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Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves (3-1) vs Denver Nuggets (1-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 27, 2026
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Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder (3-0) vs Phoenix Suns (0-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 27, 2026
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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.
In continuance with this thread from last season
NIL has given NCAA underclassmen a reason to remain in school and no longer get to the NBA as quickly as possible.
With 71 early entry candidates, the NBA Draft has seen this pool continue to decrease with each passing year since the inception of NIL.
2010 NBA Draft - 103
2011 NBA Draft - 89
2012 NBA Draft - 66
2013 NBA Draft - 77
2014 NBA Draft - 75
2015 NBA Draft - 91
2016 NBA Draft - 162
2017 NBA Draft - 182
2018 NBA Draft - 236
2019 NBA Draft - 233
2020 NBA Draft - 205
2021 NBA Draft - 353
NIL begins on July 1, 2021
2022 NBA Draft- 283
2023 NBA Draft - 242
2024 NBA Draft - 195
2025 NBA Draft - 106
2026 NBA Draft - 71
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LeBron mentions the Lakers' 23 turnovers and a drink falls from the refrigerator immediately after. LeBron: "Another turnover right there, so 24."
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[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama holding Stephon Castle up so he doesn't get bodied
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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".
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Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index | Playoffs
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SERIOUS NEXT DAY THREAD Post-Game Discussion (April 26, 2026)
Here is a place to have in depth, x's and o's, discussions on yesterday's games. Post-game discussions are linked in the table, keep your memes and reactions there.
Please keep your discussion of a particular game in the respective comment thread. All direct replies to this post will be removed.
|Away|Home|Score|GT|PGT|
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|(/CLE) Cleveland Cavaliers |(/TOR) Toronto Raptors | 89 - 93 | No GT Found | Link |
|(/SAS) San Antonio Spurs |(/POR) Portland Trail Blazers | 114 - 93 | No GT Found | Link |
|(/BOS) Boston Celtics |(/PHI) Philadelphia 76ers | 128 - 96 | No GT Found | Link |
|(/LAL) Los Angeles Lakers |(/HOU) Houston Rockets | 96 - 115 | No GT Found | Link |
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The Process: They’ve seen every variation of the Celtics roster, and lost to every version.
2018: Brown and Rookie Tatum, team without its main two stars (at the time)
2020: The Bubble team, sweep
2023: their best chance, but philly blew a 3-2 lead and that game 6 was just sad to watch.
And now, in 2026.
8 years, just finding different ways to lose to the Brown and Tatum duo.
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James Williams (Ref) is having a out of control playoffs
After being called out by Booker by name a few days ago he unnecessarily ejected 3 players in Lakers-Rockets. Should be taken off games for the rest of the playoffs
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[Highlight] A "WE WANT BOSTON!" chant just broke out in Philadelphia
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Wembanyama on him being "unhappy" with how concussion protocol played out: "I won't get into the details. I don't want it to become a distraction. Ask me again after the season. But all the doctors, especially on the Spurs, they were great."
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[Highlight] Tempers flare as Castle puts the ball in Avdija's chest after an and-one
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Post Game Thread The Toronto Raptors (1-2) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers (2-1), 93-89 to tie the series 2-2
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|(/CLE) 89 - 93 (/TOR)|
|Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo|
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|GAME SUMMARY|
|East First Round - Game 4 - CLE leads 2-1|
|Location: Scotiabank Arena|
|Officials: John Goble, Curtis Blair, Ray Acosta, and Natalie Sago|
|Team|Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
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|Cleveland Cavaliers|17|19|22|31|89|
|Toronto Raptors|14|24|22|33|93|
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|TEAM STATS|
|Team|PTS|FG|FG%|3P|3P%|FT|FT%|OREB|TREB|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|
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|Cleveland Cavaliers|89|32-87|36.8%|10-40|25.0%|15-23|65.2%|16|64|15|27|5|17|5|
|Toronto Raptors|93|31-97|32.0%|4-30|13.3%|27-36|75.0%|21|75|19|19|11|11|8|
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(/CLE) Cleveland Cavaliers|MIN|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|±|
|Dean Wade^SF|28:26|7|3-5|1-3|0-0|0|5|5|0|0|0|0|1|11|
|Evan Mobley^PF|32:28|8|4-11|0-3|0-0|4|5|9|3|1|1|1|5|-13|
|Jarrett Allen^C|26:52|3|1-5|0-0|1-4|6|9|15|0|1|2|0|4|14|
