Regardless of previous tensions and public criticisms, Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers and Lakers coach JJ Redick mentioned there are not any dangerous emotions between them.

“We’re nice,” Redick mentioned earlier than Thursday’s sport. “I don’t carry beef with individuals. And I’m not going to get into the historical past of Doc and I’s relationship proper now. And I most likely gained’t ever. He’s nice in my ebook.”

Redick and the Lakers went on to beat Rivers and the Bucks 107-102 for his or her first win of the preseason.

Throughout a media look final season on ESPN, Redick pointedly questioned Rivers’ sense of accountability after the coach talked about difficulties in taking the Milwaukee job in the midst of the season.

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“I’ve seen the development for years,” Redick mentioned on “First Take.” “The development is at all times making excuses. Doc, we get it. Taking up a crew in the midst of a season is tough. It’s arduous. We get it. It’s arduous. … However it’s at all times an excuse. It’s at all times throwing your crew beneath the bus.”

Redick mentioned Thursday that he apologized for the tone of his feedback, which ESPN posted on YouTube beneath the headline “JJ Redick goes SCORCHED EARTH on Doc Rivers for making excuses!”

Rivers, who coached Redick for 4 seasons on the Clippers, mentioned the feedback aren’t a difficulty.

“It is by no means been actually for me,” Rivers mentioned, earlier than including that “coaches, they pour into gamers. They actually do. They pour in a ton of affection to gamers. And oftentimes that love is rejected, it is simply the way in which it’s.”

Rivers mentioned he anticipated Redick’s Lakers to be robust when it got here to “execution stuff, as a result of that is what we have been recognized for when he performed for me.”

“Ran a number of it,” Rivers mentioned. “As a matter of reality, I watched the primary two video games and lots of the units we ran with the Clippers, the Lakers are working now. … I did the identical factor as a participant. You run what you recognize nicely and what you want. … My guess is that JJ will most likely take from all of the coaches he performed for.”

Rivers mentioned that he’s empathetic for his prime assistant, former Lakers coach Darvin Ham, who has been considered by some as receiving oblique criticism any time a participant says one thing constructive in regards to the Lakers’ vibes this preseason.

“There’s heartbreak for coaches. Darvin’s coping with that just a little bit,” Rivers mentioned. “He sees guys make feedback now that he poured into. It is not proper. However that is simply what occurs on this a part of our job. We all know that going into it.”

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Thursday, the Lakers have been with out Austin Reaves due to ankle soreness. Redick mentioned the difficulty wasn’t a priority. The crew additionally stored minutes limits on Max Christie, Gabe Vincent and Cam Reddish.

LeBron James, like he did Sunday in Palm Desert towards Phoenix, performed solely the primary half. He scored 11 factors with six rebounds and 4 assists. Anthony Davis, who performed into the third quarter, had 11 factors, eight rebounds and three blocks.

The Lakers trailed by as many as 15 within the fourth quarter earlier than a 20-0 run by rookie Dalton Knecht and the Lakers’ deep bench pushed them to the win.

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LONDON (AP) — Telephones maintain a lot of our digital lives — emails, social media and financial institution accounts, pictures, chat messages and extra — that in the event that they ever get stolen or go lacking, it might probably trigger main disruption past simply the lack of a tool.

In some locations, cellphone thefts have surged a lot it’s now an on a regular basis drawback, with thieves on electrical bikes snatching them out of pedestrians’ palms, swiping them off restaurant tables or pickpocketing them on the subway.

In Britain, the place 200 telephones are stolen day-after-day in “snatch thefts,” the federal government has pledged to crack down on the crime and is assembly with tech firms and system makers to provide you with options.

Listed here are steps you possibly can take earlier than and after your cellphone goes lacking:

Primary protections

There are issues you are able to do to make it much less painful in case your cellphone is stolen. As a result of a few of these options are extra technical in nature, individuals usually overlook them.

Lock down as a lot as you possibly can. At a minimal, require a password or biometric scan to unlock the system. You may also add related necessities to essential particular person apps — like your banking account, WhatsApp or Sign — to guard your finance or chats from thieves.

Additionally, activate the discover my system characteristic, which is obtainable for each iOS and Android. Samsung additionally affords its personal service referred to as SmartThings Discover.

You’ll in all probability have plenty of valuable pictures saved in your digicam roll. It’s a good suggestion to again them up, together with contacts, calendar gadgets and different information. Google and Apple supply cloud-based backup providers, though the free variations have restricted cupboard space. You may also again up your information to an exterior arduous drive, reminiscence card or a laptop computer.

Some police forces and cellphone firms advise turning off message previews, which prevents thieves making an attempt to interrupt into your accounts from seeing reset or login codes when the cellphone is locked. To do that on an iPhone, for instance, go to the Notifications part of your settings menu and faucet Present Previews. You may also scroll down the app checklist to show previews off for particular person apps however go away them on for much less dangerous ones like information or climate.

Activate newer options

Latest iOS and Android updates embrace various new capabilities designed to make thefts much less enticing.

IPhone customers can activate Stolen Machine Safety, which makes it rather a lot tougher for cellphone thieves to entry key capabilities and settings. Many thieves will need to wipe the info off and reset to allow them to resell it, however with this characteristic on, they’ll want a face or fingerprint scan to take action. Apple additionally not too long ago up to date its “ activation lock ” characteristic to make it tougher for thieves to promote elements from stolen telephones.

Android telephones, in the meantime, can now use use synthetic intelligence to detect movement indicating somebody snatched it out of your hand and is racing away on foot or a motorcycle, after which lock the display screen instantly. And there’s a characteristic referred to as Personal Areas that permits you to conceal delicate information in your cellphone.

