No Rui? Yeesh.

This is like what prizefights used to be. Lakers up 1, 40.9 to go.

Wonder if the Lakers try to get Hayes a quick rest at some point. He has to the closer at center, not Ayton.

I didn't even notice that the Lakers haven't scored this quarter. That's insane.

Best-of-3 series now. Can Cleveland take this performance on the road? They'll need to.

Yeah, these guys may not see anymore action for the Cavs this postseason lol. You can't do this.

Jalen Duren's postseason has been shocking so far. Pistons need him to find his mojo for Game 5.

If not for Paul Reed, this game would have gotten out of hand.

Tough scenes in Philly after the Sixers were swept by the Knicks.

Yep, that's a Flagrant 2. He's done for the night.

Ohhh, that should be a Flagrant 2. But we'll see if they have the stones to call it.

🧹 On to the conference finals!

Brunson just put the final nail in the coffin with that sequence.

Straight belt. 59-32.

The Pacers aren't done paying for Zubac btw The LA Clippers will also receive the 2028 second round Pacers pick AND The 2029 Pacers first round pick Bennedict Mathurin is a restricted free agent and Isaiah Jackson is under contract through 2028

Uh oh. Deuce is loose!

Hell yeah, Clippers!

Toni Kukoc aura might get the Bulls the top pick fr

And now Atalanta lead 2-0. This team is a disgrace. Fire everyone.

Here we go with the player comparisons.

Good thing the draft lottery's about to start. I can't watch much more of Milan. Smh.

Lol Tony Brothers, man.

Funny how the entire bench knew what time it was as the buzzer sounded. Go get Jeremy before he gets in the middle of something.

belt? nah. CHANCLA.

Look, I'm happy about this as well. But no way in hell can you get me to dance to "Party Rock," in public or in private.

It was sweet early on. Not so much now haha.

ON HIS HEAD!!!!!!

Did Josh just pass an imaginary joint to Sochan? Haha.

There's a lot of ball to be played, but Cleveland's giving off that "gentleman's sweep victim" aroma right now.

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

Tech for Castle and Hyland, let's keep it moving.

Tyrese Maxey says he jammed his right pinkie finger in the second quarter. "I didn't feel confident dribbling around a lot of the traps like I normally do." It's the same finger Maxey sprained back in March, and that he's had to wear a splint on as he plays through the injury.

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Hope that's only a dislocation for Vanderbilt. Hurts like hell either way, though.

Man, Champagnie got a great look. Big win for the Timberwolves.

Wemby's ridiculous. No matter where he actually is, he always seems to be near the ball.

And that should do it for the starters in this game. 109-78 Knicks after three.

74 points in the first half. Need to do a better job of defending without fouling. Given Philly's quick turnaround, I think we learn more matchup-wise in Game 2.

Kinda feel like that's a Flagrant 2 that they're willing to call if it isn't Game 7.

Oh???

That's not a hostile act. Hopefully, that won't be an issue for Suggs in the second half.

The threes may not be falling, but Tobias Harris has been good throughtout this series for Detroit.

We're back to the days where Sassuolo routinely embarrass Milan. This team is a joke.

That should do it. Celtics fought their asses off tonight, but they didn't have enough.

You spend so much energy fighting to get back into a game, it's hard to take that final step.

That's a foul. Not sure who told Mazzulla to challenge that, but they're going to lose it. My issue: waiting as long as the official did to blow the whistle.

Lol. Dirty play after the whistle on one end, fall at the slightest bit of contact on the other.

And it's good that Brown got his left hand/arm out of there on the landing.

Oh, that's great. Embiid delivers a shot after the whistle. Brown's walking it off at least.

Watch Pritchard go for 40 tonight.