for the first time in franchise history, the toronto raptors survived a seven-game series to advanceo the playoffs. they eliminated the hard-charging indiana pacers 89-84. thanks to miami, where michael jordan and scottie pippen got caught up, the hornets were eviscerated. the heat face the raptors on tuesday in the next round of playoffs. then to golden state, where the steph curry-less warriors continue to dominate. klay thompson finished with a game high 37 points. >>> next to talladega super speedway and the geico 500 and this. >> oh, man. >> chris buescher on his lid. >> thankfully, chris buescher lands on his wheels after flipping three times. scary moment there. then this in the last 28. a mash-up involving 17 cars. just incredible. when it was all said and done, brad keselowski won the demolition derby at talladega. whoo, what a show. dara, back to you. >> betty, thanks so much. >> just ahead, who put the bust in the ghost busters movie? >>> plus, after a lot of rumors, malia obama has finally made a big decision. you're watching "early today." mean it now comes with an incre

kyle lowery led the way with 35 points for the raptors. torontofaces cleveland in the eastern conference finals. >>> there was a texas-sized, bench-clearing brawl as the rangers hosted the blue jays. after being hit by a pitch, blue jay jose bautista goes in for the hard slide and the fight is on. bautista got punched in the face by ranger odor. in total, eight players and coaches were ejected. texas won 7-6. >>> jason day went wire to wire to win the players championship. no one came within two shots in the final round of the world's number one player. day finished at 15 under, four shots ahead of american kevin chapel for his seventh title in the past ten months. the australian takes home the $1.9 million prize. the richest in golf. not a bad day. >>> serena williams had a good day, too, winning the italian open. congrats to her. world's number one women's player defeated fellow american madison keys in two sets for her first victory in nine months. >>> and thousands of runners took part in the annual bay to breakers race in san francisco on sun

miami heat highed eastern conference series at two games a piece with overtime win over toronto raptorsst night. game five in toronto. dallas stars scored three goals in the first period and held to 3-2 win over the st. louis blews. stars force game 7 wednesday night. national predators force deciding seven game by beating the san josÉ sharks 4-3 last night. game seven is thursday night. a source familiar with negotiations says that strasburg, $75 million over seven seasons all starting in 2017. nicole: here is some news for you, united states has now first national mammal, president obama signed into law a resolution yesterday making the bison the country's first national mammal, millions of bison once lived across the great plains but only about 30,000 wild bison roam the country, supporters say they deserve recognition that could bring greater attention to recovery efforts to the spicies. the belgium brew we are wants td of summer holidays like memorial day and fourth of july and you also have the olympics this summer, but the label would say america rather than budweiser. nicole: do

. >>> and i will be root tonight believe it or not, for toronto raptors, philadelphia native, will be head together playoffs, leading the toronto raptors verse lebron james and cavilers in the eastern conference finals which start tonight. >> kyle lowery. >> yes, cardinal doherty. >> i think he went to northeast high, cardinal dougherty high school for the last three years and then went on to villanova before being drafted in the first round, that was 2006. >> so, lowery and raptors meet heat in game seven against finals, lowery had 35 points that night and he tried to start a war of word with lebron james calling him one of the best players in the league besides step h curry. >> ouch. >> we have pictures of russell westbrook. >> look at the this. >> what happened. >> and also when he walks in the arena. >> threw up on the shirt. >> fishing. >> they are called lures. >> lures. >> hooks. >> yes. >> look at that. >> yes. >> this one is him walking in wearing a cap ri pants, cut off a little bit. >> you can almost see his calves. >> i don't remember. >> i just remember. >> dwayne wade st

