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[Highlight] Jamal Cain absolutely yams it on Jalen Duren

THE PHOENIX SUNS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE 2026 PLAYOFFS

Ja Morant points the finger guns after Desmond Bane makes a three

[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (3-1) take a commanding lead in the series and defeat the Detroit Pistons (1-3), 94-88.

Shai on Dillon Brooks: “A great guy no matter what people say about him, he’s a really good guy when you get to know him. All that villain stuff it doesn’t faze me. I know exactly who Dillon is. He had a hell of a series. Keep getting better I’m proud of him”

[Charania] Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg has won the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year award.

Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky hits an absolutely insane backwards halfcourt shot from atop two ladders

[Highlight] Desmond Bane on Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. being at his game tonight:

“It’s special. Those are guys that I spent 5 years with… It’s a friendship that’ll last forever… I’m thankful that they pulled up to support.”

LeBron mentions the Lakers’ 23 turnovers and a drink falls from the refrigerator immediately after. LeBron: “Another turnover right there, so 24.”

[Highlight] Nikola Jokic tries to reset the shot clock by giving the Wolves the ball and steal it back but leads to a jumpball

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama holding Stephon Castle up so he doesn’t get bodied

Kerr on Draymond: “He’s the best defensive player I’ve ever seen. I played with Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. The modern game demands so much more than it did in the nineties.” On their relationship: “There’s things he’s done that I can never forgive him for, and yet I will do anything for him.”

[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (2-3) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (3-2), 125-113.

[All-Access] A view from the court in Orlando as Jamal Cain throws down the poster slam dunk for the Magic.

Devin Booker on what makes OKC a championship team: “You can’t say anything without bringing up Shai, He’s the MVP of the league, and he’s playing the best basketball in the league for the past two years.”

Devin Booker at the Half against the Thunder in an elimination game I 2 PTS | 0 REB | 3 AST | 0/3 FG | 0/2 3FG | ²⁄₂ FTs | 5 TOV | -14

Noah Penda and Goga Bitadze have a different style of handshake

The NBA announced today that 71 players have filed as early entry candidates for the 2026 NBA draft, the lowest total since 2012 with 66. Since NIL has gone into effect, this number has decreased every season.

[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (3-0) defeat the Phoenix Suns (0-3), 106-98.

[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander splits the defense TWICE, and makes the really tough lefty layup (with replays)

Jayson Tatum on Donte tearing his Achilles: “I was definitely like sick to my stomach yesterday seeing him go down. I know exactly how he’s feeling, I know exactly what he has to go through. He has me in his corner, whether he gonna like it or not. So I’ll definitely reach out to him soon”

SGA in the 1st round: 34/4/8 on 55/31/90 shooting (67.8% TS)

[Highlight] Jamal Cain with an absolutely filthy poster dunk on Jalen Duren (with replays)

The Detroit Pistons scored exactly 1 point in 5 minutes and 21 seconds of crunch time in the fourth quarter

[NBA PR] NBA 2025-26 Rookie of the Year voting breakdown: Flagg gets 56 1st-place votes. Knueppel gets 44 1st-place votes.

[Charania] Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves is optimistic to return to action in Game 5 against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night after missing about four weeks with a Grade 2 oblique strain, sources tell ESPN. Reaves will be a game-time decision for the third consecutive contest.

[Highlight] Desmond Bane banks in a 3 to give the Magic a 6 point lead with 1:16 remaining. Ja and JJJ are amused.

[Highlight] Nikola Jokic with a beautiful bounce pass to Christian Braun for the two-handed dunk, as Jaden McDaniels tries to contest him (with a replay).

Braun also points at McDaniels while hanging on the rim, receiving a technical foul.

Cade Cunningham across 4 games against the Magic: 29.5 PTS | 9.5 FTS | 42% FG% | 29% 3PT% | 79% FT% | 6.3 REBS | 7.5 ASTS | 6.8 TOS | 54.3% TS%

[Highlight] Desmond Bane hits the 3-pointer, and the Magic retake the lead.

Ja Morant & Jaren Jackson Jr. watch their former teammate.

Following the series sweep against the Thunder, Devin Booker has now lost 10 straight playoff games.

LeBron on the refs: “I’m more pissed off about them kicking Adou out. That was uncalled for and it made no sense. Think that’s his first time he’s ever been thrown out of a game in his life. I don’t think that was warranted. Give him two techs, the kid just got in the game, that was ridiculous”.

[Highlight] SGA with the circus finish

[Chiang] Pat Riley on the Miami Heat: “I’m not going to retire. I’m not going to resign … I’m not going to apologize for being a play-in team. I’m not going to change. I’m not going to try to lose. I’m not going to tank.“

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the win: 31/2/8 on ¹⁰⁄₁₇ FG

Isaiah Hartenstein in the win: 18/12/3 on ⁵⁄₇ FG

Cade Cunningham is currently averaging the most turnovers per game in the postseason in NBA history at 5.9 turnovers per game. 2nd place was 4.4

Spencer Jones in the win: ²⁰⁄₃ with 6 stocks on 101% TS

[Highlight] Another camera angles for Jamal Cain’s filthy poster dunk on Jalen Duren

Marcus Smart fined \(35K for questioning the integrity of game officials. Luke Kennard fined \)25K for directing inappropriate language toward game officials.

[Highlight] Check out Jamal Cain’s poster slam dunk from Game 4 against the Pistons through the Phantom camera.

Jalen Duren in the loss against the Orlando Magic: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 TO, 5PF, -11

[Kram] I conducted my own study of fouling up three, using GeniusIQ to filter for all possessions from the past five seasons… Teams that chose to foul up three won 92.0% of their games, versus 91.7% for those that played normal defense.

[Highlight] Devin Booker draws the defensive foul on Chet Holmgren

Nikola Jokic shows up big when it matters the most to win game 5: 27 PTS, 12 REB, 16 AST, 2 BLK

The Orlando Magic went up 3-1 against the Detroit Pistons exactly 23 years ago to the day they previously went up 3-1 against the Detroit Pistons

Jonathan Givony: The NIL era is flipping the NBA Draft on its head. Only 71 players entered the 2026 NBA Draft, per the NBA. Down from 106 last year and a peak of 363 in 2021. That’s the lowest early-entrant total since 2003. College basketball stars are staying in school, overwhelmingly.

[Russo] Orlando Magic are shooting 38.7% through the first four games of their series against the Detroit Pistons and lead 3-1. They are the first team since the 2012 Philadelphia 76ers to shoot that mark or worse in any four-game postseason stretch and win at least 3 of those games.