THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
[Highlight] A Magic fan pretends to have a car crash while LaMelo Ball is at the free throw line
[Highlight] Scott Foster ejects Draymond Green and Devin Booker during garbage time
The Golden State Warriors have been Eliminated from Playoff Contention in the 2026 Playoffs
[Highlight] Bridges pushes down on Desmond Bane’s neck (unsportsmanlike tech on review)
[Murray] For the first time in the history of the NBA an Eastern Conference team (The Charlotte Hornets) has missed the playoffs for ten consecutive seasons.
Dillon Brooks on matching up against the Oklahoma City Thunder: “There are a lot of foul baiters on that team. We gotta show our hands. I hope it’s the real playoffs. Show your hands.”
[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (45-37) annihilate the Charlotte Hornets (44-38), 121-90, and clinch a playoff spot to face the Pistons.
[Highlight] Steve Kerr, Stephen Curry, & Draymond Green Hug in the Final Minutes of the Play-In & Their Season
[Yahoo] Doc Rivers indicates his NBA coaching career is over after end of Bucks tenure: “I’m done”
Basketball Legend Oscar Schimdt dies at 68.
The Charlotte Hornets remain the only team in the NBA to have never won a best-of-seven playoff series
[Highlight] Upon being rejected from the game, Draymond Green shows the crowd he caught a fish this big. He continues to provoke them on his way to the locker room
Colonoscopy bro here- can’t believe I missed last game for this
[Highlight] Draymond Green slaps Booker in the stomach to foul out of the game and start the show
[Highlight] Jalen Green remains unstoppable as he sinks another 3 at the end of the shot clock
To Lawrence Franks claim that we know what kind of owner Steve Balmer is. Under Balmer the Clippers have been fined for offering DeAndre Jordan 3rd party endorsements, they have been fined for tampering with Kawhi, investigated for another incident with Kawhi. All before this current investigation.
Jalen Green dominates with 36/6/4 on 90 TS% vs Stephen Curry 17/4/4 | 46 TS% to win the West 8th seed game!
[Wired] The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
[Highlight] A look at the Spurs’ home-court, now ready to go after a seven-year hiatus from the NBA playoffs
Paolo “The Beekeeper” Banchero in dominant win vs Charlotte Hornets: 33 MINS | 25 PTS | 5 REB | 5 AST | 9-17 FG | 5-8 FT
[The Athletic] The notion that James would want a farewell tour — long cited as evidence that this season was not his last — is false, those sources said, with several sources even hearing that directly from James himself.
Post-Game Thread: Phoenix Suns (1-1) defeat Golden State Warriors (1-1), 111-96 | NBA Play-in Tournament | Apr 17, 2026
[Highlight] Steve Kerr shares a moment in a huddle with Draymond Green and Steph “Wardell” Curry in what could be his final ever game coaching two fellow Hall of Famers
[NBA] Scott Foster will be the crew chief in tonight’s game between the Phoenix Suns and the Golden State Warriors. Warriors are 18-12 in the playoffs in games reffed by Foster, Suns are 6-9.
Jalen Green shows up big as the Suns eliminate GSW: 36 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK
[Highlight] Paolo Banchero with the nasty one-handed poster dunk on Moussa Diabaté (with replays)
[Highlight] Paolo Banchero continues his magical 1st quarter, as he drives and makes the And-1 despite two Hornets defenders grabbing him (with replays).
The Magic are now up 17.
LeBron thankful for the break that the playoff teams get due to the Play-In Tournament: “I am happy because being a participant of the f******* play-in for some years, that I get to sit back on my couch with my wine knowing I don’t have to play until the weekend. Just sit there and just like enjoy.”
[Zach Lowe] “I think at the end of his (Nikola Jokić) career, if not already, he’s gonna be statistically and just like eye test, better than Larry Bird, better than Magic Johnson… 1 ring in Denver is worth more than like a Lakers ring or whatever.”
[Highlight] The Phoenix Suns defeat the Golden State Warriors 111-96 to advance as the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. Jalen Green (36 PTS (14⁄20 FG)) joins Stephen Curry as the only players in Play-In Tournament history to have back-to-back 35+ PT games.
Steph Curry comes dangerously close to shooting the date: 4-16 FG, 3-10 from 3, 6-6 from the FT Line.
With tonight’s loss, Miles Bridges remains the NBA’s active leader in games played without a playoff appearance
[Benedetto] Durag Jokic via Peyton Watson
[Highlight] Personal 8-0 run by Jalen Green after he swishes the middy
The #10 Golden State Warriors Process Potentially Losing to the Suns in the Play-In
The Charlotte Hornets at the half: 31.7% FG, 28.6% 3PT, 13 FG Total, 11 TOV
LeBron James says Bronny James ready for playoff minutes on short-handed Lakers: ‘Earned and deserved’
[Highlight] LaMelo Ball asked if he apologized to Bam
[Highlight] Draymond Green hits Devin Booker in the chest, receving his 6th foul and gets fouled out late in the 4th quarter. Booker seems to be in pain, and having words with Draymond who is on the sideline. Scott Foster had enough and ejects both of them, as Green taunts the crowd on the way out.
[Woike] Austin Reaves has been with the team in Los Angeles and been undergoing a variety of treatments in both the Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers facilities, per a team source.
[Fridell and Thompson] The Golden State Warriors have made it clear to Jimmy Butler, the 36 year-old forward coming off an ACL tear who is eligible for an extension this Summer, that he is indeed a part of their future plans.
[Slater] The Warriors season is over. They lock in the 11th spot in the lottery. They have a 9.4 percent chance of jumping into the top-four, a 77.6 percent chance of sticking at the 11th pick and a 12.6 percent chance of dropping to 12th.
The lottery is on May 10th.
Draymond Green fouls out in the loss to the Suns in the West 8th seed game: 5 PTS | 6 AST | 2 REB | 5 TO | 6 FLS
Jalen Green was written off as a low IQ shot chucker, but his inconsistent play was a result of Houston’s poor offensive infrastructure. This year across 2 play in games, he averaged 36/6/3 and 3 stocks on 69% TS, playing efficiently within the Suns’ offensive system
[The Ringer] Doc Rivers: “I think it was time.” Bill Simmons asks Doc Rivers if he believes he’s done with coaching after stepping down as head coach of the Bucks.
Post-Game Thread: Orlando Magic (1-1) defeat Charlotte Hornets (1-1), 121-90 | NBA Play-in Tournament | Apr 17, 2026
[Lowlight] Steph Curry throws a cross pass that does not reach any target, and the Warriors with 7 turnovers in just under 8 minutes to start the game.