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Team LeBron runs past Team Durant 170-150 at the NBA All-Star game

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Team LeBron James captain Lebron James runs the floor against Team Kevin Durant battles at the 2021 NBA All Star Game in Atlanta State Farm Arena Sun Mar 7, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The NBA played its annual All-Star game in Atlanta Sunday night. There was some controversy as several players, including LeBron James, would have preferred the game not to be played this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two of the players selected, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, could not play as they were exposed to someone who contracted the disease. 

The game’s purpose was to raise money for the HBCUs (Historic Black Colleges and Universities) and The United Negro College Fund. The amount of money won depended on which team won each quarter. LeBron James was captain of Team LeBron and Kevin Durant captain of Team Durant. Durant did not play due to an injury. 

Team LeBron won all four quarters to raise 1.25 Million dollars for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Team Durant $500,000 for the United Negro College Fund.

Team LeBron put five fantastic players on the floor to start the game. The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James were the forwards. Nikola Jokic was at the center position. The Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry and the Portland Trail Blazers made up the backcourt. Team Durant starters were Zion Williamson, Kawhi Leonard, Jayson Tatum, Bradley Beal, and Kyrie Irving.

Team Lebron squeaked out a 40-39 win in the first quarter.  Curry helped his team win the quarter with 12 points. Curry made four threes. 

The two teams played a very competitive second quarter. Team LeBron led 31-30. At this point, Team LeBron went on a 19-2 run to cruise to an easy 60-41 win in the second quarter.

Team Lebron kept running the court and knocking down threes and making spectacular lobs and dunks. Antetokounmpo continued to make baskets to keep his team ahead. Paul George and Jaylen Brown knocked down threes to pace Team LeBron to another win 46-32. Team LeBron led 146-125 after three quarters.

The NBA changed the rules for the fourth quarter. The winner of the game would be the team that reached 170 points irrespective of the clock.  Curry, Damian Lillard, and Antetokounmpo  wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

Curry and Lillard knocked down threes. With the score at 167-150, Curry missed a three that would have won the game. He didn’t get another chance as Lillard hit a three from downtown to win it for Team LeBron.

Game Notes and Stats: Antetokounmpo set an All-Star record as he was 16-for-16 from the floor. He made 13 buckets for 26 points and three threes to finish with 35 for the night. Antetokounmpo was awarded the Kobe Bryant Trophy for the game’s Most Valuable Player.

Danion Lilliard had 32 points. Lillard connected on eight threes. The Warriors’ Curry, who won the three-point shooting contest earlier in the evening, had 28 points. Curry was ten-for 19 from the floor, and he made eight threes.

The Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown finished with 22, and he connected on five from downtown. The Clippers’ Paul George had 17, the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic eight. Rudy Gobert had ten, Nikola Kokic six, Chris Paul six points, and 16 assists. Paul may have either tied the record for assists or broken it. LeBron James played 12 minutes and scored four points.

Team LeBron shot an astounding 63.6% from the floor. They made 31 threes in 61 tries. Team Durant shot 52.6% from the floor. They made 27 three in 72 attempts. There were not a lot of free throws in the game. Each team had five free throws. 

Bradley Beal led Team Durant with 26. Kyrie Irving had 24. James Harden and Jayson Tatum each had 21. Donovan Mitchell had 15, Zach LaVine 13, Zion Williamson 10, and Kawhi Leonard 8.

As mentioned earlier,  Curry won the three-point shooting contest. Curry won the contest for the second time. He won the first crown in 2015. The Blazers’ Anfernee Simons won the Slam Dunk Contest.

Headline Sports with Daniel Dullum: Arizona excited to get JJ Watt; Where will Alex Smith land next?; plus more

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JJ Watt joins the Arizona Cardinals leaving the Houston Texans this week (USA Today file photo)

Daniel on Headline Sports podcast:

1 NFL Cardinals welcome free agent JJ Watt

2 Washington FT officially releases QB Alex Smith

3  Mark Pavelich, 1980 Miracle on Ice hero, found dead in mental health facility at age 63

4 Hornets guard LaMelo Ball establishes an NBA first for rookies

5 San Jose hotel files for bankruptcy, kicks out Golden Knights on game day

6 NBA sends out approximately 200 cease-and-desist orders to ‘unsanctioned’ All-Star parties in Atlanta

Join Daniel for Headline Sports podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Golden Knights Shut-Out Sharks 4-0

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The Vegas Knights Marc Andre-Fleury (left) stops the puck with Nick Holden (22) and the San Jose Sharks Kevin LeBanc (62) behind Fleury in first period at SAP Center on Sat Mar 6, 2021 (AP News photo) 

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks lost 4-0 to the Vegas Golden Knights Saturday. Goals came from Mark Stone, Alex Tuch (2) and Reilly Smith. Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for the shut-out win. Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves in the loss for the Sharks.

