Admiral, Timmy, Wemby, AND Kornet It's just unfair man

The last 6 seasons (including this one) have not only given us 6 different champions, but 11 different NBA Finalists. That's the highest number of teams making the Finals in any 6-yr stretch in NBA history.

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 a great game, I'm so jealous of those nuns

Wemby just forced Jaylin to make a Business Decision ™ on a 3PA lmao

Dylan Harper is just preposterous, man. Even the team with the best group of perimeter defenders in the NBA can't keep him out of the paint.

OKC's passing has been horrific so far. Gotta slow down a bit. Spurs, meanwhile, are getting good looks on every possession where they don't turn it over.

NBA players are wildly petty + remember every doubter / perceived slight. Smaller NBA guards take that and multiply it by 100. They're such an inspiration.

Free Newsletter Wednesday, where I wrote about Spurs-Thunder collapsing under its own weight www.teamziller.com/thunder-vs-s...

Just realized that Kevin Garnett, Kevin Love, Andrew Wiggins, and Karl-Anthony Towns all made an NBA Finals before the Timberwolves did.

James Harden had 7 games this postseason with more to's than FGM. The Cavs were 0-7 in those games.

We’re just innocent men

James Harden had 7 games this postseason with more to's than FGM. The Cavs were 0-7 in those games.

Jason Kidd will never ever learn. The man is a perpetual Greek tragedy.

OKC needs to put a mini slip-n-slide on that exact spot on the court

It's almost unfair that Alex Caruso has a Robin as good as SGA

In the 80-year history of the NBA, no team had ever lost consecutive playoff games by a single point in regulation… until the Knicks this week.

Not sure how many "character wins" these Sixers have, but that was one. They responded to every single Boston run with one of their own. Their 20-year-old rookie was the best player on the floor. Tyrese Maxey put the game away. I have so many observations: www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-celti...

Gobert was awesome last night, both on-ball and zoning on the weakside. Honestly, he's pretty consistently been a great defender in the playoffs (aside from a few plays in space vs elite creators). It's his offense that's typically been a problem.

The greatest European big man of all time, and a dude who loves horses

life is hard (2026)

It's wild that the Knicks' rise over the past few yrs has led to a whitewashing of James Dolan from a lot of NYK fans. Dolan was, and continues to be, an outlier-terrible person.

To take this even further, the Hornets had the pt differential of a 53.2 win team. That 9.2 gm underperformance was more than twice as much as the second-underperforming team (NOP).

Like I always say, this team's built for June, not April (can't prove me wrong)

Oscar Schmidt was the first great player I ever saw who wasn't in the US. His game blew (and expanded) my mind, and I was always grateful for that.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Dammit, Sixers' bad injury luck strikes again

I fell in love with the girl at the cat show She said, "meow?" and I told her that I didn't know

On LaMelo / Bam: - Should have been a flagrant on the court. Bad miss by the refs to not at least stop + review it, and it obviously had a big effect on the game - NBA shouldn't compound that error by suspending LaMelo. It's done. A suspension in a do-or-die game is way overkill

A do-or-die game and we're the only game on? How do y'all deal with this pressure?! I ain't built for this #hornets

Make it 4/4

We did put you up against a lot of people, Zach. 82 times. It didn't go great!

The head tap that Q-Rich + Darius Miles perfected might still be my favorite NBA celebration of all time

Oof, I'm sweating just thinking about it

OKC would have bottom-5 shot creation w/o Shai. I'll buy still having an elite D, so we're around .500. Surviving for a bit w/o SGA has the element of surprise. Not quite the same as 82 gms of Cason Wallace trying to figure out what the hell to do w 5 on the shot clock.

Other than maybe Bill Walton, I'm not sure anyone in NBA history has had a higher combo of preposterous talent + horrific injury luck than Embiid

There are bad GMs, and then there's Arturas Karnisovas. The worst decision-maker in the league was way overdue to get fired: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/chica...

Nine NBA games last night. Avg margin of victory: 24.4 pts 😳 Not sure if the league has ever had a worse regular season day.

Only four true upsets in the entire tournament (a team beating someone ranked 2+ seeds above them). 2 by ND, 2 by UVA. That's it. This is an incredible F4, but imho the next step in the evolution of NCAAW is wider distribution of talent (players + coaching)

This might be the stat of the year. The best driver in the NBA - a guy who's gone to the FT line 602 times - has been called for four offensive fouls the entire SEASON?!?!

Larry Johnson Tribute Playoff Series incoming

Oh dear

Knicks HC Mike Brown can sometimes be spotted with his hands in his pockets & quiet while his team is huddling during timeouts — and he’s passionate about the reasoning. On Brown’s “different voices” approach, why he does it and how players view it: www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

I love watching UConn but this is... not a good look for a second round game. Talent is still really unevenly distributed in NCAAW, and home tourney games don't help.

Unbelievable shot blocker, curiously mediocre scorer from the field. Would have done better in today's game imo

It's probably because he stinks and hasn't gotten one iota better in five years, but I'm open to other explanations

1. Amazing job by VCU. Zero quit, heaps of composure. 2. Heels really missed Caleb. 3. Hubert Davis is a doofus.

Is Josh Hart the new and improved SGA? My column:

This is kinda wild to me. I'm old enough to remember when the FGM list would be mostly bigs and high fliers