Sunday gave us a never-before-seen day in NBA Playoffs history.

Four players scored 40+ points – Devin Booker (49), Jalen Brunson (47), Anthony Edwards (40) and Kyrie Irving (40).

Brunson’s 47 set a franchise record, while Ant’s 40 helped the Wolves win their first Playoff series in two decades.

Let’s get you caught up on everything that went down.

THE LINEUP 🏀

What’s inside today’s edition? 

Wolves Sweep Suns: Minnesota wins its first Playoff series since 2004 behind Edwards’ 40

Brunson Makes History: The top scoring Playoff performance in Knicks history has NY up 3-1

Clips Survive Mavs Rally: Dallas came all the way back from down 31, but LA prevailed late

Pacers Rain 3s: A Playoff franchise-record 22 treys has Indy up 3-1 on the Bucks

Elimination LeBron: The numbers and key moments from LeBron with the season on the line

BUT FIRST … ⏰

Last night’s scores & what to watch today.

Tonight, Celtics-Heat hits Game 4 (7:30 ET, TNT) as Miami looks to tie the series after Boston’s big Game 3 win. OKC will attempt to sweep the Pelicans in New Orleans (8:30 ET, NBA TV), then the Nuggets (up 3-1) get their second shot to close out the Lakers (10 ET, TNT). 

1. WOLVES COMPLETE SWEEP AS PART OF HISTORIC PLAYOFF DAY

1st Playoff Series Win Since 2004: The Timberwolves became the first team to advance out of the First Round of the Playoffs, completing a four-game sweep of the Suns with a 122-116 win on Sunday in Phoenix. | Recap

Anthony Edwards scored 31 of his team-high 40 points in the 2nd half – including a signature dunk to put Minnesota up four with 2:14 left – as the Wolves prevailed in a back-and-forth affair that saw 23 lead changes, 21 ties and neither team lead by more than six points.

• Ant Passes KG: Edwards (40 pts, 9 reb, 6 ast, 7 3s) posted his eighth Playoff game with 30+ points, passing Kevin Garnett for the most in team history
• Ant Joins Luka: Edwards and Doncic are the only players age 22 or younger with multiple Playoff games with at least 30 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast and 5 3s
• 🎤 Ant On The Mic: Listen in on Edwards’ Game 4 performance as he was mic’d up for the series clincher
• Said Durant, Edwards’ favorite player: “So impressed with Ant. My favorite player to watch… just his love for the game shines bright… love everything about Ant.”

Help From The Pack: Karl-Anthony Towns (28 pts, 10 reb, 4 3s) and Jaden McDaniels (18 pts) combined for 46 points to complement Ant.

• 🗣️ “It’s a Great First Step”: We walked off with KAT to get his immediate reaction to winning his first Playoff series.
• Wolves Coach Exits: Chris Finch was helped off the court late in the 4th quarter after suffering a ruptured patellar tendon in a collision with Mike Conley

A Valiant Effort: The Suns got monster games from Devin Booker (Playoff career-high 49 pts, 13-21 FG, 20-21 FT) and Kevin Durant (33 pts, 9 reb, 12-17 FG) as they fought to keep their season alive.

• Book At The Buzzer: Booker hit a fadeaway jumper to beat the halftime buzzer and put the Suns up five. He followed his 19-point 1st half with 30 in the 2nd as he went toe-to-toe with Ant

Part Of A Historic Night: For the first time in NBA Playoff history, there were four 40+ point scorers on the same day. All four days with at least three 40+ point scorers featured a scoring duel similar to Ant vs. Book.

• April 28, 2024 (4): Booker (49) vs. Edwards (40), Brunson (47), Irving (40)
• May 28, 2021 (3): Jayson Tatum (50) vs. James Harden (41), Luka Doncic (44)
• Aug. 23, 2020 (3): Donovan Mitchell (51) vs. Jamal Murray (50), Luka Doncic (43)
• May 3, 2006 (3): LeBron James (45) vs. Gilbert Arenas (44), Richard Hamilton (40)

2. BRUNSON’S RECORD-BREAKING GAME HAS KNICKS UP 3-1

Brunson Drops 47: The Knicks have played the fifth-most Playoff games in NBA history (395). And no player in those games scored more points than Jalen Brunson, who dropped 47 on the Sixers to lead NY to a 97-92 win and a 3-1 series lead. | Recap | 5 Takeaways | Watch The Final 4:41

• Surpassing King: Brunson’s 47 points topped a pair of 46-point Playoff performances by Hall of Famer Bernard King in 1984 for the franchise’s single-game record
• One Of A Kind: Brunson added 10 assists (creating another 23 points) to become the first Knick to post a 40/10 Playoff game
• NBA History: Brunson’s 86 points and 23 assists are the most by a player in NBA Playoff history over a two-game span. He’s the 12th player with 45+ pts, 10+ ast and 50%+ shooting in a Playoff game
• 🗣️ Brunson On Hearing ‘MVP’ Chants In Philly: “I’m thankful…and a lot of these situations wouldn’t be done without them”

Winning The Boards: For the first time in the series, the Knicks won the battle of the boards, out-rebounding the Sixers 52-42 overall and 15-9 on the offensive glass, leading to a 21-8 advantage in 2nd-chance points.

