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Two doors
to the finals.

Oakland shattered the West bracket. New York imposed itself inside. Two 3–1 series endings, two distinct offensive signatures, and no NBA data anywhere in the analysis.

OAK 132 — 126 LV NY 123 — 107 CHI

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Western Conference Finals berthOAK 3–1

Oakland Sea Lions / 132–126 clincher

Oakland broke the bracket. Now the upset has a destination.

The Sea Lions entered the postseason as underdogs and left the first round with the No. 2-seeded Las Vegas Jokers eliminated. Oakland closed the series 3–1 with a 132–126 win, carrying its late-season momentum into a Western Conference Finals berth.

Next is whichever club survives Dallas Toros vs. Minnesota Aurora. Oakland no longer needs to prove the upset happened; the next question is whether the same interior force and shooting conversion can survive a different matchup.

NEXT MATCHUPOakland vs. Dallas / Minnesota winner

SERIES CLINCHER

SEA LIONS132

JOKERS126

POTGA. Haskins @AS2

46 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST · 1 STL

OAK eFG%86.6%

OAK TS%89.1%

PAINT SHARE66.7%

ASSISTS33

HASKINS TS%96.5%

Shot-conversion separationeffective FG% / game only

The weird part: Oakland won while losing the disruption battle.

Las Vegas had more offensive rebounds (10–1), more steals (10–4), and fewer turnovers (4–10). Oakland still finished +6 because its conversion was overwhelming: 54-of-67 from the field, 8-of-11 from three and 16-of-16 at the line.

Lead-to-final reversal: 19 pts
Paint points: 88
AST / made FG: 61.1%
OAK offensive reb. rate: 7.7%

Eastern Conference Finals berthNY 3–1

New York Empire / 123–107 clincher

New York turned the lane into the entire argument.

The Empire completed a 3–1 series win over Chicago with a 123–107 clincher. Their next opponent remains unresolved: the winner of Toronto Tundra vs. Tampa Bay Surge advances to meet New York in the Eastern Conference Finals.

What separates this game from a generic hot-shooting result is the geometry. New York attempted only six threes and scored 92 points in the paint. A. Torres supplied 53 points and 14 assists, putting him directly into at least 81 and at most 83 Empire points.

NEXT MATCHUPNew York vs. Toronto / Tampa Bay winner

SERIES CLINCHER

EMPIRE123

CYCLONES107

POTGA. Torres @Angel

53 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST · 1 STL · 2 BLK

NY eFG%78.8%

NY TS%81.7%

PAINT SHARE74.8%

PAINT PTS92

TORRES PTS SHARE43.1%

Interior scoring sharepaint points / total points

Chicago won the three-point count. New York won almost everything that made it matter.

Chicago hit eight threes to New York's two and shot 53.3% from deep. The Empire answered with 81.7% on two-point attempts, 19 made free throws, a 26–14 defensive-rebound edge and 20 dunks.

Torres AST / TO: 7.00
NY 3PA rate: 9.1%
Lead span: 24 pts
Points off CHI TO / TO: 1.71

Cross-game laboratory

Same round. Different math.

All four-team comparisons below are derived from the two supplied clinching-game team sheets. These are not season ratings.

Efficiency spectrumeFG% and TS%

Paint dependenceshare of team points

Possession pressureAST/TO ratio

Team	eFG%	TS%	AST/TO	Paint share	3PA rate	Est. poss.
Oakland	86.6%	89.1%	3.30	66.7%	16.4%	83.04
Las Vegas	72.8%	73.2%	6.50	60.3%	30.4%	80.04
New York	78.8%	81.7%	3.38	74.8%	9.1%	80.24
Chicago	65.3%	67.7%	3.86	56.1%	20.8%	81.04

NEW YORK PAINT POINTS

74.8% of the Empire's entire score came in the paint, while New York attempted only six threes.

OAKLAND OFFENSIVE REBOUND

The Sea Lions were out-rebounded 10–1 on the offensive glass and still won by six behind 80.6% field-goal shooting.

81–83

TORRES DIRECT POINT INVOLVEMENT

53 scored plus 14 assists means Torres directly scored or assisted on at least 81 and at most 83 New York points.

2.42

HASKINS POINTS / FGA

Haskins scored 46 points on 19 field-goal attempts. That is 2.42 points per field-goal attempt before any broader series inference.

Oakland player laboratory

Eight Sea Lions. Eight measurable contributions.

The Oakland box score supports the same treatment as New York: eFG%, points per field-goal attempt, scoring share, assist share, rebound share and assist-to-turnover context. These figures describe the 132–126 clincher only.

Oakland / rotation notes

How the Sea Lions built 132 points without living on second chances.

Oakland collected only one offensive rebound, yet eight players still left distinct fingerprints on the clincher. The useful next-series question is not whether the same shooting percentages repeat; it is which responsibilities can survive when the opponent changes.

01 / A. HASKINS

The centerpiece was both volume and control.

Haskins scored 46 on 17-of-19 shooting, went 11-of-11 at the line and added six rebounds, six assists and only two turnovers. His 92.1% eFG and 96.5% true shooting came on Oakland’s largest scoring load. The carry-forward benchmark is broader than 46 points: create at star volume while keeping the possession cost low.

02 / C. TIMOTHY

Twenty points came almost entirely from two-point conversion.

Timothy scored 20 on 10-of-13 shooting with five rebounds, a steal and a block. He attempted no threes and no free throws, so every point came from made two-point field goals. That makes his next-series value especially clear: punish space inside the arc and contribute on the glass without needing perimeter volume.

