2024 NBA playoffs - Bets, lines and stats for Sunday - ESPN

Today is almost certainly the last four-game day of the NBA season, since series will have ended before next weekend's slate. One series could end as soon as today, with the Timberwolves carrying a 3-0 series lead into Game 4 in Phoenix.

All three other series are 2-1, though both the Pacers and Mavericks have already won a road game in their series and can consolidate their home-court advantage with wins Sunday. The Knicks and 76ers are the only Sunday series where the home team is undefeated, and every game has been intensely competitive so far.

On this last four-game slate of the season, let's dig further into the matchups and find some angles of interest.

Tyrese Maxey OVER 25.5 points (-120). Amidst all the fireworks of Joel Embiid's 50-point effort, Maxey produced yet another quality game against the Knicks in Game 3 with 25 points and 7 assists. In six games against the Knicks this season, three in the regular season and three in the playoffs, Maxey has scored at least 25 points in five of them. He is averaging 31.0 PPG in the playoffs thus far, and with Embiid's 50-piece likely drawing even more defensive attention from the Knicks (if that's even possible), Maxey has a good chance to turn in another big number on Sunday.

Mavericks -5.5 vs. Clippers (-115). The Clippers outscored the Mavericks by 26 points in a bizarre first half of Game 1 that saw the Mavs score only 30 points, including just eight points in the second quarter. In the 2.5 games since, the Mavericks have outscored the Clippers by 30 points to take control of the series. If we chalk that G1 first half up to «rust» after sitting their starters over the last couple games of the regular season, the Mavericks have been arguably the hottest team in the