NBA playoffs first round ends with eight teams advancing
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Updated · Sports Illustrated · May 4
NBA playoffs first round ends with eight teams advancing
6 articles · Updated · Sports Illustrated · May 4
Three Game 7s capped a weekend that also featured two successful 3-1 comebacks, by Philadelphia over Boston and Detroit over Orlando.
The round also saw the Lakers, Spurs and Thunder progress, with LeBron James, Joel Embiid and Victor Wembanyama highlighted among standout performers.
Second-round play begins Monday after a highly competitive opening round that produced six series lasting at least six games and left several fancied teams already eliminated.
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