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The NBA<\/a> playoffs continue Saturday with a pair of Game 3 matchups in the conference semifinals. Both games feature No. 1 seeds that hold a 2-0 edge against the No. 4 seed.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n In the East, the Detroit Pistons<\/a> visit the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (3 p.m. ET, NBC\/Peacock) looking to go up 3-0. In the West, the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> are at the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC), looking to put LeBron James<\/a> and the Lakers in a 3-0 hole.<\/p>\n Can either of the home teams prevail Saturday and avoid the brink of elimination? Neither? Both? Let us know what you think.<\/p>\n Thanks for voting. Be sure to make your voice heard and sound off in the comments section.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 9, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Editor\u2019s note: Welcome to Athlon Sports\u2019 poll of the day, where we ask readers to weigh in on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[8174,270301,4576,3013,1055,355,6402,99],"class_list":["post-633119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-conference-semifinals","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633119","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=633119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}