Basketball Intelligence For 4/28/26
The primary spherical to this point
Henry Abbott/David Thorpe, True Hoop
The NBA rookie trio of Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, and Collin Murray-Boyles are leveling up their video games in significant methods in the course of the 2026 NBA Playoffs
Nathan Grubel, No Ceilings
1(ish) stat explaining every first-round collection
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Recapping Monday’s Video games
Dustin Brewer, HOOPS
BOS-PHI
Jordan Walsh has been the unsung hero of the Celtics’ playoff success to this point
Trevor Hass, Celtics Weblog
Now dealing with elimination, the Sixers should play ‘determined’ to increase their season past Recreation 5 in Boston
Gina Mizell, The Inquirer
LAL-HOU
How Reed Sheppard blocked the ‘noise’ of a disappointing NBA begin to earn Rockets’ belief
Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic
Luke Kennard as soon as lit up Ohio. Now he’s doing it for LeBron James’ Lakers
Dan Woike, The Athletic
MIN-DEN
Nuggets wallop Timberwolves in Recreation 5, maintain collection alive: Takeaways
The Athletic
Nuggets cruise to Recreation 5 win over Timberwolves, staving off elimination in NBA playoffs
Bennett Durando, Denver Submit
Spencer Jones saved the Nuggets’ season. Then he needed to watch for a journey residence
Jason Fast, The Athletic
Nuggets take massive step towards one other 3-1 comeback with 125-113 win in Recreation 5
Vinny Bennedetto, Denver Gazette
Timberwolves don’t really feel defeated, blame themselves for Recreation 5 loss
Chris Hine, Star Tribune
NYK-ATL
The Knicks’ offense flowed with Karl-Anthony Cities because the hub. Can they stick with it?
Fred Katz, The Athletic
What’s Up With Jalen?
Jonathan Macri, Knicks Movie College
In Recreation 5 towards Knicks, Hawks must increase their degree of depth
Lauren Williams, AJC
Landry Shamet falling out of Knicks’ rotation has led to a Jose Alvarado uptick
Jared Schwartz, NY Submit
Breaking apart the wings would possibly save the Knicks’ season
Max Wildstein, The Strick.land
OKC-PHX
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander fuels OKC Thunder previous Phoenix Suns for sweep in NBA Playoffs
Justin Martinez, The Oklahoman
What’s subsequent for Suns?
Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic
Thunder full sweep over Suns: Recreation 4 takeaways
The Athletic
Chet Holmgren Exhibiting ‘Urgency With Persistence’
Mark Medina, Forbes
Suns have been an surprising playoff crew, then discovered simply how far they should go
Doug Haller, The Athletic
Thunder full sweep of Suns to succeed in Western Convention semis
Tim MacMahon, ESPN
ORL-DET
Due to Jamal Cain, the underdog Magic are on the verge eliminating Pistons
Josh Robbins, The Athletic
The Magic are overcoming one in every of their largest flaws
Philip Rossman-Reich, World R Squared
Magic take 3-1 collection lead, have No. 1 seed Pistons on the point of elimination: Takeaways
The Athletic
Three Causes the Magic Are One Recreation Away From Eliminating the Prime-Seeded Pistons
Blake Silverman, Sports activities Illustrated
Pistons’ season on the brink towards Magic
Hunter Patterson, The Athletic
Pistons, East prime seed, face elimination after loss
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN
Magic take commanding 3-1 collection lead over No. 1 Pistons
Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel
One other Magic contact
Juri Bilcich
Pistons’ strengths in common season turning into weaknesses
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
SAS-POR
How Wemby and Fox Dominated within the Paint Throughout Recreation 4
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
Keldon Johnson’s transfer to the bench kick-started San Antonio’s resurgence
Michael C. Wright, ESPN
TOR-CLE
How Collin Murray-Boyles this NBA rookie is wrecking the Cavs
Jeremias Engelmann, 5×5
Collin Murray-Boyles is the most recent gem from NBA’s excellent rookie class
Eric Koreen, The Athletic
Raptors’ Jamal Shead impacting playoff basketball past the field rating
Kai Gammage, Sportsnet
BKN: How the Nets are ready to ace the NBA draft lottery — much more so than the final time they received it
Brian Lewis, NY Submit
CHA: 2026 Offseason Preview
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
CHI: The Bulls can rent anybody they need. The actual query is whether or not Michael Reinsdorf will spend
Nick Friedell, The Athletic
OKC: How a commerce 19 years in the past remains to be serving to OKC and its title hopes
Baxter Holmes, OKC
SAC: Vlade Divac explains why Kings didn’t draft Luka Doncic, admits he made mistake
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee
BI Notice: Making an attempt to make sense of Vlade’s “reasoning” makes my head harm.
2026 NBA mock draft: Risers, fallers forward of the Could 10 lottery
Jeremy Woo, ESPN
NBA mock draft 2026: Replace after school basketball entry deadline with remaining lottery odds
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
New 2026 NBA Mock Draft
Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report
10 CBB switch portal strikes with large NBA Draft implications
Christopher Kline, Fansided
NBA Draft lottery proposals don’t handle the underlying motive behind tanking
David Aldridge The Athletic
