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The two best words in sports are “Game Seven.” It is a pressure cooker that exposes exactly who you are, stripping away the excuses and leaving only the raw emotion of survive-and-advance basketball. For the first two quarters on Sunday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors were practically looking in a mirror. At…
The Pistons didn’t just beat the Orlando Magic 116-94 in Game 7; they exorcised nearly two decades of playoff demons in front of a raucous Little Caesars Arena crowd that finally had a reason to shed tears of joy instead of sorrow. The Greatest Escape In Modern Hoops Let’s set the stage. The Pistons were…
The silence in the Orlando locker room following Game 6 spoke volumes. After orchestrating a brilliant first half and building a 24-point lead, the Orlando Magic suffered a catastrophic meltdown against the Detroit Pistons. Now, facing a winner-take-all Game 7 on the road, the young franchise has been dealt another devastating blow. Star forward Franz…
The Raptors are staring at the kind of playoff problem that can turn a locker room quiet in a hurry. Brandon Ingram, Toronto’s leading scorer during the regular season, is doubtful for Game 7 against the Cavaliers after showing up to shootaround in a walking boot. That is not exactly the sort of accessory a…
The confetti had barely settled on the floor of TD Garden, and the adrenaline of a historic Game 7 victory was still coursing through the Philadelphia 76ers’ locker room. They had just done the unthinkable, erasing a 3-1 series deficit against their oldest rivals, the Boston Celtics, and exorcising decades of postseason demons. But for…
For three games, this series looked like it was headed toward the usual polite Boston ending: the Celtics in control, the 76ers frustrated, and Joel Embiid stuck watching too much of it from the side. Then Embiid came back, and the whole thing changed. That is the Celtics’ own explanation. After Philadelphia stormed back from…
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s Saturday night at the TD Garden. The Boston crowd is absolutely buzzing, ready to witness what everyone assumed was an inevitability: another Philadelphia playoff collapse. History told us the 76ers had never, ever come back from a 3-1 deficit. They were 0-18 in those scenarios. Add to…
Players have been fined by the league. Playoff basketball in Madison Square Garden is a different beast. The energy is electric, the stakes are sky-high, and the physical toll of a hard-fought series eventually takes its toll on the players. That mounting pressure exploded in spectacular fashion during Thursday night’s Game 6 between the New…
In a development that has sent a collective shiver down the spine of New England, Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has officially been listed as questionable for Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Just six hours before tip-off in what is undoubtedly the most anticipated game of the NBA season, the Celtics dropped a bombshell…
If you looked at this weekend’s NBA playoff slate a week ago, you probably figured you’d have your weekend free to wash the car or mow the lawn. Instead, the basketball gods have delivered a glorious, chaotic gift: a triple-header of NBA Game 7s that completely defy logic, reason, and the resting heart rates of…