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Calculated Shard: 149 (from laksa125)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa149.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-e18a51bc5f13d21bc2ba8e1edeeab13c\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-e18a51bc5f13d21bc2ba8e1edeeab13c\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-e18a51bc5f13d21bc2ba8e1edeeab13c","crawl_time":1775319384,"first_indexed_time":1745068965,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,apnews!\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-e18a51bc5f13d21bc2ba8e1edeeab13c s443","src_root_hash":"13170802201813479149","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"NBA playoff guide: Who plays when, how to watch, what the odds are | AP News","meta_descriptions":["The NBA Finals still need an Eastern Conference champion. The New York Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to beat the Indiana Pacers 111-94 and get within 3-2 in the East title series."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Oklahoma City is in the\nNBA\nFinals. Indiana could join the Thunder there on Saturday night.\nThe Pacers play host to the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. If the Pacers win, they’re headed to Oklahoma City. If the Knicks win, there will be a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.\nThe Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to\nbeat the Pacers 111-94\nin Game 5 and get within 3-2 in the East title series.\nGame 1 of the finals is Thursday in Oklahoma City.\nFending off elimination\nThe Knicks became the eighth team to win a game when facing elimination this season.\nHouston and Denver both successfully fended off elimination twice before seeing their seasons end. Detroit, Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston, Oklahoma City and now New York all have done so once.\nIndiana is the only team that has yet to play a win-or-else game in these playoffs.\nTeams are 10-13 so far in win-or-else games this postseason.\nSGA is the MVP\nA recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award.\nThe story:\nGilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award\nThe reaction:\nSGA tears up when talking about his wife\nSteve Nash speaks:\nCanada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him\nThe notebook:\nJokic finishes top-2 for 5th straight year, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes\n1 MIN READ\n3 MIN READ\n1 MIN READ\nSaturday’s national TV schedule\n8 p.m. EDT — New York at Indiana (TNT)\nMonday’s national TV schedule\n8 p.m. EDT — Indiana at New York (TNT), if necessary\nBetting odds\nOklahoma City (-750) is an even bigger favorite now to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana (+700) remains the second choice, followed by New York (+1500).\nThe Pacers are a 3.5-point favorite over New York on Saturday.\nConference finals schedules\nEast (all 8 p.m. EDT) —\nGame 1, Indiana 138, New York 135, OT\n;\nGame 2, Indiana 114, New York 109\n;\nGame 3, New York 106, Indiana 100\n;\nGame 4, Indiana 130, New York 121\n;\nGame 5, New York 111, Indiana 94\n; Game 6 at Indiana on Saturday; Game 7 at New York on Monday.\nWest —\nGame 1, Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88\n;\nGame 2, Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103\n;\nGame 3, Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101\n;\nGame 4, Oklahoma City 128, Minnesota 126\n;\nGame 5, Oklahoma City 124, Minnesota 94\n.\nNBA Finals schedule\nJune 5 — Game 1, at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT\nJune 8 — Game 2, at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT\nJune 11 — Game 3, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT\nJune 13 — Game 4, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT\nJune 16 — Game 5, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT\nJune 19 — Game 6, at Indiana or New York, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT\nJune 22 — Game 7, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT\n(And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!)\nAward season\nThe All-NBA team\nhad Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell on the first team, and LeBron James — at 40 years old — making an All-NBA team for the 21st time.\nOther awards this season:\n—\nThe All-Defensive team\n—\nShai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award\n.\n—\nStephon Castle was a unanimous All-Rookie team selection\n.\n—\nOklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year\n.\n— Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won\ncoach of the year\n.\n— Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the\nsocial justice award\nand\nthe sportsmanship award\n.\n—\nAtlanta’s Dyson Daniels won most improved player\n.\n—\nSan Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year\n.\n—\nGolden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award\n.\n—\nGolden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award\n.\n—\nCleveland’s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year\n.\n—\nNew York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year\n.\n—\nBoston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year\n.\nScoring leaders\nThe highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs:\n48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6\n44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13\n43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9\n43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29\n43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27\n43 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Indiana, May 21\n42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12\n42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5\n40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1\n40 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, May 26\n39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12\n39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21\n39 — Pascal Siakam, Indiana at New York, May 23\nKey upcoming events\nMonday — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals.\nJune 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)\nJune 25 — NBA draft, first round.\nJune 26 — NBA draft, second round.\nDraft lottery\nDallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery last Monday night in Chicago.\n—\nFlagg, just a kid from Maine, hasn’t forgotten his roots\n—\nFrom Rutgers to the lottery for Harper, Bailey\n—\nA Chinese teen is a draft hopeful, and has big shoes to fill\n—\nMavs win lottery\n—\nRick Welts has seen this before\nComeback season\nThe Knicks — again — added to the list in Game 3 of the East finals.\nThere have been six wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs.\nThe biggest deficits that were successfully overcome:\n29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108)\n20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118)\n20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105)\n20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119)\n20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90)\n20 — New York at Indiana, May 25 (Knicks won 106-100)\nLast-second Pacers rallies\nIndiana has pulled off three last-minute rallies from at least seven points down to win in these playoffs:\n— April 29: Trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime, won 119-118.\n— May 6: Trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left, won 120-119.\n— May 21: Trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation, won 138-135 in overtime.\nStats of the day\n— Jalen Brunson is two 3-pointers away from 100 in his Knicks playoff career. He’ll be the second Knicks player to reach that mark (John Starks, 175).\n— Myles Turner enters Saturday with 116 career playoff blocks. That’s third in Pacers playoff history (in their NBA era, anyway); he’s four behind leader Jermaine O’Neal and three behind Dale Davis.