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MJ is simply and completely in his own level. Nobody is close.
MJ is simply and completely in his own level. Nobody is close.
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Victor Wembanyama scored 43 points against Minnesota on Saturday and blocked six shots in the same night. That sentence used to describe a fantasy. Now it's a box score.
He went 17-for-34 with seven rebounds in a 121-111 win. It was the second-highest scoring game of his career and the first time he has put up 40 points with five or more blocks.
Remember where this season started. San Antonio opened 0-2, and the early conversation was about what wasn't working yet. Six games in, the Spurs are 4-2 on a four-game winning streak, and the question has flipped.
The scoring is the headline, but the blocks are the point. Plenty of players can get 40 on a good night. Almost nobody can do it while also being the reason the other team stops attacking the rim. When the best scorer on the floor is also its best deterrent, the opponent has nowhere comfortable to go on either end.
That's the part that makes him different from every big man comparison people reach for. He doesn't have to choose which half of the game to dominate.
The real test comes in April, not October. But if this is what he looks like when he's still finding his rhythm, how high is the ceiling? Tell me who you'd compare him to, and why I'm wrong. #PorVida
He went 17-for-34 with seven rebounds in a 121-111 win. It was the second-highest scoring game of his career and the first time he has put up 40 points with five or more blocks.
Remember where this season started. San Antonio opened 0-2, and the early conversation was about what wasn't working yet. Six games in, the Spurs are 4-2 on a four-game winning streak, and the question has flipped.
The scoring is the headline, but the blocks are the point. Plenty of players can get 40 on a good night. Almost nobody can do it while also being the reason the other team stops attacking the rim. When the best scorer on the floor is also its best deterrent, the opponent has nowhere comfortable to go on either end.
That's the part that makes him different from every big man comparison people reach for. He doesn't have to choose which half of the game to dominate.
The real test comes in April, not October. But if this is what he looks like when he's still finding his rhythm, how high is the ceiling? Tell me who you'd compare him to, and why I'm wrong. #PorVida
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This why he the GREATEST.
Take a moment to understand how insane this was:
1993 NBA Finals.
Charles Barkley was the MVP.
Phoenix had the NBA’s best record.
Phoenix had home-court advantage.
Michael Jordan?
41.0 PPG.
Over SIX Finals games.
Still the highest scoring average in NBA Finals history.
chance to tie the series in Game 4?
Jordan dropped 55.
Read that again.
41 POINTS PER GAME.
On basketball’s biggest stage.
Against the league MVP.
With a championship—and a three-peat—on the line.
Chicago won in six.
🏆 Three straight championships.
🏆 The three-peat complete.
🏆 Three straight Finals MVPs for Jordan.
Phoenix had everything you’re supposed to need:
Best record.
Home court.
League MVP.
It didn’t matter.
The Suns had the MVP.
The Bulls had Michael Jordan.
There are levels to greatness.
And then there was MJ.
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Chargers vs Rams
Rams 24, Chargers 9. For the first time in Sean McVay's career, the Rams went without a first down on their first five drives, and they still won by 15.
They gained 24 yards on their first 15 plays and trailed 9-3 late in the first half. A 40-yard completion to Tutu Atwell finally moved the chains, Kyren Williams walked in with 19 seconds left before halftime, and the Rams added two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Blake Corum ran for 73 yards on 11 carries, 55 of them on the drive out of halftime, and Puka Nacua caught 11 for 80 and a score.
The Chargers' problem is plain in the box score. Justin Herbert threw for 257 yards but was intercepted twice and has now thrown one in all seven games. Los Angeles ran 25 times for 64 yards, and Mike McDaniel needed two flea-flickers just to set up a field goal.
The Rams are 4-4 with their first winning streak of the season. The Chargers are 0-7, the league's only winless team.
#RamsHouse
Rams 24, Chargers 9. For the first time in Sean McVay's career, the Rams went without a first down on their first five drives, and they still won by 15.
They gained 24 yards on their first 15 plays and trailed 9-3 late in the first half. A 40-yard completion to Tutu Atwell finally moved the chains, Kyren Williams walked in with 19 seconds left before halftime, and the Rams added two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Blake Corum ran for 73 yards on 11 carries, 55 of them on the drive out of halftime, and Puka Nacua caught 11 for 80 and a score.
The Chargers' problem is plain in the box score. Justin Herbert threw for 257 yards but was intercepted twice and has now thrown one in all seven games. Los Angeles ran 25 times for 64 yards, and Mike McDaniel needed two flea-flickers just to set up a field goal.
