Note the date on this excellent stat

This is the immaturity that I saw as evergreen as their unis. I thought they had shed that cloak after last season's title. The line tonight dropped from an opening -9.5 to -3.5 because of the Jayson Tatum late scratch. (God, the "Heat" had their number for awhile.)

Julian Edlow

@julianedlow

Since 2022 the Celtics have reached 3 ECF, 2 NBA Finals and won an NBA title. During that same span Boston has also lost the following playoff games at home: - 2026 R1 G5 -10.5 vs PHI - 2026 R1 G2 -13.5 vs PHI - 2025 R2 G2 -10.5 vs NYK - 2025 R2 G1 -8.5 vs NYK - 2024 R2 G2 -13 vs CLE - 2024 R1 G2 -14 vs MIA - 2023 ECF G7 -7.5 vs MIA - 2023 ECF G2 -10 vs MIA - 2023 ECF G1 -8.5 vs MIA - 2023 R2 G5 -8 vs PHI - 2023 R2 G1 -10.5 vs PHI - 2023 R1 G5 -13.5 vs ATL - 2022 ECF G6 -8.5 vs MIA (Udoka) That's 13 home playoff losses as a favorite of 7.5 or more. More than half the NBA hasn't even hosted 13 playoff games since 2022.

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JoeMazz Ignorance, too

Mazzulla...started a lineup of Derrick White, Baylor Scheierman, Jaylen Brown, Ron Harper Jr. and Luka Garza, a grouping that had never played together before starting the biggest game of Boston's season.

It then looked like a group that hadn't played together before, as Philadelphia raced out to an early lead and quickly forced Mazzulla to start making changes.

Tim Bontemps, ESPN

Boston Arrogance Lost This Series

I thought they had grown out of that crap. G5 showed they hadn't.

Beans were 32-0 winning a series they led 3-1. Phila. was 0-18 winning a series trailing 3-1

Beans is now 32-1, Phila. 1-18.

Cobra and Mongoose

This is epic: Joel Embiid held the ball for seven seconds as Jaylen Brown barked and swiped at him. As always happens the Mongoose got the snake in the end.

                                                     Joel gets the ball: 6:20.

Makes his move, 6:13.

He gotcha Jaylen!

Quakers DO Fight! Phila. Advances After 1-3, Eliminates Puritans 100-109

Oh boy. Puritans 75 Quakers 88, end 3Q

Phil. Keeps on Quakin'. 63-74, 4:47 3Q. Gawd Beans.

Puritans 52 Quakes 63 (8-2 run), 9:39 3Q

HT Puritans 50 Quakers 55

Beans played around in G5 at home and lost. There should never have been a G6, the 4Q of which Jayson was pulled for left calf soreness. They lost that one too and now this is the result, a G7 without him. Play around, lay around.

OH JAYSON TATUM IS NOT PLAYING! (was listed as questionable)

Quakers maintaining! 46-51, 1:42 2Q

6-17 👀

Puritan Boston 6 Quaker Philadelphia 13, 6:48 1Q

Crime Occurrences

Another friend of Florida Man arrested for a sex crime. Influencer Craig Long. Like Florida Man, Craig has a, um, long felony record.

But that is not the main story, here. Elles and Gees, Non-criminals and Felons, right out of central casting, complete with old Florida drawl and perfect timing on delivery, I give you, Sheriff Grady Judd.

                                                                   A ⭐ is born. 

ps: notice the change in facial expression in the deputy over Grady's right shoulder.

Tonight, seven thirty bells: Puritans-Quakers G7

No Magic

Orlando's second half coronary last night truly beggars belief. That is a GOOD team--relatively, objectively, individually, collectively. Then they shoot 4/37 in the 2H, 1/20 in the 4th, and their coach doesn't know how to make a T with both hands or grab his ass. Literally never happened before in the whole history of the NBA that a team scores 19 points in the second half.

There was a coach in this series putting a resume together a few days ago and his name was not Jamahl Mosley. His name was Bickerstaff, JB, the head man of the wire-to-wire Least leader on the edge of the abyss with two toes over. And if they lose tomorrow, he will be pushed over. But now it's Mosley. Actually, these two friends are standing shoulder-to-shoulder up there, for whoever loses Sunday will be selling fake watches out of a raincoat Monday.

The Drop from Heaven

 

Uh oh. LONG!

NO! DOWN BALL, DOWN!

WHOA BALL, WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!

OUT OF SIGHT! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN! COME DOWN BALL! DOWNS-A-DAISY BALL!!!!

GOOD BALL! GOOD BALL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

SHOW'S OVER, ROCKETTES! TIME TO GET OFF STAGE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE!

69-96 La-La Bron-Bron, 2:01 left.

HT Rockettes (2-3) 31 La-La Bron-Bron 49

THE DROP FROM HEAVEN. RJ BARRETT WINS IT FOR ONTARIO STATE

FULL-TIME! O-STATE FORCES AN EERIE G7 112-110

GO STATE O-STATE! 112-110, 1.2" LEFT IN OT

OVERTIME IN TRUE NORTH

If that Cleveland pencil's observation is correct, OT is bad boding for Ontario State.

Cavalry Tie it! Too soon? Mobley. 104-104, :11.6, Ontario State FTO

O State had a SHOT CLOCK TURNOVER with 14.4" left. Cleveland calls FTO (which Jamahl Mosley was not aware you could do)

Great intel!:

Spencer Davies

@SpinDavies

#Cavs force a 24-second violation on the absolutely energy-emptied-out Raptors group. Home squad's left it out on the floor tonight. ...

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Go State, O State! 104-102, :14.4

Associated Press, Media of Record

 By AP

May 1, 2026, 09:53 pm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- — Cade Cunningham scored 32 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons pulled off an incredible rally...

...The Magic looked absolutely poised to become the seventh No. 8 seed to eliminate a No. 1 seed in the conference quarterfinal round.

And then everything went wrong for Orlando. Everything.

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That number, and a whole lot of others, were just baffling. The Magic missed 23 consecutive shots from the field, Detroit went on a 35-5 run and just like that, the story of the game — and quite possibly the series — changed wildly.

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The first quarter was back and forth...

The second quarter: Magic 35, Pistons 12.

It seemed over. It was not. Because the third quarter: Pistons 24, Magic 11. The tone was set for a comeback, and when the night ended those who remained in Orlando's Kia Center booed as they departed for possibly the final time this season.