\n— Game 6 of the East finals will be New York’s 100th game of the season. It will mark only the third time in Knicks history that the team plays 100 games in a season (107 in 1993-94, 101 in 1969-70).\nQuote of the day\n“Our backs are against the wall. I wasn’t thinking, ‘I need to play better than him.’ I was just thinking, ‘I need to help my team win.’ And that’s my mindset every time I’m on the court.” — Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, asked about going up against Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton.\n___\nAP NBA:\nhttps:\/\/apnews.com\/nba","attrs_markdown":"[Enable accessibility](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-e18a51bc5f13d21bc2ba8e1edeeab13c)\n\n[![AP Logo](https:\/\/assets.apnews.com\/19\/66\/bc546486408c8595f01753a9fbeb\/ap-logo-176-by-208.svg)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/)\n\nMenu\n\n- [World](https:\/\/apnews.com\/world-news)\n  \n  SECTIONS\n  \n  [Iran war](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran) [Russia-Ukraine war](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine) [Español](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/noticias) [China](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/china) [Asia Pacific](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/asia-pacific) [Latin America](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america) [Europe](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/europe) [Africa](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/africa)\n  \n  TOP STORIES\n  \n  - [LIVE Live updates: US and Iran race to find missing crew member from downed military plane](https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/iran-war-israel-trump-04-04-2026)\n  - [Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot' as US continues frantic search](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-4-2026-b1f73e5c2a88ddcf71d93f49f9494e1b)\n  - [Collapse of Tokyo's aging cherry blossom trees during viewing season raises safety concerns](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/japan-cherry-blossom-trees-falling-8214651be7d0f5a42748008bbb55f7fa)\n  \n  Newsletters\n  \n  [The Morning Wire Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters?id=Morning+Wire+Subscribers)\n  \n  [The Afternoon Wire Get caught up on what you may have missed throughout the day.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters?id=Afternoon+Wire)\n  \n  [See All Newsletters](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters)\n- [U.S.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/us-news)\n  \n  SECTIONS\n  \n  [Immigration](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/immigration) [Weather](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/weather) [Education](https:\/\/apnews.com\/education) [Transportation](https:\/\/apnews.com\/us-news\/transportation) [Abortion](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/abortion) [LGBTQ+](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/lgbtq) [Notable Deaths](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/obituaries)\n  \n  TOP STORIES\n  \n  - [Crews battle fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California that's forced some to evacuate](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/southern-california-springs-wildfire-perris-aff44411b359df6855b3e8f82e4a41c8)\n  - [Georgia lawmakers pass bill that lets property owners file claims over homelessness and immigration](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-homeless-encampment-sanctuary-city-ban-6417792f16ce7c1cd4a323ec55b1353a)\n  - [As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/extraterrestrials-ufo-uap-trump-obama-files-708d44143b6fdec9a85464655ca9d78d)\n  \n  Newsletters\n  \n  [The Morning Wire Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters?id=Morning+Wire+Subscribers)\n  \n  [See All Newsletters](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters)\n  \n  AP QUIZZES\n  \n  [Test Your News I.Q. — take today’s quiz](https:\/\/apnews.com\/quizzes)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/apnews.com\/politics)\n  \n  SECTIONS\n  \n  [2026 Elections](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/elections) [Election Results](https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/) [Election calendar](https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/calendar\/) [White House](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump) [Congress](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/congress) [Supreme Court](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court) [The latest AP-NORC polls](https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/polling-tracker\/) [Ground Game](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ground-game)\n  \n  TOP STORIES\n  \n  - [US military jets hit in Iran war are the first shot down by enemy fire in over 20 years](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-fighter-jet-shot-down-trump-3a8b2d5b2cdaceb13bbb62c3f6526e71)\n  - [China aims to show global leadership with Iran war diplomacy. 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Indiana could join the Thunder there on Saturday night.\n\nThe Pacers play host to the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. If the Pacers win, they’re headed to Oklahoma City. If the Knicks win, there will be a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.\n\nThe Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to [beat the Pacers 111-94](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3) in Game 5 and get within 3-2 in the East title series.\n\nGame 1 of the finals is Thursday in Oklahoma City.\n\n## Fending off elimination\nThe Knicks became the eighth team to win a game when facing elimination this season.\n\nHouston and Denver both successfully fended off elimination twice before seeing their seasons end. Detroit, Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston, Oklahoma City and now New York all have done so once.\n\nIndiana is the only team that has yet to play a win-or-else game in these playoffs.\n\nTeams are 10-13 so far in win-or-else games this postseason.\n\n## SGA is the MVP\nA recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award.\n\nThe story: [Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e)\n\nThe reaction: [SGA tears up when talking about his wife](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shai-gilgeousalexander-wife-thanks-mvp-ab5c612208e45345016c7917e8224b12)\n\nSteve Nash speaks: [Canada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-shai-gilgeous-alexander-canada-87bdd80af862cea52b02e5734b36fd53)\n\nThe notebook: [Jokic finishes top-2 for 5th straight year, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-jokic-shai-lebron-giannis-d5a24a2f18068ee590a488dd2a456d46)\n\nRelated Stories\n\n[![Sacramento Kings center Dylan Cardwell (32) gestures after making a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. 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(AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/78ef4a4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5419x3613+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F59%2F6d%2F72dbc2005948a78395689045009b%2F66a3fcf0d3db491089a033c6c98f9c6c)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mavericks-cooper-flagg-0c6888023bef5635e9a76047f7950240)\n\n[Mavs rookie Cooper Flagg scores 51 points to become first teen to reach 50 in an NBA game](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mavericks-cooper-flagg-0c6888023bef5635e9a76047f7950240)\n\n3 MIN READ\n\n[![Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (32) hangs on the rim after dunking over Orlando Magic's Wendell Carter Jr. (34) and Jevon Carter, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 3, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/545e493\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3528x2352+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F44%2Fcd%2F1bb97d82e6039a5a0e682d4c1c22%2F92df829fb2d1447fb37b2f41b64cf977)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/magic-mavericks-score-dd2e5e4e495d8b7944e96ab16eda4b75)\n\n[Magic overcome Cooper Flagg’s 51-point night as Mavericks lose 14th straight home game](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/magic-mavericks-score-dd2e5e4e495d8b7944e96ab16eda4b75)\n\n1 MIN READ\n## Saturday’s national TV schedule\n8 p.m. EDT — New York at Indiana (TNT)\n\n## Monday’s national TV schedule\n8 p.m. EDT — Indiana at New York (TNT), if necessary\n\n## Betting odds\nOklahoma City (-750) is an even bigger favorite now to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana (+700) remains the second choice, followed by New York (+1500).