The Minnesota Timberwolves took care of business on Friday night with a 126-109 win over the Suns in Phoenix. As a result, Minnesota moved one win away from advancing in the postseason for the first time in two decades, as the team now holds a commanding 3-0 series lead over Phoenix.
Perhaps more importantly, the vibes are just in completely opposite places right now, as evidenced by a sequence that occurred late in the game. Suns guard Josh Okogie — who provided some much-needed energy in the fourth quarter — committed a hard foul on Rudy Gobert, and after a review, he got hit with a Flagrant 2 and an automatic ejection.
Josh Okogie was assessed for a flagrant 2 on this play!
Amid all of this happening, the cameras caught Anthony Edwards, who had the time of his life by doing a D-Generation X crotch chop over and over with the biggest smile he’s ever had on his face. Seriously, this is the look of a man who is having a remarkably good time right now while someone else in his immediate vicinity is having an extremely bad time.
With this, Edwards joins Joel Embiid as the players who we have seen bust out the crotch chop during an NBA game this season. Now, we’ll have to wait and see if Edwards gets the two things that usually come for Embiid after he does this: a fine, and some love from Triple H.
As for the game, Edwards was nothing short of magnificent in the Wolves’ Game 3 win, going for 36 points on 12-for-23 shooting with nine rebounds, five assists, and two steals. Edwards and the Wolves will look to finish their sweep on Sunday night on TNT in a game that is scheduled to tip off at 9:30 p.m. EST.
Watching Rudy Gobert play defense is legitimately one of the most incredible things in the NBA. Gobert is a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, is probably about to win the award for the fourth time, and is almost guaranteed to give your team an elite unit on that end of the floor just because of his presence and how his ability to protect the rim frees up the other four guys to fly around on the perimeter.
And then, there’s Gobert’s offense, which is also incredible to watch for a completely different reason. While he’s an outstanding lob threat, Gobert isn’t always the most elegant player with the ball in his hands, especially when he has to put it on a deck. As such, when he got the ball in the open floor during Friday night’s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Phoenix Suns, this happened.
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) April 27, 2024
That is about as clear of a travel as you will see, and watching the Suns bench understandably melt down over the lack of a call is completely understandable. But the best part of the clip is Richard Jefferson on commentary, who completely loses it over Gobert getting away with this one. Although I will push back on calling this a Eurostep, because with how much ground he covered, I don’t think Europe is big enough.
For the second game in a row, the Dallas Mavericks have taken down the Los Angeles Clippers. The two teams squared off on Friday night in Game 3 of their first round series, and in what can be classified as a slugfest, Dallas was able to defend its homecourt en route to a 101-90 win and a 2-1 series lead.
The first half was defined by two things: A dominant performance from Luka Doncic, and a total no-show by two of the Clippers’ biggest stars. Dallas was able to take a 54-41 lead into the locker room at halftime thanks to Doncic completely tearing up the Los Angeles defense, as the Slovenian star had 14 points, six rebounds, six assists, and a pair of steals.
And then, there’s whatever was going on with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. While James Harden showed up in the game’s opening 24 minutes with 14 points, the Clippers’ other stars struggled to get going — George had five points on 2-for-5 shooting, while Leonard had only three points on 1-for-2 shooting.
James Harden… drills his patented stepback 3 to close the 1Q
The third quarter was the start of the Kyrie Irving show. While the Clippers were able to slowly chip away at the Mavericks lead and got it down to six, Irving scored eight straight points for Dallas over the final 78 seconds to keep them afloat. And at the start of the fourth quarter, the team was able to carry that momentum over and go on an 8-0 run at the very beginning of the frame to start to make the result look inevitable.
They weren’t just getting it done on the offensive floor as their lead ballooned up to as many as 21 points, as the highlight of the game very well might have been Daniel Gafford meeting George at the summit and turning him away.
