It’s yet another postseason without the Blackhawks in it, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be watching! With the playoffs starting this weekend, the SCH crew gathered to offer some of their thoughts on it.
Western Conference
Colorado Avalanche (No. 1 overall seed) vs. Los Angeles Kings (WC2)
Dave : I initially created this article about a week before the end of the season, when we still didn’t know who’d win the second wild card spot, inserting “who cares” as a placeholder. Even t...
Charlotte’s loss to Orlando ended one of the most fun NBA seasons for the franchise since the days of Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, and Muggsy Bogues. Kon Knueppel was responsible for a lot of the cultural change that the Hornets saw this year, and he smashed the rookie record for three-point shots with 273, which […]
The Plumlee era of Duke Basketball was really fun. Think about it: three brothers, all 6-10 or taller, all come to Duke, where they all win national championships. What are the odds of that? Side note: as many of you will recall, the Plumlees all left Indiana for Asheville’s Christ School, where they played their […]
This is the fourth and final of a series of roundtable questions I’m asking the staff here at Peachtree Hoops about the Hawks as we approach the postseason. Today’s two questions: who will be the X-factor in this series and who wins the Knicks-Hawks series? Who will be the X-factor in this series and why? Wes: […]
Over two years ago, Kyra Lambert took the time to talk to Swish Appeal. Since then, she has achieved two significant personal milestones. First, August 14, 2025, Lambert signed a 7-day hardship contract with the Indiana Fever—her first WNBA contract. Three days later, on August 17, the 5-foot-9 point guard who started 104 games across […]
Here we go! The playoffs have arrived and our beloved Knickerbockers are expected by many to make a deep postseason run. Will they? Won’t they? As usual, the Posting & Toasting crew has reconvened for a round(ball) table discussion to weigh in on the biggest questions surrounding the Knicks’ first-round matchup with the pesky Atlanta […]
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver NuggetsDate: April 18th, 2026Time: 2:30 PM CDTLocation: Ball ArenaTelevision Coverage: Prime Video Every great rivalry needs its trilogy. Not the kind where two teams randomly bump into each other once every few years and call it history, but the kind where the games start to blur together, where every possession feels […]
Flip on an NBA Finals game from the past decade, and you’re sure to see the Arizona men’s basketball program represented at the highest level of the sport. For 11 straight years, a former Arizona player has coached or played in the NBA Finals. Whether that streak continues into 2026 will likely come down to […]
The wait is over. The New York Knicks’ 80th campaign was a grueling 82-game marathon (83 if you count that Vegas scrimmage), but by almost every measure, it was a success. They finished 53-29, tying for the tenth-best winning percentage in franchise history; finished with a top-five offense and a top-ten defense; and claimed the […]
Excitement is in the air. For many, many years the Spurs playoff runs have coincided with the annual Fiesta heritage celebration. This year, the Silver & Black are once again making a run into the postseason just as the citywide celebration kicks off. For eleven days a series of festivals, concerts, parades and arts & […]
The Boston Celtics will enter the playoffs facing a highly familiar opponent. Their upcoming series will mark the 23rd postseason meeting between the Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers, underscoring one of the league’s most enduring rivalries. The two teams also met four times during the regular season. While Jayson Tatum did not appear in any of those matchups, […]
I can always appreciate when someone picks themselves off the schneid and comes up big in a timely moment. It’s how Aaron Boone himself hit that walk-off homer against the 2003 Red Sox after doing basically nothing all postseason. I also think about how lefty relievers Graeme Lloyd and Damaso Marte had poor reputations among […]
Of the last 20 games of Boston’s regular season, 13 featured a starting lineup of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Sam Hauser and Neemias Queta. Despite Tatum’s late entry into the lineup, that 5-man combo is third in total minutes together this year, sporting a +7 net scoring advantage (per 100 possessions). It’s a […]
With Kam Jones’ Indiana Pacers finishing the year at 19-63 and 24 games out of the Play-In Tournament and Olivier-Maxence Prosper’s Memphis Grizzlies finishing 12 games out at 25-57, it was bound to get a little bit shallow in terms of former Marquette guys to watch in the 2026 NBA Playoffs. In fact, as I […]
For the third time in four years, the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will meet in the playoffs. The teams have been…
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The Charlotte Hornets were bullied and thoroughly outplayed by the Orlando Magic, who sent them home with a blowout loss in the second round of the play-in. The Summary It wasn’t an ideal start for the good guys. After the Magic stepped out of bounds on their first possession, they reeled off 10 quick points […]
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This is a lose-lose series for the Houston Rockets. If the Rockets win the series, then the narrative will be that the Los Angeles Lakers were hurt and of course the Rockets won. If Houston loses the series, they were frauds all along and will need to make wholesale changes this summer to retool around […]
The wait is finally over. Playoff basketball is here, and it begins with a first-round matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors. This season has been defined by injury for the Cavs. It started with Darius Garland and Max Strus missing the beginning of the season. Injury concerns for Garland partially led to them […]
The DBN Community NFL Mock Draft has reached the end of the first round, but we’re not quite done yet! We’ll still have one more post in which we “jump back” to when the Browns pick in the second and third rounds. We are releasing four picks at a time in one post to give […]
Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets When: 5:30 p.m. PT, Apr. 18 Where: Crypto.com Arena Watch: ABC After months of grinding through the rigorous challenge that is the NBA regular season, the playoffs have arrived and the state of the Lakers has been more uncertain than ever. With Luka Dončić and Austin […]
Northeastern transfer LA Pratt is joining Northwestern, he announced on X Friday afternoon. A 6-foot-5 guard from Colombus, Ohio, Pratt opened the 2025-26 season with a career-high 26 points, but suffered a broken foot that ended his season after three games. He is set to be healthy this upcoming year and will look to build […]
The Edmonton Oilers postseason begins on Monday. Heading into the final day of the season on Thursday, the Oilers first round opponent was anyone’s best guess. There were three possibilities: The Colorado Avalanche, the Los Angeles Kings, and the Anaheim Ducks. Before the Vegas Golden Knights won on Wednesday, the Oilers even could’ve played the…
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The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers are set to meet for the 23rd time in the NBA playoffs on Sunday, reigniting one of the league’s most historic rivalries. To coach Joe Mazzulla, this Sixers team in particular presents a challenge for the C’s. “Philly’s a great team, as you saw throughout the season, and to […]
The 2026 New York Knicks don’t add up. Except one way they really add up. This is a team that can rip off a winning run for weeks that implies they can beat anyone, anywhere, anytime. Other times they’re less Larry O’Brien, more Larry, Curly and Moe. Last year they went 1-13 against the Thunder, […]