The Lakers pretty much handled the Houston Rockets from start to finish to take a commanding 3-1 series lead inside the NBA bubble. Pretty much a predictable yawner with LeBron and AD flexing their muscles when needed.
But inside the NHL bubble another team from Texas named the Dallas Stars won a thrilling Game 3 in the Western Conference Finals by a 3-2 count in OT.
Great hockey game as the underdog yet opportunistic Stars simply found a way on a night when the Vegas Golden Knights outshot them 42-22.
Dallas netminder Anton Khuobin kept the Stars in the game in the third period as the ice was slanted the entire twenty minutes of play with an onslaught of Vegas chances not finding the back of the net. Just some great saves in clucth situations.
It didn’t take long in overtime as the Stars caught the Knights in a bad change as Alexander Rudulov came wheeeling out of the neutral zone with nothing but space and the puck as he closed the game with an incredible goal.
Don’t look now but the Dallas Stars are two games away from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Stars are a smart hockey team. Smart hockey teams with good goaltending, a couple of hot finishers, and some luck can be a dangerous mix on the road to the Stanley Cup Finals.
The collective Eyes of Texas should shift from the Rockets to the Stars because the hockey team actually has a chance of reaching the Finals.