Fewest FGA in a Game 7 15+ PPG Scorer in Reg Season Season MP Chet Holmgen 2 Tonight 33 Tyler Herro 2 2022 7 Cedric Ceballos 2 1994 3 Frank Ramsey 2 1962 3

Wemby is the youngest player (22) to lead his team in scoring en route to an NBA Finals berth since LeBron In 2007 (also 22)

Still not sure how we never got a replay of that insane SGA shot over Wemby

It's a normal-sized t-shirt, find a new slant

Biggest Postseason Drop in WS/48 By Reg Season MVP, MIn. 500 MP Kareem -.193 1972 Steph -.166 2016 KD -.151 2014 Mailman -.149 1997 Harden -.126 2018 SGA -.119 2026 Dr. J -.115 1981 KG -.109 2004

Biggest BPM Drop Reg Season to Playoffs, Min. 500 MP SGA -6.2 2026 Isaiah Thomas -6.0 2017 Kevin Durant -6.0 2016 Manu Ginobili -5.0 2008 Steph Curry -4.9 2016 George McGinnis -4.8 1977 Tony Parker -4.7 2005

This is the first series in NBA history to go to 7 games after games 3-6 were each decided by 13+ points (in fairness there's been a few instances where each was decided by 12+)

Largest Avg Margin of Victory 7-Game Series in Conf Finals or Later 1982 ECF PHI/BOS 19.1 PPG 2016 FIN CLE/GSW 17.4 2018 WCF GSW/HOU 17.3 2016 WCF OKC/GSW 15.6 2018 ECF BOS/CLE 15.4 2026 WCF SAS/OKC 15.3<<< <<<Entering Game 7

Cincy Powell ABA erasure

How do they give that ball to OKC when Caruso’s momentum immediately carried him out of bounds?! lol

Tyler ford working this game is like letting me pitch in a save situation in the World Series

the nba is continually constructing the shittiest, least awe-inspiring rube goldberg contraptions we've ever seen

Sanchez finishes the month with 39 scoreless innings. he and Orel Hershiser are the only pitchers since 1898 with that many scoreless IP in a month

Let's go back in time again! We introduce 1977 DVOA to our database. -- Cowboys as No. 1 SB champions. -- Bucs with the worst offense in history. -- Great no-name Dolphins running game. -- Incredibly easy Bears schedule. ftnfantasy.com/nfl/1977-tea...

Biggest Increase in 3-Pt% Reg Season to Playoffs, Min. 50 3PA Alex Caruso +18.4% 2026 Andrew Nembhard +17.4% 2025 Robert Covington +16.5% 2020 Al Horford +16.4% 2017 Isiah Thomas +16.2% 1990

Inspired by the "best playoff role players" discussion on the Simmons/Lowe pod

“I asked you a question, buddy. … What’s the square root of 5,248?”

Largest Increase in Win Shares Per 48 Minutes Reg Season to Playoffs, Min. 300 MP OG Anunoby .191 2026 Frank Ramsey .181 1959 Bryon Russell .150 1996 KA Towns .149 2026 George Mikan .133 1954 Johnny Moore .133 1983 per @basketball-reference.com dB

The Knicks are averaging 17.7 2nd chance points per game and 53.3 points in the paint per game in the playoffs. Both of those figures are the most by a team to reach the NBA Finals since at least 1997 (earliest season for which comprehensive play-by-play is available)

The 2026 Knicks are 1 of 3 teams in NBA history with multiple 30-pt closeout wins (2025 Thunder, 2008 Celtics). They could be the 1st team in NBA history to have 3 30-pt closeout wins in a single run

Jalen Brunson will become the 5th player to have 2,000+ playoff points before playing in their first NBA Finals, joining: Karl Malone, Chris Paul, Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller

With tonight's points added in, Mitchell and Brunson are 2 of the 3 leading postseason scorers all-time to never reach the finals. But Brunson is now headed there for the first time

