2026 NBA Playoffs - first round series

[The Bobster]

Halftime - Blazers 58, Spurs 41
Final - Spurs 114, Blazers 93

[Mori Chu]

Oh wow. Embiid is back?

[TOO]

They are worse with him.

[Superbone]

They are worse with him.

Trust the process.

[Superbone]

[BKinSJC]

Houston got a win without him, not that they have any real hope to come back in that series.

Suns will be the first team out now, and the only team swept.

[Mori Chu]

Ayton gets ejected near the end of Houston's win for elbowing Sengun. Doesn't look intentional to me, but it's a hard hit. Fwiw, folks on Reddit are pointing out that this game had the same ref who Booker went off against in our own series for making a lot of bad calls.

[Kryptonic]

Ayton gets ejected near the end of Houston's win for elbowing Sengun. Doesn't look intentional to me, but it's a hard hit. Fwiw, folks on Reddit are pointing out that this game had the same ref who Booker went off against in our own series for making a lot of bad calls.

The fact his elbow made any contact is an improvement.. especially for Mr softy.

[Superbone]

First ejection of his career?

[Aztec Sunsfan]

Ayton gets ejected near the end of Houston's win for elbowing Sengun. Doesn't look intentional to me, but it's a hard hit. Fwiw, folks on Reddit are pointing out that this game had the same ref who Booker went off against in our own series for making a lot of bad calls.

The fact his elbow made any contact is an improvement.. especially for Mr softy.

Wait for the Game Five injury report: “Bruised Elbow”- OUT

[ShelC]

No sources cited and it's likely just social media BS but I still love reading it

[JJ Slim]

Jokic brothers at it again.

So the NBA quietly announced today that Jokic would be fined $50k and Minny's Julius Randle was fined $35k. No suspensions?!?! I could swear I saw several players leave the bench on both sides. I guess either the rules have changed since Amare took a few steps or the definition of "leaving the bench" has changed.

And not that I like Jokic but I feel he was justified in being upset. Yes he ran to confront McDaniels but he had his arms wide like "what the heck were you doing?". He didn't push McDaniels until McD grabbed Jokic's jersey and he tried to push him off.

[ShelC]

Letter of the law my ass.

[ShelC]

I think they call this "The Tony Montana"

[The Bobster]

Orlando is closing in on a 3-1 lead in their series.

[Mori Chu]

No sources cited and it's likely just social media BS but I still love reading it

You think the Rockets will retire KD's jersey?

[Mori Chu]

Orlando is closing in on a 3-1 lead in their series.

That series is so wild. Orlando is one team that I gave absolutely no chance of winning their series. None. They haven't shown anything to indicate that they could be winning 4 of 7 playoff games all year. And honestly they don't look THAT good in this series: their offense and shot selection are mostly garbage. They seem like they're having some good luck (friendly bounces, etc.) and doing juuuust enough to win, while Detroit is having an epic collapse. Pretty amazing.

My biggest takeaway from that series is that maybe Detroit would trade a huge pile of assets for Devin Booker (or Jalen Green) to help get themselves over the hump. Phone lines are open, Pistons! Our owner loves Michigan! Call us!

[JJ Slim]

There seems to be a building consensus here that Booker to Detroit might be an option lol

[ShelC]

Detroit native, if Ishbia sends him anywhere it would likely be a winning EC team and his home state. Everything aligns from that perspective.

[Split T]

There’s almost zero chance Booker is traded in the next year