The No. 1 seeds took care of business with not much of a worry, and stars – some new, some old – showed up as the NBA playoffs opened with eight Game 1s Saturday and Sunday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the top seed in the East, were impressive.

Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Indiana’s Pascal Siakam, New York’s Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, Boston’s Derrick White, Cleveland’s Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell all showed why they are All-Star caliber players.

And of course, several teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, need to improve in Game 2.

Here are the winners and losers from Game 1 of the first-round series as the NBA playoffs began:

NBA playoffs Game 1 winners

Boston Celtics’ depth

This is how good the Celtics are: They can absorb substandard offensive games from Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis. Tatum was 4-for-13 (0-for-3 on 3s) and 0-for-2 with eight points and Porzingis was 1-for-6 with five points nearing the end of the third quarter and the Celtics were still ahead 72-59. That’s because they’re deep – Sixth Man of the Year favorite Payton Pritchard scored 19 points, Derrick White scored 30 and Jaylen Brown had 16. And it’s because Tatum, who finished with 17 points, and Porzingis contribute in other ways – 14 rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block for Tatum and six rebounds and four steals for Porzingis.

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder were dominant in a complete, two-way victory against Memphis: 131-80. And it’s quite possible it was worse than the score looks. Six Thunder players reached double figures, including all five starters. It was the perfect start to the playoffs for the Thunder.

Playoff Ty Jerome

On the day he was named a finalist for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award, Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome erupted for 28 points in 26 minutes and 17 seconds. It was efficiency encapsulated. Jerome attacked mismatches when Tyler Herro was guarding him and went 10-of-15 (66.7%) from the field and 5-of-8 (62.5%) from beyond the arc. Jerome’s 28 points was fourth-most since 1971 for a bench player making his postseason debut, four off of Malik Monk’s 32.

Warriors close behind Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry

It wasn’t just Stephen Curry’s improbable 3-pointers or Jimmy Butler’s mastery in the mid-range — the Warriors stole Game 1 on the road in large part because of the veteran savvy of their closers. In Butler’s case, don’t focus on his 25 points in the box score; look at his game-high five steals, seven boards and six assists. In Curry’s case, it was his slashes to the rim that opened up the spacing for Butler and others to execute. You might as well throw in Draymond Green, whose defensive pressure and intensity often forced the Rockets into mistakes.

David Adelman

Interim Nuggets coach David Adelman got his first playoff victory in a 112-110 Game 1 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Clippers. Of course, he relied on Nikola Jokic, but he also put Russell Westbrook in in opportunities to be effective, and Jamal Murray (21 points, nine rebounds, seven assists) and Aaron Gordon (25 points, eight rebounds) know what to do in the playoffs. It’s a good start for Adelman who could end up with the full-time job in Denver.

The Knicks’ Big 3

Jalen Brunson (34 points), Karl-Anthony Towns (23 points) and OG Anunoby (23 points) combined for 80 points and shot 50.8% from the field. But it just wasn’t their scoring. Brunson had eight assists, Towns added 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and two blocks and Anunoby contributed seven rebounds, five steals and two blocks. New York’s experience took over the in fourth. That’s exactly what the Knicks needed to start the playoffs, and that’s what they need for a long playoff run.

Timberwolves’ 3-point shooting

The Timberwolves made a playoff franchise-record 21 3-pointers in their victory against the Lakers and shot 50% from that range. At one point in the third quarter, they were 16-for-27 on 3s and owned an 80-54 lead. Four players (Jaden McDaniels, Julius Randle, Anthony Edwards and Naz Reid) made at least three 3s, led by Reid’s 6-for-9, Randle’s 4-for-6 and Edwards’ 4-for-9. The Timberwolves were one of the best 3-point shooting teams this season – fifth in 3s made per game (15) and fourth in 3-point shooting percentage (.377). Edwards led the league in made 3s (320).

* Special mention for McDaniels. He had 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting (3-for-3) on 3s and delivered nine rebounds and outstanding defense.

NBA playoffs Game 1 losers

Houston’s brutal second quarter

Frankly, the whole first half was an offensive struggle for the young Rockets, who had three starters — Alperen Şengün, Jalen Green and Amen Thompson — making their playoff debuts. Houston posted its lowest-scoring half (34) of the season and scored just 13 points in the second quarter. Şengün showed up and was the lone bright spot in Houston, leading the team with 26. But Green (seven points on 3-of-15 shooting) appeared to play rushed and out of rhythm. Houston, whose 85 points was also a season low, will need Green and its young players to learn from this early setback.

