The 2026 NBA playoffs continued on Sunday with a quartet of first-round games. The Toronto Raptors opened the action with a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Sunday matinee, and the Los Angeles Lakers will have the opportunity to complete the series sweep against the Houston Rockets in the nightcap.

The Denver Nuggets will try to even their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4. The Timberwolves won Games 3 and 4. Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon missed Game 3 with a calf strain and is questionable for Game 4. Denver enters as a slight 1.5-point favorite.

Even with their starting backcourt of Donte DiVincenzo (Achilles) and Anthony Edwards (knee) getting hurt Saturday night, the Wolves raced past the Nuggets 112-96 behind Ayo Dosunmu's career-best 43 points, the most by a reserve in a playoff game in half a century.

Houston is on the verge of being swept by the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of this first-round series, leaving the organization with so many questions.

Here's what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Eastern Conference's first round.

The Jayhawks' standout guard averaged 20.2 ppg and is considered one of the top prospects in the 2026 Draft class.

Victor Wembanyama returned with a bang on Sunday. After missing Game 3 of the San Antonio Spurs ' first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers due to a concussion, he put up 27 points on 9-for-17 shooting, 11 rebounds, three assists, seven (!) blocks and three steals in a 114-93 win in Game 4. Wembanyama was plus-28 in in 34 minutes.

Star Illinois guard Andrej Stojaković previously announced he'd be returning to Champaign next season in an attempt to return to the Final Four once again. But Sunday saw Stojaković make a different decision,