Winderman’s view: Heat down and now likely out of clear playoff path

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 8, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

INDIANAPOLIS — Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday night’s 117-115 loss to the Indiana Pacers: – So a play-in opener against Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and the 76ers? – Or a play-in opener against Tyrese Haliburton, Heat killer T.J. McConnell and the Pacers? – Either possibly on the road. – No, Sunday did not produce the type of clarity the Heat wanted and needed. – Even while fighting the good fight to the finish. – Instead, Erik Spoelstra’s unit is looking like a team that even might require a second play-in game to make the playoffs. – Which would be either against DeMar DeRozan...

Heat fall closer to play-in reality after 117-115 stumble in Indiana

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 8, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

INDIANAPOLIS — To review how the NBA play-in tournament works … No, this was not the result the Miami Heat needed or even could endure, Sunday night’s 117-115 loss to the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, making it likely that they will have to attempt to earn their way into the playoffs through the treacherous play-in round, where a pair of losses would end their season. Granted, that would be the same path the Heat took last season in advancing to the NBA Finals, but that was when the Heat played both their play-in games at Kaseya Center, after finishing in seventh place in the East. Now,...

Messi scores in his return, helps Inter Miami to a 2-2 tie against Colorado

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 7, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

By TIM REYNOLDS (AP Sports Writer) FORT LAUDERDALE — Lionel Messi returned and helped salvage a tie for Inter Miami. Messi scored shortly after checking in to begin the second half and helped set up Leo Afonso’s go-ahead score two minutes later. But Cole Bassett scored in the 88th minute for the Colorado Rapids and the game ended in a 2-2 tie on Saturday night. It was Messi’s first appearance for Inter Miami since a hamstring issue led to him getting subbed out early in the second half of a CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Nashville on March 13. He had missed four Inter Miami games since,...

UF’s Billy Napier confident Gators’ embattled D on right track

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 7, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

GAINESVILLE — Florida’s defense dominated the 2023 spring game, led a September upset of Tennessee and then fell off a cliff, dragging down the Gators with it. Amid the offseason talk of Billy Napier maintaining play-calling duties, quarterback Graham Mertz’s improvement in attacking down the field and tailback Trevor Etienne’s transfer to Georgia, the Gators set out to fix the team’s biggest problem during a 5-7 finish. Napier is confident the Gators’ retooled defense has the talent, experience and staff to chart a new course after two seasons of historically poor play during consecutive losing...

Florida Panthers rally in third period, but lose in overtime to Boston Bruins

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 7, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

By KEN POWTAK (Associated Press) BOSTON (AP) — Jesper Boqvist scored 2:05 into overtime, Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Saturday in a matchup of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division. First-place Boston moved five points ahead of second-place Florida. Both teams have four games left in the regular season — with the Panthers’ all at home. “It’s another big game, another playoff-type game against a team that’s going to be there and those games aren’t hard to get up for,” said Boston center Charlie Coyle, who had a power-play goal in the...

Inter Miami say Lionel Messi will play Saturday against Colorado in MLS match

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 6, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

By TIM REYNOLDS (AP Sports Writer) FORT LAUDERDALE — Lionel Messi is coming back to Inter Miami’s lineup, with the team saying his absence for a hamstring injury will end Saturday at home in an MLS match against the Colorado Rapids. “He’s back,” the team wrote in a social media post Friday. Messi has missed Inter Miami’s last four games, including one Wednesday when the club wasted a 1-0 lead and lost 2-1 to Mexico’s Monterrey in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal. Tensions boiled over after that physical game, with members of both teams — Messi included — involved in a postgame...

Start time for Marlins-Yankees game Monday pushed back 4 hours due to total solar eclipse

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 5, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

NEW YORK (AP) — The scheduled start time for Monday’s game between the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins has been changed because of the total solar eclipse. New York was initially set to host the Marlins at 2:05 p.m. The start was pushed back four hours. “After reconsidering the challenges of playing through Monday’s solar eclipse, including potential in-game delays, Major League Baseball and the Yankees have rescheduled the start time of the Yankees-Marlins game on April 8 at Yankee Stadium from 2:05 p.m. to 6:05 p.m.,” the team said in a statement Thursday. Ballpark gates will open at 3...

Bobrovsky makes 30 saves, Panthers rout Senators 6-0

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 5, 2024. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists and the Florida Panthers routed the Ottawa Senators 6-0 on Thursday night. Nick Cousins, Dmitry Kulikov, Anton Lundell, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored to help Florida improve to 48-24-5. Panthers coach Paul Maurice moved into sole possession of fourth place on the NHL victory list with 865. Joonas Korpisalo allowed four goals on 17 shots for Ottawa. Anton Forsberg gave up two on 14 shots in relief. With Florida up 5-0 to start the third, Tkachuk scored...

Winderman’s view: Butler, Adebayo don’t measure up in loss to 76ers

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 5, 2024. 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 Thursday night’s 109-105 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers: – Ahead of the game, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about how it already felt like the playoffs. – That it did. – What it didn’t feel like was enough from Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. – While the 76ers got plenty from their leading men, the same could not be said for the Heat. – Essentially, Butler and Adebayo did not measure up to Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid. – So for all the contributions elsewhere for the Heat, it wasn’t enough. – Yes, Butler came on late. – But wasn’t strong...

After red card, Messi-less Inter Miami cough up lead, lose to Monterrey in CONCACAF quarterfinal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 4, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

By ALANIS THAMES (AP Sports Writer) FORT LAUDERDALE — Jorge Rodríguez scored the go-ahead goal in the 89th minute as Mexico’s Monterrey rallied past Inter Miami for a 2-1 win Wednesday night in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal. Inter Miami played the match without Lionel Messi, who was sidelined for a fourth straight game as he deals with a right hamstring injury. Messi has not played since March 13 and also missed Argentina’s exhibitions last month against El Salvador and Costa Rica. It isn’t yet clear when the 36-year-old Messi will return. The teams are scheduled to play the second...

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