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Brittney Sykes put on an absolute clinic in Los Angeles, dropping a career-high thirty-eight points to lead the Toronto Tempo past the Sparks one hundred six to ninety-six. Sykes was a perfect fifteen for fifteen from the foul line, rookie Kiki Rice contributed nineteen in her first career start, and the Tempo walked out of LA with their first road win of the season at two and two.
Meanwhile in Cleveland, the Detroit Pistons are staring down an ugly halftime deficit in a Game Seven nobody expected to look like this. Down sixty-four to forty-seven at the break, shooting just thirty-eight point one percent and getting outrebounded throughout, Detroit fans are watching what could be the most painful exit in recent memory. The second half cannot come fast enough.
And shifting to the diamond, Roki Sasaki finally looked like the pitcher the Dodgers envisioned when they brought him stateside. The twenty-four-year-old went a career-high seven innings of four-hit ball, dismantling the Angels in a ten to one blowout. After a turbulent first season in blue, Sasaki may be turning the corner at exactly the right time.
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