third time in his career. lebron wasn t only taking on team curry this weekend, but firing back at fox news after one of the hosting laura ingraham said he should shut up and dribble after discussing polit politics. he said he doesn t think the president understands or cares about the people. that prompted ingraham to say on her show lebron should shut up and dribble. i asked lebron what he thought about her comments. we will definitely not shut up and dribble. i will not do that. i mean too much to society. i mean too much to the youth. i mean too much to so many kids that feel like they don t have a way out and they need someone to help lead them out of the situation they re in. for me to sit up here and the greatest weekend of the nba all-star weekend and i get to
lebron with the step-back three to tie the game. under a minute to go. down one out of the time-out, team lebron drawing up a fantastic play. lebron with the lay-in to take the lead. from there, team lebron with amazing defense. they get the win. 148-145. lebron james is the mvp for the third time in his career. lebron wasn t only taking on team curry this weekend, but firing back at fox news after one of the hosts laura ingraham said he should shut up and dribble after discussing politics. her comments after lebron saying president trump was critical. he said he doesn t think the president understands or cares about the people. that prompted ingraham to say on her show lebron should shut up and dribble. i asked lebron what he thought about her comments.
victory. boom. now to the nba and a scary moment at the end of last night s match-up between the thunder and the cavaliers. in cleveland lebron james chasing a loose ball in the fourth quarter goes tumbling out of bounds and plows into a fan in the front row. that poor girl. okay. who turns out to be the wife of pro golfer jason day. the 6 8 , 250 pound player knocks her chair over and lands right on top of her. fortunately she reportedly did not lose consciousness or sustain any major injuries in the collision. but she remained on the ground for several minutes while receiving medical attention before being stretchered away and taken to the hospital for overnight observation. james later tweeted his concern, and apologized for the incident. affectionly signing the message, love l.j. and lebron wasn t the only cavalier to make headlines, shooting guard was cast into the limelight after his fiancee welcomed newborn daughter imann
noticeable. heat tickets sold out immediately. merchandise flew off the shelves. but even after winning in miami, lebron wasn t satisfied. i m going to do what makes my city and my state happy, and that s why i came back. i love you. i m back. reporter: his return celebrated as the second coming. go cavs baby! go cavs! reporter: and with it some help revitalizing that struggling rust belt city. juju chang abc news new york. you d be rooting for him, too, okay. here s the deal i just want to see lebron-onomics make the dictionary one day as a term. got a ways to go. look at that. aww, see? now you re cheering us on! that actually works, okay? you look yeah that actually works. oh, i don t know about that. what you don t like that? what the cleveland cavaliers. oh, that s right, they ve got you in the wrong i need to get you some glasses, t.j.! need to get you some contact lenses. sorry, didn t notice.
lebron wasn t having it. 15 points in the first quarter alone and then in the third the circus was in town, the acrobatic shot fell, james had 27, the heat won it 83-72. the nhl playoffs are in full swing but the only hat trick of the night was on the diamond. the yankees curtis branderson hit three home runs against the twins. matched the career high with five hits. he powered the yankees to 7-6 win. that s your first look at sports, i m fred roggin. now for another look at the weather here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning once again, bill. the drought buster potentially. no kidding. especially up in new england this weekend. sunday into monday. as far as what we re looking at. this is where the drought is the worst, actually. down here in georgia, south carolina, and north florida. we are going to get rain in this area. i really think the heaviest amounts of rain are going to come up here in areas of new england from boston to albany, down towards the hartford