A lot is going on in these NBA playoffs during round 2. We had some pretty impressive performances from guys like Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, and Cade Cunningham. But there was no one more impressive than the man in the land, SPIDAAA. Donovan Mitchell is this week’s Dude of the Week.

SPIDA dropped 43 points in game 4 of the series between Cleveland and Detroit. As a Cavs fan I was pretty mad at Donovan after the first half. I mean he had 4 points going into halftime. Even with that sleepy first half performance out of Mitchel the Cavs were still only down by 4. Then the second half started and SPIDAAAAA decided he wanted to drop a casual 39 SECOND HALF POINTS. MY GOAT, the prince of Cleveland (Jram is still the King) delivered for The Land.

The Pistons looked tired and hopeless trying to guard Donovan. He also had some help with James Harden deciding he wasn’t going to turn the ball over every other possession. There is really no stopping Cade Cunningham, he shot terrible in game 3. Butttt if James Harden plays solid again and Spida has another great game the Cavs can get this done.

I am excited and nervous at the same time to see how this game plays out the rest of the series. Congratulations to this week’s Dude of the Week, SPIDAAAAAA. 

- Carter

On Tuesday night, the Buffalo Sabres went into the mecca of hockey — Montreal Canadiens territory in Montreal — and stole Game 4 to tie the series up 2-2. The game winner was scored by 21-year-old Zach Benson.

The best part about this whole thing is the fact that it was actually Zach’s 21st birthday on Tuesday. (Side note — no worse feeling than seeing guys 2 and 3 years younger than me scoring the biggest goals in the NHL playoffs. Just reminds me that had I not gotten 6 concussions, I still would be nowhere close to the NHL.)

Now, we all know this guy’s probably been hammering beers since he was 15 years old, but there’s no denying 21 is the best birthday anyone experiences.

Now the question becomes: does a guy in the NHL playoffs, who has to play again in 2 nights, go hit the bar and send some down his suck hatch??? Realistically, probably not. This guy wants to be sipping them out of Lord Stanley in a couple weeks — cut him a break.

BUT, the Sabres social media admin had an all-time move, tossing an ice-cold Labatt Blue Light into Benson’s locker after the big game-winner and even bigger win. So although Benson didn’t get shit-faced like the rest of us on his 21st, at least we know he got to suck one down before he called it a night.

- Chuck

This week in my opinion is the most forgettable major. I am not going to do the research into why but ever since they moved the PGA to the second major of the year it just does not feel the same. Like we used to be able to end the year on it and make it special. Now we just get it at a random time in the spring.

All major sports leagues will never listen to us fans so they probably will never move it back to the final major of the year. But still it sucks it is this early. After doing some research the Aronimink looks like a sweet course, also what a kick ass name for a golf course.

But that being said I had a terrible Master’s week going 0/4 on winners. This major I am going to change it up a bit and throw some long shots in there (I heard all of the criticism). I will be putting together a parlay and picking 4 winners. Again, thank me later (I am not a great gambler, although I am better than Chuck but that is not hard to do).  

PGA Parlay: 

Brooks Top 20 (+144), Thomas Top 20 (+178), Gotterup Top 10 (+550) 

$10 to win $460

Outright Winners: 

Brooks Koepka (+3700) - Jordan Spieth (+5900) - Sam Burns (+6500) - Scottie Scheffler (+385)

- Carter

I did not even want to write about this but I have to at this point. I am not looking up stats or scores for the Thunder vs Lakers series because I do not care enough, I am just here to vent. This has to stop, the Thunder are the most difficult team to watch in the history of basketball. Like they legit flop every single possession.

I know I know, everyone is talking about it, but I do not care. They are the softest team of all time. They live off of free throws and the second you touch them they act like you shot them with a 12 gauge. It has gotten to a point where I am telling casual fans that do not watch anyone but the Cavs to prepare themselves. Like this team is legit so talented and so deep that this foul baiting is just hurting their reputation. They swept the Lakers and now get to sit back and watch the Spurs and Wolves kill each other. Something needs to be done or the whistle is going to win OKC unlimited championships.

Now, they do have a fantastic team and Sam Presti has put together a hell of a roster. Butttt, it is still pathetic to watch and embarrassing to NBA fans. Whistles need adjustment and they need to be punched in the mouth. You have Lou Dort who is the dirtiest player in the league and then SGA on the other end falling into the stands if someone comes within a foot of him. There is no other explanation to this besides that they legit practice flopping. I HATE THIS TEAM, that is all. Thank you. 

- Carter