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MAY 8-10, 2026

TOP 3 WEEKEND MOMENTS

Knicks Set NBA Record With 11 Three In The First Quarter — The Knicks went 11-of-13 from three in the first quarter alone, setting the NBA record for most made threes in a single quarter in playoff history. The Sixers trailed 43-24 when the first quarter ended, practically deciding the game before most people had settled in. “Deuuuce" McBride hit not one, not two, not three, but four triples in a row to open the game, becoming the first Knick since play-by-play tracking began in 1997 to hit four threes in the first quarter of a playoff game.

Wemby “What Does That Mean” To Getting Ejected For Tossing Bows — Wembanyama threw frustrated elbow that connected squarely with Naz Reid's chin after getting sandwiched by McDaniels and Reid. The refs reviewed it, upgraded to a Flagrant 2, and ejected him for the first time in his career. As Harrison Barnes broke the news to him on the bench, Wemby looked up and said "What does that mean?"

Schwarbombs And Judge Already Squaring Off In A Battle For Homer King — Kyle Schwarber continues to be a baseball’s worst nightmare, going deep twice on Sunday against Colorado to give him taters in four straight games. He took the solo MLB lead at 16, putting him on pace for over 60 home runs, but minutes later in Milwaukee, Judge answered immediately with his own 16th blast that puts him 69th all-time. Ladies and gentleman, another epic race for homer king is fully underway.

TOP STORY

The NBA Draft Lottery Is A Wrap And The Internet Can’t Stop Talking About AJ Dybantsa’s Reaction

The Washington Wizards entered Sunday's lottery with a 14% chance to land the top pick, tied for the best odds in the field, and officially secured the No. 1 overall pick for the first time since selecting John Wall in 2010.

But nobody spent Sunday night talking about the Wizards. They spent it talking about AJ Dybantsa's reaction.

After the reveal, cameras immediately turned toward the BYU superstar to witness a young player who looked like he was digesting the news that his basketball future was cooked.

While on face value, playing in Washington doesn’t exactly flash as “sexy,” the Wizards at least have Alex Sarr developing into one of the most intriguing young bigs in basketball and some veteran stars in Trae Young and Anthony Davis. Not great, but could be worse.

Here’s how the first four picks shake out an official predictions for who goes where.

Pick 1 — Washington Wizards: AJ Dybantsa (BYU)

This one is about as close to a lock as you get before the combine. Dybantsa averaged 25.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in his lone season with BYU, shooting 51% from the field. Scouts describe him as having advanced shot creation instincts, explosive downhill pressure, and the ability to generate offense without relying purely on athleticism.

While Peterson and Boozer will remain in the No. 1 overall conversation through the combine, Dybantsa's case right now has the fewest holes. Nobody seems to have serious worries, and it's easiest to project upside for the powerful 6'9" wing with high-level instinctiveness for shot creation, shotmaking, and being a capable distributor.

Trae Young needs a wing and Anthony Davis needs a running mate who can create off the bounce. Dybantsa fills both roles simultaneously.

Pick 2 — Utah Jazz: Darryn Peterson (Kansas)

Utah has talented young perimeter players in Ace Bailey and Keyonte George, but Peterson's shot creation and elite long-range shooting would give the Jazz a potential top-tier scorer to build around. Peterson opened the season projected at No. 1, and despite his stock slipping with all the injury red flags, he has zero business slipping past two.

The consensus deems his shotmaking skill as special and even more diverse than Dybantsa's, given Peterson's three-point volume and outstanding off-ball, spot-up and movement shooting numbers. The knock will be that he averaged just 1.6 assists per game, but no one has time to worry about that if he’s knocking down 28+ a game and leading Utah to victories.

As Utah continues to build up their young core, Peterson is the pick that makes the most positional sense to round out Utah’s perimeter with Markkanen and Jaren Jackson getting busy as their big men. Sliding Peterson into a lineup with Markkanen, Bailey, George, and Jackson sounds unfair on paper, given the ceiling when they all play at their best.

Pick 3 — Memphis Grizzlies: Cameron Boozer (Duke)

Boozer's NBA-ready offensive game and makings of a foundational, tone-setting player will slot in neatly with the Grizzlies' personnel and what they have going. He lived up to lofty expectations this season, cleaning up player of the year awards and nearly leading Duke to the Final Four, largely carrying the team all season.

Boozer was effective from three (39.1%) on a higher volume than Dybantsa, and his 26.0 assist percentage doubles Peterson's, Dybantsa's and the top lottery guards. He grades in Synergy Sports' 90th percentile or better in ball-screen and isolation possessions.