Milwaukee’s starting five

The Bucks’ starters scored 50 points – 36 by Giannis Antetokounmpo and two starters (Kyle Kuzma and Taurean Prince did not score). The Bucks had some ugly stats, including 9-for-37 on 3-pointers and just one 3-pointeer from the starters, and Kuzma was 0-for-5 from the field with no rebounds, no assists, no blocks and no steals in 21 minutes, 34 seconds on the court. Plus-minus in one game isn’t always a definitive measure, but the Bucks were outscored by 24 points in Kuzman’s plus-21 minutes The Bucks need Damian Lillard, who is recovering from deep vein thrombosis in his right calf, back in the lineup, and he could return in either Game 2 or Game 3.

Pistons’ fourth-quarter performance

The Pistons were outscored 40-21 in the fourth quarter, including a 21-0 stretch in which the Pistons’ 98-90 lead evaporated and turned into a 111-98 Knicks lead. The Pistons shot 31.8% from the field and 25% on 3s and committed eight of their 19 turnovers in the final quarter. Cade Cunningham had three of his six turnovers in the fourth, including two on back-to-back possessions. Detroit made strides this season in closing out games in the fourth quarter. But the young Pistons players received a lesson in what’s required to close out a game in the fourth quarter of a playoff game.

Luka Doncic and LeBron James

If Luka Doncic and LeBron James combine for 56 points, you probably think the Los Angeles Lakers were in the game. That wasn’t the case in the Lakers’ 117-95 Game 1 loss with Doncic scoring 37 points and James just 19. They combined for just four assists – three for James, one for Doncic – and that’s just not the offensive production that can get the Lakers a victory. First-time NBA head coach JJ Redick needs to help those two and help those two help their teammates. Giving up nearly 120 points isn’t great but scoring 95 isn’t getting it done in today’s NBA.

Memphis Grizzlies

You don’t need many stats to illustrate how bad the game was for the Grizzlies in a 131-80 loss to Oklahoma City. Struggling to score and defend, Memphis trailed by as many as 56, and the 51-point loss was the fifth-largest deficit in a playoff game.

Miami needs more from Andrew Wiggins

Heat All-Star Tyler Herro has carried Miami’s offense since Jimmy Butler was traded in February. Herro scored 21 on Sunday night, but had a quiet second half. When Cleveland focused on halting Herro, Bam Adebayo picked up his production and finished with a team-high 24 points. But Andrew Wiggins, the team’s third option, was far too passive, relegated to standing in the corner late in the game; Wiggins scored just four of his 14 points and took 4 of his 11 attempts in the second half. Going up against Cleveland, the NBA’s No. 1 rated offense, one that averaged 121.9 points per game, the Heat cannot afford to have Wiggins — who posted a game-low plus-minus of -22 — be a bystander in the second half.

Magic’s offense

Eighty-six points won’t win many games in the NBA, and it definitely won’t win many, if any, against the Boston Celtics in a seven-game series. It’s known the Magic aren’t great offensively (fourth-worst in the regular season), but three quarters with 19 or fewer points isn’t close to good enough against the Celtics – even if the Celtics finished fourth defensively. A short series is on its way if Orlando doesn’t find some answers.

San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arráez was taken by stretcher from the Daikin Park field in Houston and to an area hospital after a collision at first base with the Astros’ Mauricio Dubón in the first inning of Sunday night’s game.

Arráez later returned to the stadium after the Padres had defeated the Astros, 3-2.

Arráez, the second batter of the game, hit a ground ball wide of first base, where Christian Walker fielded it and tossed to Dubón covering the bag. Dubón’s footwork led him into the middle of the base and as Arráez hit the bag at full speed, his neck struck Dubón’s upper body and forearm.

Arráez, a three-time batting champion, immediately fell to the ground without breaking his fall.

The game was delayed for 11 minutes as trainers and medical staff examined Arráez, and his upper body was stabilized as they moved him from the ground to a cart that transported him off the playing surface.

The Padres announced Arráez was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital, where he was alert and responsive, and had movement in his extremities.

Arráez, 28, was batting .287 entering Sunday with three home runs, nearly equaling his 2024 output of four. He was acquired by the Padres in trade from the Miami Marlins last May and won the AL batting title in 2022 with the Minnesota Twins before winning the NL title the past two seasons with the Marlins and Padres.

