James Harden started the playoffs with a masterful 32-point, 11-assist effort in Game 1. Since then, his scoring and shot selection have been dropping precipitously.
How many of the NBA players who have recorded the most career 40-point playoff games can you name in five minutes?
Dillon Brooks is a tenacious defender and a supremely confident trash talker. But in the playoffs, his brash rhetoric tends to blow up in his face.
How many of the 36 players in NBA history to make eight or more three's in a single postseason game can you name in five minutes?
How many of the youngest players for each NBA franchise to score 25 points with five made three's to go with at least five rebounds and assists can you name in five minutes?
It would appear that for all of the Magic's physicality, aggressiveness and defensive upside, they tapped into a level of competitiveness the Celtics haven't shown since this time last year.
Mystics rookie guard Georgia Amoore's season looks like it might be over before it began.
Rick Carlisle's team just took care of the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. It may be time to start taking the Pacers far more seriously.
In recent years, NIL has taken college sports by storm. With athletes now having the opportunity to make money, there is some incentive not to quickly make the jump to the pros.
How many "second fiddles" from every NBA champion in the post-merger era can you name in six minutes?
For Milwaukee, the defeat marks a bitter end to an uneven season, one that could prompt significant offseason questions.
The Nuggets guard dazzled with 43 points in his team's 131-115 Game 5 victory over the Clippers on Tuesday.
Antetokounmpo had an altercation with Haliburton's father following the Bucks' heartbreaking loss in Game 5.
It can be argued that the Magic didn't truly test the Celtics in their first-round series win, but there's even a stronger case to be made that the champions forced the young Magic into submission.
Haliburton helped the Pacers complete an epic comeback to eliminate the Bucks and took a jab after the game at his peers who voted him "most overrated" in a recent poll.
Since 1996, no NBA team has lost a playoff game where it led by at least seven points with less than 40 seconds to go. But as he's proved so many times, there's no playoff lead so big that Rivers can't blow it.
Playing without Damian Lillard, the Milwaukee Bucks were up seven points with 40 seconds to go in overtime to stave off elimination. Then Tyrese Haliburton led a furious comeback, again.
Orlando couldn't keep up with the Celtics' high-flying offense.
Stephon Castle won a national championship with the University of Connecticut in his lone college season. The 20-year-old wing has now earned a major individual accolade.
The Kings will remove the interim tag from Doug Christie and make him their permanent head coach, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports that the two sides are finalizing the details of a multiyear contract.
Two teams advanced to the second round, one team saved their season and another shot the lights out. Here are four stars from a very busy night of NBA playoff basketball.
Jalen Brunson may be the NBA's Clutch Player of the Year, but it was Cade Cunningham who took over late to keep his Detroit Pistons from going home.
Four years ago, the Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA title in half a century. Since then, they've only won a single playoff series.
Milwaukee will head into the offseason with similar questions to previous years. With each passing year, Giannis Antetokounmpo is inching away from his prime.
The Milwaukee Bucks' season came to an end on Tuesday night with a 119-118 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of their first-round series. There is sure to be some frustration with that.
He recently committed to Duke after taking an official visit.
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