their unblemished record is 2-1 over the raptors. toronto and never let go. led the raptors 31 points in a 99-84 win. the mystics got their first win of the season as well. they beat connecticut, 84-7-6. congrats to them. >> thank you so much. good to see you. that wraps it up for us this evening. if i can get my words out. "saturday night live" is next. have a great one, everybody. see you again tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] >>> well, bartender, i've done it many i've won the nomination. no, i haven't. i mathematically i've done it. to math. all right, i think i'm going to head home. don't you work too late now about. >> i won't. i'm actually closing up the bar right now. so everybody's got to go. that means you too sir. >> no freakin' way. [ applause ] >> i'm not going anywhere. i can stay here as long as i want. >> senator sanders, i'm sorry, but the night is over. >> no, no, it's not over. it's not over until i say it's over. >> oh, hello bernie. i didn't see you sitting behind me. so far behind me you could never catch up. >> you saw me. you saw me in

they won the eastern conference championship by trouncing the toronto raptors, 113-87. lebron james was on fire. including check this out. monster dunk followed by screaming at drake sitting court side. he has taunted james on social media in the past. he led with 33 points. he clinched a spot in the team's second straight nba finals. they play the winner of the golden state and oklahoma city series. lebron james not talking to other players or coach or ref. >> he spent the series mocking lebron james. i think he probably gets the last laugh. at some point we get a lebron james lyric. >> that will live on. >>> let's check in with dylan. big holiday weekend. >> we are kicking off summertime here. we do have mostly nice weather up and down the west coast. except for seattle. that is the case most of the time. we have nice weather up and down the east coast except for carolina as the tropical depression gets closer. we have pockets of heavy rain in nebraska and moving through northwestern iowa, too. that is where we will see scattered storms. nothing too severe expected to

now, they pace the toronto raptors. lebron driving for the whhoop f the dunk.he foul in the second quarter, cleveland up 17. he finished with 24 points and the cavs rout the raptors 117-94. his salary could top $400 million by 2022. the nba would likely rake in a lot more cash off the court. an interview with "gq" magazine with james' business manager suggested his deal with nike may top $1 billion. nike is reportedly in advance talks to sign a ten-year sponsorship elsewhere with chelsea, the soccer club in london. last year, the premier league club announced it would part ways with adidas after next season, ending their contract six years early. >> i thought you were going to say soccer or something that would be radical. >> i did say soccer, adidas, nike. >> and now we just are to get rid of "knot." that would be great. >>> airlines predicting 221 million passengers will fly between june and august. and that is up. the group is calling on the tsa to hire staffers to eliminate the screening delays that started creeping up. it recently launched a website called

toronto raptor, who is now doing the same thing? >> and "tmz" went to mutumbo, he said it is okay now. >> oh, okay. >> gave his blessing, you can dot finger wag. because they're from the same country. the congress owe? i have to look at that. >> hi, karen? hi, so extra come in to help our boys, keep them out of the house. >> mike asking, do you live with your parents? >> yes, they're home from school. so i think there is the periods when you graduate from college looking for jobs or before you start the job or move somewhere else, when you kind of need that transition. >> these kids, they're 34. >> it is like failure to watch. that other movie. 25 to 35, need to keep the boys out of the housement don't feed them too much. don't dot laundry for them. >> that's the thing. >> it is too good. mom maids it too good for them. >> not going to happen to my boys. >> i used to take my laundry home for my mom to do. >> you went all the way home for her to do your laundry? >> pack suitcase full of dirty laundry. pathetic. >> 9 05. how much do y

. >> that would be the nba worse nightmare, had the final with the oklahoma city thunder and toronto raptors, still early in the cleveland series, the surprising thing is, the first two games, cleveland just dominated the raptors. they won easily, convincingly, getting pretty much easy shots at will, and then in the last 2 games, tight ends up defense, cleveland fall in love with the 3 pointer and not hitting them. >> cleveland decided not to play december fence specially 2 half combine for 67. and 28 bucket. so, they better tighten up defense see, cleveland shot the 3 well, in the two previous series, last nig missed 28, 3's. make a couple of those games, they win that game, go back home but tighten up the defense, they have to shoot the 3 better. >> calves had no flea throw in the third quarter just two in the fourth quarter like jp mentioned, getting in i shot they wanted, so the raptors have solidified things on defensive end. you can't talk about the raptors not talk about his emerge ends in the series as far as rebounding defense. shot block. big difference maker for them. >> you have

