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Anthony Edwards is expected to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series versus the Denver Nuggets. Edwards was listed on the NBA injury report as questionable for Saturday’s matchup, but he went through his regular pregame warm-up routine, according to The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski. That indicates he should be in the lineup. The …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. After running the table in the NBA Play-In, the Phoenix Suns are back in the playoffs, but standing in their way is the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Advertisement My Suns vs. Thunder predictions expect OKC to dominate Sunday’s series opener, fueled by …

At the February trade deadline, Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors were everywhere. It was the talk of the league — and its fans. Looking back on it, Antetokounmpo wishes he had more forcefully shut the talk down, he said on Gogi’s Garage YouTube show. Advertisement “One is that this was the first time that it was real. Yeah. You know, it was …

The Toronto Raptors will be without starting point guard Immanuel Quickley as they begin their first-round NBA playoff series versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. Quickley is out for Game 1 with a strained right hamstring that he suffered in Toronto’s final regular-season game last Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets. He did not play the second half of that matchup after playing …

In an alternate universe, the first round NBA playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets would be a star-studded affair, pitting some of the best in the game in an all-out slugfest. In reality, it now looks more like a triage center with most of the stars sidelined with injuries. Late-season dings to hamstrings, obliques, and knees …

The Los Angeles Lakers open the 2026 NBA Playoffs on Saturday night against the Houston Rockets, but the series comes with an uphill battle for Los Angeles. The Lakers will have to navigate it without NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic, who is sidelined with an injury. The injury occurred on April 2 in a regular-season loss to the Oklahoma City …

CLEVELAND (AP) — Toronto point guard Immanuel Quickley will miss Game 1 of the Raptors’ Eastern Conference first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday because of a mild right hamstring strain. Quickley suffered the injury during the Raptors’ regular-season finale against Brooklyn. The five-year veteran averaged 16.4 points, a career-high 5.9 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 70 games. He …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Did you know Kalshi offers prediction markets for tonight’s Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets Game 1 NBA Western Conference playoff series? We’ve got NBA picks for Saturday night’s Game 1 to help you make good choices and selections before tip-off. Advertisement Read on …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The New York Knicks begin their playoff run tonight at Madison Square Garden as the Atlanta Hawks visit the Big Apple for Game 1 of their first-round series. Advertisement We break down Kalshi’s win probability markets and deliver some Hawks vs. Knicks predictions to help …

The Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets square off in an intriguing first-round Western Conference playoff series. The best-of-seven series could come down to who isn’t going to be on the floor, instead of who is actually playing. Advertisement The Lakers are expected to be without Luka Doncic, who suffered a hamstring injury late in the season, and Austin Reaves …

The 2026 NBA Playoffs are finally set, and they won’t include the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors won their first game in the play-in tournament, but they failed in their bid to grab the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference on Friday night in a defeat to the Phoenix Suns. Golden State now has to pray for lottery luck …

The Western Conference’s top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder will take on the eighth-seeded Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2026 NBA playoffs. The two franchises haven’t met in the postseason since 1997, when the Thunder were the Seattle SuperSonics and Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp were still patrolling the floor. Schedule | Odds | Thunder breakdown | Suns breakdown …

The NBA playoffs are never short on surprises, and this year’s bracket is setting up to be an entertaining one so here are five bold predictions for the Knicks and contenders at large. Minnesota upsets Denver This lowkey postseason rivalry finds these two teams at a crossroads: Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets trying to maintain the vestiges of their 2023 …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Our NBA player prop projections are locked in for Saturday’s highly anticipated first-round playoff opener between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks, with the model flagging some good opportunities to exploit. These Hawks vs. Knicks NBA player prop projections aren’t based …

The Toronto Raptors (46-36) take on the Cleveland Cavaliers (52-30) during the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Cleveland added James Harden this season and with him in the lineup, Cleveland went 18-6 and he averaged 20.6 points, 7.8 assists, and 5.0 rebounds per game. The Cavaliers in the Donovan Mitchell era have yet to make it past the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The first Saturday of the NBA Playoffs kicks off with Raptors vs. Cavaliers, and our NBA player prop projections system has crunched the numbers to deliver the top Raptors vs. Cavaliers predictions you need for this 1:00 p.m. ET start. Advertisement Our Raptors vs. Cavaliers …

The 2026 NBA Playoffs tip off today with four exciting first-round matchups. First, at 1:00 PM ET, the Toronto Raptors, making their first playoff appearance since 2022, take on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then, at 3:30 PM, it’s the Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets. At 6:00 PM, the Atlanta Hawks go head-to-head with the New York Knicks as the two teams …

Now things get real. The NBA playoffs are here and make no mistake: Oklahoma City is the team to beat. The Thunder are the reigning champions and had the best record in the NBA despite a rash of injuries, including their second-best player from last season missing the majority of the season. Advertisement That doesn’t mean they are invincible. San …

PHOENIX (AP) — Golden State coach Steve Kerr is contemplating his future, the four-time NBA champion coach suggesting after the Warriors’ season ended Friday night that there is a chance he might not be back with the club next season. “It might still go on. It may not,” Kerr said after the Warriors lost in Phoenix and were eliminated from …

Of the last 20 games of Boston’s regular season, 13 featured a starting lineup of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Sam Hauser and Neemias Queta. Despite Tatum’s late entry into the lineup, that 5-man combo is third in total minutes together this year, sporting a +7 net scoring advantage (per 100 possessions). It’s a lineup that figures to transition …

PHOENIX (AP) — Jalen Green was several feet behind the 3-point line as the shot clock wound down and didn’t have many options, so the Phoenix guard simply squared up and let if fly. In most cases, the third-quarter heave wouldn’t have been a high-percentage shot. Advertisement On Friday night, pretty much everyone knew it was going in. “It felt …

A winning season usually gets you to the NBA playoffs. Not this year. There were a record-tying three teams — Charlotte at 44-38, Miami at 43-39 and the Los Angeles Clippers at 42-40 — that finished over .500 this season but failed to qualify for the playoffs. Advertisement The only other years when that happened were 1971 and 2022. In …

The 2026 NBA playoffs are set. All first-round matchups are locked in after a dramatic Play-In Tournament, and, now, the hunt for the Larry O’Brien Trophy ramps up off Saturday, April 18 with four series-opening games. The Play-In Tournament delivered plenty of excitemetn before a single first-round playoff game was played. The Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers locked up …

The Golden State Warriors’ tumultuous season — plagued by season-ending injuries to Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody and a 27-game absence from their franchise superstar due to a persistent runner’s knee issue — has come to an ultimate end tonight against the Phoenix Suns. Steph Curry could not muster enough energy to carry the Warriors anew, with his runner’s knee …

The Golden State Warriors’ season is officially over. Now begins an offseason in which the most successful NBA team of the past decade has some hard questions to answer. Stephen Curry is 38 years old. Draymond Green is 36 years old. Steve Kerr’s contract just expired. The Warriors could look very different once the 2026-27 campaign begins, and Kerr looked …