🏀 Scouting Report: May 23

Happy Saturday, BettrNation family. Big weekend ahead, with a number of opportunities in the market. But before we get into any of it, we want to take a moment to remember a legend. 😢

Kyle Busch - two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, winner of 63 Cup races and a record-setting 234 combined victories across NASCAR's three national series - passed away Thursday at 41 after being hospitalized with a severe illness. Rowdy was one of the most polarizing figures in motorsports history, which is another way of saying he was one of the most compelling. You either loved him or you couldn't stand him, and he would have had it no other way. The sport is smaller without him. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Busch family during this time. 🙏

Even with heavy hearts, the rest of the sports world 🌍 kept spinning, as it always does. OKC's bench scored 76 points Friday — a conference finals record since 1984 — as the Thunder erased a 15-0 deficit and beat San Antonio 123-108 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 Western Conference Finals lead. The defending champs have now gotten 50, 57, and 76 bench points in three consecutive games, which at some point stops being a fluke and starts being a nightmare for every team they face. Meanwhile, tonight, the Cavaliers host New York in a pivotal Game 3 🏀 as New York holds a 2-0 series lead, which included a stunning 22-point comeback in the last 8 minutes of Game 1 🤯 For tonight’s matchup, that line has edge written all over it and we've got the breakdown below.

On the ice 🏒, Vegas stunned Colorado 3-1 on the road in Game 2, with Eichel and Barbashev scoring in a 2:07 span in the third period to flip a 1-0 deficit into a 2-0 series lead. Since 1982, teams that go up 2-0 in the conference finals are 13-0. The Avs need their superstar, Cale Makar, back or this thing gets very ugly very fast. The NHL’s most dominant team during the regular season may be on the verge of getting swept 🧹

Let's find the edges. 🎯

Today’s Schedule: NBA || MLB || NHL || WNBA || Soccer

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