
Finals-worthy matchup awaits Nets in second round
NY Post
For Brooklyn, the Celtics were just a teaser. Now comes the real test.
The Nets dispatched Boston in a gentleman’s sweep, and find Milwaukee — a team they lost the season series to — waiting in the Eastern Conference semifinals. It’s a matchup of star-studded Big 3s that some say is more befitting of the NBA Finals. “They’re a great team and they’re tough to deal with,” Kevin Durant said. “We respect everybody on their team. We know exactly what they bring to the table. We’re just going to go out there and have fun playing the game of basketball. We’re going to challenge each other. You know they’re going to challenge us and vice versa. May the best team win.”
SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.










