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April 27, 2018 at 1:44AM
Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio (3) brings the ball up court as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) pursues in the second half during Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz won 115-102. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Rubio (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TIPSHEET

KNOW THIS

One day before the NFL draft, Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield won the internet. The whole thing. Or at least Twitter. Mayfield, a confident young man who has been compared in some ways to Brett Favre, tweeted a photo in which he re-created the iconic predraft photo of Favre from 1991 where he is wearing denim shorts and holding a cordless phone with a bunch of excited folks in the background.

WATCH THIS

The playoffs are over for the Wolves but not for Ricky Rubio. The ex-Minnesota point guard can help the Jazz close out Oklahoma City with a victory Friday (9:30 p.m., ESPN).

RANDOM FANDOM

"I want to say that Wiggins is worth keeping and will have a longer shelf life than Butler. There is probably an entire universe of things that happen behind the scenes that us fans can only imagine or speculate upon."

"sgtsmash" commenting on startribune.com.

TWEETED

"Fernando Rodney has the worst Win Probability Added (-1.3) by any Twins pitcher through the first 20 games of a season since Ron Davis (-1.3) in 1984.

@AaronGleeman

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