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Welcome to the playoffs. After the Boston Celtics dropped Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers, those four succinct words from Jaylen Brown summarized the situation at hand for the division rivals. The Celtics look to recover from a surprising defeat to the Sixers when the teams reconvene Friday in Philadelphia for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. “It’s the playoffs. Welcome to the playoffs,” Brown said following a 111-97 home setback in Game 2. “They out-competed us. I’ve played in series that have gone similar. You can’t take anything for granted. You just got to be ready to go. I trust our group.” Boston, the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, captured Game 1 by a 123-91 margin.

SC Freiburg travel to MHPArena on Thursday for a DFB-Pokal semifinal that feels bigger than a normal domestic cup night. Kickoff is set for 2:45 PM ET, and the pressure is obvious because this is a one-match shot at Berlin with Bayern Munich already waiting in the final after beating Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. Stuttgart come in as the holders and sit fourth in the Bundesliga on 56 points, while Freiburg are seventh on 43 and still balancing a live Europa League run after knocking out Celta Vigo 6-1 on aggregate. The recent setup leans in two different directions. Stuttgart just lost 4-2 at Bayern and have been a bit uneven lately, but they are still strong at home and

RCD Espanyol heads to Estadio de Vallecas on Thursday, April 23, for a La Liga Matchday 33 meeting with kickoff set for 2:00 PM ET, which is 8:00 PM local in Madrid. This is one of those lower-half matches that matters more than the names might suggest at first glance. Rayo is trying to steady itself above the relegation line while also managing the emotional and physical spillover from a historic run to the UEFA Conference League semifinals. Espanyol is in a similar survival-minded zone, still close enough to danger that every point matters. The market still leans toward Rayo because Vallecas has been their better environment all season and Espanyol has not won a league match in 2026. Still,

Sevilla travel to the Estadio Ciutat de València for a huge La Liga Matchday 33 meeting on Thursday, April 23, with kickoff set for 5:00 p.m. local time. This is a relegation fight, plain and simple. Levante come in 19th with 29 points from 31 matches, while Sevilla sit 17th with 34 points from the same number of games, so the pressure is obvious on both sides. Levante are the home side, but the bigger story is probably that this match can swing the survival race in a hurry. Levante arrive in better recent shape. They have lost only once in their last six league matches, picking up three wins and two draws in that stretch, and their improvement under