\n\nThe Pacers are a 3.5-point favorite over New York on Saturday.\n\n## Conference finals schedules\nEast (all 8 p.m. EDT) — [Game 1, Indiana 138, New York 135, OT](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-haliburton-score-9261306da56d9f444703d54abd50a507); [Game 2, Indiana 114, New York 109](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-score-a19b6ceaf9948d45a3f143ad9eb9d10f); [Game 3, New York 106, Indiana 100](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pacers-knicks-score-nba-playoffs-dbdee02eb1edc592fda452003935738e); [Game 4, Indiana 130, New York 121](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-bacfdb4bb9277da639023067dd484e80); [Game 5, New York 111, Indiana 94](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3); Game 6 at Indiana on Saturday; Game 7 at New York on Monday.\n\nWest — [Game 1, Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/timberwolves-thunder-score-nba-playoffs-a29e30ebc33c8525536ca091d5b509d1); [Game 2, Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/timberwolves-thunder-score-71d151253e7b096b90610091116022ad); [Game 3, Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-b0eb824a149930255fdf8fe18f6e75d6); [Game 4, Oklahoma City 128, Minnesota 126](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-0c120eb267e689b923c1db1ffdde2f28); [Game 5, Oklahoma City 124, Minnesota 94](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-thunder-timberwolves-2f61e620afce27bb2b267976bcd60cf9).\n\n## NBA Finals schedule\nJune 5 — Game 1, at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 8 — Game 2, at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 11 — Game 3, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 13 — Game 4, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 16 — Game 5, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 19 — Game 6, at Indiana or New York, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 22 — Game 7, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT\n\n(And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!)\n\n## Award season\n[The All-NBA team](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/all-nba-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-lebron-32663cfe29c362e44f15caf5fcc7bfeb) had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell on the first team, and LeBron James — at 40 years old — making an All-NBA team for the 21st time.\n\nOther awards this season:\n\n— [The All-Defensive team](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-all-defense-8c6947d798f416f9eb684efd3de82531)\n\n— [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e).\n\n— [Stephon Castle was a unanimous All-Rookie team selection](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-all-rookie-team-aad680bda075bf46cdde3bbe9fa783a7).\n\n— [Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-executive-of-year-sam-presti-cb7bb9e03533fe91ba90bbf7bba5777a).\n\n— Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won [coach of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-coach-of-year-067ca14c05d9796d214613a91593ff2c).\n\n— Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the [social justice award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jrue-holiday-social-justice-award-celtics-508fc9dbe6013d3899b48fc689f067ff) and [the sportsmanship award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jrue-holiday-nba-sportsmanship-award-16e8196ab176723926c5cf7c5915926a).\n\n— [Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels won most improved player](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-most-improved-player-eb8ca3a249da7643b6b981b765c9b410).\n\n— [San Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-rookie-of-year-19ddd5adaf0c2e3df06e9321a9ff4ac7).\n\n— [Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-teammate-award-stephen-curry-d0316472c5135b0589066e5b4d881594).\n\n— [Golden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/draymond-green-nba-hustle-award-bd3cb812b4c7b330d77041ed59aea2ca).\n\n— [Cleveland’s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-defensive-player-of-year-e2d51fe96c382246c7c717f16196cdf8).\n\n— [New York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jalen-brunson-nba-clutch-player-award-1b8c4cea81abe7fdbe3f00b0a35b27fd).\n\n— [Boston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/payton-pritchard-nba-sixth-man-57117f567519eca63acb0d883fb7f357).\n\n## Scoring leaders\n##\nThe highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs:\n\n48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6\n\n44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13\n\n43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9\n\n43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29\n\n43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27\n\n43 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Indiana, May 21\n\n42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12\n\n42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5\n\n40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1\n\n40 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, May 26\n\n39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12\n\n39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21\n\n39 — Pascal Siakam, Indiana at New York, May 23\n\n## Key upcoming events\n##\nMonday — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals.\n\nJune 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)\n\nJune 25 — NBA draft, first round.\n\nJune 26 — NBA draft, second round.\n\n## Draft lottery\nDallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery last Monday night in Chicago.\n\n— [Flagg, just a kid from Maine, hasn’t forgotten his roots](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cooper-flagg-nba-draft-e1587a3d0de445b81e5e45e83c3bafd0)\n\n— [From Rutgers to the lottery for Harper, Bailey](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-draft-combine-harper-bailey-72aec23e290e8fd65d47fb935d620aae)\n\n— [A Chinese teen is a draft hopeful, and has big shoes to fill](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yang-china-basketball-draft-combine-nba-8b51a79250a16f5a9ed6b7cbee7233a6)\n\n— [Mavs win lottery](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-draft-lottery-cooper-flagg-9dc3a5cffa5bf4c9b15e3222fb661c88)\n\n— [Rick Welts has seen this before](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rick-welts-draft-lottery-mavericks-cooper-flagg-bfaf0087af84c884da2116a2a919e914)\n\n## Comeback season\nThe Knicks — again — added to the list in Game 3 of the East finals.\n\nThere have been six wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs.\n\nThe biggest deficits that were successfully overcome:\n\n29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108)\n\n20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118)\n\n20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105)\n\n20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119)\n\n20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90)\n\n20 — New York at Indiana, May 25 (Knicks won 106-100)\n\n## Last-second Pacers rallies\nIndiana has pulled off three last-minute rallies from at least seven points down to win in these playoffs:\n\n— April 29: Trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime, won 119-118.