These Guys Are Special 🤯⭐

Happy Friday, Smallballers! Ready to recap the week and preview the weekend?

Let’s start with the…

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NBA 🏀

We’ve got NBA Cup games on the schedule tonight!

The six groups; image courtesy NBA.com

The best matchups? Probably Heat vs. Knicks (East C), 76ers vs. Pistons (East B), and Warriors vs. Spurs (West C).

And we can’t wait to watch that last matchup, because Golden State and San Antonio also played earlier this week.

And it was our…

Best game: Steph Curry vs. Victor Wembanyama.

🎥 Ready to see who won on Wednesday night?

Steph had 46 points, and Wemby added a triple-double with 31 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Let’s hope tonight’s game is just as special!

Wemby and Steph at the 2024 Olympics; image courtesy Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

And speaking of special, how about our…

Biggest news: Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets played the LA Clippers on Wednesday.

🎥 Want to see what a dominant performance looks like?

That’s a 130–116 win for Denver, their sixth in a row.

And Jokić’s 55 points tied OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for most in a game so far this season.

The wildest part? It’s the fifth time in his career Jokić has scored at least 50 points, and this was the first time they won!

Which brings us to our…

Wildest play: Also on Wednesday night, OKC beat the Lakers, 121–92.

🎥 Check out this incredible assist as the Thunder were pulling away!

I’m so glad the NBA is back!

But now it’s time to check on…

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College Football Week 12 🎓🏈

👀 Ready for spot the difference with our second round of CFP rankings?

💬 Drop your answer in the comments!

🏅 Want extra credit? What’s the sum of 1 + 2 + 3… and so on, all the way through 25? (🧠 That’s called a triangular number, or T25.)

Triangular numbers; image courtesy Wikipedia

Of the top 25 teams, 24 are playing this week. The only bye: #14 Vanderbilt.

And that includes four matchups between ranked teams:

• #4 Alabama vs. #11 Oklahoma

• #5 Georgia vs. #10 Texas (P.S. Don’t text me any spoilers because I’m recording and watching after dinner)

• #9 Notre Dame vs. #22 Pittsburgh

• #17 USC vs. #21 Iowa

Texas QB Arch Manning almost went to Georgia; image courtesy Bleacher Report

We should have some incredible games.

🎥 Let’s watch the best moments from last week to get ready!

And now we can finish with…

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NFL Week 11 👔🏈

Thursday Night Football was a battle between the first-place and last-place teams in the AFC East. (Remember: that’s one of the NFL’s eight divisions).

Last? The 2–7 New York Jets.

First? The 8–2 New England Patriots, trying to extend a seven-game winning streak.

🎥 Click “Watch on YouTube” to see the highlights!

Make it eight straight for New England. Pretty impressive after they finished 4–13 in each of the last two seasons.

And as we get ready for Sunday, here are the five games we’ll be watching:

• Buccaneers (6–3) at Bills (6–3): Which QB, Baker Mayfield or Josh Allen, can get their team back on track after a tough loss last week?

• Chargers (7–3) at Jaguars (5–4): Can Jacksonville bounce back from a tough loss to Houston and stay in the hunt for a playoff spot?

• Seahawks (7–2) at Rams (7–2): Who wins and takes a one-game lead in the NFC West standings?

• Chiefs (5–4) at Broncos (8–2): Will Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs stop Denver’s seven-game winning streak?

• Lions (6–3) at Eagles (7–2): Could this be a preview of the NFC Championship game in a few months?

Mahomes and Broncos QB Bo Nix; image courtesy Sports Illustrated

Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you Tuesday!

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