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Here are the top takeaways from a wild Sunday at WrestleMania in Las Vegas:

Where is The Rock?

The big Sunday surprise wasn’t John Cena’s record-breaking victory over Cody Rhodes to claim the Undisputed WWE Championship. It was why The Rock, the puppet master who put all the pieces into place for the WrestleMania 41 Night 2 main event, was nowhere to be found.

It was The Rock who offered Rhodes to become ‘his champion,’ an offer Rhodes declined at Elimination Chamber in March. Cena then turned heel, sided with The Rock, and mounted a challenge against Rhodes to become the first 17-time world champion.

The Rock was barely mentioned in the seven weeks that passed between Elimination Chamber and Sunday. The Final Boss didn’t show up to WrestleMania either. Instead, it was rapper Travis Scott — who sucker-punched Rhodes at Elimination Chamber ― who abruptly interrupted the match and helped Cena get the win.

The finish was, to put it mildly, weird. Commentators on WWE’s post-show even referred to it as a ‘clunker.’ Having Scott break up the match’s rhythm and affect the outcome felt undeserved and cheapened the product.

It felt hastily strung together, as if WWE had a grandiose plan that fell apart at the last minute and needed to improvise how the match would unfold. Unfortunately, it resulted in the incredibly hyped match falling well short of expectations.

It’s no secret that The Rock — really Dwayne Johnson ― has an incredibly demanding schedule. But it feels short-sighted to have him arrange the pieces for WrestleMania’s biggest match only to disappear entirely.

Uncertainty for Judgement Day

The Judgement Day, one of RAW’s most influential factions, faced mixed results on Sunday. While Dominik Mysterio claimed the Intercontinental Championship, the first singles belt of his WWE career, he did so at the expense of teammate Finn Balor. Meanwhile, members Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez lost the Women’s Tag Team Championship to Lyra Valykria and Becky Lynch.

It’s fair to wonder where the Judgement Day, which once had other influential members such as Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley, goes from here. Balor would seem to be out of the picture, leaving just Mysterio, Morgan and Rodriguez … and Carlito (I guess). 

Will the group recruit new members? Is Mysterio the new leader? We’ll undoubtedly get some answers Monday on RAW.

Breakker turns the page

It was always inevitable; the Intercontinental Championship was too small for Bron Breakker. It was the perfect way for Breakker to lose the title, which was won when Dominik Mysterio pinned his Judgement Day buddy Finn Balor. The nuance of the result protects Breakker and possibly allows him to challenge for a world title in the coming months.

We also settled the dispute of which wrestler is the best purveyor of the spear. It’s not Edge or Roman Reigns or Goldberg or Rhyno. The answer is Breakker, and it isn’t close. He followed up his viral front-flip spear of Carlito a few weeks ago with a jumping spear from one announce desk to another, again at the expense of Carlito.

Breakker is a freak athlete and an elite in-ring talent who, despite the WrestleMania loss, is destined for bigger opportunities. 

Heavyweight classic

Both Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest showed us why both men should remain in world championship contention after an incredibly entertaining Sin City Street Fight match.

McIntyre especially looked incredible. The Scottish bruiser showed his strength while also showcasing his incredible athleticism. Do you know another man his size who can front-flip over the top rope like Penta?

Get these guys some title opportunities soon; they earned it with their WrestleMania performances.

Statement win for Sky

The triple threat contest for the Women’s World Championship might have been the most unpredictable match heading into WrestleMania weekend. Still, a victory for Iyo Sky felt like the least possible outcome.

And yet it was Sky who prevailed over both Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley, breaking up a Belair pin on Ripley with her signature Moonsault and turning it into a winning pin. The victory represents a huge moment in the career of Sky, who now sees her stock rise over two roster mainstays: Ripley, perhaps the most popular female wrestler in WWE, and Belair, who has won multiple world titles.

The No. 1 seeds took care of business with not much of a worry, and stars – some new, some old – showed up as the NBA playoffs opened with eight Game 1s Saturday and Sunday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the top seed in the East, were impressive.

Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Indiana’s Pascal Siakam, New York’s Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, Boston’s Derrick White, Cleveland’s Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell all showed why they are All-Star caliber players.

And of course, several teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, need to improve in Game 2.

