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We expected a close series with the teams separated by just three games in the regular season standings, and that’s what we have so far. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see the first round NBA playoff matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz go the distance, though the Mavs can avoid a return trip to Big D with a road win in Game 6. The return of Luka Doncic boosted the Mavs to a big 102-77 Game 5 win putting them on the brink of advancing. The NBA Playoff game between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz will tip off at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 28, 2022 from Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA playoff schedule. ... 

No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series, but the Denver Nuggets do have some experience in the art of comebacks. They extended their first round playoff series with the Golden State Warriors avoiding a sweep with a 126-121 win in Game 4. The teams head back to the Bay Area for Game 5 on Wednesday. Only a handful of teams have come back from being down 3-1 to win. The Nuggets did it twice during the 2020 playoffs. As good as the Warriors played in winning the first two games at Chase Center, Denver’s task is monumental. The NBA Playoff game between the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors will air live on TNT with tip off at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 from Chase Center in San Francisco. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA playoff schedule. ... 

During their run to five straight NBA Finals and three league championships, the Golden State Warriors annihilated opponents on both ends of the floor. After a few down seasons that saw superstars Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry miss significant amounts of time, the gang is back together. The Dubs looked in championship form taking the first two games of the series at home by an average margin of 18 points. While they don’t have to win a road game, the Warriors don’t want to prolong the series m... 

The Memphis Grizzlies got their mojo back in Game 2 to even the series looking a lot like the team that finished with the second-best record during the NBA regular season. A near triple-double from Ja Morant led the Griz to an easy 124-96 payout victory on Tuesday. Despite a 10-game difference during the regular season, the season series was remarkably close. The teams split four games with three of them decided by eight points or less. The exception was Minnesota’s 138-95 home win back in Novem... 

If the first game is any indication the first round NBA playoff matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics is going to be a doozy. The Celtics continued their epic run from the regular season when they won 26 of their final 32 games to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. They beat the Nets twice during that season ending spurt and their dramatic 115-114 victory in Game 1 extended their winning streak to four over their division rival. Game 2 of the series is slated for Wed... 

If the playoffs are anything like the regular season, you can expect a wild ride for the Eastern Conference title. The top four teams all won more than 50 games and were separated by just two games in the standings. Hell, even the bottom half of the postseason participants were close with just 10 games separating No. 1 seed Miami from No. 10 seed Cha... 

The championship window is wide open for the Phoenix Suns. That doesn’t mean the Memphis Grizzlies or Golden State Warriors or Dallas Mavericks or Utah Jazz are going to let them climb right through it. Phoenix rattled off a club record 18-game winning streak early in the season and never looked back posting the best record in the NBA by eight games while establishing a franchise record with 64 victories. And throughout the entire season players said they were motivated by last year’s Finals los... 

Having more teams in the playoffs isn’t always a good thing. Diluting the field increases the chances of the league having a less deserving team win the title. So the NBA did the next best thing with its play-in tournament. While technically not the “playoffs” it is the postseason giving four teams – two from each conference – a chance to reach the playoffs when under the old format that opportunity never existed. The 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament begins on Tuesday, April 12 with the higher seeded teams in each conference going at it. The Brooklyn Nets host the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East while the Minnesota Timberwolves welcome the Los Angeles Clippers in the West. The remaining two games will be played on Wednesday, April 13 with Charlotte visiting Atlanta in the East and San Antonio visiting New Orleans in the West. The games will air on TNT and ESPN. Betting options for every game are available at BookMaker.eu. ... 

The two preseason favorites to win the NBA championship may both miss out on the playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers were unceremoniously eliminated from playoff contention on Tuesday night, and the Brooklyn Nets are locked into the Play-in Tournament. Brooklyn is still one of the overall favorites to win the NBA title despite being just three games over .500, but the Nets might need to win two winner-take-all games to make the playoffs.This will be a long postseason as the NBA Finals aren’t slated... 

The fight for the top four seeds in the Eastern Conference playoff race are up for grabs with Thursday’s matchup between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks going a long way toward deciding where the teams end up. If the Celtics are going to finish higher in the standings they’ll need to win on the road. They finished up the home portion of their regular season schedule on Sunday with a pounding of Washington for their 26th victory in 32 games. They end the season on the road where they are 2... 

Now is not the time for the Phoenix Suns to start slumping. Even though they’ve locked up the best record in the NBA and own homecourt advantage throughout the postseason, they’d rather be playing their best ball of the season at this point, but for the first time in over a month and only the third time this season they have a losing streak after falling to OKC on Sunday. The Suns look to close the season strong when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night in the second game of ES... 

Both the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks have looked strong over the last few weeks. Dallas locked up a playoff berth on Wednesday night, and the Mavericks are currently in line to be the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Milwaukee will lock up a playoff berth with its next win, and the Bucks are currently in line for the No. 2 seed in the East. Both teams don’t have a lot of room for error if they want to hold on to their spots though as the race for the top spots are tight.... 

If you jumped on the Brooklyn Nets to win the NBA title during their 11-game losing streak that futures bet is looking better. Their roster is coming together, Kyrie Irving can play in home games and the Nets are working to escape the play-in tournament. They may not climb into the top-six, but things are looking up for them. And they have a showdown with one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference when they host the Milwaukee Bucks in the first game of TNT’s Thursday’s doubleheader. The Nets... 

