Dude had 17 boards in Game 1 against the Raps. The series also changes with Valanciunas out! Wish they both coulda stayed healthy. Definitely wish TO had more to bring now v. Cleveland. Read more

This is why the echo chamber here is so strange. I didn’t say they were favored. I said they’d have a chance, and in a long series, who knows? And it was (this is important) One Game into the playoffs, when any sort of assessment is presumed to come with a big ol’ grain of salt. No odds were laid. This was not a HOT… Read more

Totally different series if Hassan Whiteside, the league leader in blocks, gets to play. And the Heat looked like a fresh pack of razors early on. But you keep peeing up into that breeze, yo. Read more

Greatest Kinja ever. Read more

That’s the thing, reports seemed strong that he’d died, but they’re conflicting right now. We’ll update the post if anything develops. Read more

Note: The first version of this story we published said Bryant had died, per multiple reports, including one from al.com. (Which, given Bill Clark’s past-tense statement, seemed plausible.) But the latest info that Jim Coleman, a Palm Beach Post editor, is tweeting, as of 4:17 p.m. Saturday, is that “Detective Rob… Read more

Now this is some good Kinja right here. Read more