The biggest strength -- and most dangerous flaw -- for each remaining team in the NBA playoffs
Eight teams are left in the 2024 NBA playoffs! Here's each one's biggest strength -- and a weakness that could end its season.
Eight teams are left in the 2024 NBA playoffs! Here's each one's biggest strength -- and a weakness that could end its season.
As the second round begins, here are the favorites, players on the cusp, and those with work to do to mount a serious challenge.
Our experts offer the betting options they like for each second-round series of the NBA playoffs.
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From the first round all the way through the Stanley Cup Final, ESPN has you covered. Explore the full results, and coverage on each team.
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The Red Sox ended Minnesota's 12-game winning streak on Sunday after beating the Twins 9-2.
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The offensive line needed an upgrade, and the Patriots hope Wallace can fill in on the left side.
Auston Matthews returned to the lineup and registered an assist, but the Toronto Maple Leafs bowed out of the postseason on Saturday night, falling 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 at TD Garden to the Boston Bruins, who advanced to meet the Florida Panthers.
David Pastrnak scored on a feed from Hampus Lindholm 1:54 into overtime and the Boston Bruins outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 on Saturday to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs to a Round 2 date with Florida.
— With the Boston Bruins' season on the brink and the team's top scorer mired in a scoring slump, coach Jim Montgomery didn't hesitate to publicly challenge David Pastrnak to do more in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Toronto's Auston Matthews, who missed Games 5 and 6 after exiting Game 4 with an illness, took the ice with the Maple Leafs on Saturday and will play Game 7 vs. the Bruins, but a source told ESPN's Emily Kaplan that by no means is Matthews 100%.
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | W2 |
New York | 50 | 32 | .610 | 14 | W5 |
Philadelphia | 47 | 35 | .573 | 17 | W8 |
Brooklyn | 32 | 50 | .390 | 32 | L2 |
Toronto | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39 | L4 |