Basketball Intelligence For 4/25/26
The day's best basketball news and analysis.
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TEAM NEWS
ATL: Soaring to a series lead
Juri Bilcich, Sportstape Chronicles
ATL: Unlikely duo of CJ McCollum, Jonathan Kuminga has Hawks positioned to upset Knicks
John Hollinger, The Athletic
In a game that contained multitudes, Atlanta’s C.J. McCollum who scored 23 points and made the go-ahead basket with 12.7 seconds left, while Jonathan Kuminga was the bench savior with 21 points and rugged defense on Karl-Anthony Towns.
If you think this was unlikely when the series started, go deeper and consider how improbable it all seemed at midseason. McCollum was toiling in anonymity for a tanking Wizards team, while Kuminga was racking up DNPs in a Warriors system that didn’t fit him.
McCollum and Kuminga were Atlanta’s returns on the midseason trades of Young and Porziņģis. McCollum has been the playoff hero for Atlanta, putting the Hawks ahead for good in both of their wins while averaging 27 points across the three games, and repeatedly roasting Knicks’ All-Star Jalen Brunson in the process.
BOS: 6 Reasons Boston Celtics Held On To Beat Sixers in Game 3, Including Surprising Plays
John Karalis, SI.com
BOS: How slumping Derrick White delivered winning play for Celtics in Game 3
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: When Jayson Tatum took over Game 3 against the 76ers, it’s easy to forget that he was away for so long
Gary Washburn, The Boston Globe
BOS: Jayson Tatum buries the 76ers late as Celtics take Game 3: 8 takeaways
Tom Westerholm, Boston.com
BOS: ‘All of those things mattered’: Inside Neemias Queta’s breakout with Celtics
Chirs Forsberg, Celtics Insider
DAL: Planting the Flagg
Jonas Plaut, The Cap Crunch
GSW: Understanding the Warriors Complicated Summer Ahead - 2026 Offseason Preview
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
