Monday's A.M. Hot Clicks: Shay Mitchell; LeBron does 'everything'

There's a lot to unpack from Cleveland's 95–93 overtime victory that evened up the NBA Finals at one game apiece. Plus, lovely lady of the day Shay Mitchell gets us ready for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.

Eric Single | Jun 8, 2015

Monday's A.M. Hot Clicks: Shay Mitchell; LeBron does 'everything' /

Happy Monday, everybody—I'll be pinch-hitting on Hot Clicks this week with Andy out of town. If you fancy, you can follow me on Twitter right here, but the sports world had itself quite the weekend, so let's get down to business.

LeBron, Cavs Grind Out Game 2 Win

SI's Best Photos From Game 2 of the NBA Finals

John W. McDonough for Sports Illustrated

LeBron James celebrates a hard-fought victory, one in which he had a triple double.

Matthew Dellavedova contests a shot by Stephen Curry in overtime.

After being fouled on a rebound and shot attempt in overtime, Matthew Dellavedova went to the free throw line and sank the go-ahead points for Cleveland in its 95-93 victory.

Steph Curry got J.R. Smith to foul out on this play, then put Golden State in front 93-92 on the two free throws with 29.5 seconds left in overtime.

Draymond Green had four blocks, including this one of LeBron James.

With the game tied and 2.4 seconds remaining in regulation, Golden State harrassed LeBron James into missing this shot.

Steph Curry's finger-roll with 7.2 seconds remaining tied the game and were the final points scored in regulation.

LeBron James got raked across the arm on this sequence but no foul was called.

LeBron James couldn't believe some of the non-calls in Sunday's game.

J.R. Smith was more aggressive at attacking the basket now that Kyrie Irving is lost to the Cavaliers for the remainder of the series.

Steve Kerr and the Warriors missed a golden chance to go ahead two games to none.

Timofey Mozgov drew a lot of fouls in the lane and made seven of 12 free throw attempts.

Steph Curry had a horrid shooting night, making only five of 23 attempts. He came up empty on 13 of his 15 three-point attempts.

Shaun Livingston scored three points in 14 minutes of action.

Cleveland's defenders close in on Steph Curry.

Andrew Bogus battles LeBron James for a rebound. Bogut finished with 10 on the night while James pulled down 16.

Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 34 points.

Steph Curry tries to defend against LeBron James.

Harrison Barnes and Klay Thompson do their best to try to slow down LeBron James.

Klay Thompson played a team-high 46 minutes and sank 14 of his 28 shots.

LeBron James finished with 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists in 50 minutes.

''It's the grit squad right now,'' LeBron James said of the undermanned Cavaliers. ''If you expect us to play sexy cute basketball, that's not us right now. Everything is tough and it has to be that for rest of series.''

LeBron James took longer than usual to compose himself after getting hit across the nose by Draymond Green on a hard foul in the fourth quarter.

Tristan Thompson attempts to block a Draymond Green shot.

Bay Area native Carlos Santana performed the national anthem before Game 2 at Oracle Arena.

There's a lot to unpack from Cleveland's 95–93 overtime victory that evened up the NBA Finals at one game apiece. A sampling: LeBron got his bad shots out of the way with this ugly airball in warmups and proceeded to go completely nuts in the first half ... After wrapping up the win and securing an unreal triple-double, an exhausted James's postgame thoughts came down to one word: "Everything." ... Andrew Bogut (???) almost threw down the dunk of the playoffs in the opening minutes, but by the end of the third quarter he had been upstaged by Marresse Speights in the missed jam department ... We're willing to forego all basketball analysis, chalk up Speights's follies to the Lil B curse and move on ... A shot chart has never been more telling ... Steph Curry struggled, but that didn't make Riley Curry any less adorable ... The officials didn't make many friends in the critical final minutes with a ton of dicey calls, but after they let LeBron walk up the court with the ball on his hip, we should've known ... Carlos Santana shredded the national anthem ... A Warriors fan drained a half-court shot to win a BMW ... And Floyd Mayweathertook it all in wearing jorts, because that's the kind of thing he does.

It's Gotta Be The Shorts

When you topple the No. 1 player in the world to win the French Open, you can put your pants wherever you want. Stanislas Wawrinka beat Novak Djokovic in four sets in Sunday's final and then gave the media one last look at his awesome shorts.

"Apparently I'm the only one!" @stanwawrinka on THOSE shorts and who likes them #RG15 pic.twitter.com/fCvracML03
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2015

Djokovic fell short of the career Grand Slam but still received a chill-worthy ovation. Roger Federer watched the final on his phone at a Swiss soccer game. Stars: They're just like us!

My Name Is My Name

The MLB draft starts Monday night, and those of you who don't follow prospects closely can do some last-minute prep with this mock draft of the best names in the 2015 class. Cornelius Randolph is only good enough for second place this year.

Lovely Lady of the Day

Ahead of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final Monday night, Ontario native and Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell earns this morning's LLOD honors. If you need any help getting pumped up for high-stakes hockey, here's Shay coaching Liars co-star Ashley Benson through 4-year-old Joshua Sacco's flawless rendition of the pre-game speech from Miracle. (Check out Shay's full-size gallery here.)

Virtual Reality Quarterback Training

The Cowboys have signed up for some really cool technology.

Triple Crown Jockey Donates Winnings To Cancer Research

Nice work, Victor Espinoza. If you missed American Pharoah's win on Saturday, there's enough great writing here and enough great photos here (and below) to make you feel like you were trackside for history.