|Donovan Mitchell^SG|36:56|20|6-24|4-12|4-4|0|6|6|3|1|0|4|4|-8|
|James Harden^PG|37:09|19|6-14|2-6|5-6|0|2|2|8|1|1|7|3|1|
|Max Strus|20:41|1|0-5|0-5|1-2|3|4|7|0|0|0|1|3|-15|
|Jaylon Tyson|20:54|9|3-6|0-1|3-6|2|3|5|0|0|0|2|4|-11|
|Dennis Schröder|13:11|8|4-7|0-2|0-0|0|5|5|0|1|1|2|1|0|
|Sam Merrill|18:51|14|5-9|3-7|1-1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|4|
|Keon Ellis|04:29|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|1|0|0|0|0|-3|
|Thomas Bryant|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Larry Nance Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Craig Porter Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Tyrese Proctor|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Nae'Qwan Tomlin|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
(/TOR) Toronto Raptors|MIN|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|±|
|Brandon Ingram^SF|35:38|23|6-23|3-7|8-9|2|4|6|0|0|2|1|2|1|
|Scottie Barnes^PF|41:51|23|6-15|0-2|11-14|4|5|9|6|1|3|4|3|9|
|Jakob Poeltl^C|20:55|10|4-7|0-0|2-2|3|3|6|1|1|1|0|2|-7|
|RJ Barrett^SG|38:42|18|8-22|1-6|1-4|3|5|8|1|2|1|4|4|-2|
|Ja'Kobe Walter^PG|27:02|0|0-9|0-8|0-0|1|6|7|3|3|0|0|3|-15|
|Collin Murray-Boyles|27:05|15|5-11|0-0|5-7|5|5|10|3|2|0|2|2|11|
|Jamal Shead|25:56|2|1-6|0-5|0-0|0|4|4|4|0|0|0|2|15|
|Sandro Mamukelashvili|13:03|2|1-3|0-1|0-0|3|5|8|1|2|1|0|1|6|
|Jamison Battle|08:37|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|A.J. Lawson|01:10|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|
|Gradey Dick|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Trayce Jackson-Davis|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jonathan Mogbo|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Garrett Temple|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Immanuel Quickley|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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[Highlight] Jamal Cain absolutely yams it on Jalen Duren
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Charania Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg has won the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year award.
Source: https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania
Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg has won the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year award.
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Cooper Flagg rookie ranks in ROY season:
1st in PPG
T-1st in AST
1st in 30-point games
1st in 40-point games
1st in 50-point games
2nd in PTS
2nd in APG
T-2nd in SPG
3rd in REB
3rd in DDs
T-3rd in STL
4th in BLK
4th in RPG
T-4th in BPG
Youngest in NBA history to score:
50+ PTS in a game
40+ PTS in a game
Joined Michael Jordan as only rookies to ever lead their team in total PTS, REB, AST, STL.
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Game Thread: Detroit Pistons (1-2) vs Orlando Magic (2-1) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 27, 2026
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[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.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48582233/nba-playoffs-2026-foul-3-san-antonio-spurs-portland-trail-blazers-impact
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I wanted to test the facts of the situation, so I conducted my own study of fouling up three, using GeniusIQ to filter for all possessions from the past five seasons in which the defensive team was leading by three points in the final 24 seconds. By watching those plays and tracking their outcomes -- looking specifically for an overt, visible effort to intentionally foul -- I found, first, when teams are most likely to employ the strategy.
Then, by narrowing the scope to possessions between 3 and 17 seconds -- when the vast majority of fouls occurred -- I could compare the overall win probability when teams decide to foul with when they play straight-up defense.
The results from 524 games with this decision are remarkably similar. Teams that chose to foul up three won 92.0% of their games, versus 91.7% for those that played normal defense.
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Different studies on this topic have yielded different results, depending on the parameters. (Most public studies are either from years ago or focus on NCAA basketball, which has different late-game rules.) Generally, team employees said their data suggests fouling works in limited circumstances.
But an Eastern Conference executive who has studied the math behind this strategy confirmed the general conclusion of my study: Whatever edge is gained from fouling is small. This isn't a clear-cut analytical slam dunk like shooting more 3-pointers or NFL teams going for it on fourth down.
"You could coach your whole career employing either strategy and win pretty much the same number of those close-game situations," the executive said.
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"You've seen this year how many people have missed the free throw on purpose and got it back and gotten a great look," Nurse said. "I think people are getting better at missing it. I think the rebounds are not so lopsided towards the defense anymore. They've become 50-50, almost like loose balls rather than rebounds."
