— Pacers 108, Thunder 91
Indiana led 64-42 at halftime.
Obi Toppin scored 20 points in 23:00 off the bench.
Oklahoma City is an early 8.5-point favorite for Sunday’s Game 7.
First time in nine years the NBA Finals have gone to a Game 7.
— Braves 7, Mets 1
Spencer Strider struck out 8 guys in 6 IP for Atlanta.
Mets lost their last six games, outscored 41-14.
Mets head to Philadelphia tied for first place with the Phillies.
— Phillies 2, Marlins 1
Kyle Schwarber hit his 23rd home run of the season.
Cristopher Sanchez allowed five baserunners in 8 IP.
Phillies won seven of their last eight games.
— Nationals 4, Rockies 3 (11)
James Wood hit two 2-run homers.
Washington snaps its 11-game losing skid.
— Giants 2, Guardians 1
Cleveland led 1-0 after the sixth inning.
Wilmer Flores’ pinch-hit double was the difference for SF.
Rafael Devers is 3-for-11 in his first three games with the Giants.
— Brewers 8, Cubs 7
Brewers led 8-3 in fifth inning, hung on for dear life.
Milwaukee moves within 5.5 games of the Cubs in the NL Central.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 20th home run in a losing cause.
— Orioles 4, Rays 1
Baltimore has won Charlie Morton’s last five starts.
Colton Cowser hit a 3-run home run.
Rays P Hunter Bigee got hit in the head by a line drive while sitting in the dugout; he left the field on a backboard, but gave the thumbs-up signal as he left.
— Famous birthdays, June 20th:
Candy Clark, 78
Dave Elmendorf, 76
John Goodman, 73
Dickie Thon, 67
Gary Varsho, 64
Nicole Kidman, 58
Rodney Rogers, 54
LaVar Arrington, 47
Mike Birbiglia, 47
Kendrys Morales, 42
Darren Sproles, 42
Josh Childress, 42
— We mentioned yesterday how the Lakers were sold this week; here’s a breakdown.
Mark Walter already owned 27% of the Lakers; back in 2021, Walter paid $1.35B for that 27%. This week, he paid $4.8B for an additional 48% of the franchise, giving him 75%.
The Buss family maintains an 18% stake in the team; other people own the other 7%.
— Jurickson Profar is currently serving an 80-game PED suspension; he is playing rehab games in the minors now, can return to the Braves July 2nd. Coming into this week, Atlanta LF’s were hitting .217 this year, with a .554 OPS, so the Braves will be glad to get him in their lineup.
— Coming into this week, Braves had lost ten consecutive one-run games; they won 5-4 in extra innings Tuesday, so now they’re 1-10 in their last 11 one-run games, 10-19 for the season.
— In a couple weeks, we’ll begin to post college football nuggets; saw something on the Interweb this week that Purdue has only one starter back, out of 22 starters, the kicker and punter. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.
— Sacramento State is making a bigger investment in its sports program; they’re joining the Big West Conference in every sport but football, starting in 2026-27- they’re also trying to move up to I-A in football, and for now will be an independent on the gridiron.
The Hornets recently hired former NBA star Mike Bibby as head coach and Shaquille O’Neal as a voluntary GM for the program. Since moving up to Division I in 1992, Sac State has had only two winning basketball seasons, has never played in March Madness.
— Forget to mention, but the DC Defenders won the UFL title, beating Michigan 58-34 in the championship game. Washington QB Jordan Ta’amu threw for 390 yards, four TD’s.
— Random stat: so far this season, major league hitters have swung at 48% of the pitches that were thrown to them.
