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PREVIEW: The top-seeded Detroit Pistons will take on the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2026 NBA playoffs. In order to reach the conference finals for the first time since 2017-18, the star-studded Cavaliers will need to take down top-seeded Detroit, led by old friend and former coach J.B. Bickerstaff. The Cavs and Pistons split the season series, with the Pistons finishing with eight more wins than Cleveland. There's a specific blueprint for beating Cleveland that involves taking and making a lot of 3s, the shot profile this two-big, protect-the-rim, over-help defense tends to allow. Detroit can't shoot—after...

PREVIEW: The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder are heavy favorites entering their Western Conference semifinal matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. The Thunder dominated the regular-season series, winning all four matchups by an average of 29 points , establishing themselves as the clear team to beat in the Western Conference. From a basketball standpoint, this young Thunder squad truly arrived last season when they won Oklahoma City's first NBA title, and now they prepare for perhaps their biggest stage yet against LeBron James and the Lakers. The Lakers have ruled out Luka Doncic for Game 1 from a...