After the game, Sharks Head Coach Bob Boughner said that the team lost some energy after the first period: “We were a little bit one-and-done. The Sharks are a team that played five games in the last eight days and you could see that as the game wore on.”

Sharks goaltender Devan Dubnyk said: “I thought offensively we generated a lot. Flower [Vegas goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury] played phenomenal and he’s been pretty good all season.”

Vegas scored their first goal fairly late in the first period, at 15:02. Mark Stone scored it, off of a two on one. Assists went to Chandler Stephenson and Max Pacioretty.

Vegas outshot the Sharks 14-8 in the first period and won 64% of the face-offs.

Alex Tuch scored both second period goals. First, Tuch caught a turnover at speed in the neutral zone and raced away for a shot before anyone could get in his way. It was his 11th of the season.

He scored the second at 16:38. Devan Dubnyk had just knocked the puck away but into some traffic. It bounced clear just as Tuch skated to the net and he knocked it in with a backhand.

The Sharks took one penalty in the first period but gave up no shots to the Vegas power play. Vegas won the face-off battle again at 53%, and had 14 shots to the Sharks’ 9.

The final goal of the game came in middle of the third period. Alex Pietrangelo won a board battle below the goal line, allowing Jonathan Marchessault to send the puck to a waiting Reilly Smith up in the slot. The puck went over Dubnyk’s glove and in the net.

The Sharks led in third period shots 7-4 and won 57% of the face-offs. Each team had a power play in the second period. The Sharks had one shot on their power play and Vegas had none.

The Sharks’ forward roster was reduced by one more for Saturday’s game. Timo Meier was out with a lower body injury and is listed as day-to-day. The Golden Knights’ Mark Stone left during the second period with an injury and did not return. Ryan Reaves, who had to be helped off the ice during Friday’s game with a lower body injury, was back in the lineup Saturday.

The Sharks next play on Monday against the St. Louis Blues at 7:30 PM PT in San Jose.

Agozzino goal gives Gulls 5-4 overtime win over Barracuda

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The San Jose Barracuda defenceman Ryan Merkely (6) and the San Diego Gulls left winger Jaime Devane (15) battle for the puck at FivePoint Arena in San Diego on Sat Mar 6, 2021 (@sjbarracuda photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

IRVINE, Calif—Andrew Agozzino scored 1:12 into overtime to give the San Diego Gulls a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Saturday evening at FivePoint Arena

Agozzino stripped Ryan Merkley of the puck at the blueline and skated in before sliding the puck past ‘Cuda goalie Alexei Melnichuk for the game winning goal, his fifth of the season.

San Jose has lost two of its last three games. San Diego have won two of their last three games..

San Diego (9-5-0-0) drew first blood in the first period on its second shot of the game. Hunter Drew sneaked a back handed through the five-hole of Melnichuk for his first goal of the season at the 7:19 mark. Benoit-Oliver Groulx and Maxim Golod assisted on the goal.

San Jose (4-3-2-0) answered back under two minutes later. Robbie Russo set up Maxim Letunov in the low slot and he snapped home a wrist shot past Gulls goalie Ollie Eriksson Ek for his first goal of the season at the 8:46 mark. Merkley received the secondary assist.

Letunov had not scored a goal since February 23rd, 2020 when he scored a goal against the Ontario Reign.

San Jose had the ice tilted in its favor as they outshot San Diego 16-5 after the opening 20 minutes.

The Gulls regained the lead early in the second period. Golod skated around the net from left to right and centered a cross ice pass to an open Groulx and he buried a point-blank shot past Melnichuk for his fourth goal of the season at the 1:51 mark.

The Barracuda scored the equalizer on the power play just under four minutes later. Merkley sent a cross ice pass that bounced off the boards to Zachary Gallant who fired a slap shot that landed top-shelf on the far side past Erikkson Ek for his first career AHL goal at the 5:40 mark.

San Jose out shot San Diego 11-9 in the scoreless third period.

