Sweep! Panthers beat Hurricanes to reach Stanley Cup Final for second time ever

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2023. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

SUNRISE — The Panthers barely reached the postseason, clinching their playoff berth two days before their regular-season finale. The snuck into the bracket as the No. 8 seed and were the heavy underdog against the record-setting Boston Bruins in the first round. Florida shook off all those low expectations, and now the Panthers are four victories away from raising the Stanley Cup for the first time ever following a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes, completing a conference-finals sweep at FLA Live Arena on Wednesday and sending Florida to the Final for the first time since 1996. Matthew...

Winderman’s view: The real Celtics step forward . . . creating concern?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 24, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 116-99 NBA playoff loss to the Boston Celtics: – The Celtics looked like the Celtics. – Playing defense. – Making 3-pointers. – With Jayson Tatum scoring when needed. – The concern meter still is mitigated by the Heat’s 3-1 series lead. – But Boston finally has regained its stride. – This is a team that came back from 3-2 the previous round against the 76ers. – It would be that again with a Heat loss on Thursday night at TD Garden. – Panic? No. – Urgency? Yes. – Because this constant pushing of Jimmy Butler takes a toll. –...

Heat lose air of dominance with 116-99 loss to Celtics, series lead now 3-1

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 24, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – In a nothing-is-simple season, the Miami Heat were unable to push the easy button on Tuesday night against the Boston Celtics. So no sweep by the No. 8 seed in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, just a 116-99 loss that sends the series to TD Garden for an 8:30 p.m. Game 5 on Thursday. Without a win there, the Heat would return home for an 8:30 p.m. Game 6 Saturday. With the opportunity to earn a week off before the June 1 start of the NBA Finals, with the Denver Nuggets already resting for that series after completing a 4-0 sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the West finals,...

Panthers shut out Hurricanes in Game 3 to take commanding 3-0 conference finals lead

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 23, 2023. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

SUNRISE — No overtime needed. After two consecutive overtime wins to start the Eastern Conference finals, the eighth-seeded Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in Game 3 at FLA Live Arena on Monday night, putting Florida on the verge of clinching the franchise’s second-ever trip to the Stanley Cup Final. Winger Sam Reinhart scored the game’s deciding goal eight seconds into a second-period power play, scoring from point-blank range past Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen with 9:55 remaining in the period. However, the victory was dampened by an injury to star center Aleksander Barkov, who...

Heat stagger Celtics with 128-102 thrashing, now one victory NBA Finals

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 22, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — The improbable, seemingly impossible, is now one victory away from reality. The team that finished in seventh place in the Eastern Conference and entered the playoffs as the No. 8 seed is now one victory from the NBA Finals. All while doing it in emphatic fashion. Sunday night, it was a tour de force, with the Miami Heat thrashing the Boston Celtics 128-102 at the Kaseya Center. And, so, make it a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, with no NBA team ever having overcome such a playoff deficit. The difference between this and the first two victories in the series at TD Garden was that...

Winderman’s view: About only Heat question now is where is the Love?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 22, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday night’s 128-102 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – The decision entering the night seemingly was whether Kevin Love would remain a Heat starter with the Celtics moving to small ball with their first five. – It turns out that Love made the decision for coach Erik Spoelstra, when he was forced out by an ankle injury with 4:47 remaining in the opening period. – In this game, it did not matter. – And might have been beneficial. – With Caleb Martin playing so well. – (Is there a better value contract in the league at the moment...

Marlins get back to their one-run-win ways despite scoring only once in San Francisco

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 21, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

SAN FRANCISCO — Braxton Garrett and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, and the Miami Marlins scored an unearned run in the eighth inning on Jon Berti’s single to beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Saturday. Miami (24-22) improved to 15-2 in one-run games but has been outscored 211-159 this season. The Marlins won for the fifth time in six games and stopped the Giants’ four-game winning streak. San Francisco starter Logan Webb pitched six shutout innings for his first no-decision this season. Webb had completed at least seven innings in his three prior starts and four of his past five...

South Carolina eliminates UCF softball, sets up regional final vs. FSU

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 21, 2023. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports, UCF Knights.

TALLAHASSEE — The South Carolina softball team used a 5-run fifth inning and scored 4 more in the seventh Saturday night to beat UCF 10-1 and secure a spot in Sunday’s NCAA Tallahassee Regional Final against No. 3 Florida State at the Seminole Softball Complex. The Gamecocks led 1-0 after stealing home in the second inning and took advantage of costly errors made by the Knights in the fifth to take control of the game. With the bases loaded and one run already scored in the inning, South Carolina’s Aaliyah White singled up the middle with two outs. As runners rounded the bases, an errant throw...

Wellington edges Jupiter to get back to state softball final four

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 21, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, High school softball, High School Sports, Sports.

The Wellington softball team is heading to the state final four for the third time in school history. The host Wolverines received a strong performance from pitchers Tori Payne and Jordan White as they held off Jupiter 2-1 in a Class 7A regional final on Saturday. Wellington (20-2-1) advances to the Class 7A state semifinal for the first time since 2017 and they will play Plant in Clermont on Friday. Payne, a sophomore, started and tossed three scoreless innings while allowing four hits and two walks with two strikeouts. White, a senior captain and Jacksonville University signee, pitched four...

Winderman’s view: Will downsizing be the next step in East finals, even after Heat win?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 20, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

BOSTON – Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 111-105 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – Among the biggest surprises in the East finals to this point is the Celtics electing not to play to their apparent strength at the start of games. – The height of Robert Williams might have been needed at the outset against Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers. – But Bam Adebayo isn’t Joel Embiid and the Heat aren’t the 76ers. – By the start of Friday’s second half, the Celtics were back to their small lineup. – Derrick White in and Williams out. – That created conundrums...

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