Jot down your system quantity

Pay attention to your cellphone’s serial quantity, often known as an IMEI quantity. It could actually hyperlink you to the cellphone if it does finally get recovered. Name it up by typing (asterisk)#06# in your cellphone’s keypad. In the event you’ve already misplaced your cellphone you can too discover it somewhere else just like the field it got here in.

If it’s stolen

In the event you’re unfortunate sufficient to have your cellphone stolen, notify police. Name your insurance coverage firm if in case you have a coverage that covers the system. Inform your cellphone firm to allow them to freeze your quantity and situation a alternative SIM card or eSIM. Notify your financial institution to allow them to be careful for suspicious transactions.

Monitoring your system

Attempt to find your cellphone with the discover my system characteristic. For iPhones, go to iCloud.com/discover from an online browser whereas Android customers ought to head to www.google.com/android/discover. Samsung additionally has its personal service for Galaxy telephones.

These providers will present your cellphone’s present or final recognized location on a map, which can also be useful should you’ve simply misplaced monitor of it someplace in the home. Apple says even when a cellphone can’t join to the web or has been turned off, it might probably use Bluetooth to ping any close by Apple gadgets utilizing the identical community behind its AirTags monitoring gadgets. Google says newer Pixel telephones may be situated “for a number of hours” after they’ve been turned off utilizing related know-how.

You may get the cellphone to play a sound, even when it’s on silent. You may also put the cellphone in misplaced mode, which locks it and shows a message and make contact with particulars on the display screen for anybody who finds it. Misplaced mode on iOS additionally suspends any Apple Pay playing cards and passes.

If the system reveals up in an unfamiliar location on the map, and you think it has been stolen, consultants say it’s higher to inform police moderately than making an attempt to get it again your self.

Cybersecurity firm Norton says, “Confronting a thief your self just isn’t advisable.”

Ultimate steps

In the event you can’t discover your cellphone, there are some last steps to take.

Log your self out of all of your accounts that is likely to be accessible on the cellphone, after which take away it out of your checklist of trusted gadgets that you just use to get multifactor authentication codes — however ensure you can get these codes some other place, similar to e-mail.

Then, as a final resort, you possibly can erase the cellphone remotely in order that there’s no probability of any information falling into the flawed palms. Nonetheless, take be aware: Apple says that if the iPhone is offline, the distant erase will solely occur the following time it come again on-line. However should you discover the cellphone earlier than it will get erased, you possibly can cancel the request.

Google warns that SD reminiscence playing cards plugged into Android telephones may not be remotely erased. And after the cellphone has been wiped, it received’t present up with discover my system.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo performed his first sport at Fiserv Discussion board since April and scored 20 factors in a single half of motion, however the Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Los Angeles Lakers, 107-102, Thursday evening at Fiserv Discussion board.

The Bucks (0-2) additionally acquired 23 factors off the bench from Bobby Portis Jr. as the highest six gamers solely appeared within the first half when the Bucks took a 58-52 lead into the break. Rookie AJ Johnson added 13 factors off the bench for Milwaukee.

Los Angeles (1-2) received its first sport below new head coach JJ Redick. Anthony Davis performed within the second half, scoring 11 factors on 5 of 14 capturing in 25 minutes. LeBron James scored 11 factors in 16 minutes.  

“You do not get numerous video games the place it is their starters versus your starters and guys are taking part in laborious,” Bucks head coach Doc Rivers stated. “I assumed the sport was performed with some depth. That was good to see. I believe from each coaches, most likely very proud of that. What we name that; can be we acquired the preseason win with the starters and so they acquired the preseason win with the second group I assume.”

Listed here are some takeaways from the sport:

Giannis Antetokounmpo robust in return to Bucks

The Bucks star performed almost 20 first half minutes, scoring 20 factors on 10-of-18 capturing. He additionally pulled down seven rebounds and had two assists to go together with a spotlight chase down block of a LeBron James layup try within the second quarter.

“You might be you who’re and that is what makes him nice,” Rivers stated of Antetokounmpo’s effort on that block, which despatched him tumbling into the baseline crowd. “That is what makes all these gamers nice is they simply play. These guys do not give it some thought ‘trigger that is how they play.”

It was Antetokounmpo’s first sport in a Bucks uniform since April 9, when he suffered a pressure in his left soleus (calf) muscle that ended his season. He returned to play over the summer time for the Greek nationwide crew, main Greece to its first Olympic Video games since 2008.

BOX SCORE:Lakers 107, Bucks 102

Whereas Antetokounmpo had a few robust finishes across the rim, it was price noting how lively he was off the ball – notably operating laborious to the rim when Portis had the ball out on the wing. Portis was scorching on the time – he had made all 4 of his three-pointers to that time – and the Lakers closed robust on him. Portis put the ball on the ground and hit a reducing Antetokounmpo for a dunk.

Antetokounmpo additionally laid in a lob from Brook Lopez by being in place within the paint reverse the middle. Late within the second quarter he minimize laborious away from a defender off an inbound and acquired a simple dunk.

He didn’t play within the second half as the remainder of the starters additionally rested and didn’t converse to the media after the sport.

Bobby Portis lights it up

With Antetokounmpo again within the beginning lineup, Portis was the Bucks’ sixth man in relieving the two-time MVP. And he instantly made his influence recognized, scoring 20 factors in his first 10 minutes of motion. The moment offense was wanted, because the beginning 5 mixed to go 3-for-10 for 9 factors within the first quarter.

“I like how we play Bobby,” Rivers stated. “Like, he is aware of it coming in. Vinnie Johnson or whoever else you need to identify, the nice guys coming off the bench that ‘we will you.’ Be accountable with it. He made a pair good passes, too. However we would like him to be aggressive.”

Portis made his first three pictures earlier than lacking, after which promptly drained 4 extra to go 7 for 8 from the sector total. He additionally went 4 for 4 from behind the three-point line and assisted on a basket. The efficiency adopted up a 16-point evening in Detroit the place he made 4 of 5 three-pointers.

