Dominance. Dominance. If today's NBA is about anything, it is about dominance. Driving toward the basket with great speed,overpowering any centre, forward, or guard. Dominance. The Golden StateWarriors were completely dominant in their fourth straight meeting with theCleveland Cavaliers, having taken the first three games of the NationalBasketball Association Finals in succession. They were all prepared to coronate themselves the kings of dominancelast night, a victory would have given them the overall and final prize. Cleveland had other plans, and finallystopped phoning it in. In a masterfulgame, proving they had a right to be there, they seized dominance away from theWarriors, to win the game 137-116, sending the series back to California. Dominance. In Baseball, theSt. Louis Cardinals certainly have not felt very dominant. They had lost 10 of the last 15 games, andwere sinking low in the standings. Notas low as Pittsburgh, don't you know, but still low. Friday night they met the PhiladelphiaPhillies with a seven game losing streak. Superstar pitcher Yadier Molina, sentimental heart of the Cards, havinghelped them win for years, was out withback injuries. The monkey came off theirback with surprise win on Friday against the Phillies 3-2. They will see if it stays off their back whenthey face Philadelphia again this even. In InternationalCricket: a winning team which certainlydoes not feel dominant is Australia. They have done well in the 2017 Champions Cup competition, or at leastthey could have dominated in the group play which has been going on. So far the weather has not cooperated intheir quest for greatness, so three of their games have washed out. Today they are set to face England atEdgbaston, but so far in this competition, all of the games at Edgbaston havebeen washed out, either never played or suspended before points could beassigned. So, Australia, grandAustralia, Fair Australia must win tonight's game against England, or they willnot Advance, as they will not have enough points to pass through this firstgroup competition. A dominant team, theysay, in danger of being left on the ash heap of history with wet socks and notfeeling very young and strong. In other Cricketnews, Bangladesh has knocked New Zealand out of the competition, with aconvincing win at Cardiff. In Tennis, FrenchOpen competition continues at Roland Garros in Paris. Rafael Nadal stated he is honored to be playingin his tenth finals at Roland Garros, but he will face Stan Wawrinka, to whomhe lost the finals here in 2014. Wawrinka convincingly dominated Andy Murray here on Friday, and so thegame is on, and Sunday's final should be worth watching. On that note, more in tomorrow's column. In Aussie RulesFootball, the Port Adelaide Power and theEssendon Bombers play in the late game at the Etihad Stadium. Port Adelaide will be keen to remain in touchwith the top four with a win over Essendon, having not strung togetherconsecutive wins since its round six victory over the Brisbane Lions. The Power will seek dominance in this game. Essendon, on the other hand, has dominatedtheir series in recent games. In their last 12 games they are evenlymatched. This is Essendon's last game before its breaknext week. The Bombers were competitive against Greater Western Sydney lastweek but have now lost more games than they have won, meaning they will startthe round a win out of the top eight and needing a victory to keep in reach ofa finals berth. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 6/10/2017 01:18:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
