{"id":240929,"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/an-nba-and-nhl-playoff-update-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"an-nba-and-nhl-playoff-update-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/an-nba-and-nhl-playoff-update-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"An NBA and NHL Playoff update | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>The postseason chaos persists, but so do we. Here\u2019s one headline standing out in the NBA and NHL, respectively, plus a quick rundown of the rest of the playoff happenings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc0 No. 1 Detroit Pistons down 3-1 to Orlando Magic: <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/playoffs\/pistons-magic-game-4-turnovers-cade-cunningham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">uncharacteristically sloppy<\/a> Pistons are on the brink of elimination after Monday\u2019s 94\u201388 loss, meaning one of two exclusive clubs await them as tonight\u2019s 7 p.m. ET Game 5 looms. Detroit has a chance to become the 14th team in NBA history to author a 3-1 comeback <em>or<\/em> the seventh No. 1 seed to lose in the first round. <em>*gulps*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfd2 Pittsburgh Penguins stave off elimination\u2026again: <\/strong>Turns out old dogs <em>can<\/em> learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7236367\/2026\/04\/28\/penguins-sidney-crosby-kris-letang-game-5-nhl-playoffs-flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new tricks<\/a>. Just ask 38-year-old Pens captain Sidney Crosby, whose two assists powered Monday\u2019s 3\u20132 W over the Philadelphia Flyers. A Game 6 win tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET would even the series as Pittsburgh shoots to become just the fifth team in NHL history to rally from a 3-0 deficit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/an-nba-and-nhl-playoff-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: The postseason chaos persists, but so do we. Here\u2019s one headline standing out in the NBA and NHL, respectively, plus a quick rundown of the rest of the playoff happenings. \ud83c\udfc0 No. 1 Detroit Pistons down 3-1 to Orlando Magic: The uncharacteristically sloppy Pistons are on the brink of elimination after Monday\u2019s 94\u201388 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}