03 / J. DOMER

Four threes changed the shape of Oakland’s floor.

Domer scored 19 on 7-of-8 shooting and made all four of his three-point attempts. Because eFG% gives extra weight to threes, his game registered at 112.5% eFG. He also produced six assists with zero turnovers. The next opponent has to account for both pieces: elite conversion in this game and clean secondary creation.

04 / E. HIGGINS

The connective piece also finished everything.

Higgins recorded a team-high eight assists while scoring 16 on 7-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-2 from three. His 100.0% eFG was paired with 24.2% of Oakland’s assists. That combination matters going forward because it gives the Sea Lions a creator who did not need inefficient volume to influence the offense.

05 / D. POPE

The line was less explosive, but it carried multiple jobs.

Pope finished with 15 points, six rebounds, five assists, one block and one turnover. His five assists against one turnover produced a 5.00 AST/TO ratio, while his six rebounds tied Haskins for the team lead. If shooting normalizes next round, this is the type of all-around line that can still preserve value.

06 / D. TYSON

Seventeen minutes became ten points with no turnover.

Tyson went 5-of-6 from the field, scoring 10 points in 17 minutes while adding a rebound, an assist and a steal. He did not commit a turnover. The useful benchmark for the next series is therefore efficient bench scoring with possession security rather than a demand for more attempts.

07 / A. NORMAN

Three shots, three makes, two blocks.

Norman scored six points on a perfect 3-of-3 line and blocked two shots in 20 minutes. His offensive sample is small, but the combination is concrete: no missed field goals and the highest block total on Oakland’s captured player box score. Those defensive events can matter even when his shot volume remains limited.

08 / N. WICKED

Zero shots did not mean zero offensive involvement.

Wicked did not attempt a field goal, yet he recorded five assists in 15 minutes and committed two turnovers. That was 15.2% of Oakland’s 33 assists without using a shot. His next-series contribution can therefore be evaluated through orchestration and ball security rather than scoring totals alone.

Live data focus

Change the lens, not the facts.

The console re-stages verified game data with an asynchronous dashboard transition. Oakland and New York remain separate conference stories.

Empire player laboratory

Eight players. Eight measurable jobs.

Instead of asking for data the game cannot supply, this view applies box-score metrics the evidence can support: eFG%, points per field-goal attempt, team scoring share, assist share, rebound share and assist-to-turnover ratio. Every figure is calculated from this clincher only.

New York / rotation notes

What each Empire player put into the 123–107 clincher.

One game cannot establish a season-long role. It can show exactly what each player contributed when New York closed Chicago, and which parts of that performance are concrete reference points for the Eastern Conference Finals.

01 / A. TORRES

The offense ran through one point of gravity.

Torres scored 53 points and delivered 14 of New York’s 27 assists while committing only two turnovers. He accounted for 43.1% of the team’s scoring himself and 51.9% of its assists. The next series gives New York a clear benchmark: keep his creation high without surrendering the ball-security profile of this 14-to-2 assist/turnover game.

02 / J. WILSON

The second scorer was also the game’s Empire rebound anchor.

Wilson added 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting and collected 10 rebounds, the most on New York’s captured box score. Those 10 boards represented 34.5% of the Empire’s 29 total rebounds. Against the next opponent, his most concrete carry-over value is the same two-way combination: efficient finishing plus possession-ending work on the glass.

03 / L. JOHNSON

Efficiency arrived with pressure attached.

Johnson produced 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, four rebounds, three assists and two steals. His 75.0% eFG came without a made three, and his two steals were the team high. New York can use that exact profile again: secondary scoring that does not require heavy shot volume, paired with active turnover pressure.

04 / N. VERT

Vert connected the paint-heavy attack to the arc.

Vert scored 13 on 6-of-8 shooting and made one of New York’s two threes. Removing his 1-of-3 three-point line leaves a perfect 5-of-5 on two-point attempts, producing an 81.3% eFG overall. In the next round, that inside-out efficiency is the measurable element worth preserving if defenses collapse on New York’s interior game.

05 / H. JACKSON

Seven shots, eleven points, almost no wasted motion.

Jackson went 5-of-7, hit his only three, added a steal and finished at 78.6% eFG. He used only 10.6% of New York’s field-goal attempts but supplied 8.9% of its points. The next series does not require a larger role to make that useful; the value shown here was efficient conversion in a compact offensive footprint.

06 / J. MACCABEES

The bench contribution was structural, not loud.

Maccabees scored four points, but his six rebounds were second on the team and his three assists tied Wilson, Johnson and Vert for the second-highest Empire total behind Torres. He also blocked a shot. The repeatable target for the next round is therefore broader than scoring: rebound, move the ball and add defensive events in limited minutes.

07 / S. McGLOCKLIN

A small line can still be a clean line.

McGlocklin played 14 minutes, made his only field-goal attempt and recorded no turnovers. The sample is too small to infer more, but it does establish a factual floor for his clincher contribution: two points without a missed shot or a lost possession. Future minutes can be judged against that low-error standard.

08 / J. HODORSON

Depth minutes came without turnover damage.

Hodorson logged 11 minutes, scored two points on 1-of-2 shooting, grabbed a rebound and did not turn the ball over. There is not enough evidence here to assign a larger offensive identity. What New York did receive was controlled depth: limited usage, one make, and no possession surrendered by turnover.

Two doorsto the finals.