While things were tense between the two teams — Russell Westbrook and P.J. Washington were both ejected in the fourth quarter for some pushing and shoving — things never seemed to get out of the home team’s control in the game’s final frame. And by the time the buzzer sounded, both teams had already emptied their benches.
Doncic led the way with a near triple-double, going for 22 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists, and two steals. Irving, meanwhile, had 21 points with six dimes, four boards, and a pair of steals. While the Clippers got good scoring contributions from Harden (21 points), Norman Powell (21 points), and Ivica Zubac (19 points), Leonard and George combining for 16 points on 7-for-18 shooting is just not going to get it done for a team that relies on its stars.
Game 4 between the Mavericks and the Clippers will take place in Dallas on Sunday afternoon. The game is scheduled to tip off at 3:30 p.m. EST on ABC.
The Los Angeles Clippers led after the first quarter in Game 3 in Dallas, but in the second quarter their offense stalled out and they could never get it started again. The Mavs pulled away to take a 13-point lead at the half and put it in cruise control the rest of the way, as the Clippers never really mounted a charge in the second half.
That didn’t mean the final 24 minutes weren’t without some fireworks, they just didn’t come courtesy of the offenses. In the fourth quarter, frustration built for the Clippers, particularly Russell Westbrook who got into it a few times with Luka Doncic before finally snapping and spinning the Mavs star around on a foul and getting in a shoving match with anyone who would step towards him.
Russ kinda lost his s*** on everyone here, thought he was gonna pop the camera guy at the end pic.twitter.com/heveasxyk8
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) April 27, 2024
Westbrook was ejected, as he was given a pair of technical fouls for shoving Doncic and shoving PJ Washington — and his push of the ref who tried to separate him probably didn’t help his cause. Washington also got T’d up and ejected for pushing Westbrook after coming to defend his star. It wasn’t exactly a hard shove from Washington, but the officials clearly were just trying to keep things from getting out of hand at any point towards the end of the game.
It was a frustrating night for the Clippers as they did not have their A-game (or B-game) and they didn’t exactly handle it well. Now they’ll have to regroup to find a response in Game 4 or risk going back to L.A. on the brink of a first round exit.
Despite blowing a 19-point lead, getting hit with haymaker after haymaker by Khris Middleton, and a less-than-stellar shooting night from behind the three-point line, the Indiana Pacers have a 2-1 lead in their series against the Milwaukee Bucks. In what will go down as one of the best games this postseason, the Pacers picked up a thrilling, 121-118 win in overtime.
The crowd in Indiana was revved up from the very start, and the team responded to the energy that filled the building. The Pacers looked primed to run the Bucks out of the gym in the first quarter, as the team’s speed and ruthlessness on the offensive end of the floor saw them lead by as many as 19 points and gave them a 17-point lead after one.
Obi gets out in transition for the bucket… Pacers off to a hot start!
The second quarter didn’t follow the same script. Thanks to 21 combined points from Middleton and Brook Lopez — the former had 11 of his 19 first half points in the frame, the latter had all 10 of his in the second — Milwaukee was able to slow things down just enough to make things more respectable going into the half.
Khris Middleton cashes in from 3… up to 17 PTS in the 1H!
Sill, Indiana took a 67-55 lead into the locker room with the 1-2 punch of Myles Turner (15 points) and Obi Toppin (14 points) leading the way. Additionally, Tyrese Haliburton went for eight points, 11 assists, and five rebounds in the opening 24 minutes, as he consistently got his teammates good looks against the Bucks defense — as a team, the Pacers shot 27-for-53 (50.9 percent) from the field and 9-for-24 (37.5 percent) from three, while the Bucks were 19-for-45 (42.2 percent) and 2-for-13 (15.4 percent) respectively. If not for the fact that Milwaukee made nine more free throws on 10 more attempts, it’s easy to see how Indiana could have gone into the locker room with a considerably larger lead.
