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LeBron James: Warriors' 'Fire Power' Probably Most I've Seen
Calvin Johnson Gave Back $1 Million Of Signing Bonus To Lions After Retiring
After LeBron James and Kyrie Irving saw a combined 77-point night wasted in a 118- 113 loss to the Golden State Warriors to fall down 3-0 in the NBA Finals, James said the Warriors possess "proba- bly the most, most firepower I've played in my career."
The Cavs led the Warriors by six with 3 minutes, 9 sec- onds left before Golden State closed on an 11-0 run, led by Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
Durant hit a go-ahead 3- pointer with 45.3 seconds left to punctuate his 31-point night. He now has scored 30- plus in all three games of the Finals. Curry contributed 26 points and 13 rebounds.
Klay Thompson, after starting the series going 3-for-
no team has had this type of firepower."
"Even when you're playing well, you got to play A-plus- plus, because they're going to make runs and they're going to make shots and they got guys that's going to make plays," James said. "So we made enough plays tonight to still win the ballgame, but they made a couple more."
James finished with 39 points, 11 rebounds and 9 as- sists. Irving had 38 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. It broke Cleveland's perfect 4-0 all-time record in the postsea- son when both James and Irving scored 30-plus points.
Game 4 is Friday at 9 p.m. on ABC. The Warriors will sweep the Cavaliers with a win.
Ex-Brown Reggie Rucker Using NFL Pension To Repay Charity Theft
REGGIE RUCKER
Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Reggie Rucker will have nearly $400 a month garnished from his NFL pen- sion payments after stealing from his nonviolence nonprofit groups.
Rucker was sentenced last year to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $110,000 for using money from two charities to pay gambling debts and personal expenses. Cleve- land.com reports the garnish- ments recently approved by a judge are Rucker's first meaningful payments to the Cleveland Peacemakers Al- liance and other groups.
His attorney has Rucker, 69, intends to pay restitution using money he might get from a class-action settlement between the NFL and athletes who suffered con- cussions. That claims process might take years.
His attorney blamed Rucker's actions on a gam- bling addiction caused by foot- ball-related brain injuries. Prosecutors scoffed at that ar- gument.
Calvin Johnson actually repaid at least $1 million of his signing bonus to the Detroit Lions when he retired in March 2016 -- much more than the $320,000 NFLPA records showed at the time -- a source confirmed to ESPN.
Johnson made a seven- figure payback to the Lions, the source said. At the time of Johnson's retirement, the franchise could have tried to
recoup up to
$3.2 million
from John-
son -- the re-
maining
prorated part
of his signing
bonus from
the contract JOHNSON extension he
signed in
2012 -- based on the collective bargaining agreement.
CALVIN
LEBRON JAMES
16 in Game 1, shot 11-for-18 on Wednesday en route to 30 points.
"I said it after we won the Eastern Conference finals that we're getting ready for a jug- gernaut," James said. "It's probably the most, most fire- power I've played in my ca- reer. I played against some great teams, but I don't think
LeBron James, Kevin Durant Reportedly Made Hip-Hop Track Together
Long before they were squaring off in one of the most anticipated NBA Finals matchups in league history, Kevin Durant and LeBron James were partners — at least for one track in the recording studio.
James and Durant col- laborated during the lockout in 2011 to record a hip-hop track. Durant, who was with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the time, had been working out with LeBron in Ohio. Since both players have a pas-
sion for music, they decided to write some lyrics.
Unfortu-
nately, the
track may
never be re-
leased to the
public. Le-
Bron and K.D. are said to have “burst out laughing” when they were asked about it, though they did essentially confirm it exists.
LEBRON JAMES
Dak Prescott Wants To Earn Doctorate In Psychology
Dak Prescott never doubted his ability to make it to the NFL, but he did not use that as an excuse to take his education lightly. And even though the quarterback has al- ready emerged as a star with the Dallas Cowboys, Prescott wants to eventually return to the classroom.
Prescott, who graduated from Mississippi State with a bachelor’s degree in educa- tional psychology and a mas- ter’s in workforce leadership, told the Talk of Fame Network
Dwight Howard Working On Three-
Point Shot To Help Extend Career
Throughout his career, evolution
DAK PRESCOTT
this week that he still wants to earn a doctorate in psychology. Prescott says education has always been something he takes great pride in, especially since a career in football can
be gone at a moment’s notice.
Dwight Howard has been known as a force in the paint. Now, it appears, he’s working on taking his game further from the basket.
It’s no secret the style of play in the NBA is much dif- ferent now than in years past. Shots that used to be reserved for guards and smaller players are now being made with reg- ularity by big men like An- thony Davis and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Howard has witnessed the
firsthand
and seems
to not want
to be left
behind. He
said during
an appear-
ance on
ESPN’s
“The Jump”
he’s been
working on
his three-point shot. Howard is hoping it will help extend his career.
Michael Bennett Tells Seahawks To Pay Kam Chancellor
DWIGHT HOWARD
Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor is heading into the final season of his four- year, $28 million contract, and one of his teammates thinks he’s due for a pay raise.
“Best in the business pay him now Seahawks,” Seattle de- fensive end Michael Bennett wrote on Twitter.
The Seahawks have said they’re interested in extending Chancellor, but it may be a hard deal for the two sides to
come to an agreement on.
The Sea-
hawks may
think that as
Chancel-
lor recovers
from two
ankle sur-
geries, they
want to see him get healthy and back to full speed before they pay him.
KAM CHANCELLOR
said
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