By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Jun 03, 2021



June 3rd, 2021 was highlighted by Devin Booker’s incredible 47-point performance to eliminate the reigning champion Lakers after Anthony Davis quickly re-injured his quad and LA suffered a near 30-point deficit in the first half that they could never overcome. Damian Lillard uncharacteristically struggled in the second half of a close game vs. Denver as Nikola Jokic led his Nuggets past the Blazers to clinch a second round matchup with Phoenix. 

See what happened in sports on June 3rd last year, headlined by the NBA revealing its plan for a 22-team bubble in Orlando, and the Houston Texans calling off the 1yr/$3.8M agreement with DL Timmy Jernigan, making him a FA once again. This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history. 

NBA Thursday’s top plays

Nuggets down POR for series W

Dame drains it before the buzzer

D-Book and CP3 took down LA

Best plays from 2020-21 season

NFL is full of young stud QB’s

Dame Time is as clutch as it gets

D-book gets all kinds of buckets

NFL is full of young stud EDGE

Marvin Jones is a TD machine

Ekeler is NFL’s best receiving RB

MJ’s Iconic Shrug game OTD

Curry’s 3PM record game OTD

Magic’s Finals AST record OTD

Pedro almost Perfect Game OTD

Mavs reach 1st Finals OTD

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NBA Playoffs 1st Round

[Highlights] #3 NUGGETS(+171; $10.80) d. #6 @BLAZERS (-198; $11.20126-115 [DEN +5 | o227.5] (DEN 4-2)

[Highlights] #2 SUNS (+115; $14.78) d. #7 @LAKERS (-131; $9.03113-100 [PHX +2 | o207] (PHX 4-2)

NBA Game Odds via Vigit App

NBA Stock Prices via FANDEX

NBA Playoffs 1st Round

[Highlights] SG Devin Booker, PHX (W @LAL): 47 PTS (15-22 FG | 8-10 3P), 3 AST, 11 REB, 1 BLK, 0 STL, 3 TO [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] C Nikola Jokic, DEN (W @POR): 36 PTS (13-22 FG | 2-4 3P), 6 AST, 8 REB, 0 BLK, 1 STL, 5 TO

[Highlights] F Michael Porter Jr., DEN (W @POR): 26 PTS (10-19 FG | 6-12 3P), 4 AST, 5 REB, 0 BLK, 1 STL, 1 TO

NBA TOP PERFORMERS

MLB: SS Luis Urias, Milwaukee Brewers (turns 24)

NFL: CB Vernon Hargreaves, Houston Texans (26)

MLB: SP Eric Lauer, Milwaukee Brewers (26)

MLB: OF Harrison Bader, St. Louis Cardinals (27)

NFL: DL Larry Ogunjobi, Cincinnati Bengals (27)

NBA: SF Otto Porter, Orlando Magic (28)

NFL: OT Ja’Wuan James, Free Agent (28)

NBA: C Al Horford, Oklahoma City Thunder (35)

NFL: DB Emmitt Thomas, Hall of Fame (78)

2018: Golden State Warriors PG Steph Curry broke Ray Allen’s NBA Finals record by converting 9 3-pointers in a Game 2 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers

2006: Dallas Mavericks defeated the Phoenix Suns 102-93 in Western Conference Finals Game 6 to advance to their 1st NBA Finals in franchise history where they eventually fell to the Miami Heat in 6 games

1995: Montreal Expos SP Pedro Martinez pitched a perfect game through 9 innings against the San Diego Padres, but gave up a single in the 10th; Montreal would still pull out a 1-0 victory in the 10th

1992: In the Chicago Bulls’ Game 1 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, SG Michael Jordan set NBA Finals records for points in a half (35) and 3-pointers in a half (6) with a game-high 39 points which featured his famous “shrug”

1984: Los Angeles Lakers PG Magic Johnson recorded an NBA Finals-record 21 assists in a Game 3 victory over the Boston Celtics

1932: In a 20-13 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig became the 1st player to ever hit 4 consecutive HRs and collected the 1st 4-HR game of the 20th century, while 2B Tony Lazzeri hit for the cycle

1925: Chicago White Sox player-manager Eddie Collins became the 6th player to record 3,000 career hits in MLB history

 

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