\n\n— May 6: Trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left, won 120-119.\n\n— May 21: Trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation, won 138-135 in overtime.\n\n## Stats of the day\n— Jalen Brunson is two 3-pointers away from 100 in his Knicks playoff career. 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If the Knicks win, there will be a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.\n\nThe Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to [beat the Pacers 111-94](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3) in Game 5 and get within 3-2 in the East title series.\n\nGame 1 of the finals is Thursday in Oklahoma City.\n\n## Fending off elimination\nThe Knicks became the eighth team to win a game when facing elimination this season.\n\nHouston and Denver both successfully fended off elimination twice before seeing their seasons end. Detroit, Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston, Oklahoma City and now New York all have done so once.\n\nIndiana is the only team that has yet to play a win-or-else game in these playoffs.\n\nTeams are 10-13 so far in win-or-else games this postseason.\n\n## SGA is the MVP\nA recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award.\n\nThe story: [Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e)\n\nThe reaction: [SGA tears up when talking about his wife](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shai-gilgeousalexander-wife-thanks-mvp-ab5c612208e45345016c7917e8224b12)\n\nSteve Nash speaks: [Canada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-shai-gilgeous-alexander-canada-87bdd80af862cea52b02e5734b36fd53)\n\nThe notebook: [Jokic finishes top-2 for 5th straight year, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-jokic-shai-lebron-giannis-d5a24a2f18068ee590a488dd2a456d46)\n\n[![Sacramento Kings center Dylan Cardwell (32) gestures after making a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. 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(AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/78ef4a4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5419x3613+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F59%2F6d%2F72dbc2005948a78395689045009b%2F66a3fcf0d3db491089a033c6c98f9c6c)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mavericks-cooper-flagg-0c6888023bef5635e9a76047f7950240)\n\n3 MIN READ\n\n[![Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg (32) hangs on the rim after dunking over Orlando Magic's Wendell Carter Jr. (34) and Jevon Carter, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 3, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/545e493\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3528x2352+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F44%2Fcd%2F1bb97d82e6039a5a0e682d4c1c22%2F92df829fb2d1447fb37b2f41b64cf977)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/magic-mavericks-score-dd2e5e4e495d8b7944e96ab16eda4b75)\n\n1 MIN READ\n## Saturday’s national TV schedule\n8 p.m. EDT — New York at Indiana (TNT)\n\n## Monday’s national TV schedule\n8 p.m. EDT — Indiana at New York (TNT), if necessary\n\n## Betting odds\nOklahoma City (-750) is an even bigger favorite now to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana (+700) remains the second choice, followed by New York (+1500).\n\nThe Pacers are a 3.5-point favorite over New York on Saturday.\n\n## Conference finals schedules\nEast (all 8 p.m. EDT) — [Game 1, Indiana 138, New York 135, OT](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-haliburton-score-9261306da56d9f444703d54abd50a507); [Game 2, Indiana 114, New York 109](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-score-a19b6ceaf9948d45a3f143ad9eb9d10f); [Game 3, New York 106, Indiana 100](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pacers-knicks-score-nba-playoffs-dbdee02eb1edc592fda452003935738e); [Game 4, Indiana 130, New York 121](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-bacfdb4bb9277da639023067dd484e80); [Game 5, New York 111, Indiana 94](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3); Game 6 at Indiana on Saturday; Game 7 at New York on Monday.\n\nWest — [Game 1, Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/timberwolves-thunder-score-nba-playoffs-a29e30ebc33c8525536ca091d5b509d1); [Game 2, Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/timberwolves-thunder-score-71d151253e7b096b90610091116022ad); [Game 3, Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-b0eb824a149930255fdf8fe18f6e75d6); [Game 4, Oklahoma City 128, Minnesota 126](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-0c120eb267e689b923c1db1ffdde2f28); [Game 5, Oklahoma City 124, Minnesota 94](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-playoffs-2025-thunder-timberwolves-2f61e620afce27bb2b267976bcd60cf9).\n\n## NBA Finals schedule\nJune 5 — Game 1, at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 8 — Game 2, at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 11 — Game 3, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 13 — Game 4, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 16 — Game 5, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 19 — Game 6, at Indiana or New York, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT\n\nJune 22 — Game 7, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT\n\n(And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!)\n\n## Award season\n[The All-NBA team](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/all-nba-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-lebron-32663cfe29c362e44f15caf5fcc7bfeb) had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell on the first team, and LeBron James — at 40 years old — making an All-NBA team for the 21st time.\n\nOther awards this season:\n\n— [The All-Defensive team](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-all-defense-8c6947d798f416f9eb684efd3de82531)\n\n— [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e).\n\n— [Stephon Castle was a unanimous All-Rookie team selection](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-all-rookie-team-aad680bda075bf46cdde3bbe9fa783a7).\n\n— [Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-executive-of-year-sam-presti-cb7bb9e03533fe91ba90bbf7bba5777a).\n\n— Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won [coach of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-coach-of-year-067ca14c05d9796d214613a91593ff2c).\n\n— Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the [social justice award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jrue-holiday-social-justice-award-celtics-508fc9dbe6013d3899b48fc689f067ff) and [the sportsmanship award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jrue-holiday-nba-sportsmanship-award-16e8196ab176723926c5cf7c5915926a).\n\n— [Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels won most improved player](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-most-improved-player-eb8ca3a249da7643b6b981b765c9b410).\n\n— [San Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-rookie-of-year-19ddd5adaf0c2e3df06e9321a9ff4ac7).\n\n— [Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-teammate-award-stephen-curry-d0316472c5135b0589066e5b4d881594).\n\n— [Golden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/draymond-green-nba-hustle-award-bd3cb812b4c7b330d77041ed59aea2ca).\n\n— [Cleveland’s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-defensive-player-of-year-e2d51fe96c382246c7c717f16196cdf8).\n\n— [New York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jalen-brunson-nba-clutch-player-award-1b8c4cea81abe7fdbe3f00b0a35b27fd).\n\n— [Boston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/payton-pritchard-nba-sixth-man-57117f567519eca63acb0d883fb7f357).