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Tommy Beer: Most points in the playoffs since the start of last season: 1. Jalen Brunson: 869 2. Anthony Edwards: 786 2. Luka Doncic: 786 4. Nikola Jokic: 711 5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 704 6. Jayson Tatum: 700

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StatMuse: 20-point comeback playoff wins: 6 — 2025 playoffs 5 — Last four playoffs combined

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Adam Zagoria: The Clippers knock off the Warriors, 124-119, and earn the No. 5 seed in the West and will play the No. 4 Nuggets The No. 7 Warriors will host No. 8 Memphis on Tuesday in the Play-In Tournament

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Mike Trudell: The 3-seeded Lakers will take on the 6-seeded Timberwolves in Round 1.

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Tim Bontemps: With Milwaukee winning in Detroit, coupled with Chicago on its way to beating Washington, the East playoff seedings are all finalized: 1. Cavaliers 2. Celtics 3. Knicks 4. Pacers 5. Bucks 6. Pistons 7. Magic 8. Hawks 9. Bulls 10. Heat

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NBA Communications: Cleveland clinches the No. 1 seed in the East with a win OR a Boston loss tonight. Also for tonight, Oklahoma City clinches home-court advantage throughout the #NBAPlayoffs presented by Google with a win AND a Cleveland loss.

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NBA playoff ratings have suffered only a modest decline thus far, though short series and the Lakers’ early exit may pose a challenge going forward. NBA playoff games averaged a 1.7 rating and 3.17 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, TNT, truTV and NBA TV through Sunday, down a tick in ratings and 6% in viewership from last year (1.8, 3.36M) but flat and up 5% respectively from 2022 (1.7, 3.15M). ABC aired six games through Sunday, one more than in previous seasons.

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Saturday’s Nuggets-Lakers Game 4 averaged a 3.0 and 5.67 million on ABC, the largest audience of the NBA season and up a third and 34% respectively from a late night Grizzlies-Lakers game on ESPN last year (2.2, 4.23M). The Lakers, who were eliminated Monday night, have played in five of the ten most-watched NBA telecasts this season (five of the top eight excluding All-Star events).

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On Saturday, April 20, Google unveiled a doodle commemorating the start of the 2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs. The playoffs feature a four-round format, with each series being a best-of-seven contest.

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NBA players have the highest salaries in U.S. pro sports by a wide margin. The same holds true come playoff time. Players on NBA playoff teams will divvy up $33.7 million this season, with each team receiving a chunk based on how far their teams go. The team payouts will range from $452,708—roughly $30,000 per player based on a 15-player roster—to potentially $12.1 million ($804,000 per player) for the NBA champion.

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The NBA playoff pool is up 25% over last year, with the uptick a result of the new collective bargaining that went into effect for the 2023-24 season.

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Bennett Durando: Minnesota survives Atlanta. Here are the West standings. 1. Thunder, 56-25 2. Timberwolves 56-25 3. Nuggets 56-25 And the Mavericks are locked in as the 5 after tonight, so they might not even play anybody vs. OKC on Sunday. The Thunder might’ve just pick-pocketed the 1-seed.

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Andrew Lopez: On the No. 1 seed situation in the Western Conference from @ESPNStatsInfo:

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Fred Katz: Josh Hart on the Knicks clinching home court advantage for the first round: “I heard the lights are really bright at MSG at that time.”

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