Sean Keane

14 hours ago | goldenstateofmind.com | Sean Keane

Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images Last year, the Washington Commanders were a franchise in disarray. They hadn’t won a playoff game in 19 years, and they’d made the playoffs once in the previous nine seasons. Then, they hired former Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, and subsequently improved by eight wins and made the NFC Championship Game.

22 hours ago | yardbarker.com | Sean Keane

Wednesday night of the NBA playoffs featured injuries, trash talk, thwarted comebacks and some big-time performances from some of the NBA's best young scorers. Here are three stars — all some of those big scorers — from the fifth night of NBA playoff action. Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown | 36 points, 10 rebounds, five three-pointers Jaylen Brown once again proved that he ups his game in the playoffs with a pristine 36-point effort against the Orlando Magic.

23 hours ago | yardbarker.com | Sean Keane

Davion Mitchell helped the Miami Heat erase a big fourth-quarter deficit in Game 2. Then Donovan Mitchell closed out the game for the Cleveland Cavaliers. PAOLO BANCHERO UNREAL NO-LOOK DIME!!!MAKES IT LOOK EASY Magic/Celtics in the 4Q of Game 2 on TNT.

1 day ago | yardbarker.com | Sean Keane

Brown accounted for nearly half of Boston's 12 threes and almost exceeded the Magic's total, after a game where it went 7-for-29. Franz Wagner scored 25 points while shooting 9-for-13 on two-pointers  — and 1-for-7 on threes. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was 0-for-6 from behind the arc and didn't make a shot from the field until there were three minutes left in the final quarter, finishing with three points.

1 day ago | yardbarker.com | Sean Keane

The Rockets-Warriors series has been highly physical in its first two games, with both teams unhappy with which fouls have been called, or uncalled. Thompson's second foul appeared to have been initiated by the Warriors' Green, while Golden State's Gary Payton II was shoved down on a drive with no call. Quinten Post and Steven Adams pushed each other and drew double technical fouls. The whole series has the spirit of a '90s playoff series, with physicality, cheap shots and low point totals.