\n\n## Scoring leaders\nThe highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs:\n\n48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6\n\n44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13\n\n43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9\n\n43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29\n\n43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27\n\n43 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Indiana, May 21\n\n42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12\n\n42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5\n\n40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1\n\n40 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, May 26\n\n39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12\n\n39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21\n\n39 — Pascal Siakam, Indiana at New York, May 23\n\n## Key upcoming events\nMonday — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals.\n\nJune 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)\n\nJune 25 — NBA draft, first round.\n\nJune 26 — NBA draft, second round.\n\n## Draft lottery\nDallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery last Monday night in Chicago.\n\n— [Flagg, just a kid from Maine, hasn’t forgotten his roots](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cooper-flagg-nba-draft-e1587a3d0de445b81e5e45e83c3bafd0)\n\n— [From Rutgers to the lottery for Harper, Bailey](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-draft-combine-harper-bailey-72aec23e290e8fd65d47fb935d620aae)\n\n— [A Chinese teen is a draft hopeful, and has big shoes to fill](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yang-china-basketball-draft-combine-nba-8b51a79250a16f5a9ed6b7cbee7233a6)\n\n— [Mavs win lottery](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-draft-lottery-cooper-flagg-9dc3a5cffa5bf4c9b15e3222fb661c88)\n\n— [Rick Welts has seen this before](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rick-welts-draft-lottery-mavericks-cooper-flagg-bfaf0087af84c884da2116a2a919e914)\n\n## Comeback season\nThe Knicks — again — added to the list in Game 3 of the East finals.\n\nThere have been six wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs.\n\nThe biggest deficits that were successfully overcome:\n\n29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108)\n\n20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118)\n\n20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105)\n\n20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119)\n\n20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90)\n\n20 — New York at Indiana, May 25 (Knicks won 106-100)\n\n## Last-second Pacers rallies\nIndiana has pulled off three last-minute rallies from at least seven points down to win in these playoffs:\n\n— April 29: Trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime, won 119-118.\n\n— May 6: Trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left, won 120-119.\n\n— May 21: Trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation, won 138-135 in overtime.\n\n## Stats of the day\n— Jalen Brunson is two 3-pointers away from 100 in his Knicks playoff career. 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Boilerpipe Text	Oklahoma City is in the NBA Finals. Indiana could join the Thunder there on Saturday night. The Pacers play host to the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. If the Pacers win, they’re headed to Oklahoma City. If the Knicks win, there will be a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to beat the Pacers 111-94 in Game 5 and get within 3-2 in the East title series. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday in Oklahoma City. Fending off elimination The Knicks became the eighth team to win a game when facing elimination this season. Houston and Denver both successfully fended off elimination twice before seeing their seasons end. Detroit, Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston, Oklahoma City and now New York all have done so once. Indiana is the only team that has yet to play a win-or-else game in these playoffs. Teams are 10-13 so far in win-or-else games this postseason. SGA is the MVP A recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award. The story: Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award The reaction: SGA tears up when talking about his wife Steve Nash speaks: Canada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him The notebook: Jokic finishes top-2 for 5th straight year, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes 1 MIN READ 3 MIN READ 1 MIN READ Saturday’s national TV schedule 8 p.m. EDT — New York at Indiana (TNT) Monday’s national TV schedule 8 p.m. EDT — Indiana at New York (TNT), if necessary Betting odds Oklahoma City (-750) is an even bigger favorite now to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana (+700) remains the second choice, followed by New York (+1500). The Pacers are a 3.5-point favorite over New York on Saturday. Conference finals schedules East (all 8 p.m. EDT) — Game 1, Indiana 138, New York 135, OT ; Game 2, Indiana 114, New York 109 ; Game 3, New York 106, Indiana 100 ; Game 4, Indiana 130, New York 121 ; Game 5, New York 111, Indiana 94 ; Game 6 at Indiana on Saturday; Game 7 at New York on Monday. West — Game 1, Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88 ; Game 2, Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103 ; Game 3, Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101 ; Game 4, Oklahoma City 128, Minnesota 126 ; Game 5, Oklahoma City 124, Minnesota 94 . NBA Finals schedule June 5 — Game 1, at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 8 — Game 2, at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT June 11 — Game 3, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 13 — Game 4, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 16 — Game 5, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 19 — Game 6, at Indiana or New York, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 22 — Game 7, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT (And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!) Award season The All-NBA team had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell on the first team, and LeBron James — at 40 years old — making an All-NBA team for the 21st time. Other awards this season: — The All-Defensive team — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award . — Stephon Castle was a unanimous All-Rookie team selection . — Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year . — Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won coach of the year . — Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the social justice award and the sportsmanship award . — Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels won most improved player . — San Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year . — Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award . — Golden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award . — Cleveland’s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year . — New York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year . — Boston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year . Scoring leaders The highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs: 48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6 44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13 43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9 43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29 43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27 43 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Indiana, May 21 42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12 42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5 40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1 40 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, May 26 