“I credit score my laborious work over the summer time,” Portis stated flatly. “An entire lot of naysayers speaking loopy on my identify. Each time I get on social media, each time I do one thing it is all the time any individual’s saying one thing about me.

“I credit score myself on working laborious each 12 months, getting higher. One factor I’ve finished my complete profession is simply proceed to get higher each 12 months it doesn’t matter what no one says. So, my greatest factor this summer time was to get within the gymnasium and simply work. I labored each (expletive) day of my life this summer time, like a mad man, bro.

“I simply need my work to indicate on the courtroom. So hopefully it simply interprets in preseason. However I am simply taking part in with confidence and going on the market and being who I’m. I put numerous work into my craft.”

Khris Middleton progressing after ankle surgical procedures

The Bucks all-star had surgical procedure on each ankles within the offseason however has been a restricted participant in practices up to now. Rivers stated he felt Middleton could possibly play within the Bucks’ ultimate two preseason video games (Oct. 14 vs. Chicago and Oct. 17 at Dallas), however that it was not a assure.

Rivers maintained that stance earlier than the Lakers sport however added that Middleton is advancing via phases of play.

“Simply three-on-three stuff, actually stay,” Rivers stated. “He is gonna do some four-on-four this week. Hopefully by the tip of the week he is scrimmaging.”

The Bucks host the Bulls on Monday.

Damian Lillard, Delon Wright hobbled vs. Lakers

Earlier than the sport, Bucks backup level guard Delon Wright was deemed unavailable after struggling a proper shoulder bruise in Wednesday’s apply.

Starter Damian Lillard then appeared to get his foot caught on the courtroom late within the first quarter on a drive-and-kick to Brook Lopez, together with his proper toe awkwardly sticking for a second. He got here up limping and subbed out shortly thereafter, sitting the ultimate 5 minutes of the primary quarter. Lillard was briefly checked on by athletic coach Scott Faust on the bench, however the all-star returned to play within the second quarter.

“I believe it was only a tweaked ankle,” Lillard stated. “Clearly if it was something extreme we would not have performed him however he needed to return in.”

Lillard’s evening was over at halftime with the remainder of the starters, scoring eight factors on 2-of-7 capturing. He was 3 for 3 from the free throw line and added 4 assists and 4 rebounds.

Three numbers

• 1 Technical fouls on LeBron James, incomes one with 9.1 seconds left within the first half after he didn’t get a whistle in touch as he drove in for a layup.
• 16 Three-point makes an attempt by the Bucks within the first half with the regulars in. With out Antetokounmpo within the preseason opener in opposition to Detroit, the crew was 9 for 14 within the first quarter alone and 4 for 13 within the second quarter when the regulars had been taking part in.
• 5:04 First quarter minutes for Bucks rookie AJ Johnson, as he subbed in for a momentarily hobbled Lillard. Johnson was spectacular in his second NBA sport, directing the offense with two assists on Portis three-pointers and a transition dunk off a Pat Connaughton steal. Johnson was regular and affected person with veterans round him, wanting higher than his frenetic debut in opposition to Detroit when he had three turnovers, three fouls and went 1 for 8 in about 18 minutes.

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Waukesha native Liam Robbins ‘grateful’ for Bucks homecoming

It’s been a circuitous journey for Liam Robbins to return to Wisconsin, which made Thursday evening’s sport in Milwaukee a novel expertise for the 25-year-old middle.

Robbins was born in Waukesha and lived in Waterford till he was six years previous, turning into a Bucks, Wisconsin Badgers and Inexperienced Bay Packers fan.

“It’s dwelling, however it’s not dwelling on the similar time,” he stated Thursday.

His father, Mark, is from East Troy, however the Robbinses moved to Iowa be nearer his mom Bridget’s household. Liam stated no prolonged household stays in Wisconsin, however household made the drive from Iowa to see him play vs. the Lakers on Thursday.

It’s one he made together with his father and brother to the Bradley Heart to look at the Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis-era Bucks.

“Earlier than the sport we’d go to Kopp’s for burgers, get that after which watch the sport and head again to Iowa after,” Robbins stated. “It was a doable drive. So, it’s form of bizarre. Grew up watching these video games and stuff and now I’m with them proper now. I’m undoubtedly very lucky to be doing this proper now.”

Furthering his Wisconsin ties, Robbins’ uncle Duffy Conroy was an assistant coach below Rob Jeter on the College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a decade.

After transferring to Iowa, Robbins started his prep profession at Assumption Excessive Faculty. After he re-classified, he completed highschool at Dawn Christian Academy in Kansas earlier than starting his school profession at Drake College. He then transferred to the College of Minnesota earlier than finally ending up at Vanderbilt College.

A proper leg fracture prematurely ended his marketing campaign at Vanderbilt in 2023, however he nonetheless was named the SEC’s Defensive Participant of the 12 months. He went undrafted that spring however signed on with the New Orleans Pelicans’ G League affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama. Sadly, his season ended early once more in January when there was a complication with the plate that was inserted from the surgical procedure.

“It took me longer to get well, however I’m totally again now,” Robbins stated. “I’ve no restrictions or something. I’m again, however it simply took a extremely very long time as a result of I wanted a second operation. However I’m good now. No points.”

Robbins, 25, signed with the Bucks on the finish of August to be a part of the coaching camp roster and he made his preseason debut in opposition to the Pistons on Oct. 6 and blocked three pictures.

“That was my first sport in like a 12 months and a half so to get again on the market, I undoubtedly had somewhat little bit of nerves getting again on the market,” he stated. “I used to be actually excited. Clearly not good by any means however simply to get again on the market and have the chance, simply very grateful and depend my blessings for certain.”