With the Ja Morant era effectively over, the Grizzlies are in a full rebuild and have shifted focus to a new young core that features Cedric Coward, Jaylen Wells, and Zach Edey. Boozer walks into a situation where he becomes the immediate face of a franchise starving for an alpha scorer, with no pressure to compete immediately.

The fit is clean and Boozer's combination of efficiency and basketball IQ is exactly what a rebuilding franchise wants to build an identity around.

Pick 4 — Chicago Bulls: Caleb Wilson (North Carolina)

The Bulls jumped from ninth-best odds all the way into the top four. That’s a massive stroke of luck for a franchise openly declaring a rebuild under new VP of basketball operations Bryson Graham. Chicago now has a chance to add a foundational piece at the top of a deep class.

Wilson is the most intriguing wildcard in the top four, with some scouts believing his upside exceeds both Boozer and Peterson. The question is whether his college production at UNC translates to the kind of immediate NBA impact the top three picks project to deliver from Day 1.

Some mock drafts have the Bulls going with 7-foot-3 Aday Mara from Michigan, addressing their clear need for a true center. Fair and reasonable enough. But the value of Wilson as a versatile wing in a wide-open roster situation is hard to argue with.

With a new front office with no attachment to previous mistakes, and a top-4 pick they never expected to have, this is the scenario where a team swings for the highest ceiling regardless of position. Wilson's upside makes him the pick in a situation where there's nothing to lose by dreaming big for a Bulls team looking for anything but more nightmares.

NBA

Knicks Just Swept The 76ers Out Of The Playoffs Without Breaking A Sweat

The Knicks didn't just sweep the 76ers — they embarrassed them. New York tied the NBA postseason record with 25 three-pointers in Game 4, set an NBA playoff record with 11 threes in the first quarter alone, and won 144-114 to close out the series. Their 19.4 point-per-game margin of victory through two rounds is the largest since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams in 1984.

New York now sits completely rested, waiting for either Detroit or Cleveland, coming off winning seven straight playoff games, and they've led by 30-plus points in three of their last four. They are the most dangerous team in the East and the question isn't whether the Knicks can win the East. It's whether anyone is equipped to slow them down.

For the 76ers, being swept with Joel Embiid as their best player is the most damning possible verdict on Philadelphia's construction. Embiid ended the series with 24 points in Game 4 and the Sixers still haven't advanced past the second round since 2001. At 32, perpetually injured, and now eliminated in four games by a Knicks team that never felt threatened, the offseason question marks around continuing to build with and/or around Embiid will ring loud.

OKC Is 7-0 In The Playoffs, Playing Without Starters, And Taking The Lakers Lunch Money

Oklahoma City is now 7-0 in these playoffs and has beaten the Lakers in three straight by a combined 59 points. They are now the sixth defending champion to start 7-0 in the following postseason and they're doing it without Jalen Williams, who has missed five straight games with a hamstring strain.

But the cruelest data point of the series is that the Lakers led at halftime in back-to-back games and lost both by a combined 40-plus points. It’s the first team in NBA history a team has done that in consecutive playoff games.

Luka Dončić’s untimely absence has extended to 14 consecutive games and unsurprisingly the Lakes are looking lost against top competition without their elite scorer. LeBron at 41 is doing all he can to will LA forward, finishing Game 3 with 19 points, six rebounds, and eight assists, but nobody has ever come back from 0-3 in NBA history. LA’s inevitable exit has arrived.

Wemby Vs. Edwards Is The Series The League And Fans Needed

This Spurs/Wolves series has produced more content per game than any other in the playoffs. A quick recap of the chaos:

• Game 1: Wolves win 104-102. Edwards gives the Spurs bench a double thumbs down postgame and yells "I'm back!" at their sideline.

• Game 2: Spurs win 133-95. The 38-point margin is the largest single-game blowout of the second round.

• Game 3: Wembanyama goes insane with 39, 15, and 5 blocks to go up 2-1.

• Game 4: Wembanyama throws a flagrant-2 elbow into Naz Reid's chin for his first career ejection. Anthony Edwards scores 36, including 16 in the fourth quarter, to tie the series 2-2.

Edwards has now played 40-plus minutes in back-to-back games on a hyperextended knee and bone bruise — and is still the best player on the floor every night he suits up.

The Spurs are winning with physicality and attacking Minnesota's depleted backcourt, but needs to stay clean. For the Wolves, it’s simple. Anthony Edwards needs to be Anthony Edwards for 48 minutes, because without DiVincenzo and with Dosunmu's calf a question mark, the margin for error is slim.

Harden Saves The Cavs As Cade Fumbles 8 Turnovers In Game 3

Detroit led 2-0 and needed one more win to effectively end the Cavaliers' season. They were up 17 at one point in Game 3, but then vintage James Harden happened.

