Game 5 between the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings averaged 4.29 million viewers on TNT, up 7% from last season.

Sunday's Game 4 between the two teams registered the highest viewership of any first round game in 21 years. 

Game 5 was the second lowest viewed game of the series after Game 3.

Game 5 between the Heat and Bucks on the same night averaged 934,000 viewers on NBA TV, the largest playoff audience on the network since 2014.

It was also the largest overall audience on NBA TV since 2016. 

The future of Damian Lillard with the Portland Trail Blazers is uncertain this offseason as they come off another season in which they were out of the playoff picture well before the end of the season. 

Portland has attempted to rebuild around Lillard with win-now veterans such as Jerami Grant, but they have also wanted to keep young players with value such as Shaedon Sharpe. 

If Lillard and the Blazers decide to explore trade options, the Miami Heat are a team expected to have interest.

"I think the Heat are on the cusp of looking for another star maneuver," said Brian Windhorst on his podcast. "I would put them on the list for Dame Lillard if Dame ends up getting traded. If he goes to market, I think the Heat are on that list. I don't know if they have enough. A lot of their offer would be built around Tyler Herro, who was just injured. I suspect, I don't know for sure, just to be clear, I don't know for sure if they're going to offer him, but I suspect that would be the type of thing. That and draft picks."

Victor Oladipo will be able to resume basketball activities in six months and return next season, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Oladipo was diagnosed with a torn patellar tendon in his left knee following Game 3.

Oladipo holds a $9.45 million player option for next season. 

Jimmy Butler scored 56 points in a 119-114 comeback win by the Miami Heat over the Milwaukee Bucks to go up 3-1 in their first round series. Butler went 19-for-28 from the field and 15-for-18 from the free throw line.

After the game, Butler was asked if "Playoff Jimmy is a thing."

"It's not a thing," said Butler. "I just be hooping."

Butler tied the fourth-best scoring performance ever in a playoff game.

Victor Oladipo of the Miami Heat has been diagnosed with a torn patellar tendon in his left knee. Oladipo was injured during Miami's Game 3 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

This is Oladipo's second major left knee injury. In January of 2019, the guard tore the quadriceps tendon in his left knee while playing for the Indiana Pacers.

Oladipo holds a $9.45 million player option for next season. He's likely to pick up that option and to spend a large chunk of next season rehabbing from this latest injury.

Victor Oladipo was helped off the court during the fourth quarter of the Game 3 victory bu the Miami Heat over the Milwaukee Bucks. Oladipo yelled an expletive and immediately began clutching his left knee on the ground after the incident.

A stretcher was brought out to the floor to assist him to the locker room, but Oladipo waved it off. He is scheduled to undergo further testing on Sunday morning.

"We'll just have to see," Spoelstra said. "I feel like throwing up right now, but I don't know what the prognosis is. I want to stay positive on this, and we'll just see what happens."

Tyler Herro is scheduled to undergo surgery on his broken right hand on Friday and is set to miss the next 4-6 weeks.

Herro is unlikely to return this postseason unless the Heat make the NBA Finals.

Herro added that the extent of his rehab means that he is likely to return closer to the NBA Finals rather than the conference finals. 

"That's the hope. Get to the Finals and I can get back for that," said Herro. 

The Play-In Tournament averaged 2.64 million viewers across ESPN and TNT, the NBA announced on Monday.

The viewership represents a 5% increase from last year.

The league also reported 441 million social media views across all platforms, up 63% from last year.

Friday night's game between the Timberwolves and Thunder averaged 2.5 million viewers on ESPN. The earlier game between the Heat and Bulls averaged 2.2 million viewers on TNT. 

Tyler Herro will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a broken right hand, sources told Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report.

Herro broke the middle and ring finger of his shooting hand. 

Herro suffered the injury after diving for a loose ball late in the first half of Game 1 against the Bucks. 

The Detroit Pistons requested permission to interview Miami Heat assistant coach Chris Quinn, sources told Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report.

The Pistons are also set to interview Kevin Ollie and Charles Lee.