A day later the Wisconsin Herd swung a commerce to amass Robbins’ returning participant rights from Birmingham.

The Bucks presently have the utmost 15 assured participant contracts allowed, so it’s extremely unlikely Robbins will earn a roster spot out of camp. However, there may be now a chance for him to proceed his skilled profession in his native state.

“I’m excited only for the chance to be with the Milwaukee Bucks system,” Robbins stated. “Coach Beno (Udrih) is nice, attending to know him. The teammates I’ve met thus far are all nice dudes, so I’m excited for that and develop and see the place I can go. I’m getting again wholesome from an damage I had final 12 months so I’m simply excited for the chance to play once more.”

Did LeBron James come to Milwaukee?

Sure. He warmed up on the courtroom at Fiserv Discussion board roughly three hours earlier than tip-off and began vs. the Bucks. He performed 16 first half minutes, going 4-for-11 from the sector and scoring 11 factors. He additionally had six rebounds and 4 assists.

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The league’s all-time scoring chief posted a social media message on Wednesday questioning why his crew needed to fly to Milwaukee for a preseason sport. James sat out the Lakers exhibition opener on Oct. 4 after which performed on Oct. 6, making NBA historical past by sharing the courtroom together with his son, LeBron “Bronny” James Jr.

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Doc Rivers displays on teaching son Austin as Bronny James performs for Lakers

Bronny James Jr. checked in late within the third quarter to a pleasant ovation from the Fiserv Discussion board crowd. The rookie guard made his third preseason look for the Lakers, although he didn’t play together with his father, LeBron, who performed solely within the first half.

Bucks head coach Doc Rivers coached his son, Austin, with the Los Angeles Clippers from 2014-18. It was a historic second within the NBA as that had by no means occurred. One other of Rivers’ sons, Spencer, is presently an assistant coach for the Bucks this season. Doc was requested earlier than the sport if he ever might have imagined taking part in with one in every of his sons.

“No, I imply you must have endurance,” Doc Rivers stated. “It is simple – I assume it isn’t simple as a result of it (had) not been finished for a head coach to teach his son – it hasn’t been finished a lot. However for a participant to play together with his son, it is simply extraordinary simply because the older participant has to play a very long time. Both that or he has to have a child at 11. But it surely’s fairly extraordinary.”

Is Giannis taking part in tonight?

Bucks head coach Doc Rivers stated earlier than the sport that Giannis Antetokounmpo will play.

Bucks starters

• Guards: Damian Lillard, Gary Trent Jr.
• Forwards: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Taurean Prince
• Heart: Brook Lopez

Are you not entertained?

A four-point play within the remaining 6 seconds of the fourth quarter. A missed free throw that would have received it in regulation. The primary staff in WNBA postseason historical past to win after trailing by 15-plus factors with lower than 5 minutes to play.

Extra time within the opening sport of the WNBA Finals.

And now, the Minnesota Lynx have stolen Recreation 1 in Brooklyn, beating the top-seeded New York Liberty 95-93 in time beyond regulation Thursday.

The Lynx trailed by as many as 18 factors in Recreation 1 of the WNBA Finals. However the No. 2 seed rallied to take a one-point lead, 84-83, with 5.1 seconds left in regulation on Courtney Williams’ four-point play.

Nevertheless it wasn’t over but. With 0.8 seconds to play, Breanna Stewart transformed certainly one of two free throws to knot the rating and pressure time beyond regulation, simply the sixth WNBA Finals sport to wish further time.

Williams added 5 extra factors — she led the Lynx with 23 — to seal the win.

New York fell to 0-6 all-time in Recreation 1 of the Finals, however the Liberty regarded in management after pouring on 32 factors within the opening interval.

ESPN appears at how Minnesota made an unbelievable rally to take a 1-0 lead in Sunday’s Recreation 2 (3 p.m. ET, ABC) in Brooklyn.

How did the Lynx pull off one of many best comebacks in WNBA playoff historical past?

Name it perception. Name it resilience. Name it psychological toughness. Minnesota had all of it to win a sport that appeared misplaced quite a few occasions.

The Lynx have been down by as many as 18 and matched the biggest comeback in WNBA Finals historical past, largely on the spark lit by Williams, who scored 12 of her 23 factors within the remaining 2:33 of regulation and time beyond regulation. Her four-point play gave Minnesota its first lead with 5.1 seconds left in regulation. It was the primary four-point play within the remaining 10 seconds that gave the staff the lead with the free throw in WNBA historical past — common season or playoffs.

Notably, that play got here off an offensive rebound and go to the perimeter by Alanna Smith. It was simply certainly one of 5 offensive rebounds for Minnesota — New York had 20 — nevertheless it was the largest one of many sport.

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What does the Lynx’s Recreation 1 win imply for the remainder of the sequence?

Not solely did the Lynx win in surprising vogue, they did it on the highway. That provides Minnesota an enormous benefit mentally — from the comeback — and traditionally. The winner of Recreation 1 of the Finals has received 20 of the 27 WNBA titles (the final to lose the sequence after profitable Recreation 1 was the 2017 Los Angeles Sparks).

The Liberty should discover a solution to recuperate from a loss they doubtless nonetheless cannot imagine occurred. New York can deal with the truth that Jonquel Jones scored 24 factors and had 10 rebounds (this was simply the Liberty’s fourth loss in 33 video games wherein Jones had a double-double) and that Leonie Fiebich made 5 of 9 3-pointers.

If these sorts of performances may be duplicated, and simply certainly one of Stewart (6-of-21 from subject) or Sabrina Ionescu (8-of-26, although 3-for-9 past the arc) shoots higher, the Liberty can recuperate.

It is a lengthy sequence. As we noticed Thursday, issues can change right away. But when the Lynx go on to win their fifth championship, this sport will likely be remembered in Minnesota and the league, and maybe hang-out New York, for a very long time.

