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[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.

Pablo Torre has just won a 2026 Pulitzer Prizer

[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.

[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (1-0) dominate the Philadelphia 76ers (0-1), 137-98.

[Highlight] Minnesota wins game 1 after a missed 3 by Champegnie

[Highlight] Wemby collects NBA playoff-record 11th block on the night

[Highlight] Josh Hart unties Jimmy Fallon’s shoe laces

[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

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.”

[NBA on NBC] Anthony Edwards is in the building and ready to go for Game 1

Chris Finch coaching masterclass.

[Highlight] Jalen Brunson has 27 points, Knicks lead by 23 at halftime after he hits a deep 3

[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.

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 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.

[Highlight] Ant sinks the 3 over Wemby

Mike ‘Minnesota Mike’ Conley in the win: 12/2/6 on 75% TS

The Knicks are the first team in NBA history with three consecutive 25+ point playoff wins

Max player De’Aaron Fox finishes with 10 pts 5-14, 6 turnovers and team low -13 in the game 1 loss

[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] Julius Randle ends the first quarter with a dunk past Wemby’s contest

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”

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.”

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.

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 “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] 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.

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

[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.”

Gobert stocks are up

[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.

Victor Wembanyama with a historic night despite the loss: 11 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST, 12 BLK

[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.

New York Knicks have won last their last two playoff games by a combined 90 points

[Highlight] Ant cooks his way into the paint, has some words with Keldon Johnson

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

Jokic and Giannis have nearly identical basketball resumes. Why is there such a huge gap in perception and all-time ranking between the two?

[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

[Lowlight] The sixers successfully employ the smack-a-Mitch strategy as he misses four straight FTs

De’aaron Fox the $221.7 million man: 10 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 6 TURNOVERS in an L against the Wolves in round 2 of the Western Conference playoffs

OG Anunoby checks out in the win: 18 points on 101% TS

[Highlight] Unfazed Anthony Edwards hits a 3-pointer right in Victor Wembanyama’s face (with replays). The Wolves take the lead.

[Highlight] Wemby has another impressive block, but it doesn’t matter as Jaden McDaniels finds Mike Conley for a 3

[Charania] The Detroit Pistons have signed coach JB Bickerstaff to a contract extension.

[All-Access] A view from the crowd at Madison Square Garden as Jalen Brunson connects on the 3-pointer right before halftime. He has 27 points as New York leads by 23.

[Highlight] The New York Knicks take Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series with a 137-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Jalen Brunson totals his 15th playoff game with 35+ points with New York, the most by a Knicks player in franchise history.