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Jarrett Allen was an absolute force Sunday night as Cleveland closed out Toronto in seven games, putting up twenty-two points and nineteen rebounds to match his playoff career high. The Cavaliers rolled one-fourteen to one-oh-two, and right now it's hard to argue with anyone who says the road to the Eastern Conference Finals runs straight through Cleveland.
Speaking of the East, Jaylen Brown is not taking that Boston exit quietly. One day after the Celtics dropped Game seven to Philadelphia, Brown went live on Twitch and called out Joel Embiid directly, accusing him of flopping and claiming NBA officials carry an agenda against him. Whether it's frustration talking or a legitimate grievance, the timing makes it a story that isn't going away fast.
And out in Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani is in a stretch nobody expected to be talking about. Four straight hitless games for the Dodgers superstar, the longest such drought he's faced since two thousand twenty-two. It's a small sample, but when you're Ohtani, even a brief cold spell turns heads across the baseball world.
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