Melnichuk made 23 saves on 26 shots in the losing effort. Eriksson Ek finished with 39 saves on 41 shots to earn the win.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 1-for-3 on the power play. San Diego was 0-for-1

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Eriksson Ek 2) Agozzino 3) Groulx

UP NEXT: The Barracuda host the Gulls on Tuesday at 6:00pm at Solar4America Ice to close out the three-game series.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Matt Harrington: Sharks try and bounce back from OT loss face Knights in game 2 tonight at SAP

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The Vegas Knights right winger Reilly Smith (19) gets a stick side goal against the San Jose Sharks. Sharks Center Logan Couture (39) tries to stick block the puck and goalie Devan Dubnyk (1) was away from the shot on Fri Mar 5, 2021 at SAP Center San Jose(AP News photo)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Matt:

#1 The Sharks (8-10-3) took a tough loss on home ice Friday night against the Vegas Golden Knights (15-4-1) 5-4 at SAP Center last night that ended in a shootout.

#2 The Golden Knights set the tone opening up the first period with two goals and the Sharks with a 2-0 deficit to start the game.

#3 In the second period the Sharks were able to get some daylight scoring two goals to the Knights one and came away just one goal behind at the intermission 3-2.

#4 The Sharks in the overtime loss used two goaltenders Devan Dubnyk started the game facing 19 shots and allowing two goals and Marty Jones didn’t fair much better allowing three goals facing a total of eight shots.

#5 The Sharks face this difficult Knights team tonight once again. The Knights have lost only four times in 20 games. The Sharks need to take advantage of their home ice to fight there way back against a very aggressive Knights offense.

Join Matt for the Sharks podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Power play working, Cuda get big win in San Diego; play

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The San Jose Barracuda defenceman Nicolas Meloche (53) congratulates goaltender Alexi Melnichuk following the San Jose’s win over the San Diego Gulls at FourPoints Arena in San Diego on Fri Mar 5, 2021 (@sjbarracuda photo)

On the Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, the Barracuda (4-3-1-0) on Friday night got plenty of offense opening the three game series in San Diego with a 5-1 win over the Gulls (8-5-0-0) .

#2 A little team history was set when the Barracuda had three native Californians in the line up Friday night, Sasha Chmelevski (Huntington Beach), Jake McGrew (Orange), and Evan Weinger (El Segundo).

#3 Barracuda Jayden Halbgewachs scored his second and third goals of the season against San Diego it was Halbgewachs’ fourth career multi goal game.

#4  Marko talk about the power play the Barracuda capitalized on it going two for four on the man advantage.

#5 The Barracuda have always had a tough time in San Diego and got a big victory there. The loss was the Gulls first lost on home ice this season (7-1-0-0)

Join Marko for the Barracuda’s podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Barracuda shoot down Gulls in 5-1 victory

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The San Jose Barracuda celebrate a win over the San Diego Gulls on Friday night Mar 5th at Five Point Arena in San Diego to open up the first of a three game series (photo from @sjbarracuda) 

by Marko Ukalovic

IRVINE, Calif—The San Jose Barracuda were able to do what no other team had been able to do this season. Beat the San Diego Gulls on their home ice.

The ‘Cuda powered their way with a pair of special team goals en route to a 5-1 victory over their Pacific Division rival on Friday evening at FivePoint Arena. San Diego came into the game 7-0-1 on their home away from home.

San Jose (4-3-1-0) dominated for the entire 60 minutes of the game as they had the ice tilted inside the San Diego zone for the majority of the evening.

The ‘Cuda drew first blood when Evan Weinger scored an unassisted goal at the 11:07 mark of the first period. Weinger intercepted a clearing attempt and looked to center a pass from the right wing when it deflected off a Gulls defender and past Gulls goalie Lukas Dostal for his first goal of the season.

San Diego (8-4-0-0) answered back 17 seconds later when on a delayed penalty call to San Jose, Antoine Morand found Andrew Agozzino on the left slot and he snapped home a wrist shot top-shelf past ‘Cuda goalie Alexei Melnichuk for his fourth goal of the season.

Under five minutes later the Barracuda regained the lead on the power play. Jayden Halbgewachs received a pass on the left wing from Robbie Russo and skated in before sniping home a wrist shot past Dostal near post for his first of two goals on the evening at the 15:39 mark.

