The Opening Tip

• More 76ers-Knicks, please

• An exciting Cavs-Magic moment

• The Lakers are still all-in on LeBron

Tonight’s playoff games

You gotta give.

1. Unfortunately, the footage of angry, shell-shocked New Yorkers on celebrity row is very funny

The Knicks and 76ers played a classic playoff game last night, which Philly won in OT thanks to a miraculous run by Tyrese Maxey of seven points in 17 seconds to close regulation.

Before Maxey went nuclear, with the Knicks up six with one minute and then 28.2 seconds left, the camera panned to a euphoric crowd, including famous former Knicks Patrick Ewing, Carmelo Anthony, LaTrell Sprewell, Marcus Camby, John Starks and Larry Johnson.

After Maxey went nuclear, it felt like a scene from right after the apocalypse in This Is the End (minus Michael Cera): Confused/angry famous people everywhere. Scenes:

• Jon Stewart staring blankly as Tyrese Maxey admired his masterpiece. 

• Tracy Morgan flipping off Maxey. 

• Ben Stiller hissing at Maxey. 

Anyways, us 76ers-Knicks nonpartisans are truly blessed to get at least one more of these games. 

[WATCH: 76ers-Knicks Game 5 highlights]

2. Daily GIF: This also happened last night

The first four games of Magic-Cavs could have been simmed without many people noticing. Last night was actually a good one, capped by a game-sealing savant-level block by Evan Mobley. 

[WATCH: Cavs-Magic Game 5 highlights]

3. Trivia

4. The Lakers are going to triple-down on 39-year-old LeBron

The Lakers’ season ended on Monday night. The front office has already made clear they’re still in the LeBron business.

According to reports …

• The Lakers are willing to give LeBron a three-year, $164M deal, which would take him through his age 42 season. 

• The Lakers are also ‘very open’ to drafting Bronny James, who averaged 4.8 PPG on 36.1 percent shooting on a bad USC team last year. 

Drafting someone who is not an NBA prospect to appease his legendary father is, of course, insane.

Paying a 42-year-old $50M-plus is also probably less than well-advised, especially when the current team isn’t close to a title contender.

But overpaying superstars for past performance and running a glamor franchise poorly only to stumble into a great player in free agency has long been the Lakers’ modus operandi.

[READ: Do LeBron and the Lakers even make sense together?]

Quick hits

• The Bucks last night became the first team ever to win a playoff game without their top two scorers. 

• Also from Bucks-Pacers: Pat Bev was +36 in 36 minutes. 

• Josh Hart played 53 minutes in Game 5, AKA an entire game plus overtime. 

• ‘Banchero … Feeling it … Spins … Stepback … Fadeaway … Airball!’

• Nick Nurse broke his finger while raging against a ref. 

• New Joel Embiid nickname just dropped. 

• JJ Redick succccccccks. 

• This is Art But Make It Sports’ magnum opus.

Reads + Pods

• The Phoenix Suns are screwed [The Ringer]

• Enter Bill Simmons’s no flex zone, if you dare [Defector]

• Slowing down has quickly become a favorite move for the league's elite scorers [ESPN]

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