[Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves (1-0) defeat the San Antonio Spurs (0-1), 104-102.
[Highlight] Kelly Oubre Jr. measures his height against Karl-Anthony Towns, making him smile.
[Highlights] Victor Wembanyama blocks a layup, Rudy Gobert blocks a layup at the other end, and Wemby blocks another layup (with replays). The French Blockade.
Chris Finch on Victor Wembanyama’s historic night: “He had a lot of blocks… He had a couple of uncalled goaltendings too. Those are valuable points we’d like to have back.”
[Highlight] Minnesota wins game 1 after a missed 3 by Champegnie
Pablo Torre has just won a 2026 Pulitzer Prizer
[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (1-0) dominate the Philadelphia 76ers (0-1), 137-98.
Chris Finch coaching masterclass.
[Highlight] Wemby collects NBA playoff-record 11th block on the night
[Highlight] Josh Hart unties Jimmy Fallon’s shoe laces
Anthony Edwards: “I made so many mistakes at the end of the game. I’m disappointed in myself. For me 75% of the game for me is my mind. My mind gotta be where it needs to be. The last 2 minutes it wasn’t, I gave up 2 offensive rebounds, turned the ball over. I’ll be better”
Draymond Green responding to Austin Rivers - “Austin, you and I averaged the same amount of points in HS and I say HS cause that’s when you were at your best. Should he really talk about my NBA career?… The guy received the biggest bailout in US history when his dad gave him 42 million dollars.”
Mike ‘Minnesota Mike’ Conley in the win: 12/2/6 on 75% TS
Max player De’Aaron Fox finishes with 10 pts 5-14, 6 turnovers and team low -13 in the game 1 loss
[Charania] Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards is expected to play in Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs, barring any setback pregame, per ESPN sources. Just 9 days removed from his left knee injury, and after the team had expected him to return midseries
[NBA on NBC] Anthony Edwards is in the building and ready to go for Game 1
[Highlight] Ant sinks the 3 over Wemby
Victor Wembanyama with a historic night despite the loss: 11 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST, 12 BLK
[Highlight] Jalen Brunson has 27 points, Knicks lead by 23 at halftime after he hits a deep 3
Victor Wembanyama at halftime: 6⁄7 with 8 blocks
Joel Embiid checks out in the loss: 14⁄4 on 3⁄11 FG
[Charania] BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are hiring Masai Ujiri as the franchise’s new Team President and Alternate Governor, sources tell me and @BannedMacMahon. Ujiri ran the Toronto Raptors from 2013 to 2025, serving as the architect of the 2019 NBA championship team.
The Knicks are the first team in NBA history with three consecutive 25+ point playoff wins
[Charania] BREAKING: The Orlando Magic have dismissed head coach Jamahl Mosley, sources tell ESPN. Mosley’s tenure in Orlando finishes after five seasons, including three consecutive playoff runs from 2023 to 2026. Orlando had a first-round elimination for the third straight time Sunday.
Anthony “Bring ya Ass” Edwards with 18 points at 8⁄13 shooting in his first game back after missing only 9 days with a hyperextended knee.
[Highlight] Julius Randle ends the first quarter with a dunk past Wemby’s contest
[Starkand] JJ Redick was asked about the key when it comes to playing through contact against the Thunder: “They don’t foul, so the whistles aren’t gonna be there. You accept that going in. They don’t foul.”
[Highlight] The Minnesota Timberwolves get the final stop and take Game 1 with a 104-102 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Julius Randle scores 21 points and Anthony Edwards adds 18 points in his first career playoff game off the bench.
Redick: The only other teams that have had back-to-back years of 10+ net rating are the 95-97 Bulls and the 15-17 Warriors. “The Thunder are one of the greatest teams in NBA history. That’s just the reality. They are. They’re that good.”
Anthony “Real-life Wolverine” Edwards tonight after returning from injury in a miraculously short amount of time: 18 PTS | 3 REB | 3 AST | 8-13 FG | 25 MIN
Steven Adams on his reputation as the strongest in the NBA: “I don’t know who’s voting…It didn’t help me because the referees believed this too, so then I get cracked a lot and they’re just like “Oh you’re strong bro, you can get through it bro” and I’m just like call the foul! come on please!”
Somehow the 76ers got #1 overall pick value out of the Markelle Fultz disaster.
TSJ on his mindset of going at Wemby - “I ain’t gonna stop going downhill… He gonna have to block it every time, man. I know he ain’t gonna block it every single time. I’m gonna dunk on him”
Last year, Giannis said his knee has never felt the same after coming back from a knee hyperextension and bone bruise after one week before the 2021 finals. ANT is coming back after nine days
Gobert stocks are up
[Highlight] Ant cooks his way into the paint, has some words with Keldon Johnson
[Almanza] Cason Wallace today when asked about potentially matching up with LeBron James - “I’m putting my best foot forward, no matter who it is. Good player. Been here for a while. But doesn’t change what I do.”
Anthony Edwards on Mike Conley: “Mike Conley was an All-Star in the NBA. I think people forget about that. Once upon a time, he was one of the best point guards in the league. I always tell him that you used to be one of my favorite players. When I played 2-K, I played with you.”
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama misses the block with one hand but gets with the other in MID-AIR, for his 10th block of the night (with a replay). A franchise record.
New York Knicks have won last their last two playoff games by a combined 90 points
Randle Is A Physical Mismatch In This Series
Victor Wembanyama, Game 1: 11 points, 0/8 3P, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 12 blocks, 0 steals. Perhaps the strangest statline in the 2026 Playoffs.
[Charania] Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards was a significant participant in Timberwolves shootaround this morning and wants to return in Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell ESPN. Edwards is pushing to play, but he and the team’s medical staff will make a decision later today.
[Lowlight] The sixers successfully employ the smack-a-Mitch strategy as he misses four straight FTs
Jokic and Giannis have nearly identical basketball resumes. Why is there such a huge gap in perception and all-time ranking between the two?
[Highlight] Unfazed Anthony Edwards hits a 3-pointer right in Victor Wembanyama’s face (with replays). The Wolves take the lead.
[Charania] Just in: The Chicago Bulls are hiring Atlanta Hawks senior vice president Bryson Graham as the franchise’s new Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, sources tell ESPN. Graham spent 15 years in New Orleans before joining Atlanta last offseason, rising from an intern to GM
OG Anunoby checks out in the win: 18 points on 101% TS