The Hardest-Working Paper in America | 
Thursday, April 25, 2024
News Sports NBA

Video: Pau Gasol swats Jahlil Okafor on drive

By  DeMario Phipps-Smith
   
SHARE Video: Pau Gasol swats Jahlil Okafor on drive

There will be a time when Jahlil Okafor of the Philadelphia 76ers is a premier big man in the NBA. Until then, Eastern Conference teams will continue to beat up on him like the Bulls did Monday night.

Okafor finished the night with his first double-double, but it took 25 shots for him to get score 21 points. The Bulls big men stymied him in the paint for most of the night. Even though he was active on the boards, he was taught a few lessons by Pau Gasol about maneuvering in the paint.

The Spaniard was in the teaching mood as he divvied out six total blocks in the contest, and a few on Okafor. One day, rookie, one day.

Next Up In News
Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads
Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center
Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80
1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago
Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias
Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports
The Latest
georgia-nicols.jpg
Horoscopes
Horoscope for Thursday, April 25, 2024
By Georgia Nicols
 
Cubs Padres Baseball
Cubs
Cubs' Kyle Hendricks is approaching IL stint with mind to turn around his season
“I need to get back to being myself,” the starting pitcher told the Sun-Times, “using my full arsenal and mixing it in and out.”
By Maddie Lee
 
Cody Bellinger
Cubs
Cubs’ Cody Bellinger to IL with fractured ribs; Pete Crow-Armstrong recalled
Bellinger left Tuesday’s game early after crashing into the outfield wall at Wrigley Field.
By Maddie Lee
 
White Sox v Minnesota Twins
White Sox
How is White Sox' hitting coach doing? Marcus Thames is trying to stay positive, which is no small task
Their struggling lineup is the biggest reason for the Sox’ atrocious start.
By Daryl Van Schouwen
 
Chicago White Sox v Minnesota Twins
White Sox
Andrew Benintendi's struggles at center of 3-21 White Sox' woes
The Sox hit two homers, but Garrett Crochet allowed five runs in the 6-3 loss to the Twins.
By Daryl Van Schouwen