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Chiefs knock out Jaguars 🐆
Giants eliminated 🏈
Bengals bring it back-to-back 🔥
49ers moving on 🙌
Lakers vs. Grizzlies got wild 😳
Anthony Edwards drops 44 👏
Arizona upset UCLA 🏀
😮💨 On to the next!
Just like that, the Jag's season is now over after their 27-20 loss to the Chiefs.
When you’re going up against Travis Kelce, it’s never a walk in the park. He just can’t be stopped, huh?
Kelce put up a postseason record of 14 receptions by a tight end. He’s also in the top 5 all-time list of NFL Playoffs career receiving yards leaders at 1,387 and sits among other greats like Jerry Rice and Gronk.
Chiefs fans had to hold their breath once Mahomes got up limping and left part of the game with an injury.
Even on a hurt ankle, the young QB got back in the second half and completed the game 22-of-30 passing for 195 yards and two touchdowns.
No need to worry though— he says he’ll be good to go by the Championship game.
This will be the Chief's fifth straight AFC title game in a row. They’re not new to this, they’re true to this.
🦅 The Birds fly high over the Giants
It’s a Philly thing if you didn't already know! The Eagles soared past the Giants in the 38-7 victory on Saturday.
Jalen Hurts had quite the game. Especially for someone who just said on Friday that he was nowhere near 100% due to a shoulder injury. Clearly, Hurts wasn’t affected by that much. Maybe it was all a tactic. Gotta psyche ‘em out.
The QB led Philly to the win as he finished the game 16-for-24 passing for 154 yards and three total touchdowns. As a starter this season, he is now 15-1. This guy is special.
On top of Hurt’s performance, running back Boston Scott went crazy. He’s a true Giant-killer... contrary to what New York’s Defensive Coordinator thinks.
Scott’s one touchdown during Saturday’s matchup marked his 11th touchdown in nine career games against the Giants alone. Complete domination.
The Giants should've seen the L coming. After all, they haven't won against Philadelphia since 2013.
Whoever said it was gonna be an upset needs to think twice.
The Birds now advance to the NFC Championship game next Sunday against the 49ers.
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🔥 Bengals going back-to-back
The Bengals smoked the Bills Sunday night 27-10.
There were clearly a lot of people who thought the Bills had it in the bag. So much so, that more than 50,000 tickets were purchased by Bills and Chiefs season-ticket holders assuming the Bills would win.
They thought! The Bengals stay proving people wrong. As Burrow said, “Better send those refunds”.
Even in the snow, Cincy got off to a hot start with a 14-0 lead. The rest was history as they completely dismantled Buffalo, holding the Bills to a season-low 10 points.
At this point, I’m not sure Josh Allen is still in the Mahomes rivalry convo. He couldn't do much against the Bengal's defense. The QB ended the game 25-of-42 passing for 265 yards and zero touchdowns.
Ja'Marr Chase and Cincy will be griddying their way to their second straight AFC Championship game against the Chiefs.
🏈 The Cowboys are outta there
Are y’all still dem boys?!
The Cowboy’s 19-12 loss on Sunday marked their 12th straight postseason appearance where they’ve failed to reach a conference championship game. That's the longest streak in NFL history.
They're in a big-time drought. Next year though, right.....🌚
San Francisco’s defense was too much for Dak Prescott. The QB threw 12 interceptions in the last 9 games and had two in the first half of Sunday’s game. No Bueno. Those mistakes aren’t gonna cut it.
Talk about going out sad. I don’t even know what that final play was all about. Fat L.
They should have kept this one in the playbook 😭
— Playmaker (@playmaker)
2:48 AM • Jan 23, 2023
Niners are now off to the NFC Championship. We’ll see if they can keep their 12-game win streak going against Philly. It's gonna be a tough one.
😤 All the action at Lakers vs. Grizzlies
Shannon Sharpe was sitting courtside and got into it with the entire Grizzlies team, plus Ja Morant’s dad, Tee.
Just before halftime, an altercation sparked between Dillon Brooks and Sharpe. Things escalated quickly once the big man Steve Adams came towards Sharpe followed by the majority of the Grizzlies team.
Shannon wanted all the smoke but do you think he could take 6’11 Steven Adams 1v1?!
You know it was getting aggressive once security had to butt in and hold ‘em all back.
During halftime, Shannon shared with reporters that the altercation happened once he told Brooks he was too small to guard LeBron.
Shannon Sharpe spent halftime in the tunnel with security before returning to his seat for the third quarter. He granted ESPN a brief interview explaining what happened with the Grizzlies on his way to his seat:
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten)
4:30 AM • Jan 21, 2023
At the end of the day, it was just some good ol’ trash talk between Tee and Shannon. The two were seen hugging it out and having a civil conversation after the argument.
As far as Brooks, he took things personally. In a post-game interview, he referred to Shannon as a “regular pedestrian”.
I don’t know when we started calling Pro Football Hall of Famers regular pedestrians, but I digress. Y'all can take a side, but LeBron made it clear that he's rocking with Unc.
👏 Have a game Ant-Man!
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Anthony Edwards helped the T-Wolves notch a 113-104 victory over the Rockets.
Ant-Man had a season-high 44 points with 4 assists and 6 rebounds. He also posterized Alperen Sengun not once, but TWICE. You'd think Sengun would’ve just moved out of the way the second time.
Beyond dunks, A1 drained three-pointer after three-pointer. He was on fire.
The 21-year-old put up one of the best games of his career and has been able to lead the team even with Rudy Gobert and KAT out.
Is the young guard All-Star material though?
He’s sure not getting any love from All-Star voters and isn’t even in the top 10 of fan voting for Western Conference guards.
The Minnesota star said “I ain’t tripping, man. I just want to get to the playoffs. I don’t really care. As long as we get to the playoffs, I don’t care how we do it.”
With it only being his third year in the league, he has time to reach that accolade.
As he said, he may be better off taking it one step at a time. After all, the team just got back at .500 with a 24-24 record.
👀 A Pac-12 upset
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On Saturday, No. 11 Arizona ended No. 5 UCLA's 14-game win streak with a 58-52 win.
It was just not the night for UCLA’s offense, I’ll tell you that. The Bruins shot a season-low 31% and went 4-of-20 from three.
It was pretty slow on both sides, though. Arizona even shot 38.8% from the field, but despite the low-scoring game, the Wildcats were able to step up on defense and found themselves at the line a lot.
Oumar Ballo and Ąžuolas Tubelis were key in their Cat's offense. The two had combined 30 points and 18 boards for the team. That’ll do it.
Arizona made a statement with this one.
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