Donovan Mitchell bucketed 35 of his own, but it was Harden hitting nine of his 19 points in the final 90 seconds, including a 3-pointer over Tobias Harris while getting knocked to the floor, that proved pivotal to cut the series to 2-1.

Mitchell reached 2,000 career postseason points in his 73rd game, tied for third-fastest among active players. And while Cade Cunningham had his second career postseason triple-double with 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists, his eight turnovers, three of them in the final two minutes, were a bigger factor in the game 3 results.

MLB

The Brewers Swept The Yankees With Two Walk-offs And Misiorowski History

This was Milwaukee's weekend in every possible way. The Brewers met the Yankess top record in baseball and proceeded to give them broom treatment, using back-to-back walk-off victories.

That's on top of Friday, when Jacob Misiorowski threw the seven fastest pitches by a starting pitcher in the Statcast era, topped out at 103.6 mph, struck out 11, and shut out the Yankees through six innings. In the process, becoming the fastest Brewers pitcher ever to 150 strikeouts.

One weekend positive for the Yankees is that Cam Schlittler lowered his MLB-best ERA to 1.35 on Saturday before the bullpen blew it. He has quietly been a top 3 pitcher in baseball this season.

The Brewers are now 22-16, rising in the power rankings, getting healthy bats, and once again shaping up to be an inevitable NL contender. Three wins in three days against the best team in baseball is not an accident.

The Cubs' 10-Game Win Streak Ended With Getting Blanked In Back To Back Shutouts

The Cubs entered their series with the Rangers coming off winning 20 of heir last 23, but Texas shut out Chicago 6-0 on Saturday, ending the Cubs' 10-game winning streak. Chicago went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base.

And despite another 3-0 blank on Sunday, MLB's Power Rankings this week moved the Cubs to No. 1 in baseball, their highest ranking of the season. The Rangers winning the series represents their first series win in their last five series.

The Cubs sitting at 27-14 despite starting pitching being decimated by injuries, and not a single qualified hitting slashing over .280, goes to show how scary this team will be once healthy and how competitive their hitting is top to bottom.

The Don Mattingly era is working For The Phillies, Who Have Completely Turned Their Poor Start Around

After starting 4-0 once Mattingly stepped in to replace fired manager Rob Thomson, the Phillies are now 19-22 and being 9-19 at the time of the switch.

Bryce Harper is heating all the way up, Brandon Marsh is ripping a .353 average, and Kyle Schwarber has ripped five bombs over his last four games to tie him with Aaron Judge for a league leading 16 taters. As Christopher Sanchez leads the starting rotation, the bullpen pitching has remained elite with three relievers with 10+ appearances and a sub 2.00 ERA.

The biggest difference might be that they’re simply catching the ball and executing plays they were botching in April. If the rest of starting pitching can carry its weight, the Phillies are going to be as tough to beat as anyone.

The Reds Fell Off A Cliff With Eight Straight Losses After Hottest Start In Baseball

The Reds ranked No. 7 in MLB power rankings just two weeks ago after the NL's best start. Since then, they most recently recouped two sigh of relief type wins against the Astros after suffering eight straight losses where they were outscored 60-23 during the streak.

Cincinnati snapped the streak Sunday with a win over Houston behind Andrew Abbott's six shutout innings and an Elly De La Cruz three-hit day. But eight straight losses with a 60-23 run differential is a total reversal from their early-season identity that was built on close-game execution and pitching. When those things stopped working simultaneously, there was nothing underneath to catch them.

The saving grace is they’re still 22-19 and has enough talent to right the ship before the damage is permanent. Elly De La Cruz and Sal Stewart with 10 home runs a piece, with Spencer Steer right behind at seven, is enough firepower to get back on track. Chase Burns has been an elite ace but Cincy needs a whole hell of a lot more out of the rest of their starting pitching.

The Mets Secure MLB’s Worst Record At 15-25 After Rough Weekend Series Against Arizona

The Mets remain the most frustrating expensive team in sports and simply cannot get any rhythm going beyond a two game win streak here and there.

Two NL executives described the Mets bluntly: "Everything about the Mets has looked disjointed. They don't really look like they're playing for each other or [manager Carlos] Mendoza, and they've been fraught with injuries." Mendoza's job is reportedly on the line as this past weekends’ results did not yield the needed results.

But to an extend, what are they supposed to do? Juan Soto (missed time), Luis Robert Jr. (IL), and Francisco Lindor (IL) are the three players who were supposed to anchor the lineup alongside Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette. Instead, they are on pace to lose 100 games.