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What changes have to be made by each groups?

Minnesota received regardless of being dominated on the glass 44-32. New York took 19 extra pictures thanks to twenty offensive rebounds. The end result would have been completely different if New York had shot higher than 37.8% from the sector.

Credit score Minnesota’s protection for a lot of that. Stewart and Ionescu mixed to shoot 14-for-47. Stewart’s missed free throw on the finish of regulation and missed layup on the buzzer in time beyond regulation have been practically as huge as Williams’ heroics. Napheesa Collier had 21 factors on 10-for-16 taking pictures, however she additionally confirmed why she received WNBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months together with her work on Stewart, who was simply 1-of-9 when Collier was the first defender. Collier additionally blocked six pictures, the third most in Finals historical past, together with one every on Jones and Stewart late within the fourth quarter.

However Minnesota used loads of secondary assist to comprise Stewart. New York coach Sandy Brondello should counter in Recreation 2 to get her star extra open appears.

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How does New York shake off this loss?

These will likely be an extended 2½ days for New York till Recreation 2 suggestions off. Following the frustration of dropping to the Las Vegas Aces in final 12 months’s WNBA Finals, it will check the psychological toughness of the Liberty gamers.

What would possibly assist is that if all of their movie classes within the subsequent 48 hours focuses on the primary quarter. The Liberty dominated the primary 10 minutes and led by 13. Their 32 factors have been essentially the most they scored in any quarter this season. The offense regarded easy and environment friendly. Jones was dominant early and Ionescu hit two 3-pointers late.

The offense had good moments the remainder of the sport, however acquired ragged within the fourth quarter and time beyond regulation. It is all the time shocking to see comebacks like Thursday’s. Seeing a veteran staff just like the Liberty lose a sport like that is much more surprising.

NEW YORK — The WNBA will transfer to a best-of-seven sequence for the WNBA Finals beginning subsequent season, commissioner Cathy Engelbert mentioned Thursday.

In her deal with to the media earlier than Sport 1 of the Finals between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx, Engelbert additionally mentioned the league will go to a 1-1-1 format for the best-of-three first spherical, giving all playoff groups at the least one dwelling sport.

As well as, the common season will broaden from 40 to 44 video games.

The WNBA has had a best-of-five format for the Finals since 2005. From 1998 by way of 2004, it was a best-of-three sequence. The championship within the inaugural WNBA season in 1997 was determined in a single-game format.

The very best-of-seven sequence could have a 2-2-1-1-1 construction during which the upper seed would host Video games 1, 2, 5 and seven, and its opponent would host Video games 3, 4 and 6.

“This may give our followers a championship-series format they’re accustomed to seeing in different sports activities,” Engelbert mentioned.

The WNBA semifinals will proceed to be a best-of-five format.

The primary spherical has modified over time. Its most up-to-date setup featured the primary two video games of a best-of-three sequence performed on the dwelling of the upper seed, and a attainable third sport on the dwelling of the decrease seed. However that format did not assure at the least one dwelling sport for each playoff workforce, which the 1-1-1 situation will do.

Engelbert mentioned the WNBA’s transfer to constitution flights for all video games beginning this season will assist with the playoff format modifications.

She additionally introduced that the enlargement draft for the league’s thirteenth workforce, the Golden State Valkyries, will likely be Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. on ESPN. It was additionally confirmed that the Valkyries will choose fifth in each spherical of the usual draft in April. The Valkyries, who introduced new coach Natalie Nakase earlier Thursday, start play subsequent season.

The WNBA’s common season moved to 40 video games in 2023. Including 4 extra regular-season video games and the potential of longer playoffs means the league is more likely to go later into October to complete its season, which typically begins in mid-Might.

The league additionally should plan round worldwide occasions — the Summer time Olympics and the FIBA Ladies’s Basketball World Cup — each different 12 months. Neither occasion is held subsequent season, so Engelbert mentioned it was the right time to launch the playoff modifications, which have been mentioned the previous few years.

“It is a fixed balancing of the schedule,” Engelbert mentioned. “The league’s progress and elevated demand for WNBA basketball made this the best time … to supply followers extra alternatives to see one of the best gamers on the planet compete on the highest stage.”

The WNBA has two extra enlargement groups that may start play in 2026: Toronto and Portland. Engelbert reiterated Thursday the league expects so as to add yet one more workforce no later than 2028. Sixteen groups would match essentially the most the WNBA has had in its historical past.

With a celebrated draft class this season led by WNBA Rookie of the Yr Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky, the league has obtained bigger viewership and media protection. However that has additionally include some challenges, together with an uptick of unfavorable remarks on social media.

Final month, Engelbert was criticized by some gamers and the gamers’ affiliation for remarks she made on CNBC that they felt did not correctly deal with the particular racist, misogynistic and anti-gay tone of some dialogue across the WNBA. Engelbert then wrote a letter apologizing to the gamers, and Thursday, she reiterated the league’s dedication to defending gamers as a lot as attainable.

“The hateful speech and threats directed at our gamers are troubling,” Engelbert mentioned. “That sort of conduct is just not consultant of the WNBA’s character or fan base. As a league, we stand united in condemning racism and all types of hate. The WNBA is among the most inclusive and various skilled sports activities leagues on the planet. And we are going to proceed to champion these values.”

Requested what particularly the WNBA might do relating to social media, Engelbert mentioned the league would proceed to work with the gamers’ affiliation.

“We’ll method this multidimensionally,” she mentioned. “Using know-how, prioritizing psychological well being, reinforcing bodily safety and rising monitoring. We all know there’s extra work to be performed, and as a league we’re absolutely dedicated to listening to the gamers and different stakeholders.