Slowly but surely, the Bucks were able to chip away in the second half. In the third quarter, they were able to get the deficit down to single-digits, with Middleton continuing to be steady and Damian Lillard scoring nine points in the frame to get the lead down to 90-83 heading into the fourth.
As the game went down the stretch, neither squad was able to pull away by landing the haymaker that sent the opposing team to the mat. But with 19.8 seconds left, the Pacers were able to land a major punch. The team led by one and had the ball, and while Haliburton bricked an attempt from three, Pascal Siakam reeled in the rebound, went up, made a layup, and got fouled as Lillard attempted to draw a charge.
Siakam missed the free throw, however, which cracked the door open. Middleton made a layup on the ensuing possession, with the Bucks opting to play the foul game instead of looking for a three. And while Aaron Nesmith knocked down both of his attempts from the charity stripe, Middleton came right back down and nailed a three with 1.4 seconds left.
While Siakam got a look on the final possession, his effort hit the back of the rim, which sent things into overtime. Things continued to be tight over the extra period, and with 14.4 seconds left, Nesmith came up huge again, as he beat the shot clock to put Indiana up three by drilling a triple in the corner.
AARON NESMITH DRILLS THE 3 TO GIVE THE PACERS A 3-POINT LEAD @Bucks 115@Pacers 118
But somehow, someway, Middleton did it once again. The Pacers ended up losing Middleton, who walked into a three at the top of the key and banked it in.
Indiana responded by going to Haliburton, but instead of trying to get him a three, he got the ball in the backcourt and picked up a head of steam, which he used to cook Patrick Beverley, get into the paint, and throw up a floater, which he made while getting fouled.
Middleton ended up getting a contested look with 1.6 seconds remaining, but it fell short. It was the only negative moment in an otherwise sterling night for Middleton, who had 42 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, while Lillard pitched in 28 points and eight dimes. For the Pacers, Turner’s 29 points and nine boards led the way, and Haliburton went for an 18-point, 16-assist, 10-rebound triple-double.
Game 4 between the Bucks and the Pacers will take place on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. EST on TNT.
M. Night Shyamalan has been spooking (mainstream) audiences since earning Academy Award nominations with 1999’s The Sixth Sense. Since that time, he’s been ebbing and flowing but still decidedly kicking with the likes of Dave Bautista, and now, his daughter is embarking upon her own seat-handle-gripping adventures with The Watchers. Let’s talk about what we know about the movie so far.
Plot
The Watchers is a gothic horror feature film based upon A.M. Shine’s same-named novel. Dakota Fanning stars as Mina, who ends up in a Shyamalan-esque forest because that is how this family rolls (which also makes sense because Ishana has helped direct Servant, her father’s Apple TV+ series). Our heroine “gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.”
As if that wasn’t troubling enough, the group apparently lives behind a one-sided mirror of sorts: “You can’t see them, but they see everything.”
As the below trailer will reveal, the creatures establish rules that must be followed apparently upon penalty of death. Between this movie, The Village, and The Happening, this family has plenty to say about nature and how it really doesn’t appreciate humanity.
Cast
The film also includes performances by Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere, and Oliver Finnegan.
Release Date
The Watchers arrives on June 7, which could add up to a swell summer for horror movies, given that Russell Crowe will debut in The Exorcism on the same day. Additionally, The Strangers reboot/revival will also be in theaters a few weeks earlier. It will be triple the Stranger Danger.
Every parent is familiar with the standard liability waiver for children to do just about anything. Going on a school field trip, sign a liability waiver. Playing a sport, sign a liability waiver. Going to a birthday party at a trampoline park–you got it, sign a liability waiver. The form is so common that parents often sign it without thinking about what they’re actually signing.
The assumption is that if you don’t sign the form, whoever “they” are will know and your kid will be left out of whatever activity they wanted to do. But do you actually have to sign those things? Shannon Schott a mom and criminal defense and personal injury attorney says declining is an option.
