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The @nyknicks are the first team in NBA postseason history to win the final game of one series and the first game of the next series each by 35+ points.

Jalen Brunson has scored at least 15 points in all 49 playoff games of his Knicks career. Only 2 players have had longer 15-point streaks to begin their playoff career with a single team: Michael Jordan (179 straight with Bulls) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (57 straight with Bucks).

In tonight's Game 1, the @Avalanche had a 3-0 lead, trailed 5-4 and won 9-6. It is the first time in NHL playoff history a team led by three goals, then fell behind and won the game by three or more goals.

Jarrett Allen recorded 22 points, 19 rebounds and 5 stocks (steals and blocks) in the @cavs Game 7 win tonight. The last NBA player to reach all of those stats in a Game 7 was Kevin Garnett in 2004 against Sacramento (Western Semis).

The Lightning/Canadiens series is the seventh in NHL history to feature six or more consecutive one-goal games. Only two series have ever had seven one-goal games: Capitals over Bruins in 2012 and Rangers over Capitals in 2015.

Current streaks in the NL West: Giants: lost 5 Dodgers: lost 4 Padres: lost 4 Diamondbacks: lost 3 Rockies: lost 3 This is the first time in MLB history every team in a division was on a 3+ game losing streak at the end of a given day.

Joel Embiid of the @sixers is the first player in NBA history to score 100+ points in a playoff series despite missing the first 3 games.

Today, the Celtics and Sixers will meet in a Game 7 for the ninth time. That will tie the teams with the Bruins vs. Canadiens for the most common Game 7 matchup in NBA/NHL/MLB history.

13+ HR & 27+ BB in team's first 32 games of season, MLB history: Babe Ruth (1928, 1930) Mark McGwire (1992) Albert Pujols (2006) Jim Thome (2006) Munetaka Murakami (2026)

The Magic are the only NBA team in the shot-clock era (since 1954-55) to have a 20+ point halftime lead but then fail to score 20 points in the second half (reg or post).

The @DetroitPistons are the first team in NBA playoff history to come back from a 20+ point halftime deficit to stave off elimination.

Drew Millas (28y, 105d on April 30) was the oldest player to take a PA for the Nationals through the end of April. All 2721 other MLB teams in the modern era (min. 1 game in March/April) have had at least 1 player older than that age take at least 1 PA through the end of April.

For the first time ever, Minnesota has an NBA & NHL team in the second round in the same year.

This is the first time since RBI became official in 1920 that one rookie was leading the majors in homers (Munetaka Murakami) and another rookie was leading the majors in RBI (Sal Stewart) entering May (including ties for the lead).

Kyle Schwarber of the @Phillies is the first MLB player to have a day with: 5+ hits 3+ walks 2+ doubles 2+ homers 0 strikeouts ...since Lou Gehrig on August 26, 1935 (also in a doubleheader).

The @nuggets Nikola Jokic is one of 5 players in NBA history to average at least 25.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game when facing elimination in the playoffs. The others are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit.

In NHL history, there have been 29 instances of a team trailing in the 3rd period in each of the first 5 games of a playoff series. Of those 29 teams, 28 were behind in the series or had already lost the series after 5 games. The lone exception is this year's @GoldenKnights.

Tonight marks the second time in NBA history two former No. 1 overall picks (Cade Cunningham & Paolo Banchero) each scored 45+ points in the same game (reg or post). The other came on January 14, 1961, when Elgin Baylor (45) & Oscar Robertson (45) did so in a 123-114 Lakers win.

Aaron Judge & Ben Rice have combined for 22 HR & 42 BB through the Yankees’ first 30 games in 2026. The only other teammates to combine for both marks through 30 team games in MLB history are Mark McGwire + Jim Edmonds (StL) in 2000 & Babe Ruth + Lou Gehrig (NYY) in 1930.

Last night the @sixers trailed by 1 entering the 4th quarter. They ended up winning by 16. That's the largest road playoff win in NBA history by a team that trailed entering the 4th.