“There is not any place in sports activities for this. I feel we’ve got been assembly with some know-how suppliers. … There are some know-how options we might deploy. We’ve to proceed to be a voice in opposition to this, condemning it. And discover each alternative to assist our gamers, who’ve been coping with this for for much longer than this 12 months.”

PERTH, Australia — A British YouTuber and rapper generally known as Yung Filly has been charged with raping and choking a lady in a resort room following an Australian music efficiency.

The 29-year-old, whose actual identify is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was freed on bail when he appeared Thursday on a number of fees in a court docket in Perth, the west coast metropolis the place police allege his crimes had been allegedly dedicated on Sept. 28.

His bail circumstances embrace that he stay in Western Australia state, doesn’t contact his alleged sufferer and doesn’t publish concerning the case on social media.

He was ordered to give up his passport and to report back to police every day. His surety was set at 100,000 Australian {dollars} ($67,400).

Prosecutors had opposed bail due to a danger that he would flee the state.

His lawyer, Seamus Rafferty, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Friday.

Barrientos is at the moment touring Australia and was arrested within the east coast metropolis of Brisbane on Tuesday, a police assertion stated. The Colombia-born entertainer, who has 1.8 million followers on YouTube, was extradited again to Perth on Wednesday.

His Australian tour started in Perth and traveled to Melbourne and Sydney earlier than it was scheduled to finish in Brisbane.

Police allege he assaulted a lady aged in her 20s in a resort room after he had carried out in a Perth nightclub.

His present at Bar1 Nightclub was promoted by ticket-selling platform MoshTix as a “seamless mix of spontaneity, humor and music that’ll have you ever speaking for weeks!”

He’s charged with 4 counts of rape, three counts of assault inflicting bodily hurt and one rely of impeding the girl’s regular respiration or circulation by making use of stress to her neck, police stated.

Barrientos began his YouTube profession in 2013 and music profession in 2017. He has additionally hosted or appeared in a number of tv applications.

He gained a MOBO Award, an annual British music award presentation honoring achievements in “music of Black origin,” within the Finest Media Character class in 2021.

A passage from the Rudyard Kipling poem “If” is written on the wall of the gamers’ entrance to Wimbledon’s Centre Courtroom. “For those who can meet with Triumph and Catastrophe and deal with these two imposters each the identical,” it reads. Opponents can look at Kipling’s writing earlier than they take to the London grass. 

To American tennis legend Chris Evert, these phrases encapsulate the spirit of Rafael Nadal, the Spanish star who has spent the final 20 years thrilling his legions of admirers world wide, however introduced his impending retirement from tennis on Thursday.   

“That’s him, to a T,” Evert tells TIME. Nadal did have a knack for swatting down on-court obstacles with muscle and grit: his snarl belied an interior calm that, most of the time, triumphed. “Have you ever ever seen him break a racquet?” says Evert. “Have you ever ever seen him scream and shout at his teaching field? If he misplaced, he would give compliments. He would not make excuses.” Of the three all-time males’s gamers who’ve dominated this period of the sport—Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic—Nadal gave the impression to be essentially the most bashful of the three. He relished profitable, however not the adoration. He exuded essentially the most humility.

“Within the sports activities world, there appears to be controversy and there appears to be anger, and it is not at all times so good,” says Evert. “He was like a vibrant gentle. He at all times introduced order to the chaos. There might be a gaping gap.”  

Nadal, 38, had been hinting at retirement all 12 months. Accidents had been taking their toll; he performed in just one main, the French Open, in 2024, and misplaced within the first spherical of the event he’s gained an unimaginable 14 occasions. He may have caught round one other 12 months and acquired a send-off at every of the Slam tournaments one final time. However Nadal wanted no professional forma retirement tour. Waving to the crowds and dropping within the second spherical didn’t maintain a lot attraction.

As a substitute, he’ll exit on his personal phrases: after the Davis Cup Last 8, held in Malaga, Spain, beginning Nov. 19. Nadal will attempt to assist his nation win the Davis Cup title for the fifth time in his illustrious profession. 

He’ll step apart with 22 main championship titles, good for second all-time on the boys’s aspect; he trails solely Djokovic, who owns 24. He’s unquestionably the best clay-court participant of all-time: a Nadal statue was unveiled at Roland-Garros in Paris in 2021, whereas he was nonetheless competing in tournaments. He gained his last main, at Roland-Garros, appropriately, a 12 months later.

Evert gained seven French Open titles herself. “I might pat myself on the again,” she says, “till Nadal got here alongside.” 

Patrick McEnroe, the ESPN commentator and former U.S. Davis Cup captain, remembers watching the 2019 French Open last from Roland-Garros: Nadal’s opponent, Dominic Thiem of Austria, was having a powerful season, having gained the Indian Wells event on onerous court docket that 12 months and likewise taken the Barcelona Open title on clay a few month earlier than the French. However after they cut up the primary two units, Nadal crushed Thiem within the third and fourth, 6-1, 6-1. “For Thiem to win some extent was like a monumental effort,” says McEnroe. “Nadal’s skill to take the ball on the rise, take it early, and likewise play that typical clay-court defensive form of sport—he may do all the things. No one ever performed this aggressively.”

Nadal gained his first French Open in 2005, on the age of 19, whereas carrying white Capri pants. He then took the following three Roland-Garros titles, earlier than casting apart any hypothesis he’d be a clay-only specialist along with his unforgettable breakthrough on the 2008 Wimbledon last, when he took down Federer, who had gained the earlier 5 Wimbledon championships. Nadal gained the five-set match, which was performed out over almost seven hours on account of a pair of rain delays and concluded with darkness quick descending on Centre Courtroom, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7. It was most likely the best tennis match ever performed. “That catapulted Nadal from being an ideal participant to a legendary participant,” says McEnroe. He’d go on to win one other Wimbledon, in 2010, plus 4 U.S. Opens and a pair of Australian Opens on onerous courts. 

