[Highlight] Madison Square Garden start a “F**k Trae Young” chant despite being a Washington Wizard
Luke “Luka Nard” Kennard in the win against the Rockets: 27 PTS | 9⁄13 FGS | 5⁄5 3PTS | 4⁄6 FTS | 86% TS%
#1 overall pick Zaccharie Risacher makes a statement in his playoff debut: 0 points on 0/3 FG, 4 rebounds in 2min
41 Year Old Lebron James Gets a Near Triple-Double Against the Rockets: 19 PTS | 8 REB | 13 AST | 2 STL | 1 BLK | 9-15 FG
Anthony Edwards after drinking the Gatorade: “Fuck with this one”
Post-Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers defeat Houston Rockets, 107-98 | NBA Playoffs | Apr 18, 2026
[Charania] Houston Rockets’ Kevin Durant will miss Game 1 against the Lakers tonight due to a right knee injury.
Deandre Ayton outplays Clint Capela to take Game 1 for the Lakers: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists | 1 foul | 1 block
[Highlight] LeBron knocks down the deep 3
The Houston Rockets had 27 more field goal attempts than the Lakers tonight. They lost by 9.
[Highlight] Joe Mazzulla on why he often credits others rather than himself: “Being a D1 basketball player, you grow up with this sense of entitlement, as if the whole world revolves around you. If I wanted to be a better husband, father, coach, I had to get rid of that type of entitlement”
Post-Game Thread: Denver Nuggets defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-105 | NBA Playoffs | Apr 18, 2026
Dwayne Wade and Candace Parker are terrible together
[Highlight] LeBron James posts up Amen Thompson, backs him a little bit, and then hits the turnaround fadeaway jumper over him (with replays). LeBron was impressed with himself.
Jaylen Brown on Steph Curry: “Steph Curry is one of the 5 greatest players to ever play this game. Y’all can say whatever you want, fill in the rest. Steph Curry is top 5.”
Jakob Poeltl in the loss vs Cleveland: 4/6/2, $104 Million extension hasn’t begun
LeBron is 28-2 in playoff series where his team has won the first game.
CJ McCollum on getting a tech for kicking Jalen Brunson in the nuts: “I shot a jumper and Jalen thought we were at a broadway show. He acted it out until they reviewed it. It’s a normal jump shot, nothing there. Unnecessary and I look forward to getting my $2,500 back”
[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (1-0) defeat the Toronto Raptors (0-1), 126-113, in game 1.
[Highlight] Harden threads a camel through the eye of a needle with a dime so good it breaks Jamal Shead’s ankles
[Highlight] Jaden McDaniels scores the bucket but pushes Nikola Jokić from behind, sparking Aaron Gordon to have some words. McDaniels is hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct technical foul.
Chris Finch: “The 16 free throws from (Jamal) Murray is a head scratcher”
[Highlight] The ball is knocked out of Nikola Jokić’s hands, Jamal Murray recovers at half court and throws up a desperation shot that grazes the rim resetting the shot clock. Murray then finds Aaron Gordon underneath for the easy two-handed dunk
LeBron in Game 1 vs the Rockets: 19 PTS, 8 REB, 13 AST, 2 STL and 1 BLK
[Highlight] LeBron James deflects the pass, hustles for the ball and throws it off Amen Thompson for his first steal of the night (with a replay). He was subbed out to rest after it. 4 Points, 2 Rebounds, 8 Assists for LeBron James in the first 9:08 minutes of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. 2⁄2 FG.
[Highlight] LeBron James hits the deep 3, and Tari Eason looks up momentarily in disbelief (with a replay)
Jokic secures a triple-double and the win in Game 1 vs the Timberwolves: 25-13-11 on 11-19 shooting, +9 in 40 minutes
[Highlights] The Knicks fans with “MVP, MVP, MVP” chants to Jalen Brunson during his first free throw, and then “F*ck Trae Young” chants during his 2nd, with 25.6 seconds remaining in regulation.
Center Battle: Ayton outplays Sengun, Ayton: 19 PTS, 11 Reb on 8-10 FG vs Sengun: 19 PTS, 8 Reb, 6 Asts on 6-19 FG.
[Highlight] Reed Sheppard misses the tough shot, Luke Kennard drives on the fastbreak, changes his mind, goes to the perimeter and hits a 3-pointer to give him 24 points on his Lakers playoffs debut (with a replay).
The Lakers are up 16.
[Highlight] LeBron and Luka Nard hit back-to-back threes
[Highlight] LeBron James drives and scores the finger roll dagger, as the Lakers win game 1 of the 2026 NBA Playoffs against the Houston Rockets.
[Highlight] Jaden McDaniels is called for a closeout foul upgraded to a Flagrant 1, sending Jamal Murray to the line for three free throws.
Alperen Sengun got completely exposed and neutralized in the loss against the Lakers: 19 PTS (6⁄19 FG), 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 TO, 5 PF
Marcus Smart plays a crucial role on both ends tonight against the Rockets in the Game 1 win: 15 PTS (5⁄12 FG), 2 REB, 8 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK
Max Strus in the win: 24 points on 102% TS
[Highlight] The New York Knicks take Game 1 to open up the series against the Atlanta Hawks with a 113-102 victory. Jalen Brunson records his 29th playoff game with 25+ points, tying Walt Frazier for the 2nd-most in franchise history.
[All-Access] A view from Los Angeles as LeBron James hits the baseline fadeaway for the Lakers late in the 4th quarter.
[Highlight] Luke Kennard stops on a dime to hit a 3 and get a 13 pt Laker lead
[Windhorst] Nike’s stock has been obliterated over the last 24 months. [Swiss investment bank] UBS analyst says part of the reason Nike is selling fewer basketball shoes is that basketball players aren’t as popular as they used to be.
[Highlight] Jamal Murray with the beautiful fake to go around Julius Randle for the reverse layup
[Highlight] Nikola Jokić with good defense and then gets the easy bucket to fall to seal the victory as the Denver Nuggets defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-105 in Game 1 of their series.
[Highlight] LeBron James unintentionally hit a young fan with the ball after deflecting a pass out of bounds.
The kid is okay. LeBron checked on her.
[Highlight] Deandre Ayton catches the lob by Marcus Smart from behind the backboard, lands, and scores the And-1 late in the 4th quarter (with replays)
[Lowlights] Jabari Smith Jr. misses the wide open corner 3, the ball gets back to him, and his corner 3 hits the side of the backboard this time.
[Highlight] Rudy Gobert hits the euro step and lays it in to end the 2nd quarter tied at 62 between Denver and Minnesota
Stephen Curry has now missed the playoffs 7 times, a record for a MVP winning player, he missed the playoffs in the years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2023-24, 2025-26).
Jamal Murray on going 16⁄16 at the free throw line: “I thought I got fouled on every single one of them. I don’t know what everybody’s talking about. It’s real fouls”