The attorney took to TikTok to explain how she gets around signing the liability forms for her children and it’s much simpler than one might think. According to Schott, she’s never been questioned when she simply opts out things she doesn’t agree with and writes decline next to that particular section. No secret liability waiver police jump out from behind the nearest bush and her reasoning is quite simple.
Blindly signing on the dotted line essentially waives your child’s rights to take legal action if an accident occurs that severely injures, maims or kills the child, Schott explains. The mom tells her audience that as a lawyer who handles personal injury, she would never agree to sign away the option to sue, reminding others that liability waivers are a mutual agreement. Keeping this in mind she only signs what she’s comfortable with.
“First and foremost if people are not paying attention, I just don’t do it. If someone says you have to go online and sign a waiver I say, ‘okay thanks’ and I don’t do it and no one checks and that’s not on me. That’s me being smart and not waiving my child’s rights,” Schott reveals, immediately clarifying that she and her family are safe and not trying to trick someone into a lawsuit.
While many people didn’t realize that you had the option to decline, some did and explained how they do it in the comments.
“On my first day of torts, my professor taught us to cross out all of the negligence/death clauses. 10 years later with 2 kids, I’ve never been questioned (no one noticed),” someone writes.
“I always wrote, ‘unless under negligence.’ No one ever rechecked my signature,” another says.
“I always do this!! My mom did it when we were kids so it became a habit,” one commenter shares.
Schott makes it clear in her video that while she is particular about arbitrarily signing her child’s rights away, she’s not looking for litigation and she’s fine with having her child sit out of an activity if needed. The attorney also reassures a commenter that parents always have the right to revoke a waiver and ask for a new form if they’ve signed thinking they didn’t have a choice. Parents are thanking her for the information with some admitting they need to take a closer look at those forms in the future.
A video of kids waving a narrow rod in front of a pig while hunching like Dracula and giving someone a death stare has taken the internet by storm, leaving people scratching their heads.
“What did I just watch?” seems to be the primary response to the video shared on the @dadsonfarms TikTok page, followed by various versions of “Where am I?” and “What is happening?” and “How did I end up here?”
The befuddlement is only matched by the curiosity and confused laughter that naturally result from seeing something so…unbelievable? Unexpected? Unusual? Uncanny?
Krew and Karis at The Revival livestock Show! #showpigs #pigshow
“This is the weirdest thing 😂😂🤣 I have so many questions!!!” wrote one person.
“Why do I feel like this is a staring competition and the pigs are just a added difficulty 🤣,” wrote another.
“Yay!!! I’m back on hunchback death stare competition while also showing pigs tiktok!” exclaimed another.
“Again. What did I react to, to end me up here?” asked another.
If you’ve ever stepped foot in the world of 4-H or FFA (Future Farmers of America), you likely recognize there’s a livestock showing competition happening here. But if you’re a city slicker with no rural or agricultural ties, you may not know that “showing” animals is even a thing.
Not only it it a thing, but it’s a highly competitive endeavor with specific rules and guidelines and expectations. It does help to have the showmanship requirements explained, however, and thankfully the kids’ dad explained in a separate video.
The kids showcased here are Karis and Krew, twins who compete in the 13 to 16-year-old category of pig showing. The pigs are Smack Down and Greta. The reason the competitors stare so intently is to show they are paying attention to the judge and also to show how much control they have. (And according to one commenter, they get extra points for keeping eye contact with the judge the whole time.)
@Lawrence Johnson I tried to answer all your Questions about showing Pigs 😊! #showpigs #pigshow
People have been fascinated to learn about how much goes into these exhibitions. Who knew pig showing was this intense? And with judges being flown across the country—there’s an official Livestock Judges’ Association and everything—this is clearly serious business.
Except when you add the music to it, it just comes off as seriously strange hilarity.
Great night to show at western regionals #showpigs #hogshowman
So what exactly is the point of all of this?