The Rams are 4-4 with their first winning streak of the season. The Chargers are 0-7, the league's only winless team.
#RamsHouse
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Patriots vs Dolphins
Patriots 24, Dolphins 19. Without AJ Brown, Drake Maye threw only 20 passes, completed 16 of them and averaged 10 yards an attempt.
New England trailed 13-3 at halftime and looked disorganized doing it. The second half was a different operation: 21 straight points, a 43-yard Kyle Williams touchdown restored on Mike Vrabel's challenge, a Maye keeper off a fake pitch for the lead, and DeMario Douglas weaving 48 yards for a two-score cushion. Maye has now accounted for at least three touchdowns in five straight games.
The defense did the rest. The Patriots sacked Malik Willis five times and held Miami to 4.5 yards a play. Willis found Kevin Coleman Jr. from 35 with two minutes left, the two-point try failed, and Rhamondre Stevenson recovered the onside kick.
New England is 5-3. Miami is 1-6, and its youth showed in the moments that decided this one, including an unsportsmanlike conduct flag on Ollie Gordon II that helped stall the drive right after the Williams score.
#ForeverNE
Patriots 24, Dolphins 19. Without AJ Brown, Drake Maye threw only 20 passes, completed 16 of them and averaged 10 yards an attempt.
New England trailed 13-3 at halftime and looked disorganized doing it. The second half was a different operation: 21 straight points, a 43-yard Kyle Williams touchdown restored on Mike Vrabel's challenge, a Maye keeper off a fake pitch for the lead, and DeMario Douglas weaving 48 yards for a two-score cushion. Maye has now accounted for at least three touchdowns in five straight games.
The defense did the rest. The Patriots sacked Malik Willis five times and held Miami to 4.5 yards a play. Willis found Kevin Coleman Jr. from 35 with two minutes left, the two-point try failed, and Rhamondre Stevenson recovered the onside kick.
New England is 5-3. Miami is 1-6, and its youth showed in the moments that decided this one, including an unsportsmanlike conduct flag on Ollie Gordon II that helped stall the drive right after the Williams score.
#ForeverNE
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Kimi Antonelli needed to finish ninth in Mexico City on Sunday. He finished third, and at 20 years and 68 days old, he is the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history.
The record he took belonged to Sebastian Vettel, who won his first title in 2010 at 23 years and 133 days. Antonelli didn't edge past it. He moved it back by more than three years.
The rest of the season reads the same way. He took the championship lead after Japan at 19, younger than anyone ever had. He won six races as a teenager, when only one other driver in history had won even one. His nine wins this year are the most ever by an Italian in a single season, and he is Italy's first champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
What impressed me most wasn't the speed, though. It was Sunday. A red flag, a standing restart, a late Safety Car, and a 20-year-old with the title in his hands who drove like a man who had done this before. He took third and let Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton fight over the win.
"I'm speechless," he said afterward. "I'm trying to process what has just happened."
We usually assume champions need years of scar tissue before they can handle a title fight. Antonelli just suggested that patience can be a talent you're born with, not only one you earn.
Is this the start of an era, or a brilliant season in a car that let him shine? Make your case. #F1
The record he took belonged to Sebastian Vettel, who won his first title in 2010 at 23 years and 133 days. Antonelli didn't edge past it. He moved it back by more than three years.
The rest of the season reads the same way. He took the championship lead after Japan at 19, younger than anyone ever had. He won six races as a teenager, when only one other driver in history had won even one. His nine wins this year are the most ever by an Italian in a single season, and he is Italy's first champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
What impressed me most wasn't the speed, though. It was Sunday. A red flag, a standing restart, a late Safety Car, and a 20-year-old with the title in his hands who drove like a man who had done this before. He took third and let Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton fight over the win.
"I'm speechless," he said afterward. "I'm trying to process what has just happened."
We usually assume champions need years of scar tissue before they can handle a title fight. Antonelli just suggested that patience can be a talent you're born with, not only one you earn.
Is this the start of an era, or a brilliant season in a car that let him shine? Make your case. #F1
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Cardinals vs Cowboys
Cardinals 33, Cowboys 30 (OT). Dallas never trailed until the final kick, and it still lost.