it happened saturday against toronto raptors.e about the controversy saying he comment no disrespecto he wast preparing for the the game. typically he likes to make finao shot before lining up for ther national anthem but he kept k missing. they are going to head to toronto for game five. >> missing. >> i don't care, though, if that happened during the star spank dwelled banner,. you don't do that. >> respect. >> absolutely. exactly. we're holding justin bieber accountable. it is monday, right? >> all right. we're talking about bryce harper, some disrespect. i think the cubs a little bit,, bryce harper says he wants to to make baseball fun again. who can blame him after thee chicago cubs made a mockery of the game. maybe one of the reasons, the manager. madden said, in fact called it spare baseball. it worked. harper didn't score a single time during yesterday's game against the cubs.agai the stupid suits they had on the really loud suits that was his h brain child. look at his facial expression he's saying oh, this is awesome. b

up next for miami, the toronto raptors. two more games on tnt. hawks and cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. the thunder and spurs. >>> to nascar and talladega. i was at the race. it was a crazy one. lap 96. kurt busch and check out dale earnhardt. grasping the steering wheel. eight laps to go. kenseth goes airborne flying through the air at 180 miles an hour. skidding across the track. he's okay. brad keselowski gets his fourth career win at talladega. i talked to jeff gordon and i asked if he missed it. he said i especially don't miss tracks like this. it used to scare the hell out of me. you can see, 35 of the 40 cars in that race were involved in some sort of accident on that day. madness. >> i don't know how they do it. how do you think calmly under pressure. >> that is a mess. that race was a mess. thanks. you also buried the red sox sweeping the yankees. we'll let you get away with it. >> i'll get you next time. >>> donald trump and hillary clinton, can they lockdown their nominations with wins in indiana tomorrow? can ted cruz and bernie sanders do anything at this point to stop them

. >>> we'll move on now to the association and what a job by the toronto raptors and making this a seriesst the cleveland cavaliers and he had another great game and big-time block on kevin love and he had 14 rebounds and kyle lowery stole the show after struggling to start this series and 35 points to spark toronto last month and the pressure on lebron james as the series heads back to cleveland. they have a tough decision to make after bradley biel. if the wizards can't reach those terms, he may sound elsewhere. the restricted free agent can the wizards can match. >> i hope so. >> they need him. >> it is. bottom line. that's our broadcast for now. nightly news comi upng ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> tonight, bill cosby ordered to stand trial on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman. what prosecutors

if toronto, the raptors advance with a game seven victory over the indiana pacers last night. e win marks the first time in 15 years toronto won a playoff series, ending the nba's longest active drought. demar droezen put up 30 points and the raptors beat the pacers 89-84. >>> and the team toronto will face in round two, none other than dwayyane wade and the miam heat who won 106-73 in the other game seven today. goran dragic scored 25 points and gerald green added 16. toronto hosts miami in the eastern conference semifinals beginning tuesday night. >>> let's turn to baseball in los angeles where dodgers's ace clayton kershaw fanned 14 and limited san diego to just three hits in l.a.'s 1-0 victory on sunday. kershaw started off dealing, striking out the first four batters he faced on just 16 pitches. the three-time n.l. cy young award winner also helped his own cause, singling in the game's only run. >>> and turning to the ice, washington capitals' defenseman brooks orpik was suspended three games for this late hit to the head of pittsburgh penguins' defenseman olli mata saturd

it started some trash talk thursday after the cleveland cavaliers trounced the toronto raptors in cleveland. a writer for "the new york times" wrote, toronto's best chance might be having customs stop him at the border, talking about lebron james. and you'll never believe what happened. the cleveland cavaliers were stopped on their way to customs in canada. we got the scoop, hot off snapchat from reserve, richard jefferson. >> apparently, we are being held by customs. do you think that has something to do with up by 2-0? >> no comment. >> no comment. no comment. >> nothing to do. they won't let us in canada. they won't let us in canada. yeah. >> i'm canadian. >> it's true. he was born in canada. the team got through. game three will go on without a hitch. i know you were terribly concerned about that. >> terribly. >> we know art imitates life. but life comes and imitated art, right? >> exactly. >> a reminder, you can watch game three tonight on espn at 8:30 eastern. >> born in canada. on the wrong team, apparently. >>> coming up on "gma" on this saturday morning, does this picture hold a vi

