Raw emotion from Tyrese Maxey at the end of regulation, from the TNT OT feed.

Tyrese Haliburton has hit two game-winners over PatBev since PatBev started tracking his Haliburton receipts.

Playoff basketball!

Middleton did it again.

What a shot by Middleton!

Nesmith trying to get a feel for the ball before taking some clutch free throws. PatBev says NOPE!

Playoff leaders in free throw attempts:
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1. Joel Embiid (45)
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2. Jalen Brunson (27)
3. AD (20)
4. Jarrett Allen (19)
5. KD | Jokic | Dame | Suggs | Tatum (16)

The TNT overtime angle of the Donte DiVincenzo dunk is so great. Check out Carmelo and Kiyan Anthony's reaction.

🚨ANOTHER NEW PIECE FROM ME🚨

For The Sporting News, I wrote about Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who has a weird skill that makes him unique amongst NBA role players — he loves throwing crosscourt skip passes with his weak hand. Check it out! sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/ni…

Playoff scoring is down 12.9 points per game from the regular season, largely due to more physical defense. Nobody knows what the results of way-too-long challenges will be.

The consistency of calls is a growing problem in these playoffs:

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Did anyone figure out what exactly Ham meant by this? Lakers played the same nine guys between G1 and G2. (via nbarotations.info)

Four blocks for Hartenstein, great defense all night. This is why he made my fake All-Defensive ballot:

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Five different dives on the floor within 35 seconds

Josh Hart was wide open off that inbound

Deuce McBride is Thibs' new Kirk Hinrich