Shocked that Mikal Bridges didn't take that driving angle, that's so unlike him.

Nice I've now been to both

A tall, mid-range loving, borderline All-Star Raptors wing struggling and inspiring tons of discourse against the Cavs? That'd never happen

I'll be posting here as well as @theathletic.com game page using the discuss feature. Let's hope for a more interesting game than Saturday.

ah ok that makes sense.

Possibly dumb question: Wouldn't it be weird if a robot couldn't beat a human? The robot can't get tired.

Theo Ratliff, Sam Cassell, Lindsey Hunter, James Posey, Antonio McDyess and PJ Brown played in the last Pistons home playoff win.

NBA playoff predictions: First-round winners, OKC's biggest threat, picks for champion

Pistons in 5
Celtics in 5
Knicks in 6
Cavs in 7
Thunder in 4
Spurs in 6
Nuggets in 7
Rockets in 6

Pistons in 7
Celtics in 6
Thunder in 5
Spurs in 7

Celtics in 6
Spurs in 7

Spurs in 6

(More staff predictions here www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...)

I do pray for those poor souls that have to fight through all those screens for Sonia Citron.

sky have any more future firsts to trade?

People smarter than me: What's the long-term vision with Iriafen, Betts and Austin in the same frontcourt?

Who is and isn't eligible for NBA awards? Here's the list

Now that the season is over, here's who is (and isn't) eligible for MVP, MIP, DPOY, All-NBA and All-Defense. www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

NBA regular season finale live updates: Schedule and scores as playoff bracket gets set

We are live-blogging the final day of the season over @theathletic.com

The 18 players who will play all 82 games For obvious reasons, we have spent a lot of time talking about the 65-game rule this year. Given travel schedules and the evolving pace and geometry of the game, expecting players to get on the floor ...

Salute to Desmond Bane and these 17 other dudes who will suit up in all 82 games this season. www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Top headlines: Tiger arrested on suspicion of DUI after crash. Sources: Sun sold, will relocate to Houston in '27

another banner day for "if you didn't know sports were real, ESPN headlines would be crazy"

Kawhi Leonard isn’t just balling out for the Clippers. He’s also speaking up Leonard has been using his voice more in a year that could end with recognition that the 34-year-old hasn't seen in a while.

🆕 @theathletic.com

I wrote about Kawhi Leonard's burgeoning leadership, as told from the perspective of two veteran LA Clippers teammates and two rookie contract LA Clippers teammates

www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

The solution, to me, is to go back to the pre-2019 system and restrict pick protections to top-3 or lottery, while penalizing anti-competitive behavior more harshly and perhaps setting aside a pot of national TV money to be doled out proportionally based on the previous season's win percentage.

IMO these new measures will making tanking worse, not better.

We're more likely to get 10 great teams and 20 terrible ones because the 20 see the lottery as their best chance to win a title. Why strive for 50 wins and a 2nd-round exit when you can win 35 and guarantee a chance to get that prize?

I'm watching a game where the home team is wearing orange on their blue court against an opponent wearing blue.

Victor Wembanyama says he’s the NBA MVP. I asked him to debate his case (Gift Article) Lots of basketball fans think the Spurs superstar is the MVP. We asked him what he thinks.

Victor Wembanyama makes his own MVP case to @jaredweissnba.bsky.social in an impromptu locker room debate, featuring Keldon Johnson www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

The tankiest NBA efforts we’ve seen, from bigs chucking 3s to epic Clippers-Thunder tilts (Gift Article) Even when teams don't care about winning, everyday heroes must chronicle the events. These are their stories.

You think late-season tanking shenanigans are new? Nope.

I joined a couple of our Athletic writers to recall the most shameless tanking games we've ever covered. Justice for Cedric Jackson! www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...

There's a deal
www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...

On a night Bam Adebayo went for 83, one person in the building scored even more points.

Story on Jamie Carrig, the man who had to draw 43 circles: www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

Not sure which SGA 127-game streak stat is more impressive:

-Only 13 games scoring less than 25 points
-Only 11 games where he got his 20th point in the 4th quarter
-His FG% during the streak was HIGHER than Wilt's during his streak
-He scored between 25 and 40 in 100 (likely 101) of the 127 games

Love this sport. When it delivers, it DELIVERS

Nor that

You can't defend that any better

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ties Wilt Chamberlain with 126 consecutive 20-point games

The most incredible thing to me about SGA's 126-game 20+ point streak?

He got to the 20-point mark before the fourth quarter 115 times. www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

It felt like 75% of that quarter involved Jalen Brunson dribbling.

This game reminds me of the Spurs-Thunder Christmas game. Wemby owned the rim on defense, while the Spurs guards went right at the physical Thunder defenders over and over.