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Kevin O’Connor is joined by Jason Timpf, Kelly Iko and Noa Dalzell to recap the NBA Playoffs’ action-packed opening weekend. Are the Detroit Pistons alright after a feisty Orlando Magic squad took the 1-0 lead in the series? Can LeBron James lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a first-round win against the Houston Rockets? Can Victor Wembanyama prove himself in …

Draymond Green hopes Steve Kerr returns for another season as the Golden State Warriors coach. But he’s not counting on it. Green offered his thoughts on Kerr’s future with the team, as part of the latest episode of his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show,” released on Monday, April 20, less than a week after the Warriors’ season ended with a …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Game 2 between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets is where the market starts to adjust — and where value begins to show. Advertisement Our model highlights the top player prop edges based on usage, minutes, and matchup shifts coming out of Game …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Trusting the Process was never about winning an NBA title. It was about having the genuine chance at winning an NBA title. Well, with Joel Embiid sidelined, the Philadelphia 76ers cannot justifiably have either thought this season, certainly not with the Boston Celtics …

“The plan is to take a little time, I don’t know, take a week or two, and eventually sit down and talk with Joe [Lacob, the co-owner] and Mike [Dunleavy, head of basketball operations]. We’ve always had a great partnership and collaboration, and just see where they are, and I’ll tell them where I am, and we’ll talk about what’s …

We’ve officially made it through the opening game of each NBA playoff series. It’s important not to overreact to these things, but there’s always information to glean. We’re going to take a look at a key number that emerged from each game, one that could serve as a solve-or-sink point as we get deeper into the series. Let’s dig in, …

Jordi Fernandez is sticking with the Nets for the foreseeable future. The Nets announced that they have signed Fernandez, along with the entire Brooklyn coaching staff, to multi-year contract extensions. Advertisement “Jordi is a tremendous leader who, along with his coaching staff, put his stamp on this franchise from the moment he arrived in Brooklyn,” said Nets general manager Sean …

NEW YORK — Teams can spend months, years, lifetimes searching for that one perfect possession: the play where everything the front office envisioned in the offseason, everything the coaches drew up on the whiteboard, and everything the players run through in the install comes together to create the high-percentage scoring chance that everybody’s hunting for at this time of year. …

The 2026 NBA playoffs began with a few blowouts, a few games decided in the fourth quarter and one Sunday surprise over the weekend. All of the home teams won Game 1 except for the No. 1 seed Detroit Pistons, who lost in their Eastern Conference first-round opener to the No. 8 seed Orlando Magic. But there’s potential for more …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Prediction markets like Kalshi are offering all kinds of markets ahead of Hawks vs. Knicks Game 2 at Madison Square Garden tonight, including options on Hawks vs. Knicks win probability, and much more. Advertisement Whether your Hawks vs. Knicks predictions and NBA picks are …

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets look to take a 2-0 series lead tonight in their first round series against Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Nuggets took the series opener, 116-105. The Nuggets outscored Minnesota 68-46 over the second and third quarters, building a lead as large as 15 points. The Wolves led by 10 after the first …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 1-0 series lead over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday and will look to keep that momentum going in Game 2. Advertisement Our Raptors vs. Cavaliers predictions and NBA picks expect more of the same at Rocket Arena …

The Chicago Bulls have begun their search for a new president of basketball operations with a preliminary list of candidates that the team has requested to interview, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The six candidates the Bulls have received permission to interview are Minnesota Timberwolves general manager Matt Lloyd, Detroit Pistons senior VP of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey, Atlanta Hawks senior …

The Toronto Raptors (46-37) and Cleveland Cavaliers (53-30) run it back for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs first round. Cleveland won Game 1, 126-113, behind 32 points from Donovan Mitchell, a 22-point and 10 assist double-double from James Harden, plus 24 points off the bench for Max Strus. The Cavaliers as a team shot 54% from the field …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Cleveland Cavaliers cruised to an easy win in the series opener with the Toronto Raptors, and I’ve seen livelier dinosaurs in a museum exhibit. Advertisement Will Game 2 be more competitive? I have a same-game parlay for tonight’s matchup between Cleveland and …

As the top-seeded Detroit Pistons walked off the floor as Game 1 losers, dropping their playoff opener to the Orlando Magic 112-101, a fear that’s been present for most of the season reared its head again. These Pistons, while enormously talented and the proud owners of a 60-win season, have lingering issues that could turn their dream season into a …

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1. Playoff Jayson Tatum Is Back The last time Jayson Tatum played in the playoffs was May 12th 2025. He dropped 42 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists before he suffered what is known as one of the worst injuries a basketball player could sustain in a Torn Achilles. It was only 342 days later where Tatum was back playing …

In Sunday’s Brotherhood Playoff Action, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics crushed the Philadelphia 76ers, 123-91. Jared McCain and the OKC Thunder took care of the Suns, 119-84. Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic shocked the Detroit Pistons, 112-101. Finally, Mason Plumlee and the San Antonio Spurs hammered the Portland Trail Blazers, 111-98. Tatum nearly pulled off a triple-double, with …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder began their title defense with a 119-84 rout of the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Sunday. The reigning league MVP made just 5 of 18 field goals but went 15 of 17 at the foul line before sitting …

The San Antonio Spurs returned to the playoffs with a splash Sunday night, debuting a colorful, well-coordinated set of playoff shirts for their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Rather than opt for one shirt for the whole arena during the team’s 111-98 win, the Spurs decided to get creative, painting the crowd in brightly colored shirts in alternating …

DETROIT — Paolo Banchero had 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists to lead the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic to a 112-101 win over the top-seeded Detroit Pistons on Sunday night in Game 1 of their first-round series, extending the longest home playoff losing streak in NBA history. Detroit has dropped 11 straight home games in the postseason, a drought that …

Mark Pope has openly joked about the group chat he shares with his 1996 national championship teammates, claiming they keep him grounded. But according to former Kentucky star Derek Anderson, that chat is a lot more intense than Pope has let on. During a recent appearance on KSR, Anderson pulled back the curtain on the ongoing conversations between the guys …

It was as if a switch had flipped coming out of halftime in Game 1, as the Knicks neutralized a Hawks strategy that was hurting them more than anything else. Most on-ball screens involve a smaller ball handler and bigger center or forward to try to create an opening or force a switch and create a mismatch. But the Hawks …

Victor Wembanyama put up the highest individual scoring total in the playoffs by a Spur all time tonight, and San Antonio alternated between moments of sheer glory and pangs of growing pains in a game 1 win over Portland 111-98. San Antonio took advantage of the Blazers’ errant shooting outside of Deni Avdija’s laborious efforts to jump ahead by as …