The Cowboys led 24-10 early in the fourth quarter. Then Gardner Minshew, who replaced Jacoby Brissett in the third, finished 17 of 23 for 188 yards and three touchdowns. His last drive went 80 yards in eight plays with no timeouts and ended on Michael Wilson's 13-yard catch with 6 seconds left. Chad Ryland, who had made his previous 58 extra points, missed the one that would have won it. He made a 42-yarder in overtime instead.
The engine was Tyler Allgeier, the only Arizona running back still available by the end: 147 rushing yards on 11 carries, including a 63-yard touchdown, and 191 scrimmage yards, all but 7 of them after halftime. Arizona outgained Dallas 467 to 261, and the Cowboys ran 39 times for 93 yards a week after rushing for 204.
The Cardinals have beaten Dallas five straight times and are 5-0 at AT&T Stadium since it opened in 2009. Both teams are 3-5, and this is the kind of loss that defines a season in Dallas.
#BirdGang
Cardinals 33, Cowboys 30 (OT). Dallas never trailed until the final kick, and it still lost.
The Cowboys led 24-10 early in the fourth quarter. Then Gardner Minshew, who replaced Jacoby Brissett in the third, finished 17 of 23 for 188 yards and three touchdowns. His last drive went 80 yards in eight plays with no timeouts and ended on Michael Wilson's 13-yard catch with 6 seconds left. Chad Ryland, who had made his previous 58 extra points, missed the one that would have won it. He made a 42-yarder in overtime instead.
The engine was Tyler Allgeier, the only Arizona running back still available by the end: 147 rushing yards on 11 carries, including a 63-yard touchdown, and 191 scrimmage yards, all but 7 of them after halftime. Arizona outgained Dallas 467 to 261, and the Cowboys ran 39 times for 93 yards a week after rushing for 204.
The Cardinals have beaten Dallas five straight times and are 5-0 at AT&T Stadium since it opened in 2009. Both teams are 3-5, and this is the kind of loss that defines a season in Dallas.
#BirdGang
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Titans vs Bengals
Bengals 43, Titans 36 (OT). Joe Burrow threw three interceptions to the same safety and still produced a stat line nobody had matched since 1951.
Burrow went 38 of 48 for 462 yards and five touchdown passes, then scrambled 9 yards untouched for the overtime winner. Norm Van Brocklin is the only other quarterback with 400 passing yards, five touchdown passes, a rushing score and multiple interceptions in one game. Tee Higgins (10 for 155, two scores) and Ja'Marr Chase (11 for 141) both cleared 100.
Amani Hooker's three interceptions were the NFL's first three-interception game since Week 1 of 2023, and Tennessee forced four turnovers in all. It was nearly enough. Cam Ward threw for 304 yards, Tony Pollard ran for 117 and two scores, and a Wan'Dale Robinson touchdown plus a two-point conversion put the Titans up 36-29 with under four minutes left.
Burrow answered with an 18-yard strike to Higgins at 1:17. It was the second straight week Cincinnati came back from a 13-point first-half deficit, and the Bengals are 5-2 for the first time since 2021. The Titans are 1-7, and they've now lost back-to-back games after leading by 13 in the first quarter.
#RuleTheJungle
Bengals 43, Titans 36 (OT). Joe Burrow threw three interceptions to the same safety and still produced a stat line nobody had matched since 1951.
Burrow went 38 of 48 for 462 yards and five touchdown passes, then scrambled 9 yards untouched for the overtime winner. Norm Van Brocklin is the only other quarterback with 400 passing yards, five touchdown passes, a rushing score and multiple interceptions in one game. Tee Higgins (10 for 155, two scores) and Ja'Marr Chase (11 for 141) both cleared 100.
Amani Hooker's three interceptions were the NFL's first three-interception game since Week 1 of 2023, and Tennessee forced four turnovers in all. It was nearly enough. Cam Ward threw for 304 yards, Tony Pollard ran for 117 and two scores, and a Wan'Dale Robinson touchdown plus a two-point conversion put the Titans up 36-29 with under four minutes left.
Burrow answered with an 18-yard strike to Higgins at 1:17. It was the second straight week Cincinnati came back from a 13-point first-half deficit, and the Bengals are 5-2 for the first time since 2021. The Titans are 1-7, and they've now lost back-to-back games after leading by 13 in the first quarter.
#RuleTheJungle
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Chiefs vs Broncos
Broncos 28, Chiefs 24. Kansas City had the ball at the Denver 1-yard line with 15 seconds left and three downs to win it. It never got in.
An incompletion and a stuffed Kenneth Walker III run brought up fourth and goal, a false start pushed it back to the 6, and Malcolm Roach sacked Patrick Mahomes as time expired.
