Today's Updates, 5/22/2018

Today's UPDATES

We've got a series going on right now between the Cavaliers and Celtics, and we have a special kind of winner take all matchup in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Continuing the coverage in our Max Sports rundown, we can now confirm that Eastern Conference Finals in the NBA Playoffs will go to a Sixth Game after the Cavaliers won another one last night on their home court in Cleveland. LeBron James put some very big numbers again, this time with 44 points while Jaylen Brown had the highest number of points for the Celtics with 25. The Cavs were able to outscoring the Celtics in the first quarter 38-14, and despite the Boston's best efforts to fight back in the last three quarters, Cleveland still came out on top in 111-102 victory which would tie the series at two. Tonight, the Rockets will have to play greater than great in order to win tonight's Game 4 with the Warriors and take control of the Western Conference Finals, but right now Houston is on the brick of elimination as they say for if they don't win tonight, then Golden State will be in the driver's seat moving forward. As for the East Finals in the NHL, Capitals were able to stay alive in their series with the Lightning in Game Six last night and now it all comes down to Game Seven tomorrow with the winner taking on the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final.

2018 NBA Playoffs (Conference Finals)
Cavaliers vs Celtics (Series tied at 2-2)
(Game 1 was on ABC, Remaining Games are on ESPN)
Game 1: Celtics 108, Cavaliers 83
Game 2: Celtics 107, Cavaliers 94
Game 3: Cavaliers 116, Celtics 86
Game 4: Cavaliers 111, Celtics 111
Game 5: Tomorrow in Boston at 8:30PM
Game 6: Friday in Cleveland at 8:30PM
Game 7: Sunday in Boston at 8:30PM (If necessary)
Warriors vs Rockets (Golden State leads series 2-1)
(All Games are on TNT)
Game 1: Warriors 119, Rockets 106
Game 2: Rockets 127, Warriors 105
Game 3: Warriors 125, Rockets 85
Game 4: Tonight in Golden State at 9PM
Game 5: Thursday in Houston at 9PM
Game 6: Saturday in Golden State at 9PM (If necessary)
Game 7: Next Monday in Houston at 9PM (If necessary)

2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs (Conference Finals)

Washington vs Tampa Bay (Series tied at 3-3)

Game 1: Capitals 4, Lightning 2

Game 2: Capitals 6, Lightning 2
Game 3: Lightning 4, Capitals 2

Game 4: Lightning 4, Capitals 2

Game 5: Lightning 3, Capitals 2

Game 6: Capitals 3, Lightning 0

Game 7: Capitals vs Lightning, Tomorrow at 8PM on NBCSN

Vegas vs Winnipeg (Golden Knights won the series 4-1)

Game 1: Jets 4, Golden Knights 2

Game 2: Golden Knights 3, Jets 1

Game 3: Golden Knights 4, Jets 2

Game 4: Golden Knights 3, Jets 2

Game 5: Golden Knights 2, Jets 1

WWE

Raw results
- Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens by Disqualification
- Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal and Kevin Owens
- Ember Moon defeated Alexa Bliss
- Baron Corbin defeated No Way Jose
- The B Team defeated Breezango
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Chad Gable
- Natalya defeated Dana Brooke, Sarah Logan, and Liv Morgan in a Fatal 4-Way Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
- Elias defeated Bobby Roode
- Braun Strowman defeated Finn Bálor
Money in the Bank match card

- Men's Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match contract

- Women's Money in the Bank ladder match for a women's championship match contract

- AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship

- Nia Jax vs Ronda Rousey for the WWE Raw Women's Championship

- Carmella vs Asuka for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship

- Roman Reigns vs Jinder Mahal

FOX has struck again, with the impending deal that will leave Disney (or maybe Comcast) a large piece of 21st Century Fox's assets including its production Film and TV studios and cable networks, the New Fox Company is hard at working with post-merger drama. Yesterday, FOX pulled off a shocker that is going to leave a mark on the world of sports entertainment, according to multiple reports, the network has agreed in principle to a "massive deal" that will bring WWE's weekly program SmackDown by October 2019. This is a special kind of #TwitterTrend for today, and despite the WWE not commenting on the news just yet, we can go straight into these multiple reports. First up from The Hollywood Reporter, it says that this will be a five-year deal worth more than $1 billion, it is nearing completion and is worth $205 million annually, and will mark a three-fold increase over what NBCUniversal is currently paying WWE to air SmackDown on its USA network. There have been many questions about these agreement between FOX and WWE, and it's mainly due to the fact that SmackDown ig going to move from its Tuesday night spot on USA Network to Friday Nights on Fox, plus rumors are coming in that the show could be three hours long like Monday Night Raw, once it premieres next year. So this does begs these two following questions: Will SmackDown continue to be a LIVE Show and How will the deal affect the two brands between SmackDown and Raw? The former of two has been on network prime time before, starting out on UPN network in 1999, and then moving on over to The CW in 2006, SmackDown would get go from My Network TV to SyFy and now USA, but WWE seems to be real confident that FOX will be a better home for SmackDown in the near future. The whole sports community are stoked about the new deal and their reactions are quite interesting, take a look.

