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Frank Vogel interviews for Sixers’ head coaching job and emerges as top candidate

Could Frank Vogel be in line for a Philadelphia-area homecoming?

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Dave Hyde: Sergei Bobrovsky takes over series as Panthers sit one game from finals

SUNRISE, Fla. — Rod Brind’Amour pursed his lips, shook his head and didn’t try to hold the pain from tumbling out before him.

Tribune News Service

Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers shut out Carolina to move within one win of Stanley Cup Final

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers’ first home game in the Eastern Conference finals since 1996 started with a montage of everyone on the roster.

Miami Herald

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Jimmy Butler’s Bold Prediction After ’22 Playoff Ouster Is Going Viral

The star forward appeared to correctly predict Miami’s playoff run.

Sports Illustrated

The Heat Have Rendered the Celtics’ Season Meaningless

Boston had the optimal path to the NBA Finals until it ran into eighth-seeded Miami, which has upended all expectations with a 3–0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

Sports Illustrated

On this day: Bird, Wilkins battle in ’88 ECF G7; Siegfried, Brown born

On this day in 1987, Boston's Larry Bird went shot for shot with Atlanta's Dominique Wilkins in that year's Eastern Conference Finals.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Heat trounces Boston Celtics in Game 3, now one win away from seventh NBA Finals berth

MIAMI — The most improbable run in Heat playoff history now sits on the cusp of something that seemed unimaginable five weeks ago: a berth in the NBA Finals.

Miami Herald

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Heat roll past Celtics 128-102, take 3-0 lead in Eastern Conference finals

Gabe Vincent scored a career-high 29 points, Duncan Robinson added 22 and the eighth-seeded Miami Heat are now just one win from the NBA Finals after rolling past the Boston Celtics 128-102 on Sunday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference title series

The Independent UK

Three thoughts on the Celtics’ calamitous 128-102 Game 3 loss to the Heat

The Boston Celtics wilted like orchids Sunday night, dropping Game 3 128-102 and falling behind 0-3 in the Eastern Conference finals.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Boston’s Jaylen Brown excited for Celtics to mount ECF comeback: ‘It should make for a better story’

Down 0-2 in the Eastern Conference finals, Jaylen Brown is ready to lead a Celtics comeback.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ira Winderman: Unlike NBA’s scapegoating, Heat turn stability into success

MIAMI — In an alternate universe, the Miami Heat might have been guided at the moment, and in recent seasons, by Doc Rivers, Tom Thibodeau, Billy Donovan or a number of recycled coaches.

Tribune News Service

On this day: Celts win vs CLE in ’17 ECF, PHI in ’12 ECF; Watts born

On this day, the Boston Celtics beat both the Cavs and 76ers in East Finals series, and former Celtic forward Ron Watts was born.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Spot-on Vela sends Los Angeles to top in MLS

Los Angeles (AFP) - Carlos Vela scored an injury-time penalty as Los Angeles FC surged to the top spot in Major League Soccer's Western Conference on Saturday, and Cincinnati maintained their charge at the top of the Eastern standings.

AFP

Matthew Tkachuk scores second straight game-winning, OT goal to give Panthers 2-0 lead over Hurricanes in Eastern finals

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes didn’t leave PNC Arena until close to 3 a.m. on Friday, and finally, after skipping practices later in the day and holding optional morning skates Saturday, they returned to the scene of the sixth longest game in NHL history all of…

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Celtics’ Jayson Tatum has been quiet in fourth quarters (and Heat have been quiet about making it a talking point)

MIAMI — As the Boston Celtics have learned with Grant Williams’ bravado against Jimmy Butler in these Eastern Conference finals, you don’t poke the bear.

Sports Illustrated

‘This Is Not Last Year’: Miami Turning the Tables on Boston in These East Finals

We’re two games into the series, and you have to wonder which team looks like the eight-seed also-ran and the other the prohibitive favorite.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Marcus Hayes: How James Harden and Ben Simmons got Doc Rivers fired from the Sixers

PHILADELPHIA — I don’t have a problem with Doc Rivers’ getting fired this week. He deserved it. He failed. He had two jobs, and he failed.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Butler scores 27, Miami beats Boston 111-105 to take 2-0 lead in East finals

Jimmy Butler scored 27 points, hitting a pair of buckets to give the Heat the lead after they erased a double-digit, fourth-quarter deficit and Miami beat Boston 111-105 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals

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Joe Mazzulla on why the Celtics can pivot after tough losses: ‘They always respond’

Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla put his full trust in his players and their ability to respond to a tough loss ahead of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Marcus Hayes: Does Daryl Morey love James Harden’s game so much he’ll spend $200M to keep him with the Sixers?

PHILADELPHIA — Romeo and Juliet. Antony and Cleopatra.

Miami Herald

Panthers win quadruple-overtime marathon in North Carolina to steal Game 1 of East finals

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers waited 27 years to play in the Eastern Conference finals again, so waiting 60 minutes, plus two full overtime periods and then all but 12.7 seconds of a fourth to finally beat the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 was nothing.

The Independent UK

Tkachuk ends 6th-longest game in NHL history, Panthers outlast Hurricanes 3-2 in 4th OT

Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to lift the Florida Panthers past the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 early Friday to open their Eastern Conference final series

The Guardian - US

Don’t stop with Doc Rivers. Time to burn the Philadelphia 76ers to the ground

Beneath the mental fragility that led to the Sixers’ humiliating playoff exit is a gutless, joyless organization that is betraying their devoted fans

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jimmy Butler hangs 35 in the Garden, Celtics drop Game 1 of Eastern Conference finals 123-116

The Celtics "let go of the rope" as Miami rode a 46-25 third quarter to a Game 1 road victory in Boston.

The Independent UK

Butler scores 35, Heat rally to beat Celtics 123-116 in East finals opener

Jimmy Butler 35 points, including 23 after halftime, and the Miami Heat rallied in the second half to beat the Boston Celtics 123-116 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals

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