1. Stephon Castle Dunks on Isaiah Hartenstein in Spurs-Thunder Game 2
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    Stephon Castle Dunks on Isaiah Hartenstein in Spurs-Thunder Game 2

    Castle drove the lane from above the arc, took flight over Isaiah Hartenstein, and silenced the Paycom Center. Dunk Score logged it at 116.9 — early dunk of the year candidate, no asterisk.

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  2. Jalen Brunson Scores 38 as Knicks Erase 22-Point Deficit in ECF Game 1
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    Jalen Brunson Scores 38 as Knicks Erase 22-Point Deficit in ECF Game 1

    Brunson scored 17 of his 38 in the final 12:39 of a 44-11 Knicks run, turning a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit into a 115-104 overtime win over the Cavaliers.

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  3. Knicks Conference Finals Tickets Start at $501 on the Resale Market
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    Knicks Conference Finals Tickets Start at $501 on the Resale Market

    Game 1 resale seats open near $501 and average close to $1,900 — and courtside listings for a Finals the Knicks haven't clinched have already hit $102,608. A live readout of a 25-year wait.

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  4. Knicks Enter Eastern Conference Finals With Nine-Day Rest Edge Over Cavaliers
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    Knicks Enter Eastern Conference Finals With Nine-Day Rest Edge Over Cavaliers

    The Knicks get nine days of rest; the Cavaliers get 48 hours and the rhythm of fourteen straight playoff games. Game 1 at MSG tests which one matters more.

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  5. Oklahoma City Thunder Carry 8-0 Playoff Record Into Western Conference Finals Opener vs. Spurs
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    Oklahoma City Thunder Carry 8-0 Playoff Record Into Western Conference Finals Opener vs. Spurs

    The reigning champion Thunder enter the Western Conference Finals without a postseason loss — but the Spurs won the regular-season series 4-1, and Victor Wembanyama is built for exactly this test.

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  6. NBA Playoff scoring drops 9 points per game in Round 1
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    NBA Playoff scoring drops 9 points per game in Round 1

    Teams averaged 115.6 points per game in the highest-scoring regular season since 1969-70. In Round 1 of the 2026 playoffs, that number collapsed to 106.8. The last time the league saw a drop this big, it rewrote the rulebook within months.

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  7. The Magic Are One Win From NBA History
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    The Magic Are One Win From NBA History

    The 8th-seeded Magic lead the top-seeded Pistons 3-2 heading to a do-or-die Game 6 on Friday in Orlando. There have been only six 8-over-1 upsets in NBA history. None of them looked quite like this one.

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  8. Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks during Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks
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    Knicks and Hawks tip off Game 5 at Madison Square Garden

    Karl-Anthony Towns generated a 34-point per-100-possession swing for the Knicks against the Hawks — the single most decisive individual variable in the first-round series.

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  9. The Magic Wire-to-Wire'd the No. 1 Pistons in Game 1. Cade Cunningham Scored 39 and It Still Wasn't Enough.
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    The Magic Wire-to-Wire'd the No. 1 Pistons in Game 1. Cade Cunningham Scored 39 and It Still Wasn't Enough.

    Paolo Banchero. Franz Wagner. The No. 8 seed Orlando Magic never trailed against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons on Saturday, winning 112-101 in one of the more complete upsets in recent playoff history.

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  10. Friday Notes for May 31st, 2024
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    Friday Notes for May 31st, 2024

    The Uristocrat Headlines for Friday, May 31st, 2024. A Look at Vince Staples, Kendrick Lamar, NBA Finals Preview, and the latest sneakers.

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  11. Wednesday Notes: Yeezy Sneakers are back, NBA Finals Preview, Baby Keem x Kendrick Lamar
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    Wednesday Notes: Yeezy Sneakers are back, NBA Finals Preview, Baby Keem x Kendrick Lamar

    Adidas put over $1 billion in Yeezy inventory back on sale to move past the Kanye West fallout — on the same day J. Cole was credited with helping the Heat land Caleb Martin.

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  12. Sports Roundup: NBA Finals matchup set - Nuggets vs. Heat, Premier League Updates, NBA Ref burner accounts
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    Sports Roundup: NBA Finals matchup set - Nuggets vs. Heat, Premier League Updates, NBA Ref burner accounts

    Denver and Miami are set for the NBA Finals, Everton squeezed past relegation on the last day of the Premier League season, and referee Eric Lewis was under investigation for an alleged Twitter burner account.

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