• Coming Up Big: Forwards Josh Hart and OG Anunoby combined for 31 boards (seven offensive)
• Block Party: Hart (0-for-7) and Precious Achiuwa (0-of-5) struggled to get shots to fall, but made for a long day for Philly, combining for seven of NY’s 11 blocks

Backs Against The Wall: Joel Embiid (27 pts, 10 reb, 6 ast, 3 stl, 2 blk) played a team-high 44 minutes, while Tyrese Maxey (23 pts, 6 ast) and Kelly Oubre Jr. (19 pts) combined for 42 points and six 3s for the Sixers.

3. CLIPPERS SURVIVE HUGE MAVS RALLY TO EVEN SERIES

Clippers Tie It Up: After building and giving up a 31-point lead, the Clippers closed the game on a 12-6 run to escape Dallas with a 116-111 win and a tied series at 2-2 with Game 5 back in LA on Wednesday. | Recap | 5 Takeaways | Watch The Final 5:55

Dynamic Duos Duel: The stars led the way for both teams, although LA was down one star with Kawhi Leonard ruled out for Game 4 (knee).

• LA: James Harden (33 pts, 7 ast, 4 3s) and Paul George (33 pts, 8 ast, 7 3s, 4 stl) combined for 66 points and 11-of-15 shooting from 3
• Dallas: Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 40 points (with six 3s) while Luka Doncic (29 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast) added his fourth Playoff triple-double and reached 1,000 Playoff points in the third-fewest games ever, tied with Elgin Baylor (32), and only trailing MJ (28) and Wilt (29)

So, how did the Mavs nearly match the largest comeback in Playoff history? Let’s break it down:

• LA Builds Lead: The Clips won the 1st quarter 39-16 and built a 31-point lead midway through the 2nd. They led 55-24 with 5:43 left in the half with PG and Harden (33 pts and 7 3s combined) outscoring Dallas on their own
• Dallas Begins Rally: Irving (16 pts on 5-of-5 shooting, his third time shooting 100% in a quarter this series) led Dallas on a 25-11 run to close the half, cutting the lead to 17
• Mavs Keep Coming: Dallas won the 3rd quarter 29-16 to cut the lead to four and finally took the lead with 2:14 left on a spectacular finish at the basket by Kyrie against three defenders
• Clippers Answer: PG drained a fadeaway corner 3 to put LA back up with 1:55 left, then Harden took over with back-to-back floaters to keep the Clippers up by two possessions before free throws sealed it in the final 30 seconds

4. PACERS TAKE 3-1 LEAD OVER BUCKS

Pacers Put Bucks On The Brink: Myles Turner (29 pts, 9 reb, 4 ast, 3 blk) stuffed the stat sheet while also splashing a Playoff career-high seven 3s to lead the Pacers to a 126-113 win over the Bucks to take a 3-1 lead. | Recap

• Inside/Outside Game: Turner not only showed off his 3-point touch (listen to the crowd explode on his sixth 3), he also dropped the hammer for a Playoff poster
• 🗣️ Turner On The Crowd Chanting His Name: “That was very special just knowing how much the city means to me and they reciprocated that love.”
• Raining 3s: The Pacers knocked down a Playoff franchise-record 22 3s in the win, led by Turner (7), Tyrese Haliburton (5), Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard (3 each)
• Pacers 7-2 vs. Bucks: After winning the season series 4-1 and taking a 3-1 lead, Indiana has won seven of the nine games between the teams this season

Bucks Unable To Overcome Missing Stars: Brook Lopez (27 pts, 9 reb) and Khris Middleton (25 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast) combined for 52 points as the Bucks were without Giannis (calf) and Dame (Achilles) and lost Bobby Portis to a 1st quarter ejection.

5. LEBRON LEADS LAKERS WITH BACKS AGAINST WALL

LeBron James is set to play his 28th career Playoff elimination game tonight (10 ET, TNT), after the Lakers picked up their first win of the series on Saturday to avoid a sweep by the Nuggets.

How has LeBron responded with his season on the line? He has a 15-12 record in such games and the numbers show us four key themes.

• More LeBron: His minutes increase by 4.6 per game in elimination games (44.7) compared to non-elimination games (40.1)
• More Offense: LeBron looks for his shot more as his scoring has leapt by 5.7 ppg compared to his assists climbing by just 0.2 per game
• Same Efficiency: His true shooting percentage between elimination games (58.41) and non-elimination games (58.40) is nearly identical
• Strong Starts and Finishes: Looking at his quarter-by-quarter scoring, LeBron’s put up the most points in the 1st and 4th quarters, at 9.1 each

We dug into the vault to pull key elimination game moments from every stage of his career.

Cleveland vs. Orlando (May 28, 2009): LeBron dropped 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists in a 112-102 win over the Magic to force a Game 6. He played 46 minutes and put in this tough and-1 layup over Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard.

Miami at Boston (June 7, 2012): There’s locked in and then there’s locked in like LeBron in Game 6 of the East Finals against the Celtics.

“The Stare” was piercing as were his 45 points – including this vicious putback dunk – 15 boards and five assists to force a Game 7.

Cleveland at Golden State, June 19, 2016): Game 7 of The Finals, tied game with under two minutes left. The Warriors are on a two-on-one break – Andre Iguodala to Steph Curry, back to Iguodala for the layup.

LeBron came out of nowhere for the most famous block of his career. The Warriors never scored again as the Cavs won the title.

L.A. Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets (April 27, 2024): LeBron scored 30+ points for the 19th time when facing elimination as the Lakers avoided a sweep by the Nuggets and forced tonight’s Game 5.