Mahomes was excellent: 30 of 41, 321 yards, three touchdowns, no turnovers, including a 73-yard score to Emmett Johnson. The Chiefs outgained Denver 399 to 294. What beat them was self-inflicted. They committed 11 penalties for 105 yards, one of them an unnecessary roughness call that added 15 yards to Denver's first fourth-quarter touchdown drive. Then an Alex Singleton sack backed them up 6 yards, and Harrison Butker missed from 54, wide right.
Denver trailed 24-13 entering the fourth and scored the last 15 points. On the first snap after the miss, Bo Nix hit Jonah Coleman for 51 yards, and Coleman ran it in from the 5. The Broncos went 2 for 11 on third down and 3 for 3 in the red zone, which is how a defense-first team wins a game like this.
Denver is 6-2, unbeaten at home and alone atop the AFC West.
#BroncosCountry
Broncos 28, Chiefs 24. Kansas City had the ball at the Denver 1-yard line with 15 seconds left and three downs to win it. It never got in.
An incompletion and a stuffed Kenneth Walker III run brought up fourth and goal, a false start pushed it back to the 6, and Malcolm Roach sacked Patrick Mahomes as time expired.
Mahomes was excellent: 30 of 41, 321 yards, three touchdowns, no turnovers, including a 73-yard score to Emmett Johnson. The Chiefs outgained Denver 399 to 294. What beat them was self-inflicted. They committed 11 penalties for 105 yards, one of them an unnecessary roughness call that added 15 yards to Denver's first fourth-quarter touchdown drive. Then an Alex Singleton sack backed them up 6 yards, and Harrison Butker missed from 54, wide right.
Denver trailed 24-13 entering the fourth and scored the last 15 points. On the first snap after the miss, Bo Nix hit Jonah Coleman for 51 yards, and Coleman ran it in from the 5. The Broncos went 2 for 11 on third down and 3 for 3 in the red zone, which is how a defense-first team wins a game like this.
Denver is 6-2, unbeaten at home and alone atop the AFC West.
#BroncosCountry
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Cover3 retweeted
@Cover3_mx His strength isn’t even on display here. He had the best fade away jump shot in history. It was indefensible
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People who didn’t get to watch him play have no idea what an impact he had! Love Big Game James!!!
James Worthy is a useful test of how you understand basketball greatness.
Play alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and history tends to introduce you third. That tells us about the company Worthy kept. It tells us considerably less about how much the Lakers needed someone who could turn an advantage into a basket before the defense recovered. Worthy was exceptional at that. He ran the floor with purpose, caught the ball ready to attack and had a first step that made a brief opening feel enormous.
There is real skill in making a possession look simple. Knowing when to cut, where to receive the ball and how quickly to finish can be the difference between an excellent pass and two points. Magic’s vision and Worthy’s movement made each other more valuable.
And when the game slowed down, Worthy’s post footwork gave Los Angeles another dependable way to create a shot.
Then came June 21, 1988.
Game 7 of the NBA Finals against Detroit. Worthy delivered 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, shooting 15-for-22 from the field. The Lakers won 108–105.
His first career triple-double arrived in a championship-deciding Game 7.
The scoring gets your attention. The complete line explains the performance. Worthy finished possessions, secured rebounds and created baskets for teammates. On a floor shared with Magic and Kareem, he took on the responsibility the night demanded. He finished the series as Finals MVP.
We should be careful about treating one extraordinary game as the entire argument for a player. Worthy’s greatness was already visible in the work that made those Lakers function. Game 7 gave that work its defining stage.
Our view: basketball discussions put too much weight on a player’s place in the scoring hierarchy and too little on how effectively his skills serve a championship team.
Worthy could thrive alongside other great players and carry more responsibility when required. That combination deserves serious respect.
“Big Game James” remains one of basketball’s most fitting nicknames. He gave it a box score that needs very little embellishment.
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Cover3 retweeted
Thank you Arizona!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #BigBlue
Would love nothing more for Arizona to beat Dallas today while my Giants are on a bye
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Colts vs Jaguars
Jaguars 42, Colts 7. Trevor Lawrence threw 14 passes, completed 10 of them for 210 yards and three touchdowns, and Jacksonville led 28-0 at halftime, the third-largest halftime lead in franchise history.