San Jose closed out the four-goal opening twenty minutes 65 seconds later. Christian Jaros fired a shot from the right point that Karlis Cukste, who made his AHL debut for San Jose, redirected Jaros’s shot past Dostal for his first career goal at the 16:44 mark

Cukste ,whose natural position is a defenseman, was playing forward for the first time.

San Jose out shot San Diego 14-7 at the end of the first period.

In the second period, San Jose once again controlled the play on the ice as they had held San Diego to just one shot on net in the first 15 minutes of the middle frame.

The ‘Cuda scored its second power play goal of the game when Russo blasted a slap shot from the point where Sasha Chmelevski tipped home past Dostal for his first goal of the season at the 10:23 mark. The Long Beach native had just been sent back down to the Barracuda after playing a game with the parent club Sharks two nights ago.

Halbgewachs finished off the scoring with a late goal in the third period. A turnover inside the Gulls zone led to Fredrik Handemark finding Halbgewachs all alone in the left slot, where he snapped home a wrist shot top-shelf far side for his second goal of the game and third of the season at the 14:28 mark.

Melnichuk had a clean game having to only stop 16 of the 17 shots he faced to earn the win. Dostal finished with 27 saves on 32 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 2-for-4 on the power play. San Diego went 0-for-3.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Halbgewachs 2) Russo (who finished with two assists) 3) Weinger

UP NEXT: San Jose takes on San Diego on Saturday 3/6 at 7:30pm at FivePoint Arena.

Sharks Fall 5-4 in OT to Golden Knights

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The Vegas Golden Knights right winger Mark Stone (61), defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (7) celebrate left wing Max Pacioretty (67) overtime goal against the San Jose Sharks on Fri Mar 5, 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks lost 5-4 in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights Friday in San Jose. Vegas goals came from Max Pacioretty (2), Reilly Smith, Chandler Stephenson and Alex Tuch. Oscar Dansk made 25 saves for the win. Sharks goals came from Brent Burns, Matt Nieto, Logan Couture and Matt Nieto. Devan Dubnyk made 17 saves for the Sharks, after taking over for Martin Jones. Jones made five saves on eight shots in the first 22 minutes.

After the game, Sharks Head Coach Bob Boughner talked about how his team reacted to an altercation between Ryan Reeves and Kurtis Gabriel:

“I thought that worked in our favor. I know they scored right after but we had a sense of togetherness on the bench and we never stopped attacking. It didn’t matter that they got that fourth goal. We had nine minutes or whatever that was at that point that we were determined to find a way to tie the game up and to get a point and to try to get two in overtime.”

Vegas scored first at 5:48. William Karlsson carried the puck around behind the net as if to do a wrap around, drawing Martin Jones to the left side of the net. Karlsson then passed the puck through the blue paint to Reilly Smith for a shot into a wide-open net. Assists went to Karlsson and Jonanthan Marchessault.

Vegas doubled their lead at 7:03. Abouncing puck elluded the Sharks defenders and landed just right for Chandler Stephenson to shoot it between Logan Couture’s skates and into the net. Assists went to Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty.

The Sharks outshot the Golden Knights in the first, 9-6. The teams traded power plays, with two apiece. The Golden Knights had two shots on the power play and the Sharks had just one. Vegas won 63% of the face-offs.

Vegas added to their lead just 2:57 in to the second period. Max Pacioretty’s shot from just below the blue line went right under Martin Jones and in. Assists went to Alec Martinex and Ryan Reaves.

The Sharks pulled Jones out and put Devan Dubnyk in net. Dubnyk warmed up in game with a quick glove stop on Pacioretty.

Brent Burns got the Sharks on the board at 6:01 with a power play goal. His shot went in and out so quickly that play continued until the Situation Room interrupted with a goal horn. It had hit camera just under the crossbar. Assists went to Ryan Donato and Timo Meier.

Matt Nieto brought the Sharks within one at 12:43. After knocking down an arial pass from Erik Karlsson in the neutral zone, Nieto carried the puck in two on one with Joel Kellman. Nieto took the shot instead of passing.

The shots were very closein the second, at 12-11 for Vegas. The teams again had two power plays apiece. The Sharks just had one shot in their power plays and that was Burns’ goal. Vegas had four shots through their second period power plays. The Sharks improved in the face-off circle, winning 52% of their draws.

Alex Tuch added a fourth goal to the Vegas tally, 26 seconds into the third period. A defensive attempt to knock the puck off of William Carrier’s stick merely swept it across to Tuch for a quick shot over Dubnyk’s shoulder. Assists went to Carrier and Keegan Kolesar.

