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Despite leading by 17 with just over six minutes to play (and by 14 with under three minutes), the New York Knicks were stunned by the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.

For the second year in a row, the Minnesota Timberwolves are in the Western Conference Finals. Last year, they were eliminated in five games by the Dallas Mavericks, who went on to lose to the eventual champion Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.

The Boston Celtics have run headlong into the wall of both of those realities, which is why change is coming this summer. The only question is how much. How Boston got here. Bosto

The NBA playoffs have not gone according to plan. After racking up the best record in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers got walloped by the Indiana Pacers in the second round. The defending champion Boston Celtics,

Cowens won his lone MVP award during the 1972-73 season, a year in which the Celtics finished with the best record in the league but lost in the Eastern Conference Finals to the New York Knicks. Cowens averaged 20.5 points, 16.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in 82 regular-season appearances while averaging 41.8 minutes per contest.

As a result, former NBA player DeMarcus Cousins delivered a shocking claim regarding Brunson and Los Angeles Lakers forward Luka Doncic on who he would rather have. "I'm going to take Jalen Brunson because he's still playing," Cousins said. "That's obvious. One guy's at home and one guy's playing. The guy at home can't help me right now.