We tip off Thursday’s show with updates on the Basketball Africa League. Angola’s Petro de Luanda Wednesday became the first Nile Conference team to qualify for the playoffs after Sudan-born Ater Majok came off the bench and tallied a team-high 15 points against Guinea’s Seyodou Legacu Athletic Club (SLAC), ending in a 95-78 score in favor of the southern Africans. In news related to the National Basketball Association’s playoffs, Joel Embiid, the league’s new MVP of Cameroonian descent returned to the court last night for the Philadelphia 76ers but experienced a bad come back after experiencing defeat to the Boston Celtics 121-87, to even the best-of-seven, second round series at 1-1. For this and more, stay tuned to Sonny Side of Sports!