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Team Pulse
Wembanyama's 12 blocks showed San Antonio can crowd Minnesota's rim. Game 2 turns on whether his catches force help, rolls, and rotations, or leave the Wolves comfortable with high jumpers.
Team Pulse
Bryson Graham’s hire starts Chicago’s next front-office chapter, but Bulls fans should judge the first roster decision more than the new title.
Debate
Jamahl Mosley can be blamed for Orlando’s three straight first-round exits, but Jeff Weltman’s extension makes the next coach hire a test of the roster plan too.
Team Pulse
With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined, Lakers fans should track whether Los Angeles can still build organized possessions against a 64-win Thunder team built to punish shaky creation.
Debate
Detroit’s comeback makes the Pistons a real second-round problem, but the next question is whether Cade Cunningham’s control survives Cleveland’s size, rebounding, and possession pressure.
Debate
Boston's strange Game 7 lineup deserves scrutiny, but the cleaner offseason argument is about how quickly the Celtics ran out of trusted playoff answers once Jayson Tatum was unavailable and Sam Hauser stopped looking like a release valve.
Team Pulse
Joel Embiid's ticket plea is not the series itself, but Games 3 and 4 in Philadelphia will show whether the Sixers can turn their building into a real pressure cushion against a Knicks team that travels loudly.
Debate
Philadelphia's Game 7 win deserves real respect, but Tatum's late scratch keeps the next-series trust question open.
Team Pulse
The first thing to track in Wolves-Spurs is not whether Rudy Gobert can erase Victor Wembanyama, but whether Wembanyama's range opens the floor for San Antonio's guards.
Team Pulse
After blowing a 24-point lead, Orlando's Game 7 question is whether the Magic can create early paint pressure, keep dry spells from snowballing, and keep Cade Cunningham from owning the fourth again.
Explainer
Kevin Durant's absence explains Houston's Game 6 loss, but the 98-78 exit leaves the Rockets with a colder offseason question about creation depth and offensive dependency.
Team Pulse
The Lakers routed Houston to advance, but the Thunder series starts with a sharper watch item: where Los Angeles creates its first advantage with Luka Doncic still out and Austin Reaves newly back in the lineup.