My favorite moment was the Pittsburgh fan next to me who said “this is what happens when you have an expansion draft...”

Tampa Bay in 5.

As a general DC sports fan, and a die hard Caps fan, I have been waiting for this moment for years. First of all, fuck all of you. Second, fuck all of those people who are chirping about how making a conference final doesn’t mean anything. Well, it was tough for us, SO BACK OFF. Finally, to Ovi and the rest of the…

WE’RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS HERE, PEOPLE!

Pittsburgh got their wish, they don’t have to play against Wilson again this season.

Rock the Red!!!!!

I truly do not fucking believe it. My inner pessimist is short circuiting.

Better try’n schedule the parade in DC quickly. Round 3 starts soon.

Trust the Process and Also This Undrafted Guy

He’s a secret weapon only to people who haven’t been watching them with any regularity. He’s fits so well on this team and, at times, is a dominant force on the overall game. One of the reasons I really wanted to see OKC play them is to watch Adams and Capela try to neutralize each other. While Gobert might be…

Hey Ben, as someone great once said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. —Wayne Gretsky” —Michael Scott

This was better than the first plan to keep Simmons in check, which was to get his head stuck in a jar of hunny.

This is such a weird thing to type, but the most fired up Raptor in the first two games was Drake, seriously, and that says more about the type of team this is than anything. They don’t have the guy that can bring them a ring, or even out of the East as long as LeBron is there, and likely, even if he heads out west.…

Really impressed with Cedi Osman’s ability to make fun of himself, since I’m assuming that’s actually him and not Pete Davidson.

There’s some facial hair choices in this that are pretty great.

This guy is scoring at home

Thank you for covering this like an adult.

“inappropriate electronic communications with female staff members.”

They don’t show up here because they’re not as entertaining as the vitriolic ones, but we do also get lots of helpful tips and kind compliments and smart rebuttals and thoughtful responses from readers. They outnumber the hate-mail stuff by a lot. Overwhelmingly, our readers are both smart and decent and their emails…

Brad Stevens outcoaches just about all of them.