[Highlight] CJ McCollum when asked how tonight’s performance played into his villain status with Knicks fans: “I ain’t no villain. I’m a nice guy with two kids and a wife.”
[Hine] Jaden McDaniels, deadpan delivery, on what worked for the Timberwolves offensively. Jaden: “Go at Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders. Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, their whole team.” Q: They’re all bad defenders? Jaden: “Yeah, they’re all bad defenders.”
Ant on what he told Rudy going into the 4th: “I told him, like, but we ain’t bringing no double team. You’re gonna guard him one on one all night and stop reaching because he’s gonna flop and they’re gonna call a foul. So just play him straight up.”
[Post Game Thread] The Atlanta Hawks with the complete comeback win and steal a game in MSG behind CJ McCollum 32 points.(1-1) & defeat the New York Knicks (1-1), 107-106.
[Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves steal a game in the Mile High City and Survive the Free throw line(1-1) defeat the Denver Nuggets (1-1), 119-114.
Rudy Gobert with possibly the most impactful 2 PTS | 7 REB | 2 STL of all time as he locks up Jokic for the win late in the 4th
[Charania] San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama has won the 2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He is the youngest player in league history to win the award.
Anthony Edwards postgame after reading his boxscore in a win over Denver: “I’m a*s bro, f*ck.”
[Highlight] Tim Hardaway Jr. reacts to a foul call
[Charania] BREAKING: Billy Donovan is exiting as head coach of the Chicago Bulls after six seasons, sources tell ESPN.
Jaden McDaniels: We go at Jokic, go at Jamal, all the bad defenders. Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, their whole team.
[Highlight] Jamal Murray ties the game at half from 3⁄4 court
Victor Wembanyama is the first ever unanimous DPOY winner
Ant: “I just be watching Dwyane Wade clips, he was beating shit at the rim, so I just be trying to beat shit at the rim that’s all, like, people come at the rim and Rudy ain’t down there I’m trying to beat that shit I don’t care who it is… I don’t give a damn I’m trying to beat that shit”
Victor Wembanyama on being the first-ever unanimous DPOY and the youngest player to win the award: “It feels great… The real struggle may have been getting to 65 games. But I am super proud to be the first unanimous.”
Chris Finch on officiating: “The league’s in a place right now where you draw the contact, spill away, and get rewarded. Guys who try to play through contact … stay with the drive, they tend not to be rewarded … Maybe we ought to start flopping too.”
Jokic in 4th quarter against the Timberwolves l 2 PTS | 3 REB | 1 AST | 1⁄7 FG | 0/2 3FG | 21% TS
CJ McCollum hunting Jalen Brunson. He went 6-9 with Brunson as the primary defender
[Highlight] CJ McCollum misses both FT’s, but the Knicks don’t take a timeout and can’t convert on the fastbreak. Atlanta wins!
Chris Finch:“It’s a joke that he wasn’t a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year. I thought it was incredibly disrespectful. It’s just laughable and small minded and petty all the crap that people decide to give Rudy”
Brandon “me shooting 9 shots is not going to win basketball games” Ingram goes 3-15 from the field in game 2.
[Stein] This means Utah’s lottery pick CANNOT fall lower than No. 8 in the May 10th lottery … so the Jazz are assured of retaining their top-eight-protected pick in the first round rather than sending it to Oklahoma City.
[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (2-0) defeat the Toronto Raptors (0-2), 115-105.
Every documented incident involving Shaquille O’Neal, his own feces, and his teammates
Jaden Mcdaniels on the Timberwolves gameplan vs Nuggets : “Just go at them, they are all bad defenders”
[Highlight] The Timberwolves seal the win over the Nuggets
[Highlight] CJ McCollum hits another jumper, NAW steals the ball from Brunson, and Jalen Johnson scores for a 4-pt Hawks lead with 10s remaining
Jonathan Kuminga in the win: 19⁄4 with 2 steals on 7⁄12 FG
LeBron James is closer in age to Michael Jordan than he is to Cooper Flagg.
Did Rudy Gobert just put up the greatest 2 point, 7 rebound, 1ast, 2 stl, and 0 block game of all time?
[Guillory] Alperen Sengun talked about this video at practice today: “I just saw that video today. Everybody was sending it to me. It’s kind of funny. I was just trying to get something out of my pocket. That’s why I got up. No disrespect to LeBron. … but I didn’t stand up for him.”
(APPRECIATION) Nuggets vs. Wolves is Absolute Cinema.
[Highlight] Up 1, with 5.6 seconds remaining, CJ McCollum misses both clutch free throws, the Knicks don’t take a timeout and Mikal Bridges misses the potential game-winning jumper, and the Hawks game 2, tying the series
Joe Mazzulla on being in contention for Coach of the Year: “I haven’t made one basket all year. Our staff hasn’t made a basket. We haven’t gotten a block. We haven’t ran back on defense. We didn’t play in a back-to-back. We didn’t have to play hurt. We haven’t really done shit.”
Is it crazy to say Wolves-Nuggets is already an all-time great rivalry?
Jakob Poeltl in the loss vs Cleveland: 2/4/1 in 9 minutes, $104 Million extension hasn’t begun
[Highlight] Murray’s shot doesn’t go, and DiVincenzo punctuates a win for Minnesota!
Stein on cost-cutting by new Blazers owner Tom Dundon: “You cannot, as an owner, get a reputation for skimping on spending. That is going to get your franchise in a lot of trouble… Players are well aware of this chatter already. Coaches are talking about this.”
[Highlight] Jaden McDaniels is called for the foul on a dunk attempt by Christian Braun, the Timberwolves with unsuccessful challenge, and the announcers don’t agree with the call (with replays)
CJ McCollum full postgame interview on the court, after the Hawks stunned the Knicks in MSG, in game 2.
“I’m not a villain, I’m here to compete.”
The Hawks through the first two games are shooting 53 percent (34 attempts) when Jalen Brunson is the primary defender
[Charania] More award history: Wembanyama is the first ever unanimous DPOY.
[Highlight] Tim Hardaway Jr. dives for an incredible save out of bounds, then hustles takes a charge. Back-to-back hustle plays from Hardaway
Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter of game 2: 2 points on 1⁄7 from the field and 0/2 from 3
[The Athletic] Dean Wade is making life miserable for Brandon Ingram in Cavs-Raptors series. (Ingram scored just 2 of his 17 points in game 1 with Wade in extended minutes as his primary defender, limited to 3-15 shooting in game 2)
Jaxson Hayes has Received a Slovenian Passport, Eligible to Join “Slovenian Brother” Luka Doncic on National Team for Olympics and FIBA World Cup
[Highlight] “Altercation” occurs after Mitch Robinson steps over Dyson Daniels
[Highlight] The Timberwolves get the stop on defense and Donte DiVincenzo seals the game with a slam dunk as Minnesota defeats Denver 119-114 to take Game 2 and tie the series 1-1.