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Mother's Day edition of the Sunday show with Nick Pedone 10a-2p on 92.3 The Fan -#Browns rookie minicamp recap -The She-hype, real or not -Vertical challenges -#Cavs - #Pacers Game 4 tonight -#Guardians on Sunday night baseball Scott Petrak at 11, Joe Gabriele at Noon

Browns remain steadfast in pursuit of Brook Park enclosed stadium, frustrated at attempts by local politicians to derail the proposal www.audacy.com/923thefan/sp...

#Cavs run out of gas, Tyrese Haliburton’s game-winning 3 gives #Pacers 120-119 win and 2-0 series lead www.audacy.com/923thefan/sp...

Tyrese Haliburton hits a 3 with 1.1 remaining. Final: #Pacers 120 (2-0), #Cavs 119 (0-2) Nesmith & Turner 23; Haliburton 19; Indy 51.8% (11-28 3s) Mitchell 48p 9a 5r 4st; Strus 23p 8r; Allen 22p 12r; Cle 43.3% (11-39 3s)

Max Strus buries a 3, his 5th triple of the night. possession game. #Cavs 117, #Pacers 110 with 1:06 left. Strus up to 23 points

#Cavs clinging to a 102-96 lead with 6:43 to play. Donovan Mitchell will shoot FTs 13 and 14 when play resumes #Pacers

Donovan Mitchell has shot 12 FTs tonight. He's 13-26 from the field, has 38 points #Cavs

End 3: #Cavs 98, #Pacers 84 Turner 19p 5r 4bk; Nesmith 16; Mathurn 13; Indy 50.9% (9-25 3s) Mitchell 36p 7a 4r; Allen 20p 8r; Strus 18p 6r 4a; Merrill 14; Cle 47.2% (10-33 3s)

Donovan Mitchell hits a corner 3 to extend #Cavs lead to 17, 77-60. #Pacers timeout. Mitchell is up to 29 points on 11-21 shooting. 7:32 to play 3rd Q

Half: #Cavs 61, #Pacers 50 Turner 15p, 4r, 4bk; Haliburton 8p 3r; Indy 47.1% (5-15 3s) Mitchel 21p 5a; Strus 14p 5r 3a; Allen 10p, 4r, 3a; Cle 43.5% (8-23 3s)

Donovan Mitchell's 3-point shot is off (0-4, 1 for last 15) but he's been aggressive going to the rack. 21 points after a thunderous dunk #Cavs #Pacers

#Pacers got within 8 but #Cavs with a quick 5 to push the lead back to 13, 47-34, 4:58 to play 1st half. Max Strus with 6 of his 11 this quarter. Cleveland has forced a dozen Indy turnovers and converted those into 16 points

End 1: #Cavs 32, #Pacers 15. Siakam & Turner 4; Indy 31.3% (1-8 3s) Mitchell 12; Merrill 9; Cle 45.5% (4-8 3s)

#Cavs have opened up a 12-point lead on #Pacers led by 10 1st Q points from Donovan Mitchell, who has been aggressive getting to the rim. Sam Merrill has 6 off the bench. 1:18 left in the 1st Q

We are tied at 9 with 6:47 to play in the first Q #Cavs #Pacers

Starting 5 for #Cavs: Ty Jerome, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Max Strus, and Jarrett Allen.

As expected, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and De’Andre Hunter all OUT for #Cavs tonight in Game 2 v #Pacers

Final: #Pacers 121 (1-0), #Cavs 112 (0-1) Nembhard 23p 6a; Haliburton 22p 13a; nesmith & Siakam 17; Ind 53.0% (19-36 3s) Mitchel 33p 5r 4a; Jerome 21p 8a 3r; Mobley 20p 10r; Cle 45.9% (9-38 3s)

With 31 points tonight, Donovan Mitchell now has 8 consecutive Game 1's with 30+, the longest streak in NBA history surpassing Michael Jordan's previous mark of 7 #Cavs

3:23 remaining, #Pacers up 112-106 on #Cavs. Indiana 19-35 from 3, Cleveland just 8-33. If the wine and gold doesn't rally again here, that's the difference in Game 1

#Cavs are getting cooked at the 3-point line tonight. #Pacers are 16-29 from deep, Cleveland an ice cold 8-32

Hunter is back from #Cavs locker room during the timeout

De'Andre Hunter hit hard by #Pacers Bennedict Mathurin at the rim, got up slow and walked straight to #Cavs locker room. Not a good sign.... 7:44 4th Q. Cleveland challenging wanting a foul

Myles Turner hits a corner 3 at the buzzer. End 3: #Pacers 92, #Cavs 90 Indy has 6 players with at least 11 points led by Nesmith 16; Nembhrd 15p 5a; Haliburton 13p 10a; Indy 55.7% (15-27 3s) Mitchell 27p 4r 4a; Mobley 15p 6r; Jerome 13p 6a 3r; Cle 50.7% but just 7-29 from 3

