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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY MONDAY:
NBA Playoffs: Heat at Celtics, 7 p.m. (TNT; WEEI)
MLB: Twins at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. (NESN/ESPN; WRKO)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ The Lakers bowed out of the playoffs in embarrassing fashion Sunday, getting routed by the Mavericks to complete a four-game sweep and having two players thrown out of the game for blatant cheap shots. While ejected players Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom showed no remorse, Lakers legend Magic Johnson did not hold back, calling the players “classless” and “thuggish” and saying they embarrassed him.

Said Johnson in a TV interview: “That should never happen. You have to show class when you win and you have to show class when you lose, and the Lakers did not show class in Game 4.”

Before Game 4, Johnson — who sold his ownership stake in the team last fall but still is listed as a vice president — said the Lakers need to address the fact that they are “too slow and [have] no athletes,” and suggested they will need to trade Bynum, Odom or fellow big man Pau Gasol and “blow this team up.” Responded coach Phil Jackson: “I thought [Magic's comments] were unnecessary at this time.”

♦ Renowned agitator Sean Avery hasn’t won much support with his play on the ice for the Rangers, but he’s now a friend to the gay community after recording a video supporting same-sex marriage.

♦ Big-name hitters throughout the major leagues continue to struggle in the early part of the season. In the New York Daily News, Bill Madden looks at the situation, noting that Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has plenty of company in the underperforming department.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On May 9, 1989, which Red Sox catcher dropped a foul ball for his first error after a major league-record 159 error-free games?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It was a hard foul. Let’s put it like this: He didn’t intend to hurt Rondo. I don’t honestly believe in 99 percent of cases in our league the player ever intends to hurt anybody. But he did and it just happens.” — Celtics coach Doc Rivers, commenting on Heat guard Dwyane Wade‘s scrap with Rajon Rondo in Saturday night’s game that led to Rondo’s dislocated elbow

STAT OF THE DAY: 650 — Consecutive sellouts for the Red Sox

‘NET RESULTS: A man with no arms or legs throws out the first pitch before a Japanese baseball game.

A fan runs on the field during a soccer match in Russia and gets an autograph and a hug from one of the players, Roberto Carlos.

A reporter is unaware of a soccer player behind her mimicking her.

Here’s the video of Steelers receiver Hines Ward being handcuffed by police, who thought the car he was in was stolen.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Rick Cerone, who started the streak in 1987 when he played for the Yankees

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Billy Joel is 62 Monday (not last Monday as was mistakenly listed).

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