromance against macedonia this means russia now has to take part in the qualifying event which starts on july the second even israel is the first three teams

russell westbrook took a turnover for a tough layup and foul.nning short, the heat dwyane wade turns it over and kevin durant drained the three-pointer. cutting miami's lead to two. seconds later, durant's jumper to tie it. they end up falling short. lebron james got the rebound and a foul and the heat went on to win it 100-96. the series tied at a game apiece. game 3, sunday in miami. >>> to baseball now. a wild finish in kansas city. the brewers leading 3-2. the royals, to left, hit down the field field line. scores a run. the game tied. the throw from left. short hop, second baseman who bobbles the ball and the walk-off run scores. royals 4, brewers 3. >> padres at mariners. throwing error by the seattle defense gave the padres a lead in the bottom of the fifth. makes a great catch to rob suzuki of a hit. the padres scored three more times in the sixth en route to a victory. >>> to golf now. a tough first round at the u.s. open. six players finished the first 18 under par at olympic club in san francisco. led by michael thompson. five others

. >> russell westbrook scored 43 points last night and they still continue beat the heat. >> i think gone. dan henning has full-court press this morning. >> this is the full court press. >> i am great. thanks for asking. no one ever asks me that. other headlines. >> read the news. >> wednesday harry reid showed he is hip with the times and follows baseball. he channeled washington national slugger bryce harper who last week answered a question from a reporter about drinking beer in canada since he is only 19 and mormon by answering, that's a clown question bro. yesterday, senator reid was asked about immigration to which reed responded, that's a clown question, bro. reporters got it right away had a good chuckle. >> i don't want to answer that question. >> that's a clown question bro. >> there he is. >> bryce harper. he is like 18 years old. >> 19 years old. >> didn't want to drink in canada. when he was asked employed it, he said that's a clown question. harry reid doesn't want to talk about immigration. i think the two are similar. >> forbes magazine's list is topped by kristin ste