I thought it was because Murray decided to toy with the Lakers' emotions and allow them to think they had a chance at winning the game, only to crush them at the very last moment. Our fellow Canadian had it under control the whole time and was just messing with the Lakers to make the game more entertaining.

No man. Murray was playing like shit the whole game until the 4th. Joker kept them in the game (Joker had 27pts, 10 assists, 20 rebounds) until Murray woke up and finished off the Lakers with that beautiful buzzer beater.

Off topic king is here again.

How about them games last night? 2 games with fantastic finishes! Well, fantastic finishes for the winning teams. Big choke job by the Lakers and another game for whiny Joel to cry about.

On the NHL side of things, we were 1 game away from having the home team game 1 sweep. Just as I had suggested, Oilers got the job done but Golden Knights got their win against the Stars. Oh, and I got eliminated from siggy's Leafs choke a thon contest. Good luck to the remaining contestants.

Not a software developer, but I am a carpenter and had built, for our own use, various storage boxes, shelves, and even 2 high chairs for my kids over the years. A fun one is when my older son injured his left ankle at the playground last year, I built a makeshift knee scooter out of some scrap wood and 4 all direction wheels. Both my sons are still using it as a scooter to speed around the house to this day. My daughter never even touched that thing. I guess boys will be boys.

Good morning stackers.

Day 86 of 100 push ups till $100k completed.

Like you said, it would be interesting if this was a clean sweep for the home teams for both NBA and NHL. For today's 2 hockey games, I think the Oilers will be able to defend home ice, but the Golden Knights might have a chance of taking a road win from the Stars. We shall see.

I think Ernie said on Inside the NBA that it was the first time since 2013 that every home team won round 1 game 1 of the NBA playoffs.

Now that round 1 game 1 is over for both NBA and NHL playoffs, did any team or any player surprise you? Or did anything happen that you found particularly interesting?

I was surprised by Haliburton's triple single. Hopefully he plays better in the rest of the series. I was also surprised by Dame dropping 35 in the first half then go on to have 0 in the second half. And although entertaining, I was surprised by how close the OKC vs Pels game was. I thought OKC was going to destroy them, but I guess I was wrong, again amongst many other things.

Canucks won game 1. I didn't watch the game, but did jump onto the highlights. It's great to see Rogers Arena packed and everyone waving the towel again. The city feels more alive when the Canucks are playing well.

Way to go Phillies! 6-0 perfect week. Playing against two struggling teams helped too.

Good morning stackers.

Day 85 of 100 push ups till $100k completed.

Haha, definitely!

With KAT and Jimmy's history and how Jimmy had cemented himself as a significant piece of the Heat roster, I say hell would freeze over before the Heat would sign KAT.

Well liked probably because he's chill and doesn't hold his teammates accountable or hold them to a high level of dedication. If you want a team to win, guys like KAT need to be avoided. Look at the dominant winners in the history of the game, they were all known to be one-off freaks / assholes that push their teammates to and past their limits; or they are extremely hard working guys that lead by example and is everything but chill; or both. The NBA consists of the best basketball players in the world fighting for one single trophy each year and being chill will never get the job done no matter how much talent you have. And worst of all, to have that chill mentality instilled into the young blood will result in an always mediocre team that cannot win.

I don't like KAT and would not like to see him in a Raptors jersey.

RIP mid range jumper.

GOATs all day any day. The shooters will just get locked down defensively and get out rebounded by a landslide.

Driving my wife to pickup guava that she ordered online. Fresh guava from Taiwan air shipped to Canada.

My wife loves taking pictures of our backs and I love a lot of these back photos that she takes. By the way, a lot of the photos in my hiking posts were actually taken by my wife. I'm not really a photo guy and like to just look at things, but she loves taking photos.

I mean, you can't blame them for wanting to keep that first round pick for themselves instead of handing it over to the Spurs. And they have some fierce competition in the Pistons, Wizards, Hornets, Trail Blazers, and Spurs. To tank just enough to keep that pick is a job well done IMO. I curious what @grayruby thinks about the Raptors season.

Good morning stackers.

Day 84 of 100 push ups till $100k completed.

Also shilling my weekly hiking post as per usual. This week we head to Vancouver Island off the west coast of BC, Canada, to check out the Hole in the Wall.

Off to a great start. One step closer to me winning that 5k bonus sats from the sweep.