Not long ago this late-season showdown between Western Conference heavyweights looked like it could decide the top overall seed in the NBA playoffs. Well, that’s no longer the case with the Phoenix Suns running away from the Golden State Warriors and everyone else to clinch the best overall record in the Association with a few weeks remaining in the regular season. There isn’t much for the Suns to play for until the postseason begins, but they have dropped two of three games to the Warriors this... 

The Brooklyn Nets still don’t have all their players back in the lineup, but they do have Kevin Durant and that’s been enough for them to put together a successful stretch. KD scored 37 points in Monday’s win over Utah, the Nets’ sixth triumph in seven games and fifth payout in that span. They’ll also have Kyrie Irving available for the matchup with the East leading Miami Heat on Saturday. Before sitting out during a recent three-game homestand, Irving went off for 60 points in a win over Orland... 

If it was all about LeBron James the Los Angeles Lakers would be leading the NBA. Unfortunately for him it’s a team game and the Lakers have struggled just to maintain a spot in the play-in tournament. James became the league’s second-leading all-time scorer surpassing Karl Malone, and like a majority of outcomes this season it came in a loss. It was LA’s 10th setback in 13 games since the All-Star break moving them closer to being a postseason afterthought. The Lakers enter the week with a slim lead over San Antonio for the 10th seed in the Western Conference and have a massive game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night. The NBA game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers will air live on ESPN with tip off at 10 p.m. ET on March 23, 2022 from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA schedule. ... 

It’s not how you start rather it’s how you finish. And the Chicago Bulls haven’t been very good at finishing lately. Their blistering start to the season has them a likely playoff team, but Monday’s loss to Sacramento to open a Western Conference swing was their sixth in eight games leaving them just three games ahead of Toronto for the seventh-seed in the East. Busting out of their funk isn’t going to be easy against the Phoenix Suns, the best team in the NBA. Following a disappointing home los... 

It looks like that little slump the Golden State Warriors recently experienced is over. Losers of five straight games, the Dubs fell off the pace in the Western Conference and were briefly overtaken by Memphis for the second-best record in the NBA. Golden State found a groove since, though, winning three straight by double figures, including Saturday’s victory over defending champion Milwaukee. The Dubs get another Eastern Conference heavyweight on this homestand with the Boston Celtics visiting... 

No Chris Paul no problem for the Phoenix Suns, who continue to win games despite the absence of their All-Star point guard. Paul is likely done for the remainder of the regular season, but the Suns have built a big enough lead in the overall standings winning 53 games before any other club has passed 45. The Suns close the week with a matchup against the struggling Los Angeles Lakers, who recently dropped a game to the worst team in the Western Conference. While the play-in tournament is a possibility for LA, their preseason aspirations of a NBA title have long since disappeared. The Lakers have dropped their last five games to the Suns, including a pair of double digit home losses this season. ... 

Former NBA champions and league MVPs take to the hardwood in Saturday’s primetime matchup when the Milwaukee Bucks tangle with the Golden State Warriors. Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has the defending champs angling for a top seed in the Eastern Conference and he got the better of another two-time winner Steph Curry scoring 30 points in Milwaukee’s 118-99 payout victory in January. The Bucks have won three of the last four meetings in the series and enter on a hot streak averaging over 128... 

Both teams are feeling the effects of the COVID schedule. The Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets met on Monday in a rescheduled affair won by the Nuggets 131-124. The Dubs played with a trimmed down roster that left Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins on the bench to get some rest in the first game of a back-to-back. Those players are expected to be back in the lineup when the clubs meet again in the Mile High City on Thursday. Denver won the first three games of the season serie... 

A rematch of last season’s NBA Finals hits the hardwood on Sunday when the Phoenix Suns visit the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks earned their first title in 50 years knocking off the Western Conference champs in six games, which included winning the last four. Phoenix hadn’t lost four games in a row the entire season before the Finals. While Chris Paul would have been a good choice for MVP had the Suns won the series, he’ll miss this game with a hand injury that has him on the shelf for likely the r... 

The dysfunctional Los Angeles Lakers will overshadow the recent struggles of the Golden State Warriors when the Pacific Division rivals meet in primetime on Saturday. LA suffered its third straight loss since the All-Star break but at least they put up a fight in their 109-104 setback to Dallas. That came a few days after the team was booed off the court in an embarrassing loss to the Pelicans. Once feared, especially in their home arena, the Lakers are in danger of missing the postseason after ... 

It doesn’t look like either team is poised to win an NBA championship and just reaching the playoffs would be a huge accomplishment. But tuning into the Los Angeles Lakers against the Los Angeles Clippers matchup would be worth it for all the drama. The Lakers are sinking faster than the Titanic and were even booed off the court in their most recent setback, a 125-93 pounding at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. That came a few days after they dropped a close one to the Clips, 105... 

The Golden State Warriors are the second-best team in the NBA, and they have been very good at home this season. Golden State is 26-6 in the Chase Center coming into Sunday night’s game with the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas is currently just two games over .500 on the road, but the Mavericks have turned a corner in recent weeks. They are up to fifth in the Western Conference standings, and they have won six of their last seven games. ...