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Game 2 of this Eastern Conference first-round series stays in Cleveland on Monday night, with tipoff set for 7:00 PM at Rocket Arena and the Cavaliers trying to turn their 1-0 series lead into real control before the matchup shifts north. Cleveland took the opener 126-113, and it looked like the cleaner, steadier team once the game settled in. Toronto finished the regular season 46-36 and grabbed the No. 5 seed in the East, while Cleveland went 52-30 and earned home court as the No. 4 seed. Fans can catch this one on NBC. This is a pretty interesting adjustment spot because the Raptors were not overmatched for the full 48 minutes. They just lost the shot-quality battle too often

Game 2 in this Eastern Conference first-round series stays at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, with tipoff set for 8:00 PM and the Knicks trying to build on their 1-0 series lead after a 113-102 win in the opener. Atlanta enters off a 46-36 regular season that was better than it looked at midyear, while New York finished 53-29 and turned Game 1 into the kind of half-court, physical playoff game it usually prefers. The setup is simple enough: the Hawks need a cleaner offensive night and better control of the glass, while the Knicks want another steady home performance with Jalen Brunson setting the tone. There is at least one important availability angle to watch before lock. Onyeka

Game 2 shifts right back to Ball Arena on Monday night, with tip-off set for 10:30 PM ET and Denver trying to push this first-round series to 2-0 after a 116-105 win in the opener. Minnesota comes in at 49-33 after finishing sixth in the West, while Denver closed the regular season 54-28 and held serve in Game 1 behind another Nikola Jokic triple-double and a huge Jamal Murray scoring night. This is a pretty interesting adjustment spot. The Timberwolves had control early in Game 1, then lost the free-throw battle badly and let Denver dictate more of the second half. Anthony Edwards is officially questionable with right knee injury maintenance for Game 2, while Peyton Watson is out for

Philadelphia heads back into PPG Paints Arena on Monday night for Game 2 of this first-round series, with puck drop set for 7:00 PM on ESPN. The Flyers finished 43-27-12 and third in the Metropolitan Division, while Pittsburgh went 41-25-16 and held home ice despite both clubs landing on 98 points. That already made this matchup tense. Then Philly walked in and stole Game 1 by a 3-2 score, so now the pressure shifts hard onto the Penguins. That opener had a little of everything. Jamie Drysdale scored in his playoff debut, Travis Sanheim buried the go-ahead goal in the third, and rookie Porter Martone added the late winner for the Flyers. Pittsburgh answered through Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust,