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In this case it seems like the police employed by Uvalde ISD completely forgot their training. I'm having a very difficult time figuring out how the shooter was able to step foot inside the school if he was confronted by multiple members of law enforcement.

tale as old as time for Dallas..

The baseball gods are not going to look favorably on that lol

The work should begin next week, according to a note Dr. Brister sent out to district employees.

Celtics vs. Warriors would be a VERY fun matchup in the Finals. I just don't see any of the remaining teams beating Boston in a 7 game series.

What were the pitching matchups (ace vs. ace, #2 vs. #3, etc.)?

Shams just reported that Al was cleared to play tonight.

Absolutely blew the Mavs' brakes off in the third quarter. They weren't ready for the Warriors' frantic pace after playing two slower teams in the Jazz and Suns.

He definitely wasn't locked in tonight, and the rest of the team followed suit. Everybody was awful tonight. Only silver lining for me is at least we knew the game was over early, because I hate losing nailbiters lol.

Woj said Big Al probably won't play until the series goes back to Boston. Normally I would argue that Miami is also missing a key player in Lowry, but I just don't think he has a lot left in the tank to really affect a playoff series right now even when healthy.

NBA twitter is a complete cesspool lol can't take anything seriously on there.

Totally agree with this and with Buddy's statement about Ayton making Dallas' defense better. I'm surprised Dallas' lack of rim protection hasn't been exploited yet in the playoffs, but I'm sure Kerr will scheme something up to take advantage of it in this round. I just don't think that Ayton will be in their price range if he makes it to free agency. The Mavs have some tough choices to make this summer (and not a lot of cap flexibility) about adding a solid big man and keeping Brunson. Gun to my head I think I'd rather re-sign Brunson because having a solid secondary ball-handler/playmaker next to Luka will be key to their long term success. Solid big men that are lob threats and paint defenders can be had for a fraction of the price of offensive creators.

Thats why I wrote what I did in the parentheses lol

I actually don't think there are very many rational people that would argue this (besides Celtics/Tatum and Warriors/Curry fans).

These are my predictions as well.

Very happy I was wrong here

I don't think any of the other sports had to deal with injuries and covid on the scale that men's basketball did. Just absolutely terrible luck on those fronts. They should bounce back nicely next season if their luck improves.

My dad took the L in that '74 semifinal - outfielder (who he's still friends with) dropped an easy fly ball that let the go-ahead run score in the 8th inning. Dad always lets him hear about that error when they get into friendly arguments lol.

Prime Al Horford made an appearance for Boston last night

At least Brothers's crew was *mostly* consistent with their calls going both ways last night. Still way too many cheap fouls called though. Phoenix is just in a completely different weight class than Dallas, and probably the rest of the league. Nobody is beating them in a seven game series if they keep playing like this.

Now Sark doesn't have to take the blame for going 5-7 because he inherited a team with no upperclassmen talent lol.

I think the Celtics would beat the Bucks in 6 or 7 games even with Mid playing.

Could be wrong but I think he was referencing the hypothetical situation of LCM and Lumberton being tied after district play. LCM would advance to the playoffs in that instance because they beat Lumberton both times. Its a moot point now because LCM won last night and Lumberton can't catch them anymore. I believe you are correct in that LCM and Vidor would play a win-or-go-home game for 4th place if they end up tied after this week.

Is it another case of small town "politics" ruining a good thing?

Gotta think KD is regretting his move from Golden State to Brooklyn. Celtics made his life hell on offense this series and he had no help to bail him out.