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Dame Time is alive and well in Los Angeles. Damian Lillard drilled the dagger in the fourth quarter as the Trail Blazers handed the Lakers their first loss of the season. JJ Redick was honest afterward, calling out real vulnerabilities on the perimeter — and Portland exposed every single one of them.
Shifting to the ice, Connor Hellebuyck wasted absolutely no time making an impression in New Jersey. The star goaltender turned aside seventeen shots in a five to one Devils victory over Dallas in his debut. The Hellebuyck era in Newark is officially open for business, and it started with a statement.
And over in baseball, Milwaukee's sweep bid got derailed in spectacular fashion. The Rays delivered one of those nights that reminds you why this sport still hits different — joy and agony in the same breath, the kind of Game four that gave the rest of the baseball world exactly what it needed heading into the final stretch.
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