39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12 39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21 39 — Pascal Siakam, Indiana at New York, May 23 Key upcoming events Monday — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals. June 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.) June 25 — NBA draft, first round. June 26 — NBA draft, second round. Draft lottery Dallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery last Monday night in Chicago. — Flagg, just a kid from Maine, hasn’t forgotten his roots — From Rutgers to the lottery for Harper, Bailey — A Chinese teen is a draft hopeful, and has big shoes to fill — Mavs win lottery — Rick Welts has seen this before Comeback season The Knicks — again — added to the list in Game 3 of the East finals. There have been six wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs. The biggest deficits that were successfully overcome: 29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108) 20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118) 20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105) 20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119) 20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90) 20 — New York at Indiana, May 25 (Knicks won 106-100) Last-second Pacers rallies Indiana has pulled off three last-minute rallies from at least seven points down to win in these playoffs: — April 29: Trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime, won 119-118. — May 6: Trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left, won 120-119. — May 21: Trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation, won 138-135 in overtime. Stats of the day — Jalen Brunson is two 3-pointers away from 100 in his Knicks playoff career. He’ll be the second Knicks player to reach that mark (John Starks, 175). — Myles Turner enters Saturday with 116 career playoff blocks. That’s third in Pacers playoff history (in their NBA era, anyway); he’s four behind leader Jermaine O’Neal and three behind Dale Davis. — Game 6 of the East finals will be New York’s 100th game of the season. It will mark only the third time in Knicks history that the team plays 100 games in a season (107 in 1993-94, 101 in 1969-70). Quote of the day “Our backs are against the wall. I wasn’t thinking, ‘I need to play better than him.’ I was just thinking, ‘I need to help my team win.’ And that’s my mindset every time I’m on the court.” — Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, asked about going up against Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/nba
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Indiana could join the Thunder there on Saturday night. The Pacers play host to the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. If the Pacers win, they’re headed to Oklahoma City. If the Knicks win, there will be a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to [beat the Pacers 111-94](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3) in Game 5 and get within 3-2 in the East title series. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday in Oklahoma City. ## Fending off elimination The Knicks became the eighth team to win a game when facing elimination this season. Houston and Denver both successfully fended off elimination twice before seeing their seasons end. Detroit, Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston, Oklahoma City and now New York all have done so once. Indiana is the only team that has yet to play a win-or-else game in these playoffs. Teams are 10-13 so far in win-or-else games this postseason. ## SGA is the MVP A recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award. The story: [Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e) The reaction: [SGA tears up when talking about his wife](https://apnews.com/article/shai-gilgeousalexander-wife-thanks-mvp-ab5c612208e45345016c7917e8224b12) Steve Nash speaks: [Canada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-shai-gilgeous-alexander-canada-87bdd80af862cea52b02e5734b36fd53) The notebook: [Jokic finishes top-2 for 5th straight year, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-jokic-shai-lebron-giannis-d5a24a2f18068ee590a488dd2a456d46) Related Stories [![Sacramento Kings center Dylan Cardwell (32) gestures after making a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. 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(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/545e493/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3528x2352+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F44%2Fcd%2F1bb97d82e6039a5a0e682d4c1c22%2F92df829fb2d1447fb37b2f41b64cf977)](https://apnews.com/article/magic-mavericks-score-dd2e5e4e495d8b7944e96ab16eda4b75) [Magic overcome Cooper Flagg’s 51-point night as Mavericks lose 14th straight home game](https://apnews.com/article/magic-mavericks-score-dd2e5e4e495d8b7944e96ab16eda4b75) 1 MIN READ ## Saturday’s national TV schedule 8 p.m. EDT — New York at Indiana (TNT) ## Monday’s national TV schedule 8 p.m. EDT — Indiana at New York (TNT), if necessary ## Betting odds Oklahoma City (-750) is an even bigger favorite now to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana (+700) remains the second choice, followed by New York (+1500). The Pacers are a 3.5-point favorite over New York on Saturday. ## Conference finals schedules East (all 8 p.m. EDT) — [Game 1, Indiana 138, New York 135, OT](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-haliburton-score-9261306da56d9f444703d54abd50a507); [Game 2, Indiana 114, New York 109](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-score-a19b6ceaf9948d45a3f143ad9eb9d10f); [Game 3, New York 106, Indiana 100](https://apnews.com/article/pacers-knicks-score-nba-playoffs-dbdee02eb1edc592fda452003935738e); [Game 4, Indiana 130, New York 121](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-bacfdb4bb9277da639023067dd484e80); [Game 5, New York 111, Indiana 94](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3); Game 6 at Indiana on Saturday; Game 7 at New York on Monday. West — [Game 1, Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88](https://apnews.com/article/timberwolves-thunder-score-nba-playoffs-a29e30ebc33c8525536ca091d5b509d1); [Game 2, Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103](https://apnews.com/article/timberwolves-thunder-score-71d151253e7b096b90610091116022ad); [Game 3, Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-b0eb824a149930255fdf8fe18f6e75d6); [Game 4, Oklahoma City 128, Minnesota 126](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-0c120eb267e689b923c1db1ffdde2f28); [Game 5, Oklahoma City 124, Minnesota 94](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-thunder-timberwolves-2f61e620afce27bb2b267976bcd60cf9). ## NBA Finals schedule June 5 — Game 1, at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 8 — Game 2, at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT June 11 — Game 3, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 13 — Game 4, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 16 — Game 5, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 19 — Game 6, at Indiana or New York, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 22 — Game 7, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT (And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!) ## Award season [The All-NBA team](https://apnews.com/article/all-nba-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-lebron-32663cfe29c362e44f15caf5fcc7bfeb) had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell on the first team, and LeBron James — at 40 years old — making an All-NBA team for the 21st time. Other awards this season: — [The All-Defensive team](https://apnews.com/article/nba-all-defense-8c6947d798f416f9eb684efd3de82531) — [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e). — [Stephon Castle was a unanimous All-Rookie team