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Old School Meets New School
The Cleveland Cavaliers had to get through a pesky Toronto Raptors team last season on their way to the NBA title. If they have any plans to repeat, they will need to do it again. The teams will face off in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with Game 1 checking in from Cleveland....
If the Boston Celtics want to keep advancing in the Eastern Conference playoffs, they’d be better served to avoid a slow start. The Celtics made it to the second round despite losing the first two games of their opening series against the Bulls, but won’t have the same margin for error against the No. 4 seed Washington Wizards....
There is only one series that has gone the distance in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Los Angeles Clippers will host the Utah Jazz in Game 7 of their Western Conference matchup with a berth in the second round on the line....
Chicago will aim to extend the series when it returns home for Game 6, but it won’t be easy against top-seeded Boston. Even though the Bulls have lost three straight, they are a tough out and should not be too big of underdogs in this matchup.Boston is the superior team but it could be tough closing this one out on the road in front of an energetic Bulls crowd. Chicago would love to return to Boston for a Game 7 to get a shot at pulling the series upset which looked more likely a week ago....
Home continues to be where the wins are in the series between the Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks. The away team has yet to steal a victory and the Hawks hope the trend remains in Game 6 of their first round Eastern Conference matchup....
Utah has picked up two crucial road wins in this series and now just needs to take care of business at home to advance to play against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals. The Clippers need to find some offense outside of star guard Chris Paul if it has any hope of pulling this upset and forcing a Game 7....
The Spurs are the No. 2 seed and have taken care of business at home but would like to avoid a Game 7 by getting this one. Despite the previous two losses in Memphis, the Spurs may be slight favorites to pick up the win since they are the superior team and are usually solid away from home.This war on the floor will go down Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The game will be televised live....
The Milwaukee Bucks team that was so impressive in the first three games of their series against the Toronto Raptors has vanished. It needs to reappear in Game 6 of this Eastern Conference matchup or else they will be going home for the rest of the summer....
The 4-5 matchup in the Eastern Conference is living up to its billing, as two straight wins by the Atlanta Hawks has evened up their series with the Washington Wizards. The Game 5 matchup will head back to Washington, D.C. as the Wizards aim to once again play well on their home court....
The Houston Rockets are on the precipice of rolling into the Western Conference semifinals. The Rockets rallied to knock off the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round matchup. Houston returns home with a chance to close out the series in Game 5....
The Boston Celtics went on the road and picked up two victories to tie their series at 2 with the Chicago Bulls. Now the top-seeded Celtics have a chance to go home and take control....
The Utah Jazz had their backs against the wall this weekend, but now they have some room to breathe. The Jazz tied up their first round series against the Los Angeles Clippers, setting up a crucial Game 5 back in California....
The San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies are knotted at two gamesiece heading into a pivotal Game 5 on Tuesday. San Antonio won the first two in the series, but Memphis has won the next two to even the series before the venue switches back to the Lone Star State. The home team has won every game so far this series and although that bodes well for San Antonio, the Spurs were hoping this series would be over already after how the first set of games went....
The Atlanta Hawks needed a convincing win to consider themselves back in their first-round series against the Washington Wizards, and that’s exactly what they got in Game 3. The Hawks now have a chance to even up the series in a critical Game 4....
The Portland Trail Blazers are down to their last gap. The No. 8 seed is down 3-0 in their series with the Golden State Warriors and seem likely to get swept on Monday night....
The Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks have traded games in this series thus far. Milwaukee stole the first game of the series in Toronto, which the Raptors answered with a narrow win in Game 2. When the scene shifted to Milwaukee, the Bucks again scored a big victory, but the Raptors responded to the bell with a win in Game 4. Milwaukee will look to keep this trend going with a win in Game 5, but Toronto knows it needs to win at home if it wants to survive....
The Wizards are the higher seed and won the first two games and would love to pick this one up to take total control. While Atlanta won easily last time out, this one should be much closer.There has been a war of words between these teams through the first three games, so the intensity should be high in this matchup....
The Blazers had a 17-point advantage in Game 3 but blew it, giving Golden State an insurmountable lead. Portland is at home but will be the underdog and it’s going to be hard emotionally to play well in this one knowing that the season is all but over.Golden State was never in danger of losing this series, but winning last time out sets up a shot at the sweep and would allow the Warriors to rest up before their next-round series....
The Oklahoma City Thunder have scratched their way back into their series with the Houston Rockets, holding on in a nail-biter to get their first win in Game 3. That sets up a critical Game 4 between these teams in which Houston will either take control or this one will get knotted up....
The Los Angeles Clippers earned back the home court advantage by picking up a Game 3 victory in Utah last time out, and now they would love to take a commanding lead over the Jazz in their first-round series....
Home court advantage isn’t meaning much in the first-round series between the top-seeded Boston Celtics and No. 8 Chicago Bulls. The road team has picked up the first three games, and Boston badly needs that trend to continue in order to even the series and regain control of this matchup....
The Cleveland Cavaliers may have hit a lull at the end of the regular season, but they are looking like the team to beat in the Eastern Conference once again now that the playoffs are here. The second-seeded Cavs will aim to finish the sweep of the Indiana Pacers when the teams face off this weekend....
The Memphis Grizzlies fought back to make this a series in Game 3, and now need to win another one at home to really give the San Antonio Spurs something to worry about. The second-seeded Spurs are the better team, but Memphis played well last time out and has the type of defense that can keep it in games....
The Boston Celtics aren’t the only high seed in danger of losing their first round series. The Toronto Raptors have looked like the inferior team in their first round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks, and will need to win the crucial Game 4 in order to tie this series up....
