Leading Off: Pictures of the Week

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Apr 30, 2012

Leading Off: Pictures of the Week

Randy Foye embraces his teammate during the first game of the Clippers' series against the Grizzlies. Los Angeles came back from 27 points down to win 99-98.

A member of the Tampa Bay Rays slides during a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Tropicana Field.

Predators goalie Pekka Rinne dives for a save during a Game 2 showdown with the Coyotes Sunday night. Phoenix won 5-3.

Gabrial Bourque and Michal Rozsival battle for the puck during Game 1 of the Predators-Coyotes Western Conference semifinal series.

Lavarn Harvell knocks out Tony Pietrantonio during the third round of their light heavyweight bout in Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday.

FC Porto's Hulk lands on top of Maritimo's Briguel during a Portuguese league match Saturday. Hulk would go on to score both goals in Porto's 2-0 win.

Russell Westbrook passes during the Thunder's game against the Mavericks in Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oklahoma City won 99-98 on a Kevin Durant jumper in the closing seconds.

Rockies-Pirates-Baseba%282%29.jpg — Gene J. Puskar/AP

Eric Young Jr. avoids a tag by Pittsburgh's Michael McKenry in the eight inning of the Rockies 2-1 win.

Zholamanov Yerbolat of Kazakhstan competes in the 62kg weight class during the Asian Weighlifting Championships at Yichung Culture & Sports Center in South Korea.

Grizzlies guard Mike Conley falls toward Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe during Sunday night's game at FedEx Forum in Memphis. The Clippers edged out the Grizzlies 99-98.

Kobe Bryant gets denied by Nuggets center JaVale McGee during Sunday's Denver-Los Angeles Staples Center showdown. The Lakers won 103-88.

The Lakers took a 1-0 series lead over the Nuggets Sunday night.

Devils right winger Dainius Zubrus is checked hard into the boards by the Panthers' Erik Gudbranson in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at the Prudential Center. The Devils would go on to beat the Panthers 3-2.

Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie catches a foul ball hit by Seattle's Munenori Kawasaki during the ninth inning of Sunday's game. The Mariners would go on to win 7-2.

20120426_zaf_m67_136%282%29.jpg — John Walker/Fresno Bee/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com

Holly Roller leaps over rider Elliot Jacoby at the 98th Annual Clovis Rodeo in Clovis, Calif.

Ashton Villa midfielder Chris Herd sails over West Bromwich Albion's Liam Ridgwell during the English Premier League match at The Hawthorns in England.