In a nutshell: as of 12:05 a.m. (All times PT) Thursday by Hartley Miller
NBA:
–The LA Lakers built up a 32-point lead and they went on to crush the Miami Heat 116-98 in the opening game of the best-of-7 NBA Finals. Anthony Davis (34) and LeBron James combined for 59 points in the win. James was an assist short of a triple-double. Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops came off the bench to score 4 points (in 18 minutes) for the Heat. Game 2 will be played Friday night just after 6:00 (PT) from the Orlando bubble.
MLB:
–It was a quick exit for the Toronto Blue Jays. The Tampa Bay Rays whipped the Blue Jays 8-2 to sweep their best-of-3 American League first-round series 2-0.
–In other AL playoff action: The New York Yankees outscored Cleveland 10-9 to win the series 2-0, Oakland beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 to even the series 1-1 and Houston got by Minnesota 3-1 to win 2-0. The Twins have lost an all-time postseason record 18 straight games. (The Yankees will play Tampa in the ALDS)
–In the NL (1st games in the best-of-3): LA Dodgers doubled Milwaukee 4-2, Atlanta edged Cincinnati 1-0 in 13 innings, Miami beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 and St. Louis outscored San Diego 7-4.
NFL:
–The Tennessee Titans home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers has been moved from Sunday to later in the season. The NFL made the decision after the Titans reported nine positive COVID-19 tests in their organization.
–Week four of the NFL season starts tonight (5:20 PT) with the Denver Broncos at the New York Jets. Both teams are 0-3 and among 8 winless teams in the league.
SPORTS TWEETS:
Davis, James lead Lakers past Heat to take Game 1.
MORE: https://t.co/92dreNYqo1 pic.twitter.com/H76XSDYcqv
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) October 1, 2020
Coming just shy of a triple-double effort in his @Lakers Gm1 win on Wednesday night, LeBron James still turned in a 25 point, 13 rebound & 9 assist stat line. With it, he’s moved into 2nd all-time on this list of versatile performances by a player in #NBAFinals history pic.twitter.com/f8exKZ3vKg
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) October 1, 2020
Not only were the Miami Heat defeated in Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Bam Adebayo (left shoulder strain) and Goran Dragic (left foot) departed with injuries, too.https://t.co/TCd8tGs3sk
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 1, 2020
Here’s hoping Goran Dragic’s season didn’t come to an end tonight. ? pic.twitter.com/wvgNvuPwI8
— theScore (@theScore) October 1, 2020
Ryu roughed up early, Rays eliminate Blue Jays. MORE: https://t.co/ENNK9POMvH pic.twitter.com/8dVrsQ787P
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) September 30, 2020
The Lightning shared heartfelt moments when reunited with their families. MORE @ https://t.co/srWaY2gorJ pic.twitter.com/g7pS0o9NEv
— BarDown (@BarDown) September 30, 2020
Far too early to talk about HHOF for Henrik Lundqvist…far too early to discuss WHEN his #30 is retired at MSG…because he might play again…but has a player ever moved on from a 15 year career with a team with such class, dignity and style better than @HLundqvist30 did today?
— John Shannon (@JShannonhl) October 1, 2020
The @SpruceKings to commemorate ‘tremendous’ former captain with helmet decals #bchl https://t.co/9uvIHpC1OU
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 1, 2020