The big plays came from everywhere. Bhayshul Tuten broke three tackles on a 39-yard run, rookie Nate Boerkircher caught a 31-yard score, and Rayuan Lane III returned an interception 92 yards with 10 seconds left in the half. Brian Thomas Jr., recently benched, caught the opening touchdown.
Indianapolis traded DeForest Buckner and Quenton Nelson five days ago, and it played like it. Jonathan Taylor had 23 yards on 8 carries, Daniel Jones threw two interceptions before being benched for Anthony Richardson, and the Colts have lost four straight. They haven't won in Jacksonville since 2014.
The Jaguars are 5-2 and have won seven straight regular-season home games by a combined 271-75. The one worry heading to Baltimore on Thursday is DaVon Hamilton's knee.
#DUUUVAL
Jaguars 42, Colts 7. Trevor Lawrence threw 14 passes, completed 10 of them for 210 yards and three touchdowns, and Jacksonville led 28-0 at halftime, the third-largest halftime lead in franchise history.
The big plays came from everywhere. Bhayshul Tuten broke three tackles on a 39-yard run, rookie Nate Boerkircher caught a 31-yard score, and Rayuan Lane III returned an interception 92 yards with 10 seconds left in the half. Brian Thomas Jr., recently benched, caught the opening touchdown.
Indianapolis traded DeForest Buckner and Quenton Nelson five days ago, and it played like it. Jonathan Taylor had 23 yards on 8 carries, Daniel Jones threw two interceptions before being benched for Anthony Richardson, and the Colts have lost four straight. They haven't won in Jacksonville since 2014.
The Jaguars are 5-2 and have won seven straight regular-season home games by a combined 271-75. The one worry heading to Baltimore on Thursday is DaVon Hamilton's knee.
#DUUUVAL
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Cover3 #NBA Preview: Raptors vs Lakers
Scottie Barnes scored 41 on Friday and Toronto still lost by seven. It took him 34 shots, which says how much of the offense lives on his shoulders with Kawhi Leonard out (knee).
Tip is 9:00 PM ET in Los Angeles.
Luka Doncic is averaging 36.2 points for a 4-2 Lakers team. The concern is Friday in San Francisco: a 112-95 loss where the Lakers went 11 of 39 from three and Luka needed 27 shots for his 37. When the shooting around him goes cold, his volume stops being enough.
Toronto's answer is length. Barnes, RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles can take turns on Luka, and Jakob Poeltl will make Walker Kessler (9.0 rebounds a game) work for every board.
The verdict: Luka against a defense that can throw different bodies at him, Barnes against a team with no clean matchup for his size and handle. Home floor tips it to the Lakers, but only if Austin Reaves and the shooters show up this time.
Scottie Barnes scored 41 on Friday and Toronto still lost by seven. It took him 34 shots, which says how much of the offense lives on his shoulders with Kawhi Leonard out (knee).
Tip is 9:00 PM ET in Los Angeles.
Luka Doncic is averaging 36.2 points for a 4-2 Lakers team. The concern is Friday in San Francisco: a 112-95 loss where the Lakers went 11 of 39 from three and Luka needed 27 shots for his 37. When the shooting around him goes cold, his volume stops being enough.
Toronto's answer is length. Barnes, RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles can take turns on Luka, and Jakob Poeltl will make Walker Kessler (9.0 rebounds a game) work for every board.
The verdict: Luka against a defense that can throw different bodies at him, Barnes against a team with no clean matchup for his size and handle. Home floor tips it to the Lakers, but only if Austin Reaves and the shooters show up this time.
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Ravens vs Bills
Bills 36, Ravens 10. Baltimore finished with 68 net passing yards. Three quarterbacks combined to go 12 of 26 for 91, and the offense produced 144 total yards at 2.9 a play.
Buffalo didn't need anything clever. The Bills held the ball for 37:36 and went 4 for 5 on fourth down, which is how you tell a defense you aren't worried about it. Josh Allen threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns and ran one in himself. Dalton Kincaid (4 for 86) and DJ Moore (4 for 82) each scored, and Tyler Bass hit from 56 and 51.
Buffalo even absorbed 10 penalties for 87 yards and it didn't matter. Baltimore turned it over three times, went 3 for 13 on third down, and Derrick Henry got only 11 carries in a game Baltimore never led.
The Bills are 6-1. The Ravens are 4-4, and until the passing game functions, the rest of that roster can't carry them.
#GoBills
Bills 36, Ravens 10. Baltimore finished with 68 net passing yards. Three quarterbacks combined to go 12 of 26 for 91, and the offense produced 144 total yards at 2.9 a play.