Nadal’s rivalry with Federer outlined the sport for years. Followers from locations like america, Nice Britain, and Australia seemed previous their very own countrymen to drag for both the swish Swiss artiste or the swashbuckling Spaniard. “They transcend the game,” says Brad Gilbert, an ESPN analyst who has additionally coached stars like Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and most not too long ago, Coco Gauff. “Fed has the largest fan base within the historical past of tennis. Rafa perhaps the second. They’ve huge fan bases outdoors their very own nations. You don’t see that that a lot.”  

And whereas Nadal toppled Federer at Wimbledon, the place Federer has gained a report eight titles, Federer by no means returned the favor in France. Nadal beat Federer all six occasions they met at Roland-Garros, together with 4 finals (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011).

Nadal’s warrior mentality actually stood out. However one shouldn’t overlook his singular skill to strike a tennis ball. “No one’s ever been in a position to match Nadal with the forehand topspin, shot after shot after shot, with the identical consistency,” says McEnroe. “No one.” From the get-go, pundits fretted that the abandon with which Nadal performed would put on out his physique. “He was like a working again that typically took an excessive amount of pounding,” says Gilbert. “As a substitute of going out of bounds, he was taking up tacklers.” Sure, accidents disrupted his profession at occasions, and finally ended it. Nonetheless, few anticipated that he’d final this lengthy, and win this a lot. He turned professional in 2001, at 15, and strung collectively a outstanding 23-year profession that additionally included a pair of Olympic gold medals. “He would miss three months, 4 months with accidents, then each time he would come again, he’d by no means miss a beat,” says Gilbert.

At Nadal’s first French Open win, again in 2005 when he rocked lengthy hair and a child face, Gilbert informed anybody who would hear he thought Nadal would win seven to 10 French Opens. Individuals thought Gilbert was nuts. But it surely seems he—and so many others—bought brief what Nadal may finally accomplish. Nadal exceeded all expectations, on and off the tennis court docket. Whereas true tennis followers may really feel Nadal’s retirement announcement coming, the void appears no much less immense.

With Christian McCaffrey out, Jordan Mason was a revelation. He has been one of many NFL’s greatest working backs.

Can the San Francisco 49ers get related manufacturing out of their third working again on the depth chart? They needed to marvel for some time on Thursday night time.

Mason was off to begin on Thursday night time when he was tackled and instantly grabbed at his shoulder space in a recreation towards the Seattle Seahawks. He stayed down for some time whereas athletic trainers tended to him. Mason went again to the locker room and the 49ers mentioned he was questionable to return with a shoulder harm.

The excellent news was that Mason returned for the second half, although he went to the sideline after only one carry and was transferring his injured arm to get free. Isaac Guerendo got here in when Mason exited, and Patrick Taylor Jr. got here in on the 49ers’ first drive of the second half when Guerendo wanted a relaxation. Mason did not come again for the remainder of that drive after getting in only one play. Mason did not return for the remainder of the third quarter.

Mason’s harm was worrisome for the 49ers as a result of they have been already lacking McCaffrey. Not many groups have a rock-solid third working again choice on the roster, although the 49ers’ scheme appears to make everybody higher. Rookie Guerendo is behind Mason on the depth chart. He is an athletic fourth-round decide however had simply 41 profession yards earlier than Thursday. Taylor is behind Guerendo. He hadn’t had a carry all season earlier than Thursday. Deebo Samuel Sr. additionally takes snaps at tailback, however the 49ers would not need to flip him right into a full-time tailback.

The 49ers had maybe missed McCaffrey in a couple of methods, however Mason had changed most of his manufacturing. He was second within the NFL in dashing yards to solely Derrick Henry after 5 weeks. Mason had 536 yards, greater than 100 yards greater than any again aside from Henry.

McCaffrey has been out each recreation this season resulting from a calf/Achilles harm. He is alleged to return sooner or later this season. The 49ers will hope Mason’s harm is not a priority earlier than McCaffrey can come again.

CHICAGO (AP) — With a neon-green internet in hand, Annette Prince briskly walks a downtown Chicago plaza at daybreak, wanting left and proper as she goes.

It’s not lengthy earlier than she spots a tiny yellow hen sitting on the concrete. It doesn’t fly away, and he or she rapidly nets the hen, gently locations it inside a paper bag and labels the bag with the date, time and place.

“This can be a Nashville warbler,” stated Prince, director of the Chicago Fowl Collision Screens, noting that the hen will need to have flown right into a glass window pane of an adjoining constructing. “He should solely weigh about two pennies. He’s squinting his eyes as a result of his head hurts.”

For rescue teams just like the Chicago Fowl Collision Screens, this scene performs out a whole bunch of occasions every spring and fall after migrating birds fly into houses, small buildings and generally Chicago’s skyscrapers and different hulking buildings.

A stark signal of the dangers got here final fall, when 1,000 migrating birds died on a single night time after flying into the glass exterior of the town’s lakefront conference middle, McCormick Place. This fall, the power unveiled new bird-safe window movie on one among its glass buildings alongside the Lake Michigan shore.

The $1.2 million undertaking put in tiny dots on the outside of the Lakeside Heart constructing, adorning sufficient glass to cowl two soccer fields.

Doug Stotz, senior conservation ecologist on the close by Discipline Museum, hopes the undertaking will likely be a hit. He estimated that simply 20 birds have died after flying into the conference’s middle’s glass exterior up to now this fall, a hopeful signal.

“We don’t have a number of knowledge since this simply began this fall, however at this level, it appears to be like prefer it’s made an enormous distinction,” Stotz stated.

However for the birds that collide with Chicago buildings, there’s a community of individuals ready to assist. Additionally they are aiming to teach officers and discover options to enhance constructing design, lighting and different components within the huge variety of hen collision deaths in Chicago and worldwide.