selection](https://apnews.com/article/nba-all-rookie-team-aad680bda075bf46cdde3bbe9fa783a7). — [Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-executive-of-year-sam-presti-cb7bb9e03533fe91ba90bbf7bba5777a). — Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won [coach of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-coach-of-year-067ca14c05d9796d214613a91593ff2c). — Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the [social justice award](https://apnews.com/article/jrue-holiday-social-justice-award-celtics-508fc9dbe6013d3899b48fc689f067ff) and [the sportsmanship award](https://apnews.com/article/jrue-holiday-nba-sportsmanship-award-16e8196ab176723926c5cf7c5915926a). — [Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels won most improved player](https://apnews.com/article/nba-most-improved-player-eb8ca3a249da7643b6b981b765c9b410). — [San Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-rookie-of-year-19ddd5adaf0c2e3df06e9321a9ff4ac7). — [Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award](https://apnews.com/article/nba-teammate-award-stephen-curry-d0316472c5135b0589066e5b4d881594). — [Golden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award](https://apnews.com/article/draymond-green-nba-hustle-award-bd3cb812b4c7b330d77041ed59aea2ca). — [Cleveland’s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-defensive-player-of-year-e2d51fe96c382246c7c717f16196cdf8). — [New York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year](https://apnews.com/article/jalen-brunson-nba-clutch-player-award-1b8c4cea81abe7fdbe3f00b0a35b27fd). — [Boston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year](https://apnews.com/article/payton-pritchard-nba-sixth-man-57117f567519eca63acb0d883fb7f357). ## Scoring leaders ## The highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs: 48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6 44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13 43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9 43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29 43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27 43 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Indiana, May 21 42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12 42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5 40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1 40 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, May 26 39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12 39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21 39 — Pascal Siakam, Indiana at New York, May 23 ## Key upcoming events ## Monday — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals. June 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.) June 25 — NBA draft, first round. June 26 — NBA draft, second round. ## Draft lottery Dallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery last Monday night in Chicago. — [Flagg, just a kid from Maine, hasn’t forgotten his roots](https://apnews.com/article/cooper-flagg-nba-draft-e1587a3d0de445b81e5e45e83c3bafd0) — [From Rutgers to the lottery for Harper, Bailey](https://apnews.com/article/nba-draft-combine-harper-bailey-72aec23e290e8fd65d47fb935d620aae) — [A Chinese teen is a draft hopeful, and has big shoes to fill](https://apnews.com/article/yang-china-basketball-draft-combine-nba-8b51a79250a16f5a9ed6b7cbee7233a6) — [Mavs win lottery](https://apnews.com/article/nba-draft-lottery-cooper-flagg-9dc3a5cffa5bf4c9b15e3222fb661c88) — [Rick Welts has seen this before](https://apnews.com/article/rick-welts-draft-lottery-mavericks-cooper-flagg-bfaf0087af84c884da2116a2a919e914) ## Comeback season The Knicks — again — added to the list in Game 3 of the East finals. There have been six wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs. The biggest deficits that were successfully overcome: 29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108) 20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118) 20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105) 20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119) 20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90) 20 — New York at Indiana, May 25 (Knicks won 106-100) ## Last-second Pacers rallies Indiana has pulled off three last-minute rallies from at least seven points down to win in these playoffs: — April 29: Trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime, won 119-118. — May 6: Trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left, won 120-119. — May 21: Trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation, won 138-135 in overtime. ## Stats of the day — Jalen Brunson is two 3-pointers away from 100 in his Knicks playoff career. 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Readable Markdown	Oklahoma City is in the [NBA](https://apnews.com/hub/nba) Finals. Indiana could join the Thunder there on Saturday night. The Pacers play host to the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. If the Pacers win, they’re headed to Oklahoma City. If the Knicks win, there will be a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The Knicks controlled virtually the entire game on Thursday night to [beat the Pacers 111-94](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3) in Game 5 and get within 3-2 in the East title series. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday in Oklahoma City. ## Fending off elimination The Knicks became the eighth team to win a game when facing elimination this season. Houston and Denver both successfully fended off elimination twice before seeing their seasons end. Detroit, Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston, Oklahoma City and now New York all have done so once. Indiana is the only team that has yet to play a win-or-else game in these playoffs. Teams are 10-13 so far in win-or-else games this postseason. ## SGA is the MVP A recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award. The story: [Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e) The reaction: [SGA tears up when talking about his wife](https://apnews.com/article/shai-gilgeousalexander-wife-thanks-mvp-ab5c612208e45345016c7917e8224b12) Steve Nash speaks: [Canada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-shai-gilgeous-alexander-canada-87bdd80af862cea52b02e5734b36fd53) The notebook: [Jokic finishes top-2 for 5th straight year, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-jokic-shai-lebron-giannis-d5a24a2f18068ee590a488dd2a456d46) [![Sacramento Kings center Dylan Cardwell (32) gestures after making a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. 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(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/545e493/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3528x2352+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F44%2Fcd%2F1bb97d82e6039a5a0e682d4c1c22%2F92df829fb2d1447fb37b2f41b64cf977)](https://apnews.com/article/magic-mavericks-score-dd2e5e4e495d8b7944e96ab16eda4b75) 1 MIN READ ## Saturday’s national TV schedule 8 p.m. EDT — New York at Indiana (TNT) ## Monday’s national TV schedule 8 p.m. EDT — Indiana at New York (TNT), if necessary ## Betting odds Oklahoma City (-750) is an even bigger favorite now to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana (+700) remains the second choice, followed by New York (+1500). The Pacers are a 3.5-point favorite over New York on Saturday. ## Conference finals schedules East (all 8 p.m. EDT) — [Game 1, Indiana 138, New York 135, OT](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-haliburton-score-9261306da56d9f444703d54abd50a507); [Game 2, Indiana 114, New York 109](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-knicks-pacers-score-a19b6ceaf9948d45a3f143ad9eb9d10f); [Game 3, New York 106, Indiana 100](https://apnews.com/article/pacers-knicks-score-nba-playoffs-dbdee02eb1edc592fda452003935738e); [Game 4, Indiana 130, New York 121](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-bacfdb4bb9277da639023067dd484e80); [Game 5, New York 111, Indiana 