Here are the winners and losers from Game 1 of the first-round series as the NBA playoffs began:

NBA playoffs Game 1 winners

Boston Celtics’ depth

This is how good the Celtics are: They can absorb substandard offensive games from Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis. Tatum was 4-for-13 (0-for-3 on 3s) and 0-for-2 with eight points and Porzingis was 1-for-6 with five points nearing the end of the third quarter and the Celtics were still ahead 72-59. That’s because they’re deep – Sixth Man of the Year favorite Payton Pritchard scored 19 points, Derrick White scored 30 and Jaylen Brown had 16. And it’s because Tatum, who finished with 17 points, and Porzingis contribute in other ways – 14 rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block for Tatum and six rebounds and four steals for Porzingis.

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder were dominant in a complete, two-way victory against Memphis: 131-80. And it’s quite possible it was worse than the score looks. Six Thunder players reached double figures, including all five starters. It was the perfect start to the playoffs for the Thunder.

Playoff Ty Jerome

On the day he was named a finalist for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award, Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome erupted for 28 points in 26 minutes and 17 seconds. It was efficiency encapsulated. Jerome attacked mismatches when Tyler Herro was guarding him and went 10-of-15 (66.7%) from the field and 5-of-8 (62.5%) from beyond the arc. Jerome’s 28 points was fourth-most since 1971 for a bench player making his postseason debut, four off of Malik Monk’s 32.

Warriors close behind Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry

It wasn’t just Stephen Curry’s improbable 3-pointers or Jimmy Butler’s mastery in the mid-range — the Warriors stole Game 1 on the road in large part because of the veteran savvy of their closers. In Butler’s case, don’t focus on his 25 points in the box score; look at his game-high five steals, seven boards and six assists. In Curry’s case, it was his slashes to the rim that opened up the spacing for Butler and others to execute. You might as well throw in Draymond Green, whose defensive pressure and intensity often forced the Rockets into mistakes.

David Adelman

Interim Nuggets coach David Adelman got his first playoff victory in a 112-110 Game 1 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Clippers. Of course, he relied on Nikola Jokic, but he also put Russell Westbrook in in opportunities to be effective, and Jamal Murray (21 points, nine rebounds, seven assists) and Aaron Gordon (25 points, eight rebounds) know what to do in the playoffs. It’s a good start for Adelman who could end up with the full-time job in Denver.

The Knicks’ Big 3

Jalen Brunson (34 points), Karl-Anthony Towns (23 points) and OG Anunoby (23 points) combined for 80 points and shot 50.8% from the field. But it just wasn’t their scoring. Brunson had eight assists, Towns added 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and two blocks and Anunoby contributed seven rebounds, five steals and two blocks. New York’s experience took over the in fourth. That’s exactly what the Knicks needed to start the playoffs, and that’s what they need for a long playoff run.

Timberwolves’ 3-point shooting

The Timberwolves made a playoff franchise-record 21 3-pointers in their victory against the Lakers and shot 50% from that range. At one point in the third quarter, they were 16-for-27 on 3s and owned an 80-54 lead. Four players (Jaden McDaniels, Julius Randle, Anthony Edwards and Naz Reid) made at least three 3s, led by Reid’s 6-for-9, Randle’s 4-for-6 and Edwards’ 4-for-9. The Timberwolves were one of the best 3-point shooting teams this season – fifth in 3s made per game (15) and fourth in 3-point shooting percentage (.377). Edwards led the league in made 3s (320).

* Special mention for McDaniels. He had 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting (3-for-3) on 3s and delivered nine rebounds and outstanding defense.

NBA playoffs Game 1 losers

Houston’s brutal second quarter

Frankly, the whole first half was an offensive struggle for the young Rockets, who had three starters — Alperen Şengün, Jalen Green and Amen Thompson — making their playoff debuts. Houston posted its lowest-scoring half (34) of the season and scored just 13 points in the second quarter. Şengün showed up and was the lone bright spot in Houston, leading the team with 26. But Green (seven points on 3-of-15 shooting) appeared to play rushed and out of rhythm. Houston, whose 85 points was also a season low, will need Green and its young players to learn from this early setback.

