NBA playoffs takeaways: Nuggets top Thunder in final seconds, Knicks down Celtics in OT
The two road teams of Monday’s conference semifinal games executed well in the fourth quarter and stole Game 1 victories.
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Draymond Green controls emotions and defense to beat Rockets. Can he keep it up?
Green called himself out for getting overly aggressive in a Game 6 loss before a vintage Game 7. Next up: Rudy Gobert and the Timberwolves.
Cubs letting Pete Crow-Armstrong be himself as he blossoms into stardom
The white-hot talent slugged a big three-run homer that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead in their eventual 6-2 win over the Brewers.
Avalanche’s torturous collapse leaves plenty of questions: ‘It’s pretty shocking’
“I don’t know what we’re going to do,” Nathan MacKinnon said after Colorado’s 4-2 Game 7 collapse to the rival Dallas Stars.
Kawhi Leonard, Clippers were healthy and still couldn’t get past first round. Now what?
After a surprising regular season and a disappointingly familiar postseason, what will Clippers decide on James Harden, Ty Lue and more?
Jalen Brunson and the shot that may have saved the Knicks as we know them
The final points of Brunson’s 40-point performance carried the weight of a franchise and avoided an alternate universe.
With fewer four-homer games than perfect games, why is one revered, and the other a quirk?
On Saturday night, Arizona’s Eugenio Suárez joined an illustrious — and quirky — club. Its rarity doesn’t match its significance, however.
Does the NBA playoffs have a physicality problem? ‘I think it’s gone too far’
With several series getting very physical and the game slowing down, four NBA writers wonder if the league has gone too far.
Rosenthal: Tigers, Mariners succeeding with patchwork lineups, Cubs thriving at Wrigley
Plus notes on RBI-machine Wilmer Flores and Chandler Simpson, who might be the fastest player in professional baseball.
The NHL playoffs and identifying one burning question for every series
All 16 teams are still alive in the playoffs and things are heating up with seven massive Game 5s coming on Tuesday and Wednesday.