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Anaheim is moving on. The Ducks closed out the two-time defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers with a five to two win in Game six, and Connor McDavid is going home early. Leo Carlsson, Troy Terry, and Chris Kreider each put up a goal and two assists, and just like that, Anaheim is into the second round.
Meanwhile in the NBA, the Knicks didn't just win — they sent a message. OG Anunoby dropped twenty-nine points, twenty-six of them in the first half alone, as New York dismantled Atlanta one hundred forty to eighty-nine. That fifty-one point margin is the kind of performance that makes the rest of the East take notice heading deeper into the playoffs.
And speaking of the East, Joel Embiid says he is tired of losing to Boston, and right now Philadelphia has a chance to do something about it. The seventy-sixers are staring down a potential Game seven against the Celtics, and Embiid's frustration is real — the question is whether that edge translates when the stakes are highest.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