Milwaukee’s starting five

The Bucks’ starters scored 50 points – 36 by Giannis Antetokounmpo and two starters (Kyle Kuzma and Taurean Prince did not score). The Bucks had some ugly stats, including 9-for-37 on 3-pointers and just one 3-pointeer from the starters, and Kuzma was 0-for-5 from the field with no rebounds, no assists, no blocks and no steals in 21 minutes, 34 seconds on the court. Plus-minus in one game isn’t always a definitive measure, but the Bucks were outscored by 24 points in Kuzman’s plus-21 minutes The Bucks need Damian Lillard, who is recovering from deep vein thrombosis in his right calf, back in the lineup, and he could return in either Game 2 or Game 3.

Pistons’ fourth-quarter performance

The Pistons were outscored 40-21 in the fourth quarter, including a 21-0 stretch in which the Pistons’ 98-90 lead evaporated and turned into a 111-98 Knicks lead. The Pistons shot 31.8% from the field and 25% on 3s and committed eight of their 19 turnovers in the final quarter. Cade Cunningham had three of his six turnovers in the fourth, including two on back-to-back possessions. Detroit made strides this season in closing out games in the fourth quarter. But the young Pistons players received a lesson in what’s required to close out a game in the fourth quarter of a playoff game.

Luka Doncic and LeBron James

If Luka Doncic and LeBron James combine for 56 points, you probably think the Los Angeles Lakers were in the game. That wasn’t the case in the Lakers’ 117-95 Game 1 loss with Doncic scoring 37 points and James just 19. They combined for just four assists – three for James, one for Doncic – and that’s just not the offensive production that can get the Lakers a victory. First-time NBA head coach JJ Redick needs to help those two and help those two help their teammates. Giving up nearly 120 points isn’t great but scoring 95 isn’t getting it done in today’s NBA.

Memphis Grizzlies

You don’t need many stats to illustrate how bad the game was for the Grizzlies in a 131-80 loss to Oklahoma City. Struggling to score and defend, Memphis trailed by as many as 56, and the 51-point loss was the fifth-largest deficit in a playoff game.

Miami needs more from Andrew Wiggins

Heat All-Star Tyler Herro has carried Miami’s offense since Jimmy Butler was traded in February. Herro scored 21 on Sunday night, but had a quiet second half. When Cleveland focused on halting Herro, Bam Adebayo picked up his production and finished with a team-high 24 points. But Andrew Wiggins, the team’s third option, was far too passive, relegated to standing in the corner late in the game; Wiggins scored just four of his 14 points and took 4 of his 11 attempts in the second half. Going up against Cleveland, the NBA’s No. 1 rated offense, one that averaged 121.9 points per game, the Heat cannot afford to have Wiggins — who posted a game-low plus-minus of -22 — be a bystander in the second half.

Magic’s offense

Eighty-six points won’t win many games in the NBA, and it definitely won’t win many, if any, against the Boston Celtics in a seven-game series. It’s known the Magic aren’t great offensively (fourth-worst in the regular season), but three quarters with 19 or fewer points isn’t close to good enough against the Celtics – even if the Celtics finished fourth defensively. A short series is on its way if Orlando doesn’t find some answers.

LAS VEGAS — Now that WrestleMania 41 has come to a close, it’s time to deal with the fallout.

The ‘new year’ in WWE is already upon us less than 24 hours after its signature event ended as Raw serves as the starting point for the next season in wrestling. The show after the two-day event has become so popular, it’s commonly referred to as the Raw After WrestleMania.

There’s plenty of things that will need to be discussed or dealt with as WrestleMania weekend comes to a close in the Sin City. After capturing the Undisputed WWE Championship in the main event, John Cena now reveals his plans on how he plans to ruin wrestling. Plus, what happens next after the shocking finish in night one, when Paul Heyman turned on CM Punk and Roman Reigns by helping Seth Rollins win?

It’ll be a can’t miss episode of Raw. USA TODAY Sports will provide live updates and highlights from the show. Here’s what to know before the Raw After WrestleMania.

What time is WWE Raw After WrestleMania?

Raw After WrestleMania 41 is on Monday, April 21 at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).

How to watch WWE Raw After WrestleMania

Date: Monday, April 21
Time: 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT)
Stream: Netflix

Where is WWE Raw After WrestleMania?

SmackDown will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Raw After WrestleMania match card, scheduled events

No matches or events have been announced for Raw After WrestleMania 41. After winning on WrestleMania 41 night two, Cena said he will be part of the show, unveiling his plan to ruin wrestling.

This will be updated when WWE announces the card.