Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Basketball Milestones and Hockey Controversies: A Week in Sports
Russell Westbrook becomes the 25th player to reach 25,000 career points in NBA history. USC's JuJu Watkins scores an impressive 51 points against Stanford. The U.S. clinches a spot in the Davis Cup finals group round. NHL's Nikita Kucherov faces criticism for his performance at the skills competition.
Sources:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39448338/clippers-russell-westbrook-reaches-25k-career-points
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39447970/usc-juju-watkins-explodes-51-keys-upset-stanford
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/39446514/us-tops-ukraine-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39447155/niktia-kucherov-bood-nhl-skills-challenge
Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:41) Westbrook 25th player to reach 25K career points
(00:03:02) Watkins explodes for 51 as USC upsets Stanford
(00:05:33) U.S. tops Ukraine to clinch Davis Cup finals spot
(00:08:08) Nikita Kucherov booed by Toronto crowd for 44-second skills challenge performance