THE ORLANDO MAGIC HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE 2026 PLAYOFFS
Jaylen Brown: “Flopping has ruined our league. Joel Embiid is one of the greatest players that has played basketball, but he flops. He knows it too.”
[Highlight] Inside the NBA reveals their “Gone Fishing” graphic for Boston
[Vorkunov] 76ers are restricting ticket sales for their home games against the Knicks to greater Philadelphia residents, they said on their website: “Orders by residents outside Greater Philadelphia area will be canceled without notice and refunds given.”
[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers clinches Game 7, defeating the Toronto Raptors to move on to the second round, 112-104.
[Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (4-3) defeat the Orlando Magic (3-4), 116-94, as the Pistons complete the 3-1 comeback!
Paolo Banchero did everything he could in a Game 7 loss: 38/9/6 on 14⁄25 shooting, 4⁄7 from 3
Paolo Banchero on if the Magic are good enough to reach the next level: “I want to say yes, but we haven’t been out of the first round, so if you’re going off the last three years, the answer is no.”
Jaylen Brown says the refs have an agenda against him: “They clearly had an agenda, maybe because I spoke so critical on them in the regular season. I spoke to some refs and they told me there’s an agenda going on each game every time Jaylen brings him arm up just call it.”
[Hine] Anthony Edwards has been cleared for on-court basketball activities and will be listed as questionable ahead of Game 1 tomorrow. A huge development for the Wolves.
[Zach Lowe Show] Ringer’s Michael Pina - “Obviously the Knicks had a really great matchup against the Atlanta Hawks and a small front court.” Two weeks earlier Pina picked the Hawks to win the series because they matched up well with New York.
[Charania] The Denver Nuggets are expected to take calls on everyone on their roster ‘except Nikola Jokic’ as they head into a summer expected to bring ‘real roster changes.’
THE TORONTO RAPTORS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION!
The Ringer Made NBA Finals Predictions. None Survived the First Round.
After Detroit went down 3-1 to Orlando, Cade Cunningham averaged 36.3⁄5.0/6.7 and 2.7 stocks on 68.3% TS to win 3 straight games and win the playoff series
Jarrett Allen with a monster performance in game 7: 22 PTS, 19 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK
[Highlight] LeBron was really not happy with Şengün talking
To everyone who was asking for the NBA to revert to a best of 5 series for round 1 because the results were already obvious…
Jaylen Brown continues his criticism of the reffing during the Sixers-Celtics series: “If I had to say there’s some referees that need to be investigated…we had 3 of them in the last 3 games”
Jaylen Brown gets upset seeing PG do a push-off: “Everybody does this but when it’s me it’s an offensive foul. They clearly had an agenda, I don’t know if it’s because I pissed the refs off and called them out. Some bullshit, I’ve been doing it all regular season and you call that shit on me always”
Mitchell Robinson says the NBA talked to him about his social media posts after the Knicks’ win in Game 6. What were those conversations like? “Honestly, I forgot. I wasn’t paying attention.”
Is Paolo Banchero the current player with the largest gap between his floor and ceiling?
Cavaliers and Raptors are tied 669-669 through 6 games. The Last time this happened was Cavs-Warriors in the 2016 NBA finals
Tobias Harris in the second quarter: 17 points on 6⁄8 FG
In 2019, then 13-year-old V.J. Edgecomb was invited to attend Buddy Hield’s first ever Elite 24 basketball camp in the Bahamas against 16-17-year-olds after suggestion from a scout named John March.
On April 27, 2003 and April 27, 2026, the #8 seed Orlando Magic took a 3–1 lead over the #1 seed Detroit Pistons… the Magic lost the series both times.
[Haynes] Significant update: Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is listed as questionable for Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs.
The Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks or Philadelphia 76ers will make the NBA Finals
[Baraheni] Brandon Ingram is officially OUT for tonight’s Game 7 against the Cavaliers.
For the first time in NBA history, two teams have made a comeback from 3-1 down to win a series in the same playoff round.
[Stein] Jamahl Moseley is expected to be the first person to blame for the Orlando Magic’s collapse. League sources say the Magic are fans of University of Michigan head basketball coach Dusty May
[Highlight] Max Strus headbutts Scottie Barnes in the chin; flagrant 1 on review
Joel Embiid: “I have a message for our fans. Last time we played the Knicks, it felt like (Philadelphia) was Madison Square Garden East. We’re going to need the support. Don’t sell your tickets. This is bigger than you … If you need money, I got you.”
[Highlight] The Cavaliers fans in the arena start singing “Hey, hey, goodbye” at the end of game 7.
[Highlight] Jarrett Allen gets his own FT miss and scores to wrap up “Allen’s quarter”
[Highlight] The Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Toronto Raptors in Game 7, 114-102, to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. They will face the Detroit Pistons, starting on Tuesday, May 5th.
Cade Cunningham checks out with 32 points and 12 assists on 71% TS in a gritty Game 7 win as the Pistons complete the 3-1 comeback to keep their playoff hopes alive
The Toronto Raptors have never won a playoff series against the Cleveland Cavilers
Cade Cunningham when guarded by Franz Wagner: 16 points on 6⁄24 shooting with 6 turnovers. Cade in games 5-7: 109 points on 33⁄64 shooting
Tyrese Maxey series stats vs Celtics: 27/5/7 on 46/42/96 shooting (58 TS%) and only 1.3 turnovers
Cade Cunningham averages in the 2026 playoffs: 32.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 1.8 stocks, 46/40/83 shooting splits, 60.2% TS, 53% eFG, +/- +7
[Highlight] “Hey, hey, goodbye!” singing along by the Pistons crowd.
[Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (4-3) defeat the Boston Celtics (3-4), for the first time since 1982 and Embiids first game 7 win 109-100.
This is the greatest moment of Embiid’s career.
THE BOSTON CELTICS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2026 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
Scottie Barnes in 7 games against the Cleveland Cavaliers: 24.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 8.6 assists | 1.1 Steals | 1.7 Blocks | On 50.9⁄38.1⁄79.6 splits
Collin Murray-Boyles despite the series loss: 15.5⁄6.8⁄2.3 on 69% TS
Embiid on Payton Pritchard: “It also helps when I saw #11 on their team, before I came back, he said they didn’t care if I was playing or not, and they hadn’t adjusted or had some sort of game plan for me. So I think it also helps when the other team doesn’t worry about you. I thank #11 for that.”