By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
May 09, 2021

May 9th, 2021 was highlighted by AD’s 42-point performance in the Lakers win without LeBron against the No.2 seeded Phoenix Suns as both teams are gearing up with the playoffs around the corner. Giancarlo Stanton stayed hot with the walk-off to beat the Nationals, Huscar Ynoa is recording some remarkable two-way production, Jacob deGrom’s high heat continued, and Terry Rozier’s career-high 43 points wasn’t enough as Lonzo’s Pelicans beat LaMelo’s Hornets. 

See what happened in sports on May 9th last year, headlined by the release of the MLB’s blueprint plan to return to play, a look at Dallas Braden‘s perfect game OTD, and some intriguing throwback highlights. 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 Sunday’s top 10 plays

AD came to play vs. Phoenix

Hornets were hoopin’ vs. NOLA

Drained half court shot casually

Luis Urias made a great play

Giancarlo walks off Washington

That’s how to start off SNB

Conforto helps out deGrom

The no-look 1-6-3 double play

Jimmy Buckets has MIA on track

Most clutch CP3 plays this year

Bam can do it all defensively

Ball brothers have elite vision

Happy Bday to Tony Gwynn

Steph’s legendary return OTD

Latest HR & longest game OTD

Dallas Braden perfect game OTD

AI dropped 54 on Toronto OTD

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NBA Sunday

[Highlights] PF Anthony Davis, LAL (W v.PHX): 42 PTS (13-27 FG | 1-5 3P), 5 AST, 12 REB, 3 BLK, 3 STL, 3 TO [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] F Jimmy Butler, MIA (W @BOS): 26 PTS (9-14 FG | 1-3 3P), 11 AST, 8 REB, 0 BLK, 2 STL, 3 TO

[Highlights] G Terry Rozier, CHA (L v.NOP): 43 PTS (16-26 FG | 7-11 3P), 4 AST, 5 REB, 0 BLK, 1 STL, 3 TO

[Highlights] C Nikola Vucevic, CHI (W @DET): 29 PTS (14-27 FG | 1-8 3P), 2 AST, 16 REB, 1 BLK, 0 STL, 0 TO

[Highlights] G/F Evan Fournier, BOS (L v.MIA): 30 PTS (11-16 FG | 7-11 3P), 8 AST, 3 REB, 1 BLK, 0 STL, 0 TO

NBA TOP PERFORMERS

NFL: DL Derrick Nnadi, Kansas City Chiefs (turns 25)

NFL: DL Maurice Hurst, San Francisco 49ers (26)

NFL: EDGE Samsom Ebukam, San Francisco 49ers (26)

MLB: 3B/UT Tommy Edman, St. Louis Cardinals (26)

NBA: SF Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brooklyn Nets (26)

NFL: WR Robby Anderson, Carolina Panthers (28)

NBA: PF Nemanja Bjelica, Miami Heat (33)

MLB: 1B Prince Fielder, Retired after 2016 (37)

MLB: OF Tony Gwynn, Hall of Fame (61)

2016: After missing 2 weeks with a knee injury, Golden State Warriors PG Steph Curry had one of the greatest games of his HOF career in Game 4 of a 2nd Rd matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers — up 2-1 in the series, Curry started out 0-9 on 3PA until catching fire in the 4th, setting an NBA record by scoring 17 PTS in OT to cap off a 40-point performance and take a commanding 3-1 series lead

2010: Oakland Athletics SP Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in MLB history, a 4-0 victory over the Rays

1995: Cleveland Indians tied an MLB record by scoring 8 runs before recording an out, defeating the Minnesota Twins 10-0

1989: The position-record errorless streaks of Boston Red Sox C Rick Cerone (159 games) and New York Mets SS Kevin Elster (88 games) were both snapped 

1987: Baltimore Orioles 1B Eddie Murray became the very 1st player in MLB history to hit a HR on each side of the plate in consecutive games

1984: Longest game in AL history finally ended as Chicago White Sox OF Harold Baines hit a HR in the 25th inning finally defeat the Brewers, 7-6 (began the day before)

1961: Baltimore Orioles 1B Jim Gentile became the 1st player in MLB history to hit a Grand Slam in consecutive innings

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