94](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-pacers-knicks-score-efbf1c85bca35d43b27c388996ba94d3); Game 6 at Indiana on Saturday; Game 7 at New York on Monday. West — [Game 1, Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88](https://apnews.com/article/timberwolves-thunder-score-nba-playoffs-a29e30ebc33c8525536ca091d5b509d1); [Game 2, Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103](https://apnews.com/article/timberwolves-thunder-score-71d151253e7b096b90610091116022ad); [Game 3, Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-b0eb824a149930255fdf8fe18f6e75d6); [Game 4, Oklahoma City 128, Minnesota 126](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-thunder-timberwolves-score-0c120eb267e689b923c1db1ffdde2f28); [Game 5, Oklahoma City 124, Minnesota 94](https://apnews.com/article/nba-playoffs-2025-thunder-timberwolves-2f61e620afce27bb2b267976bcd60cf9). ## NBA Finals schedule June 5 — Game 1, at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 8 — Game 2, at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT June 11 — Game 3, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 13 — Game 4, at Indiana or New York, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 16 — Game 5, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 19 — Game 6, at Indiana or New York, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT June 22 — Game 7, at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT (And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!) ## Award season [The All-NBA team](https://apnews.com/article/all-nba-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-lebron-32663cfe29c362e44f15caf5fcc7bfeb) had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell on the first team, and LeBron James — at 40 years old — making an All-NBA team for the 21st time. Other awards this season: — [The All-Defensive team](https://apnews.com/article/nba-all-defense-8c6947d798f416f9eb684efd3de82531) — [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award](https://apnews.com/article/nba-mvp-gilgeous-alexander-jokic-antetokounmpo-062dff888a889c6cd7228e0bbe94285e). — [Stephon Castle was a unanimous All-Rookie team selection](https://apnews.com/article/nba-all-rookie-team-aad680bda075bf46cdde3bbe9fa783a7). — [Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-executive-of-year-sam-presti-cb7bb9e03533fe91ba90bbf7bba5777a). — Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won [coach of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-coach-of-year-067ca14c05d9796d214613a91593ff2c). — Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the [social justice award](https://apnews.com/article/jrue-holiday-social-justice-award-celtics-508fc9dbe6013d3899b48fc689f067ff) and [the sportsmanship award](https://apnews.com/article/jrue-holiday-nba-sportsmanship-award-16e8196ab176723926c5cf7c5915926a). — [Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels won most improved player](https://apnews.com/article/nba-most-improved-player-eb8ca3a249da7643b6b981b765c9b410). — [San Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-rookie-of-year-19ddd5adaf0c2e3df06e9321a9ff4ac7). — [Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award](https://apnews.com/article/nba-teammate-award-stephen-curry-d0316472c5135b0589066e5b4d881594). — [Golden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award](https://apnews.com/article/draymond-green-nba-hustle-award-bd3cb812b4c7b330d77041ed59aea2ca). — [Cleveland’s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year](https://apnews.com/article/nba-defensive-player-of-year-e2d51fe96c382246c7c717f16196cdf8). — [New York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year](https://apnews.com/article/jalen-brunson-nba-clutch-player-award-1b8c4cea81abe7fdbe3f00b0a35b27fd). — [Boston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year](https://apnews.com/article/payton-pritchard-nba-sixth-man-57117f567519eca63acb0d883fb7f357). ## Scoring leaders The highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs: 48 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6 44 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 13 43 — Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9 43 — Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29 43 — Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27 43 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Indiana, May 21 42 — Jayson Tatum, Boston at New York, May 12 42 — Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5 40 — Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1 40 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, May 26 39 — Jalen Brunson, New York vs. Boston, May 12 39 — Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21 39 — Pascal Siakam, Indiana at New York, May 23 ## Key upcoming events Monday — Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals. June 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.) June 25 — NBA draft, first round. June 26 — NBA draft, second round. ## Draft lottery Dallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery — but overcame those odds and now has the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks won the lottery last Monday night in Chicago. — [Flagg, just a kid from Maine, hasn’t forgotten his roots](https://apnews.com/article/cooper-flagg-nba-draft-e1587a3d0de445b81e5e45e83c3bafd0) — [From Rutgers to the lottery for Harper, Bailey](https://apnews.com/article/nba-draft-combine-harper-bailey-72aec23e290e8fd65d47fb935d620aae) — [A Chinese teen is a draft hopeful, and has big shoes to fill](https://apnews.com/article/yang-china-basketball-draft-combine-nba-8b51a79250a16f5a9ed6b7cbee7233a6) — [Mavs win lottery](https://apnews.com/article/nba-draft-lottery-cooper-flagg-9dc3a5cffa5bf4c9b15e3222fb661c88) — [Rick Welts has seen this before](https://apnews.com/article/rick-welts-draft-lottery-mavericks-cooper-flagg-bfaf0087af84c884da2116a2a919e914) ## Comeback season The Knicks — again — added to the list in Game 3 of the East finals. There have been six wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs. The biggest deficits that were successfully overcome: 29 — Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108) 20 — Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118) 20 — New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105) 20 — Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119) 20 — New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90) 20 — New York at Indiana, May 25 (Knicks won 106-100) ## Last-second Pacers rallies Indiana has pulled off three last-minute rallies from at least seven points down to win in these playoffs: — April 29: Trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime, won 119-118. — May 6: Trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left, won 120-119. — May 21: Trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation, won 138-135 in overtime. ## Stats of the day — Jalen Brunson is two 3-pointers away from 100 in his Knicks playoff career. He’ll be the second Knicks player to reach that mark (John Starks, 175). — Myles Turner enters Saturday with 116 career playoff blocks. That’s third in Pacers playoff history (in their NBA era, anyway); he’s four behind leader Jermaine O’Neal and three behind Dale Davis. — Game 6 of the East finals will be New York’s 100th game of the season. It will mark only the third time in Knicks history that the team plays 100 games in a season (107 in 1993-94, 101 in 1969-70). ## Quote of the day “Our backs are against the wall. I wasn’t thinking, ‘I need to play better than him.’ I was just thinking, ‘I need to help my team win.’ And that’s my mindset every time I’m on the court.” — Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, asked about going up against Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton. \_\_\_ AP NBA: [https://apnews.com/nba](https://apnews.com/hub/nba)
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