The Knicks are essentially a lock to have the best point differential AND average point differential entering the NBA Finals all-time

In the digitized PxP era (since 1997), the record for fast break points in a playoff game is 39 (2018 Pelicans vs Warriors and 2007 Suns vs Lakers). Knicks already have 26

Never seen anything like this in a life of watching hoops

KAT’s increased involvement as a facilitator in the playoffs is unprecedented for a big man in NBA history (of course, it also helps when no one on your team ever misses a shot)

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

These playoffs have seen some of the largest playoff droppers since BPM can be calculated (1974)

The Knicks inarguably making better use of magnets this postseason

I have long noted that one of the things Wemby is worst at on the basketball court is practicing halfcourt shots. When he messes around and tries them pregame, or at shootarounds, he usually doesn’t even come close. Until there’s a second left in the first half of WCF Game 4.

Absolutely jarring to watch this and imagine how many times the modern scorer would be falling down, jerking their head back, hooking arms, etc on all of these. a performance like this was so much more meaningful than anything you could possibly see these days www.reddit.com/r/NBAoldscho...

Biggest Bench Scoring Edge Per Game in Playoffs Min. 10 Games Since 1974 2026 Thunder +21.7 1986 Nuggets +18.2 2020 Raptors +14.9 2014 Spurs +14.8 1988 Pistons +14.6 2024 Pacers +14.4 1990 Pistons +14.1

Largest Bench Scoring Advantage Through 11 Playoff Games Per @basketball-reference.com db (since 1974) 2026 Thunder +239 2011 Mavericks* +222 1990 Pistons* +183 2003 Spurs* +173 *NBA Champs

The Thunder bench outscored the starters 76-47. That 29-pt difference is the 2nd-most in a true* playoff road win since at least 1974. The only larger was 2019 Clippers at Warriors (+31). Lou Williams (36) and Montrezl Harrell (25) combined for 61 in that one. *excluding bubble 'road' games

The Thunder are the first team to score over 70 points off the bench in a conference finals or later game since the NBA divided into conferences over 50 years ago. The previous record was 69 by the Lakers in series clinching 153-109 win over the Nuggets 41 years ago to the day (5/22/85)

Largest Bench Scoring Advantage 1st 3 Gms of Playoff Series in @basketball-reference.com dB 2026 Thunder +119 vs Spurs 2014 Spurs +97 vs POR 1990 Bucks +95 vs CHI Starter/subs data is completed back to 1974

Most IP in a Month w/o Allowing a Run Since 1898 Orel Hershiser 55 Sept 1988 Cristopher Sanchez 32 May 2026* Babe Adams 29 August 1909 *Will make 1 more start this month per @stathead.com www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

Alex Caruso is now 2-4 from 3 tonight, making him 26-56 from deep in the playoffs after hitting just 29% in reg season. This is one of the biggest increases ever, very similar to Andrew Nembhard just last year (both ~29% to 46%)

It quite literally one of my favorite things, in any realm, that this is what happened directly before arguably the greatest fourth quarter in nba history. God Bless Larry Epstein

The only team to start a playoff game with a larger run than the Spurs tonight in the last 30 years ended up losing the game. It was, of course, the Wizards.

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

Taking some time today to say thanks to everyone at ESPN about my 13-plus years there now that I've started the next chapter of my career in the WNBA: open.substack.com/pub/kpeltonh...

I hadn't realized TC Tuggers had hit the market

If anyone knows a college baseball program looking for an experienced pitcher (Seton Hall), please check out Anthony Ehly. 6'6", 215; Contact info and some footage here x.com/antehly/stat...

You might think the Cavs are building an advantage, but James Dolan is using AI to surveil the Garden and will make sure the Cavs are banned from his building moving forward.

lol love that you apparently can get in a free flagrant if you’re fouled first? NBA rules are an abomination in nearly all ways

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Felt like this kind of performance