When livestock showing began in the 1800s, the primary purpose was to improve the quality of livestock. These days, it’s more about helping young people developing character qualities through programs like 4-H and FFA while learning about farm animal care and preparation for selling. They learn about responsibility, self-discipline, hard work and professionalism through these competitions.
Children believe everything their parents tell them. So when parents lie to prevent their kids to stop them from doing something dumb, the mistruth can take on a life of its own. The lie can get passed on from generation to generation until it becomes a zombie lie that has a life of its own.
Justin, known as 90sKidforLife on TikTok and Instagram, put together a list of 10 lies that parents told their kids in the ‘90s, and the Gen X kids in the comments thought it was spot on.
“Why was I told EVERY ONE of these?” Brittany, the most popular commenter, wrote. “I heard all of these plus the classic ‘If you keep making that face, it will get stuck like that,’” Amanda added. After just four days of being posted, it has already been seen 250,000 times.
Parents were always lying #90s #90skids #parenting
There’s something special about Miller High Life. This no-frills, cheap, thirst-quenching American adjunct lager is as classic as beer gets. Best imbibed in its clear bottles adorned with the simple Miller High Life label and the iconic image of a woman sitting on the moon while hoisting a frosty brew, it’s crisp, refreshing, and highly crushable.
Fans of the beer are very loyal to the brand. But if they want to try something else in the same vein, there are tons of great lager options available. From big brands like Narragansett, Jack’s Abby, and Bell’s to Creature Comforts and SingleCut, myriad lagers are well-suited for fans of the classic, crisp, refreshing “Champagne of beers.”
Don’t worry, while we mentioned that countless lagers fit the bill, we aren’t going to make you find these diamonds in the rough. We took the liberty of picking eight of the best lagers for fans of Miller High Life and ranking them on overall crisp, refreshing flavor notes and profile. Read on to see the champ!
If this lager was good enough to be “crushed by Quint” in Jaws, it should be good enough for you. The epitome of a no-frills, crushable beer, it’s brewed with six-row malt, a mix of hops from the Pacific Northwest, Iowa corn, a proprietary lager strain, and pure water from Lake Ontario and Hemlock Lake.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of cereal grains, honey, sweet corn, caramel malt, and floral hops greets you before your first sip. Drinking it reveals a crisp, easy-drinking lager with flavors like sweet corn, cereal grains, lemon, honey, hay, and more floral hops. It’s crisp and refreshing at the finish
Bottom Line:
This is a beer for crushing on a hot day. It’s not overly exciting when it comes to aroma and palate, but that’s not the point. It’s a classic easy-drinking beer.
Bell’s used to make a crisp lager called Lager of the Lakes, but that beer was discontinued in favor of its new Lager for the Lakes. Confused? Don’t worry. So are we. This version is a crisp, clean pilsner that was created to bring awareness to the need to preserve and protect clean lakes. That being said, it’s totally crushable and thirst-quenching as well.
Tasting Notes:
You’ll find aromas of cracker-like malts, wet grass, cereal grains, honey, lemon peels, and floral, earthy hops on the nose. The palate is loaded with more cracker-like malts, honey, lemongrass, hay, cereal grains, and floral, herbal, and Noble hops. It’s crisp, clean, and straightforward to drink.
Bottom Line:
This is a very well-balanced, but still sessionable lager. It has malt sweetness up front and a nice kick of Noble hops at the finish.
The folks at Cincinnati’s Rhinegeist set out to make a classic, crisp, easy-drinking, balanced lager and did just that with Cheetah. This beer isn’t trying to be anything it isn’t. It’s a malt-forward, gently hoppy lager that you can sip all year long. If you’re a fan of Miller High Life, you’ll love this refreshing lager.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of lemon peels, honey, freshly baked bread, yeast, cereal grains, and floral hops greet your nostrils before your first sip. There’s more of the same on the palate with bready, caramel malts up front followed by lemon peels, honey, and floral hops. The finish is clean, crisp, and lightly bitter.
