San Jose has no excuse now.

I would be pissed if I was a Bruin fan. That would have been Boston's pick if the Leafs aren't top 5.

McKenna makes it easier for Toronto to move off Matthews.

LMAO at the Leafs winning.

Will always have fond memories of both Arrieta and Fowler. There's zero chance either gets into Cooperstown. The only guy from that 2016 team I'm confident will be there someday is Lester.

Here's the transparency I was talking about from last year. Again, the NBA should look into doing something similar with its lottery. youtu.be/WflLxFI2Nvk?...

NHL Draft Lottery is happening shortly. If they're doing it the same way they did it last year, then Adam Silver and the NBA should take notes because the more transparent the process, the less conspiracy theories there are.

5/5 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE (CT): 6PM - Cavs/Pistons (NBCSN) 7PM - Wild/Avs (ESPN) 7:30PM - Lakers/Thunder (NBC)

I have to admit, that jacket is badass.

Hell of a road win for the Wolves.

#TheOTGame Flyers: Sean Couturier Hurricanes: Sebastian Aho

Sources: Anthony Edwards is ready for take-off. www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

5/4 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE (CT): 6PM - Flyers/Canes (ESPN) 7PM - Sixers/Knicks (NBC) 8:30PM - Wolves/Spurs (NBCSN), Ducks/Knights (ESPN)

SHAFT

John Sterling, whose tenure as the Yankees’ radio voice spanned more than three decades and five World Series wins, died Monday at the age of 87. Sterling spent 36 years as the Yankees’ play-by-play announcer, calling 5,060 consecutive games. www.nytimes.com/athletic/602...

The hockey reddit reacted exactly as one would to this score: www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/Z...

MacKinnon ENG, 6-9

Makar just made it 8-6. Career-high 8 goals against Wallstedt

Fun little nugget with the Wild playing the Avs: The Avs' public address announcer at Ball Arena is also the Minnesota Vikings' PA at US Bank Stadium (and the voice you hear at every Super Bowl, the HoF ceremony every August, all the International games the NFL has, etc. His name is Alan Roach.

Goaltending optional tonight in Denver.

Hakeem Olajuwon ain't walking through that door! #PitinoGame @darthamin.bsky.social

This hockey game is crazy. And this is only Game 1.

Everything you think is bad and dumb with sports betting is 100x worse with prediction markets. The entire premise is a sucker bet.

One might say this is an avalanche of goals. /shows self out

All 4 conference semifinal series are 1 vs. 3. That means every 2 seed lost despite having home ice.

This series and the Wild/Avs series that's about to start in a matter of minutes here are must watch. Wild/Avs because of all the skill on the ice, Habs/Sabres because the environments in both Buffalo and Montreal are going to be as good as it gets in hockey.

First time since 2019 that a team outside of Florida will play for the Stanley Cup out of the East. It had been six straight years of Lightning or Panthers.

In Chicago, this strategy is known as the 2012 Coyotes.

Buffalo vs. Montreal is going to be the good shit. Two young and exciting teams with absolutely RABID fan bases. #cantwait

Brandon Ingram has been ruled OUT for Game 7 as he deals with an injured right heel, per Josh Lewenberg.

If I had a nickel for every time that a #1 seed Detroit has come back from being down 3-1 in a series to beat the Orlando Magic, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it has happened twice.

Bo Outlaw ain't walking through that door! #PitinoGame @darthamin.bsky.social

The Pistons are one quarter away from winning a playoff series while actually playing in the city of Detroit for the first time in 50 years.

If the Bulls are hiring Micah Nori away from the Wolves to be their new head coach, I am more than OK with that. The guy is Chris Finch's right-hand man and would be a solid hire for a team that badly needs it after letting Billy D walk.

5/3 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE (CT): 2:30PM - Magic/Pistons (ABC) 5PM - Habs/Bolts (TNT) 6:30PM - Raptors/Cavs (NBC) 8PM - Wild/Avs (TNT)

Celtics are now 32-1 all-time when leading a best-of-7 series 3-1 The Sixers franchise (including time as Syracuse Nationals) improves to 2-10 all-time in road Game 7s with only other win coming in 1982 at Boston Garden

It's not just that the Celtics blew a 3-1 lead. They also lost 3 games in Boston.

Really hope Embiid is good to go against the Knicks. My hunch is NY wins, but it's a better series if he can play.

Larry Bird ain't walking through that door! #PitinoGame @darthamin.bsky.social

Not looking forward to Luka being the scapegoat for Celtic fans if Boston loses this game.

Boston starting Luka Garza and Dom Mysterio in a playoff game 7, and now we get to see what would happen if I coached the Celtics.

The Celtics not wearing their home whites for a Game 7 in Boston feels dirty.

Derby prediction: Win - Renegade Place - Further Ado Show - Litmus Test

5/2 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE (CT): 6:30PM - Sixers/Celtics (NBC) 7PM - Flyers/Canes (ABC)

Having all the cards is, famously, not the goal in Uno.

There will be 3 Game 7s in the First Round – the second most since expanding to best-of-seven in 2003 (5 in 2014 is the most). Saturday: PHI/BOS - 7:30pm/et, NBC & Peacock Sunday: ORL/DET - 3:30pm/et, ABC TOR/CLE - 7:30pm/et, NBC & Peacock

#mnwild #avs Game 1 Sunday at 8 pm CT/7 MT

Matt Maloney ain't walking through that door! #PitinoGame @darthamin.bsky.social

RJ BARRETT "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?"

OMG the Raptors got a Kawhi bounce.