By The Associated Press undefined

Cleveland is into Round 2 and won by 55 points to get there. Golden State is on the brink of Round 2 and had to fight until the very last second to get into that position. In the NBA playoffs, how you win doesn't matter. The Cavaliers swept Miami and finished off the most one-sided series in NBA playoff history to earn their spot in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Warriors dug deep to beat Houston and take a 3-1 lead in that Western Conference first-round series. There are four games Tuesday: Indiana can oust Milwaukee, New York can oust Detroit, Boston can oust Orlando and the Los Angeles Clippers-Denver winner will take a 3-2 lead in that series.

Cleveland is into Round 2 and won by 55 points to get there. Golden State is on the brink of Round 2 and had to fight until the very last second to get into that position.

In the NBA playoffs, how you win doesn't matter.

The Cavaliers swept Miami and finished off the most one-sided series in NBA playoff history to earn their spot in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Warriors dug deep to beat Houston and take a 3-1 lead in that Western Conference first-round series.

There are four games Tuesday: Indiana can oust Milwaukee, New York can oust Detroit, Boston can oust Orlando and the Los Angeles Clippers-Denver winner will take a 3-2 lead in that series.

Tuesday's national TV schedule

All times Eastern

6 p.m. — Milwaukee at Indiana (NBA TV)

7:30 p.m. — Detroit at New York (TNT)

8:30 p.m. — Orlando at Boston (NBA TV)

10 p.m. — LA Clippers at Denver (TNT)

Wednesday's national TV schedule

All times Eastern

7:30 p.m. — Golden State at Houston (TNT/truTV/Max)

10 p.m. — Minnesota at LA Lakers (TNT/truTV/Max)

Betting odds

Oklahoma City (+150) is favored to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, followed closely by Boston (+200). After that, it's Cleveland (+450), Golden State (+1500), the Los Angeles Clippers (+2500), Minnesota (+2500), the Los Angeles Lakers (+4000), New York (+50000, Indiana (+6000) and Denver (+6000).

From there, it's Houston (+15000), Milwaukee (+100000), Detroit (+150000) and Orlando (+200000).

The No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 seeds in the Western Conference are all favored to advance. Golden State (-375) is favored over No. 2 Houston, Minnesota (-500) is favored over the third-seeded Lakers and the Clippers (-165) are a slight favorite over No. 4 Denver.

Award season

On Tuesday, the rookie of the year — Stephon Castle of San Antonio, Zaccharie Risacher of Atlanta, or Jaylen Wells of Memphis — will be unveiled at 7 p.m. EDT on TNT.

On Wednesday, the most improved player — Cade Cunningham of Detroit, Dyson Daniels of Atlanta, or Ivica Zubac of the Los Angeles Clippers — will be announced, also at 7 p.m. EDT on TNT.

The league's sportsmanship award will be announced Thursday at noon.

Other awards so far:

— Golden State's Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award.

— Golden State's Draymond Green won the hustle award.

— Cleveland's Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year.

— New York's Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year.

— Boston's Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year.

The league has not announced a schedule for other awards — including MVP and coach of the year — along with All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams.

LeBron down 3-1

This is the sixth time that a LeBron James-led team has faced a 3-1 deficit in the NBA playoffs. A look at how the previous five turned out:

— 2009 (with Cleveland), Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs. Orlando, lost in 6

— 2014 (with Miami), NBA Finals vs. San Antonio, lost in 5

— 2016 (with Cleveland), NBA Finals vs. Golden State, won in 7

— 2017 (with Cleveland), NBA Finals vs. Golden State, lost in 5

— 2024 (with LA Lakers), Western Conference quarterfinals vs. Denver, lost in 5

Key upcoming events

Saturday — Earliest possible start date for Round 2 of the playoffs. Series could also start on May 4, May 5 or May 6.

May 12 — Draft lottery, Chicago.

May 18 or 20 — Game 1, Western Conference finals.

May 19 or 21 — Game 1, Eastern Conference finals.

June 5 — Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)

June 25 — NBA draft, first round.

June 26 — NBA draft, second round.

Stories of note

— Preview of Tuesday's games: Magic-Celtics, Pistons-Knicks, Bucks-Pacers, Clippers-Nuggets.

— Damian Lillard needs surgery on his torn Achilles.

— The Pistons and Lakers both were on the wrong end of missed calls Sunday.

— Changes will come in Miami.

— Kevin Love's father, 1971 first-round pick Stan Love, passes away.

— The Thunder are getting time off.

— A look inside the numbers of this season, headed into the playoffs

— Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson wins NBCA coach of the year award.

Stats of the day

— "Playoff Jimmy" strikes again. Warriors forward Jimmy Butler had nine clutch-time — that's the last 5 minutes of games with a margin of five points or less — points in Golden State's Game 4 win over Houston. Since the bubble playoffs in 2020 until now, Butler's 121 clutch-time points is the most in the NBA.

— The biggest win in Cleveland history was a 68-point romp over Miami in 1991. And now, the biggest win in Cleveland playoff history (and second-biggest win overall) is ... also over Miami, the 55-point victory in Game 4 to finish off the sweep.

— For the first time since 2007, Golden State had two 25-point scorers in a playoff game — and neither was named Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson. Jimmy Butler had 27 and Brandin Podziemski added 26 for the Warriors in Game 4.

— Cleveland scored 504 points in the four games against Miami. That's the second-most in a four-game series — Toronto scored 505 in a four-game bubble sweep against Brooklyn in 2020.

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