🤩 Maxey's Marvelous MSG Moment
The Sixers’ budding star etched his name in NBA history.

🔥 Playoff Murray Packed up the Lakers
LeBron and AD’s season is over after a tough series.

🧐 Hoops News Roundup
The GOAT might be leaving Los Angeles….

Maxey scores seven in 17 seconds, Sixers win 112-106 to save season and force Game 6

There were 28.2 seconds remaining in this game. MSG was absolutely rocking. Deuce McBride had buried a dagger to put the Knicks up 6 and Jalen Brunson was putting the finishing touches on yet another Herculean offensive effort to send New York back to the second round. Life was good in the Big Apple.

But, in a series as crazy as this one, it was never going to be that easy. After the Knicks had their iconic moment in Game 2, it was Tyrese Maxey who firmly etched his name into Philly hoops folklore. First came an off-balance four-point play—then, an audacious logo bomb to complete the impossible and send the game to OT. And despite JB doing everything he could in overtime to secure the W, the Sixers hung on.

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Short-handed Bucks make short work of Pacers, win 115-92 to extend series

No Dame, no Giannis, and reeling off the back of three straight losses—it seemed like the Bucks’ first season with a true superstar duo was a night away from ending in disaster.

Instead, Patrick Beverley, Khris Middleton, and Bobby Portis put on a performance so dominating we’re wondering if they should form their own big three. The trio controlled the game with ease down the stretch, helping Milwaukee outscore the Pacers by 31 over the final three quarters to take home a commanding W.

Bobby and Khris were the go-to guys on offense (29 points apiece) but this game truly had PatBev’s hands all over it. From crisp playmaking to downright diabolical defense, his insane all-around hustle might just spark a Bucks comeback… 👀

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Murray’s dagger leads Nuggets to 108-106 W, sends LeBron and LAL packing

These Lakers-Nuggets games feel scripted at this point, don’t they? I mean, what can we say that hasn’t been said before? Yes, the Lakers jumped out to an early lead. Yes, LeBron James was spectacular all night. And yes, Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets stormed back to set the stage for more late-game heroics from #27.

At this point, Jamal Murray is somehow more reliable in the playoffs than the regular season. With the mile-high lights at their brightest, Murray canned five threes, slammed home a thundering dunk on LeBron, and buried the series-ending dagger over the outstretched arm of Austin Reaves.

Next up, the showdown we’ve all been waiting for. The Timberwolves are fresh off an absolute dismantling of the Suns’ southwestern superteam, but can Anthony Edwards and Minnesota’s league-best defense stand strong against Nikola and the Nuggets? We don’t know the answer, but either way it’s about to be a MOVIE. 🎥🍿

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White terrorizes Heat, Celtics take 3-1 lead with 102-88 W

On a night where neither Jayson Tatum nor Jaylen Brown scored more than 20 and Kristaps Porzingis went down with a calf strain early in the first half, you’d expect this to be a classic Eric Spoelstra “master of the dark arts” game where Miami hits, like, 29 threes and pulls a win out of nowhere.

Instead, Derrick White almost hit more threes than the entire Heat roster by himself to lead Boston to the win. The Celtics’ elite role player provided the only sense of stable offense in a game that was desperately lacking it. What other guard is dropping three blocks to go along with a career-high 38 points? What a beast. 💪

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OKC completes sweep of Pelicans behind strong 4th quarter in 97-89 win

You hate to ever say an outcome in the playoffs was expected, but the Pelicans were always going to be in a brutal spot without Zion Williamson. Still, props to New Orleans for keeping Game 4 close for 40+ minutes behind some much-needed bench buckets from Naji Marshall and an all-around great team effort at limiting OKC’s perimeter game.

But it was the Thunder’s defense who clamped down hardest when it mattered most, holding the Pelicans scoreless over a three-minute stretch late in the fourth quarter as Jalen Williams dropped eight straight points to help OKC run away with the win. Now, SGA and company get a nice little break as they await the winner of Mavs-Clippers.

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😵‍💫 Josh Hart is a nutritionist’s nightmare!
Somebody get this man away from the Mike & Ikes…

🤣 Pat Bev with the celly of the year
Breaking out the “too small” like that is CRAZY.

💀 LeBron makes a fan flinch 
King James always has time for shenanigans.

What We’re Enjoying

Isn’t the rap game just better when guys are beefing? We’re not taking sides on this one, but Kendrick Lamar COOKED on his new diss track Euphoria. Time to turn Drake’s notis on for that response…. 👀