Final Four, Fresh Faces 🏆

Let’s mix it up this week. Here’s the game plan:

📅 Daily: 3 things you need to know.

🔍 Midweek: One deep dive on a player, moment, or memory.

🎉 Sundays: Still skills, stumpers, and silliness.

Now let’s get to today’s 3...

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⚡ Thunder Bring the Boom. The Thunder crushed the Nuggets 125–93 in Game 7. SGA led the charge with 35 points, carrying the Thunder into the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2016. They face the Minnesota Timberwolves starting Tuesday.

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🏆 A Title Drought Will End. With the Nuggets eliminated, none of the remaining 4 NBA teams have won a championship in over 30 years:

• New York Knicks: Last championship in 1973 (52 years ago)

• Indiana Pacers: Never won an NBA title (joined NBA 49 years ago)

• Oklahoma City Thunder: Last championship in 1979 (46 years ago)… when they were the Seattle SuperSonics

• Minnesota Timberwolves: Never won an NBA title (joined NBA 36 years ago)

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🥅 Panthers Pounce, Leafs Leave. The Florida Panthers delivered a statement win in Game 7, crushing the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1. Florida now heads to its third straight Eastern Conference Final and will face the Carolina Hurricanes. In the Western Conference Final, it’s the Dallas Stars vs. Edmonton Oilers.

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That’s today’s story. Tomorrow? Anything can happen.

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