Nurse is right: **Over the past two seasons, according to an analysis of GeniusIQ data, teams trailing by two or three points in the final 10 seconds have successfully rebounded 16 of 38 missed free throws, or 42% (including violations that don't hit the rim).** That's four times higher than the 10.5% offensive rebounding rate on missed free throws in all situations.
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Chiang Heat president Pat Riley says he would not consider trading Bam Adebayo: “I want to build this around Bam.”
Chiang’s socials: https://bsky.app/profile/anthonychiang.bsky.social
Pat Riley asked if he would consider trading Bam Adebayo by any means:
“No I wouldn’t.”
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He was followed about three Eastern Conference teams doing so and improving:
“Name them.” (Atlanta-Trae, Indiana-Sabonis, Toronto-Siakam)
“They’re not Bam.”
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Heat president Pat Riley says he would not consider trading Bam Adebayo: “I want to build this around Bam.”
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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.“
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Pat Riley on his future:
"I’m not going to retire. I’m not going to resign. I’m not going to step aside. When I came here almost 31 years ago, I have the same attitude that I had in that press conference on the Imagination ... I want another parade down Biscayne Boulevard."
Pat Riley on recent Heat results:
"I'm really pissed. I'm disappointed. Disgruntled."
On the Heat's plan:
"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.“
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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"
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Ayton: "I was just trying to brace the contact with Sengun and, you know, we both sweaty guys. I just slipped off his shoulder and my elbow hit him right there above his shoulders. It look crazy on camera, but I'm not no guy who who's a dirty player or plays like that... my first ejection."
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The Athletic When Wembanyama was not given clearance by the director of the league’s concussion program, in compliance with the NBA concussion policy, he requested an examination by an independent neurologist... but the NBA determined Wembanyama was not ready to return for Game 3.
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7233626/2026/04/26/victor-wembanyama-blazers-game-4-nba-playoffs/
From the article:
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> But ahead of Game 3, Wembanyama felt ready to play and pushed to be cleared once he passed the required baseline assessments and received the go-ahead from the Spurs’ medical staff.
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> When Wembanyama was not given clearance by the director of the league’s concussion program, in compliance with Section 5(b)(iv) of the NBA concussion policy, he requested an examination by an independent neurologist. Wembanyama informed the independent neurologist that he was ready to play and completed an interview regarding his symptoms, but the NBA determined Wembanyama was not ready to return for Game 3, a source briefed on the matter told The Athletic.
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>In a news conference following Sunday’s Game 4 win, Wembanyama claimed that he was not given a reason for why he was not cleared to play in Game 3.
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>“I’m not saying that not playing was a good or bad decision,” Wembanyama said. “It was a decision. I’m not saying it was good or bad. But the way the situation was handled, very disappointing.”
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James Williams ejected Ayton for his arm slipping on Sengun's back. Ejected Holiday for boxing out. And ejected Thiero for standing around. He called 4 lane violations this game. And missed a very obvious nut shot kick. This is the same "James" that Devin Booker called out.
Holiday and Thiero ejections:
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Ayton ejection:
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Smart nut shot, there was a second one later:
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Victor Wembanyama as he returns from concussion and the Spurs complete a 17-point comeback against the Blazers: 27 PTS, 11 REB, 7 BLK, 4 STL, 3 AST on 9/17 FG, 1/4 3P, 8/8 FT, +28 in 34min
Victor Wembanyama as he returns from concussion as he and Fox lead the the Spurs to 17-point comeback against the Blazers: 27 PTS, 11 REB, 7 BLK, 4 STL, 3 AST on 9/17 FG, 1/4 3P, 8/8 FT, +28 in 34min
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Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers (3-0) vs Houston Rockets (0-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 26, 2026
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Game Thread: Boston Celtics (2-1) vs Philadelphia 76ers (1-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 26, 2026
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ESPN using the OKC logo for the Toronto Raptors
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Charania Houston's Kevin Durant is expected to miss Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN. Durant has a bone bruise in his sprained ankle, which would sideline him 2 to 3 weeks in season. He's had around-the-clock treatment to play but has not been cleared by doctors.
> Houston's Kevin Durant is expected to miss Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN. Durant has a bone bruise in his sprained ankle, which would sideline him 2 to 3 weeks in season. He's had around-the-clock treatment to play but has not been cleared by doctors.
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> Durant came into the Rockets facility this morning for his rehab with the team’s medical staff and participated in film session and meetings with teammates. The bone bruise has created swelling, stiffness and lack of mobility in the ankle, sources said. Houston will face a 3-0 series deficit with Durant out tonight.
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Source: https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania
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