What Happened in Sports: May 19, 2022

2021: Los Angeles Lakers F LeBron James drained a deep GW-FG as the shot clock expired with under 1 min left over Warriors G Steph Curry during the Western Conference play-in game as he pointed to his shaken up eye and said he saw “3 rims” during the shot

2015: The NFL announced it’s moving back extra-point kicks and will be allowing defenses to score on conversion turnovers. The owners approved the proposal to snap the ball from the 15-yard line on PATs instead of the 2-yard line to make them more challenging

2008: Boston Red Sox SP Jon Lester threw his only career no-hitter just a year after recovering from Cancer and pitching in the World Series-clinching Game the previous season

2004: Minnesota Timberwolves PF Kevin Garnett exploded for 32 PTS/21 REB/5 BLK in Game 7 vs. the Sacramento Kings on his 28th birthday to clinch Minnesota’s 1st Western Conference Finals in franchise history just days after famously referring to the Game 7 as a war with weapons like uzi’s and grenades

1987: Los Angeles Lakers PG Magic Johnson won the 1st MVP Award of his Hall of Fame career, becoming the 1st Guard in 23 years to be named MVP. Magic added 2 more MVPs over the next 3 years

1968: Detroit Tigers OF Al Kaline broke Hank Greenberg‘s record for the most career HR (306) in Tigers franchise history. Kaline spent his entire 22-year career in Detroit and would record a total of 399 HR, which still stands as the record today

1960: During his debut for the San Francisco Giants, SP Juan Marchial pitched a Complete Game 1-hitter during a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies

1935: NFL officially adopted an annual college draft, beginning the next season