A big night from MPJ.

Michael Porter, Jr. and the Denver Nuggets have advanced to the second round in the NBA Playoffs. In a 126-115 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, and #MizzouMade MPJ was a huge contributor, scoring 26 points on 10-19 shooting (6-12 from three), with five defensive rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes. While he did cool off in the second half and didn’t take as many shots - instead deferring to his teammates - his first quarter/half performance can’t be ignored.

He got a lot of social media reaction as well. He quite literally couldn’t miss.

Denver will face the Phoenix Suns next in the Conference Semifinals after their 4-2 series win over Portland. Wednesday’s Suns game featured a strong performance by another player with Mizzou ties, though this one is a bit more adjacent.

Former Mizzou great, Melvin Booker’s son, Devin Booker, scored 47 POINTS to close out the Lakers in Game 6 in a 113-100 victory.

Very impressive.

So, the Western Conference Semifinals will feature Jordan Clarkson and Quin Snyder (Editor’s Note: and Keyon Dooling, who works in player development) from the Utah Jazz, Michael Porter, Jr. from the Denver Nuggets, and Melvin Booker’s son from the Phoenix Suns. That’s....pretty loaded from a Mizzou standpoint.

Onto the links. M-I-Z!

Yesterday at Rock M

• Night at the Zou brings in the ELITE talent. Great recruiting coverage from Karen Steger and Sam Snelling.
• PODCAST: Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting, from Sam Snelling and Matthew Harris. Give it a listen!
• COMING UP: Brandon Kiley will have a latest recruiting post, mostly centered around in-state recruiting.

More Links:

• 75 campers have been allowed to attend Mizzou Women’s Basketball Summer Camps! Here’s the full schedule. Read more on MUTigers.com.

• Mizzou Softball just ran into a pretty good James Madison team in the Super Regionals, huh? The Dukes beat No. 1 overall seed Oklahoma to start the Women’s College World Series.

• Another impressive Mizzou Softball stat from KOMU Sports’ Kayler Smith

• Summer visit dates have been set for five-star WR target Luther Burden.

• ICYMI from KTGR’s Big Show: Eric Blum from the Columbia Daily Tribune joined to discuss the Mizzou Softball season and the program’s momentum going forward!
• A Happy Birthday to Mizzou Football newcomer running back Taj Butts!

• A great send off for Dru Smith with Cuonzo Martin!

• According to Brody Miller, Former Mizzou assistant Brad Davis is set to become LSU’s Offensive Line Coach

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