Buffalo didn't need anything clever. The Bills held the ball for 37:36 and went 4 for 5 on fourth down, which is how you tell a defense you aren't worried about it. Josh Allen threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns and ran one in himself. Dalton Kincaid (4 for 86) and DJ Moore (4 for 82) each scored, and Tyler Bass hit from 56 and 51.
Buffalo even absorbed 10 penalties for 87 yards and it didn't matter. Baltimore turned it over three times, went 3 for 13 on third down, and Derrick Henry got only 11 carries in a game Baltimore never led.
The Bills are 6-1. The Ravens are 4-4, and until the passing game functions, the rest of that roster can't carry them.
#GoBills
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Cover3 #NFL Week 8 Recap: Raiders vs Jets
Raiders 38, Jets 33. New York outgained Las Vegas 439 to 333, averaged 7.2 yards a play, and still lost.
The red zone decided it. The Raiders scored touchdowns on all four trips inside the 20. The Jets went 2 for 6, and Jason Sanders kicked four field goals in a game they lost by five.
Kirk Cousins was as efficient as it gets: 19 of 26, 247 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions. Brock Bowers caught two of them among his 7 for 92, and Las Vegas converted 7 of 11 third downs. Dylan Laube added a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown 12 seconds after the Jets had taken the lead.
New York's offense deserved better. Braelon Allen ran for 147 on 21 carries, Adonai Mitchell caught 7 for 142, and Geno Smith threw for 290. Matt Gay's 53-yarder with 27 seconds left closed it.
The Raiders are 4-4. The Jets are 2-6, and the gap between yards and points is the whole season in miniature.
#RaiderNation
Raiders 38, Jets 33. New York outgained Las Vegas 439 to 333, averaged 7.2 yards a play, and still lost.
The red zone decided it. The Raiders scored touchdowns on all four trips inside the 20. The Jets went 2 for 6, and Jason Sanders kicked four field goals in a game they lost by five.
Kirk Cousins was as efficient as it gets: 19 of 26, 247 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions. Brock Bowers caught two of them among his 7 for 92, and Las Vegas converted 7 of 11 third downs. Dylan Laube added a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown 12 seconds after the Jets had taken the lead.
New York's offense deserved better. Braelon Allen ran for 147 on 21 carries, Adonai Mitchell caught 7 for 142, and Geno Smith threw for 290. Matt Gay's 53-yarder with 27 seconds left closed it.
The Raiders are 4-4. The Jets are 2-6, and the gap between yards and points is the whole season in miniature.
#RaiderNation
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Ernie Johnson has told us that 2026-27 will be his 37th and final season hosting Inside the NBA.
He isn't retiring. He keeps March Madness. He said the decision was his. No farewell tour, just a clear sentence and a smile, which is about as Ernie as it gets.
What made him great is easy to miss, because the best part of his job was making it look like he wasn't doing one. Inside was built on chaos. Charles going off script, Kenny at the big board, Shaq laughing at his own joke before he finished telling it. Somebody had to hold the thread, keep the segment on time, get to the highlights, and still let the funniest thing in the room happen. That was Ernie. A great host doesn't compete with the room. He gives it a shape.
He also knew when to stop being funny. On the hard nights, when the game didn't matter and the people did, he was the one who found the words, and he never once made it about himself.
That's why the respect runs both ways. Even Mike Brown opened a Knicks pregame presser this week wishing him "a heck of a year."
For 37 years he made watching basketball feel like sitting with friends who love it as much as you do. We get one more season of it. Enjoy every minute. #NBA
He isn't retiring. He keeps March Madness. He said the decision was his. No farewell tour, just a clear sentence and a smile, which is about as Ernie as it gets.
What made him great is easy to miss, because the best part of his job was making it look like he wasn't doing one. Inside was built on chaos. Charles going off script, Kenny at the big board, Shaq laughing at his own joke before he finished telling it. Somebody had to hold the thread, keep the segment on time, get to the highlights, and still let the funniest thing in the room happen. That was Ernie. A great host doesn't compete with the room. He gives it a shape.
He also knew when to stop being funny. On the hard nights, when the game didn't matter and the people did, he was the one who found the words, and he never once made it about himself.
That's why the respect runs both ways. Even Mike Brown opened a Knicks pregame presser this week wishing him "a heck of a year."
For 37 years he made watching basketball feel like sitting with friends who love it as much as you do. We get one more season of it. Enjoy every minute. #NBA
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