Donovan Mitchell gets aggressive going to the basket, adds 7; Evan Mobley lay-in gives #Cavs their first lead in what feels like forever, 85-84 on #Pacers with 3:16 lerft in the 3rd

#Pacers are shooting a blistering 61% from the field, #Cavs 48%. The diff on the scoreboard is Indy by 12, 80-68 with 7:17 left in the 3rd Q

The difference in the first half at the 3-point line: #Pacers hit 9-15 from deep while #Cavs ice cold 5-20

Half: #Pacers 64, #Cavs 58 Siakam 13p 5r; Nembhard 12p 4a; Haliburton 9p 6a; Ind 60.0% (9-15 3s) Mitchell 15; Mobley 11; Jerome 11p 5a; Cle 49.0% (5-20 3s)

Donovan Mitchell's lay-in with 2:06 left in the half forces #Pacers to call timeout. Indy lead down to 4, 58-54. Mitchell has 15 for #Cavs in the first half

Ty Jerome 9 points and 5 assists in his first stint to spark #Cavs before taking a seat.

#Pacers maintaining their double digit lead on #Cavs, 45-35 with 8:06 left in the first half.

End 1: #Pacers 36, #Cavs 25 Siakam 10; Haliburton 7; Ind 66.7% (6-9 3s) Mitchell 9; Mobley 5; Cle 45.8% (3-12 3s)

Ready to roll with Nick Pedone 10a-2p on 92.3 The Fan -#Cavs - #Pacers Game 1 -Worried about Darius' sprained Sgt. Hulka -Jose Ramirez has a mild ankle sprain -An honest conversation about Shedeur & Nick Chubb Spencer Davies joins at 10:40 + you too!

State reports question economic impact of Browns proposed Brook Park dome and development www.audacy.com/923thefan/sp...

Nick Pedone12 and I are ready to roll from the Great Lakes Collectors Convention with Greenie Sports Cards at the Independence Fieldhouse 10a-2p on 92.3 The Fan We will cover all the WTF moments, and there were a few from #Browns 2025 #NFLDraft #Cavs up 3-0 on #Heat + some special guests

Brownie Bites: #Browns trade 2nd overall pick to Jacksonville, select Michigan DT Mason Graham fifth overall #NFLDraft www.audacy.com/923thefan/sp...

Donovan Mitchell scores 17 of his 30 in 4th to help #Cavs hold off #Heat, 121-112 to take 2-0 series lead www.audacy.com/923thefan/sp...

Final: #Cavs 121 (2-0), #Heat 112 (0-2) Herro 33p 6r 5a; Mitchell 18p 6a; Highsmith 17; Mia 51.9 (16-45) Mitchell 30p 6r 6a; Garland 21p 9a; Mobley 20p 6r; Cle 47.6% (22-45 3s)

Evan Mobley sinks 2 FTs, 3 possession game with 25.7 on the clock. #Cavs 115, #Heat 108

#Cavs cling to a 5-point lead, 113-108 with 39.4 seconds left. Cleveland challenging a foul on Jarrett Allen that would give Miami FTs

Tyler Herro up to 29 after that layup. #Cavs lead is 2, 101-99 on #Heat as this one is close to slipping away

#Heat have cut a 19-point #Cavs lead to 6. 6:42 remaining.

End 3: #Cavs 93, #Heat 80 Herro 27p 5r 5a; Highsmith 11; Wiggins 10; Mia 48.3% (12-35) Mobley 18p 5r; Garland 14p 9r; Mitchell 13p 7r 6a; Hunter 12; Cle 47.8% (18-38 3s)

Half: #Cavs 68, #Heat 51 Herro 15p 4a; Highsmith 9; Mia 47.5% (9-23 3s) Strus 12p 4a; Mobley 10p 4r; Mitchell 10p 6a 5r Cleveland hit 11 3s in the 2nd Q

#Cavs lead up to 16. Cleveland 7-10 from deep in the quarter. #Heat threw the first punch but helpless to to stop the Cavalanche in the 2nd.

It's raining 3s. #Cavs with 4 quick bombs to start the 2nd Q, lead #Heat 39-30, 9:29 left 1st half

End 1: #Cavs 25, #Heat 24 Highsmith 6; Adebayo 5p 4r; Wiggins 5 Mia 47.4% (4-10 3s) Mobley 7, Jerome 6; Garland 5; Cle 47.4% (3-7 3s)

Ty Jerome picking up were he left off in the fourth quarter Sunday night. A quick 6. #Cavs take their first lead 23-21 on #Heat

Evan Mobley weaves through #Heat defenders and goes coast to coast for a dunk, timeout. #Cavs within 16-14 of Miami with 3:42 left in the 1st Q

#Heat with an early 13-7 lead on #Cavs with 6:39 to play 1st Q; Adebayo 5, Herro 4; Strus has 3 for Cle