Bottom Line:
If you’ve never tried this beer, what are you waiting for? It’s a complex, well-balanced take on the no-frills, crisp lager style.
With a name like ‘Howdy Beer’, you should assume that this is a classic, no-frills beer. This Colorado-brewed pilsner was created to taste like a beer a cowboy might want to drink after a long day roping cattle. But even if your work is behind a computer, you can enjoy this crisp, thirst-quenching malty, lightly hoppy beer.
Tasting Notes:
You’ll find notes of sweet corn, cereal grains, honey, citrus peels, and floral hops on the nose. Sipping it reveals more corn sweetness, cereal grains, hay, wet grass, caramel malt, citrus peels, honey, and floral, earthy hops. The finish is crisp, hoppy, and lightly bitter.
Bottom Line:
If you’re into beers with corn-sweet, floral-hopped, crisp, refreshing beers, this is the one for you. It’s perfect in its simplicity.
After a long day of work, there’s nothing better than a crisp, clean, refreshing lager. Anything else just isn’t acceptable. The brewers at Jack’s Abby are well aware of this. Available year-round, its Post Shift Pilsner is known for its thirst-quenching flavor and mix of cracker malts and floral, earthy hops.
Tasting Notes:
This Bavarian-style lager begins with a nose of cereal grains, wet grass, hay, lemon zest, honey, and floral, earthy hops. The palate is filled with yeasty, bready malts, nutty sweetness, wet grass, hay, lemon peel, and earthy, floral hops. The finish is dry, lightly bitter, and very crisp.
Bottom Line:
This is a surprisingly complex, balanced pilsner. That being said, it’s still crushable and refreshing and perfect for a break from your usual High Life.
Who wouldn’t want to drink a beer called Classic City Lager? This sessionable lager from Athens, Georgia’s Creature Comforts is known for its easy-drinking, no-frills flavor. Made with simple ingredients like malted barley and hops, it’s a can’t-miss for High-Life drinkers.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all lemon zest, bready malts, honey, hay, and floral, herbal hops. It’s a great start to a classic lager. Drinking it reveals notes of cereal grains, sweet corn, lemon peels, hay, fresh-cut grass, honey, and floral hops. The finish is malty, floral, and memorable.
Bottom Line:
This is a beer for drinkers looking for a “Classic” lager. It ticks all the crisp, refreshing lager boxes.
Named for the elaborate engravings created by sailors in the 1800s, this easy-drinking pilsner was brewed with Munich malt as well as Hallertauer and Tettnang hops. The result is a German-style lager with classic clean, crisp, floral flavors.
Tasting Notes:
Breathing in the nose, you’ll find aromas of crisp apples, citrus peels, honey, cereal grains, and floral hops. The palate is similar with bready malts, cereal grains, honey sweetness, lemon peel, hay, and floral, earthy, Noble hops. The finish is dry, and crisp, and leaves you wanting more.
Bottom Line:
As German-style pilsners go, it’s tough to beat the appeal of North Coast Scrimshaw. It’s a great beer when you want a break from High Life.
This award-winning, sessional lager is known for its simple, crisp, easy-drinking flavor profile. It gets that flavor from the use of malt sourced from Europe as well as European hops. On top of that, in the true old world style, it’s unfiltered and horizontally lagered for months before it’s ready.
Tasting Notes:
Classic aromas of honey, freshly baked bread, citrus peels, and floral, spicy, earthy hops greet you before you even take your first sip. Drinking it reveals a complex flavor profile featuring notes of sweet malts, fresh bread, cereal grains, orange peels, lemon, and floral hops. The finish is dry, crisp, and lightly bitter in the best way possible.
Bottom Line:
If you only drink one beer on this list, make it SingleCut Frequency. It’s classic, crisp, and loaded with authentic German aromas and flavors.
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