look, i know you are a toronto raptors fan. >> yeah. >> jimmy: they're doing very well r n >> jimmy:nference semifinals. [ cheers ] now, i thought i would challenge you to our own "tonight show" basketball game, it's called "faceketball." [ cheers ] here you go. >> all right. >> jimmy: you put this -- >> i put that on? >> jimmy: oh, yeah. it will look good. you could pull it off. >> really? >> jimmy: oh, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i've got one. >> you've got one, too. okay. >> jimmy: yeah. oh. gosh. sorry, mini drake. >> oh, i like this. yeah, mini drake. >> jimmy: yeah, mini drake -- >> he's fine. he's doing okay. >> i'm getting the raptors colors. >> jimmy: oh, perfect. oh, i gotcha, yeah. no, you have to do it. now here's the deal. first one to make three shots is the faceketball champion. drake, why don't you shoot first, buddy. ♪ [ cheers ] first shot? it's like we've done this before. [ cheering ] ♪ >> jimmy: no. that didn't go in. >> i need a do-over. a do-over. >> jimmy: come on, that was, that was pretty close. all right. ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did i do it? that count

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. >> you don't want to miss game seven between the toronto raptors and the miami heat, today at 3:30tern right here on abc. don't miss that game. >>> but coming up first, how to pick the best sunscreen to protect your skin this summer. great advice on our weekend download. >>> and get out the milk. we're celebrating one of the sweetest days ever. straight ahead in "pop news." i think it has something to do with a cookie possibly? >> it's the best holiday of the year. let's just leave it at that. it's the best holiday of the year. let's just leave it at that. ♪ ♪ sfx: leaf blower dad! sorry. this is more than a lawn. this is a trugreen lawn. live life outside with trugreen, america's #1 lawn care company. spring is on. start your trugreen lawn plan today. trugreen. live life outside. i smbut ended up nowhere.a lot now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. what knee pain?? what sore elbow? advil liqui-gels make pain a distant memory nothing

the playoffs continue with the toronto raptors taking on the miami heat. that's at 5:00 eastern on espn. and later it's the golden state warriors, you probably have heard of them without steph curry going against portland. the trail blazers, 8:30 p.m. here on abc and finally a big debut at chicago's shedd aquarium. you though that, paula. >> i love shedd aware number. >> just in time for mother's day. a two-week-old pacific whitesided dolphin catch swimming as longside his dolphin for the first time. >> it looks like anime. >> it is anime, guys. >> born april 18th. rachel's birthday. >> thank you. >> said to be doing great. rachel also said to be doing great. >> rachel, your birthday is really tax day. >> i mean depending -- >> tax day this year. normally the 15th. >> yeah, because it was monday. >> she's very patriotic. >> very patriotic. >> ah. >> thank you, ron. >> love that, paula. >>> but we turn to that growing powerball jackpot. an estimated $415 million now your odds of winning tonight's jackpot might be just 1 in 292 million but lauren lyster join

final score, miami 103, toronto raptor, 91. at series now tied at three games apiece and they will meet again sunday afternoon. that game in toronto. it will be here on abc 330 eastern time. >>> and a star-studded night at the white house, the first family hosting a dinner honoring leaders from the nordic european nations. if you don't know, those are iceland, finland, norway, denmark and sweden. >> thank you, ron. >> mrs. obama wearing an >> mrs. obama wearing an off-the-shoulder naeem khan dress. i knew that for the occasion. among the guests will ferrell, david letterman and that man there -- >> david muir. >> david muir along with his wife patricia. >> what was david wearing. do you have any idea. >> he was wearing a tuxedo. >> fashion designer. >> i don't know. >> fashion play-by-play. >> i never heard of naeem khan believe it or not until moments ago. >> she's something. >> confession. >> you're not done, though, are you? >> no, i have more. >> you do. >> yeah. finally, the miami police department is coming together to fac

