Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) The kid finally did it. Make that, the grandkid. Ty Gibbs, grandson of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, won his first Cup race in his 131st start, as he led the final 25 laps to capture an overtime victory at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was the 229th Cup victory for Joe Gibbs Racing, which is celebrating its 35th season this year. But it was the first Cup victory by a driver named Gibbs. "It's a huge deal for us [as a family]," Joe Gibbs said in his post-race news conference. "To have Ty be able to go through everything that he went through and he went through a lot. Because this is tough, this is tough when you get up here. It's the best of the best in the world." His 23-year-old grandson had won races and championships on the way up to the Cup Series but has had a roller-coaster, three-plus-year career at the top level, with two runner-up finishes and 21 top-five finishes. His journey has had its challenges, including his father, Coy Gibbs, dying suddenly the night he won the OReilly Series championship in November 2022. The fact he hasnt gotten into Victory Lane for a team that has a tradition of winning had some critics questioning whether he deserved a ride for the family-owned team. "Ifeel like I knew I was capable of doing it," Ty Gibbs said in his post-race news conference. "It's obviously about putting it together. We've had great runs in the past. "People are going to hammer me on my position I'm in. That's fair. I don't really care. Just keep working hard. I really love racing, so it's fun." Here are my takeaways: 1. Big Win For Ty Gibbs It was a winning drive by Gibbs, who stayed out on old tires and held off Cup champions Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson, who had pitted with 25 laps remaining (Blaney for four, Larson for two). Blaney had led 190 laps; Larson led 284 laps, but Gibbs had been running near the front. Gibbs didnt just hold them off one time, he had to do it twice, as a late caution when Kyle Busch turned Riley Herbst resulted in an overtime restart. It was a win that came amid controversy. There's currently a lawsuit by the team against former competition director Chris Gabehart. Gabehart has alleged that there were a different set of rules for Ty Gibbs than for the other JGR drivers, indicating that Gibbs was not committed. "People can say what they want, can say false things," Ty Gibbs said. "I don't really have an issue with it. I'm not big on social media. I just love racing cars. Im in a blessed position to do this." 2. Proud Coach Joe Gibbs Joe Gibbs has won Super Bowls as a coach and Cup championships as an owner, but it was a little bit different to see his grandson win. It brought a wave of emotions, as both of his sons who had played roles in the growth of the organization, died at age 49 (J.D. Gibbs died in 2019). "Coy, he guided Ty all the way from go-karts to Cup," Gibbs said. "I know he's got a great view of what just happened. "Then his uncle is there, too, J.D. I think about those two guys, everything they did for the race team, for us as a family. We love this. We love NASCAR." 3. Huge Day For Crew Chief Tyler Allen Gibbs crew chief Tyler Allen started with Gibbs in 2025, and for part of the season, Gabehart sat atop the pit box calling the race and performing some of the crew chief duties. Allen and Ty formed a strong bond last season. And it was Allens strategy to leave Gibbs out on old tires that led to the win. "We were focused on building the program," Allen said in his post-race news conference. "It wasn't going to be something that got better immediately. I'm a young crew chief. He's a young driver. The team was a little bit of mess at the beginning of [2025], but we were building. "That started to show up at the end of last year, the last eight races or so. This [season] has built confidence in all of us, me especially on the box, Ty in the car, that we can perform at the level that JGR should perform at. "So to get this win is pretty cool." 4. Bowman Return Ends Early The start of the race was also notable, as it signaled the return of Alex Bowman to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 car. Bowman had missed four races because of vertigo, which caused him to get out of the car during the race at Circuit of the Americas last month. He was collected in a wreck that started when Shane van Gisbergen spun. He didnt have a good day overall. "We just performed really poorly, but at the same time, it's nice to be back driving a race car," Bowman told me and other reporters after his mandatory check at the infield medical center. "I appreciate everybody's support. You guys all know how much I love attention, so I'm glad this week can be over with and I can just go do my job next week without everybody asking me how I feel. "But I feel really good and definitely thankful to be back." 4 . Whats Next The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile track that, in recent years, has featured some of the best racing at the intermediate tracks. It will be a good test of the Chevrolets to see if they have made gains on that style of track with the new body introduced this season. It is the first intermediate track since Las Vegas, which was four races ago. Can Gibbs make it two in a row? "One win doesn't change my career, not one bit," Gibbs said. "I knew I was capable of it. My team, obviously, I know they're capable of it. ... I could win the next five or just win this one and be done for a long time."

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MIAMI (AP) Inside the Miami Heat locker room on Sunday night, everybody's eyes were on a giant television set showing the end of the Orlando-Boston game.With good reason. It decided a whole lot in the Eastern Conference.The East postseason matchups as many as can be known at this point, anyway are now set. Miami goes to Charlotte for a play-in game on Tuesday, while Orlando goes to Philadelphia for a win-and-you're-in game on Wednesday.The Orlando-Philadelphia winner will play No. 2 Boston in Round 1, while the Orlando-Philadelphia loser will play the Miami-Charlotte winner on Friday to decide who plays No. 1 Detroit in an East quarterfinal series.Also now set: first-round meetings between No. 3 New York and No. 6 Atlanta, along with No. 4 Cleveland and No. 5 Toronto. Game 1s in those series will be next weekend.Our group understands what wins and loses for us, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. And that's the most important thing.The Celtics beat the Magic, which dropped Orlando into the No. 8 spot for the play-in. It also ensured the Miami-Charlotte game would be played Tuesday, since Philadelphia cannot host basketball games Monday or Tuesday because of arena scheduling conflicts with the NHL's Flyers.The Western Conference matchups were to be set later Sunday.Phoenix will play host to either the Los Angeles Clippers or Portland on Tuesday to decide the No. 7 playoff seed and a first-round matchup with West No. 2 San Antonio while Golden State will visit either the Clippers or Portland on Wednesday in an elimination game to see who moves a game closer to a first-round matchup with West No. 1 Oklahoma City.Denver and the Los Angeles Lakers will be the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, in some order. The third seed will meet No. 6 Minnesota in Round 1, while the fourth seed will take on No. 5 Houston.Points record fallsMore points were scored this season than in any other in NBA history, with the previous record of 282,127 points getting passed Sunday evening with about seven games left to be played on the schedule.It won't be a record for points per game; that mark of 118.8 points per team, per game, has stood since 1961-62. Entering Sunday, this season's pace of 115.6 points per team was sixth-best in NBA history.Jokic plays, will be award eligibleDenver's Nikola Jokic appeared in the Nuggets' game against San Antonio on Sunday night, which pushed his total to 65 games for the season and therefore would get him eligibility on the NBA's award ballots that will be sent out later this week.Jokic was second in last years MVP balloting behind only Oklahoma Citys Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, That made Jokic just the third player in NBA history with a top-two finish in five or more consecutive seasons, joining Bill Russell and Larry Bird.Jokic won MVP in 2021, 2023 and 2024, plus was second in 2022 and again last year.Russell and Bird, a pair of Boston Celtics greats, each were first or second in the balloting in six consecutive seasons.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/nba

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