Pistons, Cavs, 76ers, Canadiens win Game 7s; Golden Tempo takes Kentucky Derby in historic rally

🏀 Do not miss this: How 76ers, Joel Embiid overcame years of heartbreak

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We already covered the Pistons and Magic advancing Sunday, but let's not forget about the other winner of the weekend, perhaps the biggest winner of them all: The 76ers completed their stunning comeback from down 3-1 in the series with a 109-100 Game 7 win over the Celtics in Boston.

Joel Embiid, less than a month removed from emergency appendectomy, went for 34 points and 12 rebounds, and Tyrese Maxey -- whose offensive game is as fun to watch as anyone's right now -- scored 30 points, many down the stretch. Fearless rookie VJ Edgecombe added 23 and made five 3s.

Boston, which was without Jayson Tatum (left knee stiffness), blew a 3-1 series lead for the first time in franchise history. It's also the first time Philadelphia has won a playoff series over Boston since 1982. That's a rough combination of sentences for the Celtics, who we'll talk about more in a bit.

What a win this is for Philly. It is awesome to see Embiid not just playing, but playing well. He has had such rough, untimely injury luck, and the appendicitis looked to be the latest chapter. But he somehow returned by Game 4 and helped swing the series. Call it historic, call it cathartic, call it flopping (as Jaylen Brown did on Saturday before adding on Sunday that the refs have an "agenda" with him) ... this one means a lot, writes John Gonzalez.

• Gonzalez: "The last time Embiid won a Game 7 before this was never. He was 0-3 in his previous tries. That he was even part of the proceedings at all was its own giant surprise. The man's body has famously failed him. He has missed 150 regular-season games over the last three years. ... The whole thing has been so improbable that it's hard to say who's more floored by the events between the good people of Philadelphia and Boston.Even former Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie couldn't believe it."

Now, there are eight teams left. Here are the matchups and the series schedules.

• Western Conference: (1) Thunder vs. (4) Lakers
• Western Conference: (2) Spurs vs. (6) Timberwolves
• Eastern Conference:(1) Pistons vs. (4) Cavaliers
• Eastern Conference: (3) Knicks vs. (7) 76ers

🏀 Celtics' loss will have major implications

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What a ride the Celtics' 2025-26 season was: thrilling, unexpected highs for so many months, the Jayson Tatum return going better than anyone could have expected and making Boston look like legit championship contenders, and then the parquet floor collapsed beneath them.

So now what? Sam Quinn has the postmortem on Boston, which, let's remember, overachieved vastly.

• Quinn: "Never was the talent drain more evident than it was for Game 7. Joe Mazzulla kept only two of his Game 1 starters: Derrick White and Jaylen Brown. The three others? Baylor Scheierman, who hadn't played more than 15 minutes in any game this series, Luka Garza, who hadn't played more than 14, and Ron Harper Jr., who was playing on a two-way contract until early April. Mazzulla just didn't have the tools that he used to."

But you know who's super talented? Giannis Antetokounmpo. Sam navigates that possibility, too.

• Quinn: "It's the highest-stakes floor vs. ceiling debate any NBA team is likely to have in quite some time. The best version of a hypothetical Antetokounmpo-Celtics team would be better than the existing one because Giannis is a more impactful player than Jaylen Brown, and the better your best player is, the less you tend to need elsewhere. ... But the worst-case outcomes, especially when you factor in the extra draft picks you might have to put into the trade and any others you'd spend retrofitting the roster around your new star, are significantly drearier."

Of course, the Celtics won't be the only team in the Giannis sweepstakes, and this potential suitor might surprise you.

👍👎 The best (and not-so-best) of the rest

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• Nelly Korda is just destroying her competition, winning for the third time in six starts.
• The 76ers are restricting ticket access to some NBA fans looking to see the Knicks on the road.
• Shohei Ohtanithe pitcher is outperforming Shohei Ohtani the hitter.
• Brad Crawford ranked the most difficult schedules in college football for the 2026 season.
• Meanwhile, Cody Nagel calculated returning production for every single FBS team for 2026. Yes, all 138 teams! Wow.
• These are five burning MLB questions for May.
• Here's how Inter manager Cristian Chivu was able to restore the team's winning ways and clinch the Serie A title after UCL heartbreak.
• The Reds walked five straight Pirates batters Saturday, tying an MLB record.
• Ildemaro Vargas' 27-game hitting streak came to an end.
• Minnesota quarterback Drake Lindsey was arrested and charged with underage drinking.
• David Benavidez knocked out Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez to claim the unified cruiserweight titles. Also, Naoya Inoue outpointed Junto Nakatani to retain the junior featherweight crown.
• The Big Ten distributed a record $1.37 billion in revenue across its 18 member schools.
• FC Barcelona will face OL Lyonnes in the UEFA Women's Champions League final.

📺 What we're watching Monday

⚽ Chelsea vs. Nottingham Forest, 10 a.m. on USA Network
⚽ Everton vs. Manchester City, 3 p.m. on USA Network
🏒 Flyers at Hurricanes, Game 2, 7 p.m. on ESPN
⚾ Brewers at Cardinals, 7:45 p.m. on FS1
🏀 76ers at Knicks, Game 1, 8 p.m. on NBC/Peacock
🏀 Timberwolves at Spurs, Game 1, 9:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network/Peacock
🏒 Ducks at Golden Knights, Game 1, 9:30 p.m. on ESPN