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On this day in 1950, Charles Cooper became the first black player drafted in the NBA, when he was selected by the Boston Celtics.

SUNDAY HOOPS - 4 MORE GAMES ‼️ 🏀 Knicks, Timberwolves, Celtics, Pacers seek 3-1 series leads 🏀 Pistons, Lakers, Magic, Bucks have hopes to even up their series 2-2 ALL DAY ACTION on ABC & TNT starting at 1pm/et 🍿

Asked #Magic guard Cole Anthony for his reaction to Jaylen Brown’s comments the Orlando-Boston playoff series is starting to not look like basketball: “I’mma keep it a buck gang, I don’t even really care. We’re all here to hoop.” On the physicality of the series: “Love it. We

🎁Sunday Pick 7 Contest🎁 Pick Winners below in order. First to get all right wins choice! Celtics/Magic Pacers/Bucks Caps/Canadiens Kings/Oilers O/U 6.5 Phillies/Cubs O/U 8.5 Rules: 1. Follow 2. Reply/Repost (No Quotes) 3. 1 Entry 4. 6:30 PM est. Deadline

Payton Pritchard on playing Celtics basketball instead of Magic basketball: “(The Magic) are allowing guys to play on an island, 1-on-1. That may be what they want, but we also have two star-level players, and KP too. We’ll try to get KP going tonight, but two star-level players

(1/2) There are too many keys to Game 4 tonight to list here, so I'll just name the one key I think is most important from the Magic's perspective: limiting the Celtics' number of open & wide-open 3-point shots. One way to do that is prevent Boston from getting out in transition.

The Celtics are averaging 22 catch and shoot attempts in this series against Orlando. They averaged 31.7 per game in the regular season. That's entirely coming from 3, where they've gone from 30.7 to 21.3

Pritchard said #Magic are allowing #Celtics players to play on an island: "That may be what they want, but we also have 2 star level players, and KP too. We can try to get KP going tonight."

Celtics are the road warriors of the NBA! I am so confident that the we will beat this Orlando Goon squad tonight! Look for both Porzingis and JB to have huge games! Celtics Numbah one! ☝️☝️☝️☘️🔥💚

How the Magic targeted Porzingis' defense in the Game 3 - Video thread.🎥 Orlando half-court offense approach was to put Porzingis in motion. Boston tried out different things but nothing really worked out. What did the Magic do? How could the Celtics answer? Find out below. 🧵

Run it back. 🏀 Knicks/Pistons, 1PM ET — ABC 🏒 Jets/Blues, 1PM — TBS 🏀 Lakers/Wolves, 330PM — ABC 🏒 Hurricanes/Devils, 330PM — TBS 🏒 Capitals/Canadiens, 630PM — TBS 🏀 Celtics/Magic, 7PM — TNT 🏀 Pacers/Bucks, 930PM — TNT 🏒 Kings/Oilers, 930PM — TBS

Derrick White takes the court for some work post-shoot around as the Celtics prepare for Game 4 against the Magic tonight and the hope of taking a 3-1 series lead.

“This is how we've played all year,” #Magic guard Anthony Black said about the physicality of the series vs. Boston. “We like to touch people on defense, we're into the ball, we pick up. That's just the style of basketball we play.”

Al Horford on what the #Celtics can do to get Kristaps Porzingis going: “Kristaps is a great competitor, and I know he'll respond. He'll be ready to go tonight.”

#NBAPlayoffs Approximate Tip Times today: Knicks-Pistons Game 4: 1:10PMET Lakers-Timberwolves Game 4: 3:40PMET Celtics-Magic Game 4: 7:05PMET Pacers-Bucks Game 4: 9:35PMET