Prince stated she and different volunteers stroll the streets downtown to doc what they will of the birds which are killed and injured.

“We now have the mixture of the tens of millions of birds that move by way of this space as a result of it’s a serious migratory path by way of the USA, on high of the quantity of synthetic lighting that we put out at night time, which is when these birds are touring and getting confused and drawn to the quantity of glass,” Prince stated.

Lifeless birds are sometimes saved for scientific use, together with by Chicago’s Discipline Museum of Pure Historical past. Rescued birds are taken to native wildlife rehabilitation facilities to get well, such because the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Heart in suburban Illinois.

On a latest morning, veterinarian Darcy Stephenson at DuPage gave a yellow-bellied sapsucker anesthetic gasoline earlier than taping its wings open for an X-ray. The hen arrived with a word from a rescue group: “Window collision.”

Analyzing the outcomes, she discovered the hen had a damaged ulna — a bone within the wing.

The middle takes in about 10,000 species of animals yearly and 65% of them are avian. Many are victims of window collisions and through peak migration within the fall, a number of hundred birds can present up in in the future.

“The big chunk of those birds do really survive and make it again into the wild as soon as we’re capable of deal with them,” stated Sarah Reich, head veterinarian at DuPage. “Fractures heal very, in a short time in these guys for shoulder fractures. Tender tissue trauma typically heals fairly nicely. The difficult circumstances are going to be those the place the trauma isn’t as obvious.”

Injured birds undergo a means of flight testing, then get a full bodily examination by the veterinary workers and are rehabilitated earlier than being let out.

“It’s thrilling to have the ability to get these guys again out into the wild, particularly a few of these circumstances that we’re sort of cautiously optimistic about or possibly have an damage that we’ve by no means handled efficiently earlier than,” Reich stated, including that these are the circumstances “clinic workers get actually, actually enthusiastic about.”

Terrifier 3—Damien Leone’s horror shocker that includes Artwork the Clown—is new in theaters. When will it’s out there to stream at dwelling?

Leone launched his first Terrifier movie in 2016, which was adopted by Terrifier 2 in 2022. The filmmaker wrote and directed the primary two movies within the collection and is again on the helm of Terrifier 3, which performs in previews Thursday night earlier than opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.

The logline for Terrifier 3 reads, “After surviving Artwork the Clown’s Halloween bloodbath, Sienna (Lauren LeVera) and her brother are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the vacation season approaches, they attempt to embrace the Christmas spirit and depart the horrors of the previous behind.”

David Howard Thornton performs Artwork the Clown in all three Terrifier films.

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Terrifier 3 has already stirred up huge consideration internationally, because the movie’s UK distributor reported that 11 folks walked out of the movie’s UK premiere. As well as, movie fee authorities in France have banned anybody beneath the age of 18 from seeing the movie. The movie is being distributed domestically by Cineverse and is unrated.

Proper now, the one approach to see Terrifier 3 is in theaters. Verify your native listings for showtimes.

Like most theatrical releases, Terrifier 3’s first cease within the dwelling leisure market will seemingly be on digital video by way of premium video on demand. Since Terrifier 3 is an impartial film, the best choice to measure how quickly the movie will debut on PVOD is to have a look at the discharge sample for Terrifier 2.

Terrifier 2 was launched on October 6, 2022, in 850 theaters domestically and per The Numbers, the movie made $15.7 million on the worldwide field workplace in opposition to a $250,000 funds earlier than prints and promoting. Terrifier 2 made its debut on PVOD about 5 weeks later, on November 11, 2012.

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If Terrifier 3 follows the identical launch sample as its predecessor with a five-week theatrical to PVOD window, then viewers might presumably be capable of digitally buy or hire Terrifier 3 someday round Friday, November 15, or Tuesday, November 19, since new PVOD releases usually come out on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Most PVOD releases can be found on a number of digital platforms together with Prime Video, AppleTV+ and VUDU. Since Terrifier 3 is a lower-budgeted impartial launch, it ought to be out there to buy for both $19.99 to $24.99. Since PVOD leases are sometimes $5 lower than the acquisition value, viewers ought to be capable of hire Terrifier 3 for both $14.99 or $19.99 for a 48-hour interval.

It’s doable that Terrifier 3’s PVOD could also be pushed again if the movie is profitable on the field workplace. Deadline is projecting Terrifier 3 to make $11 million in its first Friday-Sunday body, an quantity that could be sufficient to prime the embattled Joker sequel Joker: Folie à Deux out of the No. 1 spot on the weekend field workplace.

Deadline reported that Cineverse invested lower than $5 million in Terrifier 3, which incorporates $1 million for P&A. The Hollywood Reporter famous that the manufacturing funds for the movie was $2 million earlier than P&A.

The place Will ‘Terrifier 3’ Be Out there On Streaming Video On Demand?

Viewers who’re hoping that Terrifier 3 will come to a serious streaming service like Netflix, Hulu, Max or Peacock could also be in for a wait.

Like Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3 will make its SVOD debut on ScreamBox, a horror-themed streaming service owned by Terrifier collection distributor Cineverse. The subscription value for ScreamBox is $6.99 monthly or $59.99 per 12 months. Viewers may also subscribe to the streaming service by Prime Video, which at present lists the subscription value at $4.99 monthly.

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Surprisingly, Terrifier 2 made its SVOD premiere on ScreamBox on October 31, 2022, about three and a half weeks after it opened in theaters.

If field workplace projections for Terrifier 3 pan out and the movie is a success out of the gate, then its ScreamBox premiere received’t seemingly come till early to mid-November. Once more, Cineverse stands to reap the advantages whether or not or not Terrifier 3 makes an early leap to ScreamBox, because the distributor owns the streaming platform.

Terrifier 3 performs in previews Thursday night and opens nationwide in theaters on Friday.

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