The Eastern Conference playoffs have been a bloodbath from the very beginning, as evidenced by three out of four series reaching a Game 7.<\/p>\n
In the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup, the Toronto Raptors<\/a> have just refused to be put away against the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>, forcing a Game 7 through one of the most unlikely game winners we\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n With just 1.2 seconds remaining, RJ Barret\u2019s 29-foot three-point attempt hit high off the backboard before miraculously falling through the net, in shades of Kawhi Leonard<\/a>\u2019s Game 7 dagger against the 76ers<\/a> all those years ago.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Toronto will look to recreate some more magic on Sunday, against a heavily favored Cavs team.<\/p>\n To come out a winner during this Game 7 doubleheader, here are tonight\u2019s TST Best Bets brought to you by BetOnline.ag. Click here to join. All new players get a 50% welcome bonus and up to $250 in free bets.<\/a><\/p>\n First Pick: Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic \u2013 Under 202<\/p>\n Rundown: The Magic\u2019s offense inconsistency has been the biggest reason their season has been so disappointing, as the Desmond Bane<\/a> trade was expected to vault Orlando into the class of contenders to come out of the East.<\/p>\n After taking a 3-1 lead, the NBA world believed we might be seeing the Magic team we expected heading into the year, but their offensive woes have reared their ugly head in Games 5 and 6, and that\u2019s been exacerbated by the loss of Wagner.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Orlando scored just 19 points in the second half of Game 6, the second-least in a half in NBA history.<\/p>\n Detroit has still not found answers to how Orlando has shut down its offense, particularly with how they have shut down All-Star center Jalen Duran, but have found success in forcing the Magic<\/a> into a rockfight.<\/p>\n While the Pistons should be the pick here, the -8.5 spread is a little tough to back considering how low-scoring and tightly-contested this series has been.<\/p>\n With neither team having shown a competent playoff level offense through six games, the under is the play here.<\/p>\n These teams combined for 172 points in Game 6, and with the pressure of a do-or-die Game 7 looming over the young Pistons and Magic, expect another low-scoring game to end this series.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Second Pick: Toronto Raptors +8 over Cleveland Cavaliers<\/p>\n Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n May 1, 2026; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward RJ Barrett (9) reacts after scoring the winning basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the overtime period in game six of the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena.<\/p>\n Rundown: After witnessing how much of a war the Eastern Conference has been these playoffs, laying eight points is just far too many in a Game 7 of back-and-forth series.<\/p>\n The Raptors have covered in four straight games in this series, and the Cavs have not been great at covering as a home favorite all year, going 17-24 against the spread.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Raptors\u2019 rangy, lengthy defenders have really bothered the Cavs star backcourt of Donovan Mitchell<\/a> and James Harden<\/a>, who have both had several big-game blemishes in the playoffs through their careers.<\/p>\n On the flip side, Toronto\u2019s young core may show some growing pains in their first Game 7 as a unit, which projects Sunday\u2019s battle to be a close, low-scoring defensive affair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Philadelphia 76ers became the 14th team to ever come back from a 3-1 lead to win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[66348,88728,8174,114223,4576,13054,56239,6418,11653,15992,355,13331,13677,11950,59050,99,118400,148694,12378,2970],"class_list":["post-621434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-76ers","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-desmond-bane","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-franz-wagner","tag-james-harden","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-magic","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-rj-barrett","tag-sports","tag-the-magic","tag-tobias-harris","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-raptors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"May](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/89f0e616cb31ef866093b87bb4b57781.jpeg\"\/)
May 1, 2026; Toronto<\/a>, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward RJ Barrett<\/a> (9) reacts after scoring the winning basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the overtime period in game six of the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena.<\/p>\n