With Spandex UPROXX @WithSpandex

Fox has acquired the rights to air WWE Smackdown Live https://uproxx.it/akr9myh

TheWrap @TheWrap

WWE 'SmackDown' Sweepstakes: Fox Scores Wrestling Show, Will Shift It to Fridays (Exclusive)

#SDLive #Raw #SmackDown #SmackDownLive #SmackDownOnFox

Ryan Silapan @RyanSilapan

A live look at Vince McMahon after after Fox agrees to purchase SmackDown live in a massive deal. Not to mention the money that came in last month from WrestleMania and the Greatest Royal Rumble.

Darren Rovell @darrenrovell

BREAKING: WWE’s SmackDown Live is coming to Fox, after network agreed in principle to a “massive deal.”

Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch

.@darrenrovell and @TonyMaglio are both reporting WWE’s Smackdown show is moving to Fox in 2019. The Wrap says it will air on Fridays.

Clay Travis @ClayTravis

WWE Smackdown to Fox per @darrenrovell. Stock surges to $54. Hope you bought it: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/23562745/fox-reaches-agreement-air-wwe-smackdown-live

Chris E. Hayner @ChrisHayner

Smackdown moving to Fox? That's wild.

Nathan McCarter @McCarterN

Already seeing a lot of tweets re: Smackdown/Fox suggesting Raw will be moved to NBC and that it is a game-changer. I disagree with both.

Big deal for WWE's bottom line. Good for Smackdown overall. But it isn't that big of a shift.

Nathan McCarter @McCarterN

Media landscape has massively changed. Most recent Smackdown ratings are 2.3m viewers. Fox's standard Friday ratings are just barely over 3m. It's not the same game anymore.

Adam Rank @adamrank

Love having Smackdown Live move to FOX.

We will never have a true replication of the Monday Night Wars. But would love to see a RAW and Smackdown rivalry in that mold.

George @xGeorgebyNature

So FOX is gunna get SmackDown. Yep 3 hours is coming.

Still an Adam Cole Guy BAYBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @juicypatlucey

I still hate Fox for cancelling B99, but yeah loving the news of Smackdown going to the network

Les Owens 🦈 🏆 🏆 @GoodKidManCity

FOX dropping all its football coverage to pay for WWE Smackdown lmaooo

Jimmy Traina @JimmyTraina

Can't wait for @buck to read promos for Friday Night SmackDown during FOX's Thursday night football game.

SI Extra Mustard @SI_ExtraMustard

WWE SmackDown is reportedly moving to Fox and will air on Fridays
https://www.si.com/wrestling/2018/05/21/wwe-smackdown-live-broadcast-deal-fox?utm_source=twitter.com&xid=socialflow_twitter_si&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=si-extramustard

Some people like to spend their time all day watching videos on youtube and looking up a different sort of news that they would hear on television, and sometimes you never know just what the heck you are going to find. Yesterday, I learned about something that had me by surprise for sure, according to Comicbook.com, a certain late night show host had a barely noticed cameo in one of Marvel Studios' blockbuster films, and boy was it a good one. It turns out that rising Daily Show host Trevor Noah was the voice of A.I. system named Griot in Black Panther, honestly I did even realized it when I saw the movie in theaters, I remember going to the bathroom really badly, hitting my leg against one of the theater's seats and running out to do my own business. Believe it or not, Trevor Noah's name can be seen in the rolling credits where all the cast members are listed, he is right at the end of the list and I never noticed it until someone posted it online. So then, I looked up the scene to when Trevor's voice can be heard and it was when Martin Freeman's character Everett Ross was piloting the Wakanda ship during the climatic battle between T'Challa and Killmonger, and when I listened to it, it sounds just like Trevor, only with a robotic favor to it. I sometimes wonder if the late night comedian will get make it to major stardom during his run on The Daily Show and it looks like he's getting there, so here is a look at the posted picture that I talked about before and another special Web Choice playlist including the scene where Trevor Noah voices Griot in Black Panther, be sure to listen very carefully.