Logan Couture trimmed that Vegas lead back down at 6:23. Moments before the goal, Couture intercepted a pass in the Sharks zone and then carried the puck the other way. A few tidy passes later, Couture took a shot right up the slot and past Oscar Dansk. Assists went to Erik Karlsson and Kevin Labanc.

With 7:56 left in the game, Ryan Reeves sustained a skate cut as he took Kurtis Gabriel into the boards. He had to be helped off the ice.

The Sharks had a late power play in the third period, and got two shots in there but did not tie the game until Kevin Labanc scored at 18:53. A long pass to the neutral zone from Brent Burns made its way all the way down before the Dansk tried to swat it away. Nieto was there to knock it in.

Overtime lasted 1:25 and ended with a goal from Max Pacioretty. A backhand pass from Alex Pietrangelo went through the slot to Pacioretty for a quick shot. Dubnyk could not get across in time to stop that one. Assists went to Pietrangelo and Mark Stone.

The teams were tied in shots in both the third and overtime periods, with eight each in the third and one each in overtime. The face-offs overall went to the Golden Knights at 57%.

The Sharks play the Golden Knights again on Saturday at 7:30 PM PT in San Jose.

Sacramento Kings podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: Game just narrowly slips past Kings in loss to Portland

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The Portland Trailblazers guard Damion Lillard (0) goes for the lay up against the Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica (8) on Thu Mar 4, 2021 in Portland (AP News photo)

On the Kings podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 The Kings (14-22) hung all game with the Portland Trailblazers (21-14) but in the end just couldn’t put the final touches on the Blazers in the 123-119 loss.

#2 The Trailblazers top scorer Damion Lillard led with 44 points Lillard one of the key factors that the Trailblazers were able to pull this game off against the Kings.

#3 The Kings used only eight players in the contest and had seven of them finish in double figures led by De’Aaron Fox with 32 points. The Kings good enough to win but just couldn’t finish.

#4 The Kings for all four quarters were able to hang with the Blazers they had definitely improved on offense and defense and it show when they beat the Lakers on Wednesday night and in this loss to Portland on Thursday night.

#5 The Kings are in Houston against the Rockets (11-23) on Thursday night the Rockets are certainly a different team since James Harden left.

Join Jeremiah for Kings game coverage after every Kings game at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento Kings game wrap: Kings played improved ball but can’t hang on with Blazers 123-119

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The Portland Trailblazers forward Robert Covington tried prying the ball out of the hands of the Sacramento Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica during first half action Thu Mar 4, 2021’s contest in Portland (AP News photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

The day has finally arrived for Kings players. That day is the end of the first half of the 2021 season. The first half of the season has been very up and down for the Kings. They went on a streak of winning 7-8 games, and also a nine game losing streak. It was really a tale of two teams.

On Thursday night, the Kings would suit up for the last time before the All Star break. It would be the second night of a back to back after playing in Sacramento against the Lakers the night before.

In Wednesday’s game, the King battled. It wasn’t the cleanest game of all time but the Kings did manage to pull out the win against the Lakers. Granted, the Lakers were without their stars Lebron James and Anthony Davis. The Kings managed to win 123-120.

Thursday night, the Kings would be on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland. Tip-off was set for 7 PM PST. Only to lose it in a close well battled game between the two clubs with the Blazers winning 123-114.

In the first half, the Kings played well. They didn’t allow the Blazers to take a large lead and kept the game close. The Kings were out scored 30-27 in the first quarter as they looked to solidify the defensive end of the floor.

In the second quarter, The Kings and Blazers both scored 29 points to send the game into halftime with a 59-56 lead over the Kings. The Kings would look to continue the decent defense in the second half to keep the game close.

In the second half, the Kings pulled ahead early. After the third quarter, in which the Kings out scored the Blazers 34-30, the Kings offense began to show life. It would be up to the defense in the fourth quarter to contain Damion Lillard and come away with a win.

That wasn’t to happen. The Blazers out scored the Kings 34-29 in the final quarter to beat the Kings. The Kings played sloppy offense in the final minute which ultimately cost them the game.

Lillard finished the game with 44 points and the Kings were led by De’Aaron Fox who had 32. This was the Kings final game before the All Star break and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some roster moves when the next Kings game takes place.

Up next: The All Star break will last until Thursday March 11th when the Kings welcome in the Houston Rockets at 7 PM PST in Sacramento.