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late last night, they beat the toronto raptors, 113-87 to win the eastern conference, four games to 2this will be the 6 consecutive nba finals appearance for labron james. the cavs will face oklahoma city if the thunder beats golden state in game 6 of the western finals tonight. now here's don bell with the rest of eyewitness sports. >>> another matinee game for the phils jarrod will be on the bump. now the fighting's offense was mia yesterday as the cubs bats went off at wrigley field. the highlight, wind blowing out at wrigley. phillies manager pete mccann on, out of chicago, welcome home. game tied at one in the fourth. now, jorge offer of adam morgan. get up and get -- off the scoreboard 2-1, cubbies. later in the fourth, david ross doing the same. same direction. not the same highlight. just keeps going over and over again to westfield. waiver land avenue. it is five-one. two-time world series champ and pitched one run ball, also had 7. out. in the fifth inning, more bully ball by the cubs. >> this time chris bryant. going solo. cubs win, cubs win. 6-2, your final score. >>> mike

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. >>> turning to some highlights, and in toronto, the raptors get some redemption in overtime. ening up the semifinal series against the heat at one game apiece. toronto avoids losing the games for the first time this postseason after the win. >>> in last night's stanley cup playoffs, a marathon match-up in nashville. the sharks and predators needing three overtime periods to decide game 4 of the second round series. mike fisher nets the game winner just over 11 minutes in the triple o.t. 4-3. that series is now tied at two games apiece. >>> the stars even it up against the blues after a 3-2 win last night. they only needed one overtime period to get it done. >>> in houston, the astros ought to be looking to the stand for some unrecruited talent. check out the nice grab by -- yeah, that's the cotton candy vendor. okay? that was houston -- >> did they get the pink or the blue? >> always pink. they lost to the mariners last night. good news he's probably on the payroll. that guy needs a raise. >> nice little grab. >> let's go to bill karins who likes blue cotton candy. >> you like

cavs knocked off the toronto raptors, 113-87, in devicive fashion.the streets in san jose, thousanding of runners all covered in this colored powder. >> kristen was with them apts the start of the race, >> it was a little pink. >> it was a little pink. >> reporter: yeah, i cleaned my shirt, but i think i've not a little something pack here, too. as promised, go pro, we're going to take you through the next station. it is yellow. but you can see ryane, hears the guy, he absolutely blasted me at your behest at the last station. you guys really encouraged them, and he weren't bananas. you can see, the head set. as we come through, you guys will be able to see what it it is like to come through that cloud of yellow. you can see. >> oh, good. >> that's good. >> they got you pretty good. >> how is it breathing all of that stuff. is it not a problem? >> you know, it's not bad. >> is it safe? >> yeah, it's not bad. from what we understand, its corn starch, so it's not all that bad. it does have a kind of taste to it. that go pro shot, not easy to get. think

now, to the action in toronto, the raptors dominated game seven against the heat, winning 116-89. kyle lowrie led the way with 35 points. toronto faces cleveland in the eastern conference finals. >>> there was a texas-sized bench-clearing brawl as the rangers hosted the blue jays. after being hit by a pitch, jose bautista goes in for the hard slide and the fight is on. look at that. bautista got punched in the face by ranger odor. in total, eight players and coaches were ejected. texas won, though, 7-6. >>> jason day, he went wire to wire to win the players championship. now, no one came within two shots in the final round of the world's number one player. day finished at 15 under. four shots ahead of american kevin chapel for his seventh title in the past ten months. the australian takes home the $1.9 million prize. the richest in golf. not a bad day, huh? >>> serena williams won the italian open, her 70th career title. congratulations to her. the world's number one women's player defeated fellow american madison keys in two sets for her first victory in nine months. >>> 16 minute