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Old School Meets New School
The real postseason is about to get underway. The Spurs and Thunder easily dispatched their first-round opponents, winning their games by an average of better than 22 points per game. The opening round was just a formality in advance of this Game 1 showdown between the second- and third-seeded teams in the West....
Prior to Game 4, the Clippers were considered favorites in this first-round series and a strong contender to defeat the Curry-less Golden State Warriors in the next round. Instead, Los Angeles was forced to face harsh new realities and the likelihood of an early exit at the hand of the Trail Blazers....
It was a bad time for the Heat to see its eight-game home winning streak end. Charlotte claimed perhaps the biggest win in its history, knocking off Miami in Game 5 and can close out its first postseason series win since 2002 with a victory on Friday....
The Pacers have to get over the meltdown in their Game 5 loss in order to extend this series to a seventh game. For the first time in their history, the Raptors won a playoff game when trailing by double digits to take a 3-2 lead. But the Raptors have never won a best-of-seven series and this one isn’t over yet....
Boston lost the postseason scoring leader when Isaiah Thomas injured his ankle in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Game 5 loss. The Celtics may have lost the series, too. If Thomas isn’t playing his best, the Celtics aren’t either. The Hawks have a glorious chance to end the series, but a win in Boston isn’t a given....
To explain why this best-of-seven series is now tied at 2-2 heading back to Miami for Game 5 on Wednesday, look no further than Monday’s backcourt breakdown. Charlotte guards Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lin combined for 55 points. Miami’s starting backcourt committed nine turnovers. But Dwyane Wade likes the Heat’s chances back in south beach....
The game, the series, and Portland’s playoff hopes all changed in an instant during the third quarter of Monday night’s game. With Clippers’ guard Chris Paul angrily leaving the court with a broken hand, the first-round series just got plenty interesting....
Toronto’s playoff demons returned. With a chance to take a commanding lead in the series, the Raptors stumbled on Saturday, losing on the Pacers’ home floor, turning the best-of-seven into a best-of-three. At least the second-seed Raptors have the homecourt edge, but that means they have to win on it....
Golden State took advantage of its opponent’s injury problems last season while winning the title. Now, the Warriors have to hope Stephen Curry’s injury isn’t too serious. They didn’t appear panicked in Sunday’s blowout of Houston, but there certainly is some anxiety moving forward....
A stirring comeback on Sunday got Boston even, reducing the series to a best-of-three. The Celtics have to win once on the road and they’ll get a chance Tuesday in Game 5. This was never going to be a sweep for the Hawks, but they should feel letdown after squandering numerous opportunities in Beantown....
The sooner the series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks is over, the sooner tensions will settle down between these two. Kevin Durant has been involved in so many shenanigans that he legitimately could find himself suspended for Game 5 of this series, especially after getting tossed for a Flagrant 2 foul at the end of Game 4....
The Trail Blazers snapped their five-game losing streak to the Clippers in Game 3 after pulling out the 96-88 victory as short 1-point underdogs. A ton of energy was put into that win, so it’s reasonable to wonder whether the home team will have more left in the tank to get the best of CP3 and his mates to even this series up....
The last time the Charlotte Hornets won a playoff game, they were really the Charlotte Hornets. Now, the franchise which was formerly known as the Charlotte Bobcats has its first postseason victory.Can the artists formerly known as the Bobcats build on that win and make this a series with the Miami Heat? We'll find out on Monday night....
The Detroit Pistons are sort of like the Marco Rubio of the NBA. Just like Rubio, the Pistons have been able to hang around with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But just as Rubio ultimately couldn't win any states in the Republican primaries and was constantly second best to Donald Trump, the Pistons haven't ultimately won anything against Cleveland. And now, just as Rubio had to take his name out of consideration for the POTUS, Detroit will have to bow out of the NBA playoffs if it can't win for the f...
The Spurs swept the season series with Memphis and continued that level of success into the playoffs. Over their last eight head-to-head meetings, the Spurs have won each game and failed to cover the spread only twice. The latest of those times came on Friday in a nine-point win. Can Memphis cover again with this game at home on Sunday?...
The Houston Rockets have officially gotten over the hump. They gave everything they had in Game 3 to beat the Golden State Warriors and get on the board in this series, but they've got a long way to go in order to really make the defending champs sweat....
The stars are back in alignment and everything’s right in the Thunders’ world. After a stunning upset in Game 2, Oklahoma City got back to doing what it does and the Mavericks were no match. And it doesn’t look good for Dallas the rest of the way now that the bad game is out of the Thunder’s system....
The playoff-challenged Raptors needed something good to happen. They rolled into Indiana and made it happen. Winning on the road in the postseason for just the fifth time in franchise history, Toronto took back homecourt advantage and now goes for the jugular against a reeling Pacers squad....
Portland is in an all too familiar place after Wednesday’s Game 2 loss. For the third straight year the Blazers are down 0-2 in a playoff series. They lost Game 3 the past two times and will try and reverse that trend when they host the Clippers on Saturday....
That strong finish the Charlotte Hornets had to the end of the season means absolutely nothing right now. Looking for their first postseason victory since 2002, the Hornets are hopeful a return to North Carolina is just what they need to get back in this series....
The best team in the Eastern Conference played like it on Wednesday. Now, the Detroit Pistons must play their first home playoff game in seven years from a deep hole after losing twice in Cleveland....
The Warriors played one game with MVP Stephen Curry and one game without him. They won both to build a 2-0 series lead. That’s not very comforting for the Rockets, who hope getting on their own floor can change the tide in this series....
It’s highly unlikely a change of venue will affect the outcome of this series. San Antonio engineered yet another blowout of the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2, downing the visitors 94-68 Tuesday to become just the third team in NBA postseason history to win each of its first two contests by 25 points or more....
It’s difficult to win a game when you score seven points in a quarter – yes, seven points in a quarter. The Celtics found that out Tuesday and fell in a 0-2 hole in the series. Atlanta is a good defensive team, but come on. With the teams heading to Boston, look for a different Celtics team in Game 3....
Now that their seven-game postseason losing streak is over, maybe it’s time for the Toronto Raptors to start a winning streak. They’ll need some help from All-Star DeMar DeRozan, who has yet to show up in the series. If he does, the Raptors likely take a series lead over the Pacers....
