This weekend featured five high-stakes NBA showdowns on ESPN and ABC. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers faced off in a huge Eastern Conference tilt Saturday night in a game that came down to a last-second 3-pointer by Jayson Tatum — and a three-quarters-court Hail Mary by Joel Embiid that would have sent the game to overtime if it was made just a tenth of a second earlier.
On Sunday, the Milwaukee Bucks topped the (still Kevin Durant-less) Phoenix Suns to extend their winning streak to 14 games — even with Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined with a quad injury.
The Los Angeles Lakers successfully mounted a 27-point comeback against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon on the back of a monster 30-point, 15-rebound game from Anthony Davis, continuing their late-season push into the playoff picture.
Behind Klay Thompson's 32 points, the short-handed Golden State Warriors rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 109-104.