Your West Coast Late Night Wrap Up
NBA Finals
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated The Orlando Magic 100 – 75. (Magic in six huh?)
Kobe Bryant dropped 40 points and added 8 dimes and 8 boards.
Dwight Howard led the Magic with 12 points and 15 rebounds.
The Lakers lead the series 1-0.
Game 2 will take place Sunday night at 8PM ET at The Staples Center.
Stanley Cup Finals
The Pittsburgh Penguins evened the series at 2-2 tonight by defeating the Detroit Redwings 4-2.
Sidney Crosby and Evegni Malkin led the Pens with a goal and an assist each while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 37 of 39 shots.
Daren Helm and Brad Stuart led the Wings in scoring with a goal each.
The Penguins look to take their first lead of the series Saturday at 8PM ET as they head back to Detroit.
MLB
AL
BOS def DET 6-3
NYY def TEX 8-6
MIN def CLE 11-3
OAK def CWS 7-0
Mark Buehrle chalked up his second loss of the season as Giambi and Cunningham both went yard on Sox Pitchers. Hitting woes continued for the South Siders as the team’s batting average fell to a dismal .254. The Sox trail Detroit in the AL Central by 3.5 games.
TB def KC 3-2
NL
PIT def NYM 11-6
SF def WSH 5-1 and 4-1 in a rain check double header
Randy Johnson picked up his 300th career win and improved to 5-4 on the season
The fourth place Cubs and Atlanta Braves were rained out today.
FLA def MIL 4-3
COL def HOU 10-3
SLT def CIN 3-1
PHI def LAD 3-0
-WildBill