American Pharoah Wins The Triple Crown

American Pharoah led all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths on Saturday, becoming the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes--one of the sporting world's rarest feats. Here are SI's best photos from the event. (Text credit: AP)

The bay colt with the unusually short tail easily defeated seven rivals in the grueling 1 1/2-mile race. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah covered the distance in 2:26.65 -- the sixth-fastest in Belmont history. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah is the 12th horse and first since Affirmed in 1978 to win three races on different tracks at varying distances over a five-week span. (Text credit: AP)

Jockey Victory Espinoza hustled American Pharoah to the lead leaving the No. 5 post and quickly got him over to the rail. He was never seriously challenged after that. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah ran the final quarter-mile in 24.32 seconds, faster than Secretariat's time of 25 seconds in winning the 1973 Belmont. (Text credit: AP)

Sent off as the overwhelming 3-5 favorite, American Pharoah paid $3.50, $2.80 and $2.50. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah delivered a victory for the Egyptian-born Zayat, who bred the colt and put him up for sale before buying him back for $300,000. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah was followed by second-place finisher Frosted, while Keen Ice was another two lengths back in third. Mubtaahij was fourth, followed by Frammento, Madefromlucky, Tale of Verve and Materiality. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah joined the exclusive club of Triple Crown winners Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed. (Text credit: AP)

American Pharoah finally made a Triple Crown winner out of trainer Bob Baffert, who won on his record fourth Triple try, having lost in 1997, 1998 (by a nose) and in 2002. (Text credit: AP)

Jockey Victor Espinoza ended his own frustrating history in the Triple Crown. He got it done with his record third shot after failing to win in 2002 and in 2014 on California Chrome. (Text credit: AP)

Since 1978, the rigors of the Triple Crown had done in 13 other horses who won the Derby and the Preakness--with 12 losing the third leg and I'll Have Another scratched with a leg injury in 2012. American Pharoah brought an end to that drought. (Text credit: AP)

Unlike Affirmed, who dueled Alydar in all three races, American Pharoah didn't have a specific rival since he was the only horse to run in all three Triple Crown races. Going into the Belmont, American Pharoah had beaten all of his seven challengers before. (Text credit: AP)

After making his way back to the crowd, Espinoza took American Pharoah nearly the length of the sprawling grandstand so fans could pay their respects to the champion. (Text credit: AP)

''That's a hell of a horse,'' said Gary Stevens, who finished seventh aboard Tale of Verve. ''The race was over in the third jump from the gate.'' (Text credit: AP)

As the horses were heading to the starting gate, owner Ahmed Zayat was overflowing with confidence and turned to his wife. ''I told her, `Get ready to be the owner of the 12th Triple Crown winner,''' he said. (Text credit: AP)

The start was clean as American Pharoah broke from the fifth gate to the lead.

The crowd of 90,000--capped to avoid overcrowding and long lines from last year's total of 102,199--roared for American Pharoah from start to finish. (Text credit: AP)

It's unlikely the champion heard them since American Pharoah wears ear plugs to block noise that might get him worked up. (Text credit: AP)

Before demolishing his rivals on Saturday, American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby by one length on May 2 and then romped to a seven-length victory in the rainy Preakness two weeks later. (Text credit: AP)

Canadian Nutrition Advice

Learned today that the Alberta food guide gives portion sizes in pucks. #canada #EH pic.twitter.com/v10RSHsTFA
— Sunil Agnihotri (@sunilagni) June 8, 2015

Be Gentle, Germany

The German national team crushed Ivory Coast 10–0 in its opening game of the Women's World Cup. The Germans have done this type of thing before.

Final: Germany 10, Ivory Coast 0. 2nd-biggest win in Women's World Cup history. #GER pic.twitter.com/n8WI4xkLS1
— Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) June 7, 2015

Good Gronk

Gronk shaved his head at an event that raised $1 million to support pediatric cancer patients http://t.co/FUnivGH3Aw pic.twitter.com/5SuZhxbjt2
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 8, 2015

More Good People Shaving Their Heads

I Don't Know What We're Yelling About!

AHHHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/vpUfJaPH7A
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) June 6, 2015

Golf Claps For Jose Reyes's Balance

I believe that base belongs to @lamelaza_7. https://t.co/dz3ELBwOeW
— MLB (@MLB) June 8, 2015

Odds & Ends

Steph Curry struggled Sunday night, but his game-tying layup was so smooth (Santana jokes!) ... FIFA continued to cover itself in glory, using male pronouns in its Women's World Cup match tracker ... A new Simpsons movie would only happen once the show goes off the air. So, never? ... Phil Mickelson gave a hefty tip to a lemonade stand ... Add this to soft-serve ice cream's many uses: Waking a mini-pig up from his nap ... I don't ever want to be on the same continent as this green ribbon worm recently found in Taiwan.

P.K. Subban Crashed A Street Hockey Game

And the little guy between the pipes held his own.

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Richard Sherman's Jurassic World trailer

Legion of Boom members should know all about impact tremors.

Serenity Now!

Happy 88th birthday to Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld.

Let's Skip From Monday To Saturday

On this day in 1963, this gem from Sam Cooke (not to be confused with underrated Ravens punter Sam Koch) topped the Billboard R&B charts, and that's reason enough to give it another spin. See you all tomorrow. Hope I didn't break anything.

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Published Jun 8, 2015

ERIC SINGLE