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Hardwood

The Sixers beat the Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, 82-81. They led by eight going into the fourth quarter, lost the lead, briefly hopped on the see-saw, and then regained the lead for good when Evan Turner made this circus layup in the final minute:

That was redemption for his play a few minutes earlier when he sang the refrain to Here Come The Sixers instead of inbounding the ball in the allotted time. 1… 2… 3… 4… 5…

.GIF of the night

Holiday_kiss

pic via (@nateriggins)

Jrue Holiday blows a kiss to the Garden faithful after draining a three in the final minutes to put the Sixers up one. 

Wood

The Phillies won a game on Sunday. They won last night, 5-1. And if they win their next game, it will be three in a row. That’s called a winning streak. It has been done before.

Fat Joe Blanton

7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 7 K, 1 BB

Polly

Placido Polanco got his 2,000 hit by hitting a two-run home run.

Utley’s new knees

Chase is still not taking ground balls in the field.

Douchebag

Bryce Harper hit his first career home run, took a curtain call.

Snarky Tweet of the night

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Reader Brendan after Holiday's kiss.

Inadvertent t-shirt profanity on CSN

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Plugs

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