The Rush: Warriors put the clamps on the Celtics in blowout Game 2 victory
The Warriors clearly came for revenge in the NBA Finals, stifling the Celtics offense in their 107-88 Game 2 win. Former No. 2 NBA draft pick Michael Beasley is going to make a nice chunk of change with his new Chinese team, the Shanghai Sharks. And Rafael Nadal won the French Open in straight sets playing on a left foot that he couldn’t even feel.
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- Golden State has a lot of time. Poole with the ball. Launches. Oh. Money.
JARED QUAY: The Celtics clearly used up all their mojo in that impressive comeback in game one of the NBA Finals because they played pretty poorly to put it lightly in game two. Celtics star Jayson Tatum had it going early with 21 points in the first half.
- Step back 3 by Jayson Tatum.
JARED QUAY: But he only ended up with 28 points for the entire game. On the other side, Steph Curry answered with 29 points of his own. And the Warriors defense kept the Celtics offense anemic. In other words, [BLEEPS]. The finals are tied up at a game of peace as the series shifts to Boston where you know that crowd is going to be obnoxious as hell.
Former number two of all NBA pick Michael Beasley is getting paid seven figures to play for the Shanghai Sharks over in China.
- Shark.
JARED QUAY: Beasley isn't the only former lottery pick to end up playing in China. If you remember, Stephon Marbury not only played in Chinese Basketball Association, but he's straight up dominated, winning three championships and a MVP award. And you got to think Beasley might try to match that career trajectory. In fact, I'm calling it right now. Beasley is only 33 years old. He's going to win four championships, two MVPs, and join Klay Thompson in repping the Chinese shoe brand, Anta.
Rafael Nadal made some crazy history on Sunday as he beat Casper Ruud in straight sets to win the French Open. He extended his record number of men's grand slam titles to 22, he won his 14th French Open while no other guy has won more than six in the open era. He became the oldest French Open champion ever until he wins again next year. And then he'll break that record.
And he did all of this with no feeling in his left foot.
- Say what now?
JARED QUAY: You heard me. He had an injection before the match to numb his foot due to a chronic injury. In his own words, Nadal was basically playing with a foot that was asleep. And if you ever had your foot asleep, you can't even really run. So that's amazing.
- Usually, if you snooze, you lose. With Max, you snooze, you win.
JARED QUAY: I don't know a Max, but exactly. Congrats, Nadal. Now wake up that foot and go celebrate in style. I personally like to celebrate with tacos and beer. But I'm not a pro athlete anymore. So you probably celebrate with quinoa and avocados. Actually, you probably celebrate with injections in your arm and your body. You just sleep for 30 hours. I don't know. Either way, Nadal, party it up, man.
