What Happened in Sports: April 30, 2020

2015: 1st round of the 2015 NFL Draft featured QB Jameis Winston (1st – TB), WR Amari Cooper (4th – OAK), DL Leonard Williams (6th – NYJ), RB Todd Gurley (10th – STL), RB Melvin Gordon (15th – SD), and CB Marcus Peters (18th – KC)

2009: Boston Celtics SG Ray Allen scored a Playoff career-high 51 points in a 128-127 3OT loss to the Chicago Bulls, which forced a Game 7

2006: In Game 4 of the 1st round, Los Angeles Lakers SG Kobe Bryant hit a game-tying layup to send the game to OT, then nailed a game-winning buzzer beater to give the Lakers a 3-1 series lead over the Phoenix Suns

2002: Seattle SuperSonics PG Gary Payton became just the 2nd player in NBA history to earn All-Defensive Team honors 9 times (Michael Jordan)

1998: Game 4 of the Miami Heat and New York Knicks’ 1st round series came to a halt with 7.4s remaining, as Knicks PF Larry Johnson and Heat C Alonzo Mourning (former teammates) engaged in a brawl that would result in numerous suspensions and this hilarious photo of Heat HC Stan Van Gundy

1997: New York Yankees 1B Tino Martinez finished the month of April with 34 RBI, setting the all-time record for the month

1994: Toronto Blue Jays OF Joe Carter finished April with 31 RBI to break the MLB record for the month

1988: Houston Rockets PG Sleepy Floyd (42) and C Hakeem Olajuwon (41) became just the 2nd pair of teammates to score 40+ points each in a playoff game (Elgin Baylor–Jerry West)

1988: New York Yankees OF Dave Winfield registered his 29th RBI of April, breaking the AL record and tying the all-time MLB record

1985: Hall of Famers WR Jerry Rice (16th – SF) and DE Bruce Smith (1st – BUF) were both selected in the 1st round of the 1985 NFL Draft

1971: Led by PG Oscar Robertson and C Lew Alcindor (changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the next day), the Milwaukee Bucks swept the Baltimore Bullets to capture the franchise’s 1st and only NBA title

1961: San Francisco Giants OF Willie Mays hit 4 home runs in a 14-4 victory over the Milwaukee Braves

1958: Boston Red Sox OF Ted Williams became just the 10th player in MLB history to record 1,000 extra-base hits

1956: St. Louis Hawks traded C Bill Russell, whom they’d just selected with the 2nd overall pick, to the Boston Celtics for C “Easy” Ed Macauley and SF Cliff Hagan, who was serving in the military and had yet to play for Boston

1939: New York Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig played in his very last MLB game after 2,130 consecutive appearances due to the onset of his ALS illness, now known as the Lou Gehrig disease 

1922: Chicago White Sox SP Charlie Robertson pitched a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers, just the 3rd in baseball’s modern era