Morning Coffee: How will Oilers respond as Underdog for Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final?
The Roland-Garros finale was an unforgettable epic.
The best tennis players on the planet battled back-and-forth relentlessly for a total of five hours and 29 minutes before a champion was ultimately crowned.
By the time the marathon was done, it was officially the second-longest men’s major final by time on the court.
Carlos Alcaraz dropped the first two sets but then rallied from three match points down in the fourth set to stun the top-seeded Jannik Sinner in a remarkable display of skill and athleticism.
The Spaniard could be found as high as 5000 live to win the match outright at FanDuel.
After one of the most spectacular comebacks in the history of the sport, Alcaraz was crowned Roland-Garros champion for the second year in a row and became the fourth player in the Open Era to win each of their first five major final appearances.
It makes sense that Game 2 of the NBA Finals wasn’t nearly as dramatic.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder cruised to a 123-107 win over the Indiana Pacers as an 11.5-point favourite on Sunday night to tie the series 1-1.
SGA led the way again with a game-high 34 points and eight assists as Oklahoma City improved to 17-2 after a loss dating back to the regular season.
The Thunder opened -3.5 for Game 3 in Indiana, but that number quickly climbed to OKC -4.5 at FanDuel.
Meanwhile, the Thunder to win the NBA championship shifted from -330 to -560.
The Pacers are 168 to win Game 3 on Wednesday night and 420 to win the title at FanDuel this morning.
Now the focus shifts back to the NHL, with Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers on deck tonight.
As far as marathons go, this year’s Stanley Cup Final has been as good as it gets through two games.
It’s just the sixth time in NHL history that each of the first two games of a Stanley Cup Final has required........
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