Game 7
May 27 at TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA
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Game 613 - (4) Cleveland Cavaliers at (2) Boston Celtics
Eastern Conference finals
Game 7
May 27 at TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA
ESPN
Game 7
May 27 at TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA
ESPN
Game 612 - (1) Houston Rockets at (5) Utah Jazz
Western Conference semifinals
Game 3
May 4 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN
I imagine Utah was feeling pretty confident heading into Friday's game. The fifth-seeded Jazz had just evened the series and secured home-court advantage with a win in Houston in game two.
That confidence went away in a hurry.
The top seed had a dominant first quarter and were never threatened in winning 113-92 to take a 2-1 series lead.
The Rockets, who won an NBA-best 65 games during the regular season, shot 61% in the opening period (16-of-26), assisting on 10 of those made baskets and led 39-22 through one. The lead grew to as much as 88-50 in the third on a long Eric Gordon 3-pointer with 4 1/2 minutes to play.
Gordon was great off the bench, finishing with 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Gordon and James Harden led all players in scoring with Harden adding 12 assists.
Game four is Sunday.
Game 3
May 4 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN
I imagine Utah was feeling pretty confident heading into Friday's game. The fifth-seeded Jazz had just evened the series and secured home-court advantage with a win in Houston in game two.
That confidence went away in a hurry.
The top seed had a dominant first quarter and were never threatened in winning 113-92 to take a 2-1 series lead.
The Rockets, who won an NBA-best 65 games during the regular season, shot 61% in the opening period (16-of-26), assisting on 10 of those made baskets and led 39-22 through one. The lead grew to as much as 88-50 in the third on a long Eric Gordon 3-pointer with 4 1/2 minutes to play.
Gordon was great off the bench, finishing with 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Gordon and James Harden led all players in scoring with Harden adding 12 assists.
Game four is Sunday.
Game 611: (5) Indiana Pacers at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers
Eastern Conference first round
Game 7
April 29 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
ABC
I really don't think it's fair that one NBA team gets to play with four human basketball players and one guy who is his own basketball species, while every other team has to settle for five human basketball players.
Cleveland got another incredible effort from LeBron James as his 45 points led the Cavaliers to a 105-101 victory and 4-3 series win.
James, who is second only to Michael Jordan for career playoff 40-point games (and during this game became the sport's all-time leader in playoff steals), is basically carrying a team through the postseason AGAIN. James was 16-of-25 from the field (his teammates also hit 16 field goals, but on 49 attempts) and was one rebound and three assists short of a triple-double.
The three-time defending East champions will play top seed Toronto in round two.
Great effort again from Indiana's Victor Oladipo, who as a 6-4 guard led all players with 12 rebounds while scoring 25 of his team-high 30 points in the second half. Oladipo poured in 58 points during the final two games of the series.
Game 7
April 29 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
ABC
I really don't think it's fair that one NBA team gets to play with four human basketball players and one guy who is his own basketball species, while every other team has to settle for five human basketball players.
Cleveland got another incredible effort from LeBron James as his 45 points led the Cavaliers to a 105-101 victory and 4-3 series win.
James, who is second only to Michael Jordan for career playoff 40-point games (and during this game became the sport's all-time leader in playoff steals), is basically carrying a team through the postseason AGAIN. James was 16-of-25 from the field (his teammates also hit 16 field goals, but on 49 attempts) and was one rebound and three assists short of a triple-double.
The three-time defending East champions will play top seed Toronto in round two.
Great effort again from Indiana's Victor Oladipo, who as a 6-4 guard led all players with 12 rebounds while scoring 25 of his team-high 30 points in the second half. Oladipo poured in 58 points during the final two games of the series.
Game 610: (4) Oklahoma City Thunder at (5) Utah Jazz
Western Conference first round
Game 6
April 27 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN
Game 6
April 27 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN
Game 609: (6) New Orleans Pelicans at (3) Portland Trailblazers
Western Conference first round
Game 1
April 14 at Moda Center in Portland, OR
ABC
Great playoff opener for the sixth-seeded Pelicans, who got huge performances from Anthony Davis (35 and 14 with four blocked shots) and Rajon Rondo (17 assists) and stunned the No. 3 seed 97-95.
Jrue Holiday added 21 points on 10-of-20 shooting. Rondo's assist total is his highest in the playoffs since also getting 17 in the Celtics' win over Philadelphia in the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals.
Portland's top two players - Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum - were held to a combined 13-of-41 shooting and the hosts shot just 37% overall.
Game 1
April 14 at Moda Center in Portland, OR
ABC
Great playoff opener for the sixth-seeded Pelicans, who got huge performances from Anthony Davis (35 and 14 with four blocked shots) and Rajon Rondo (17 assists) and stunned the No. 3 seed 97-95.
Jrue Holiday added 21 points on 10-of-20 shooting. Rondo's assist total is his highest in the playoffs since also getting 17 in the Celtics' win over Philadelphia in the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals.
Portland's top two players - Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum - were held to a combined 13-of-41 shooting and the hosts shot just 37% overall.
Game 405 - (2) San Antonio Spurs at (3) Houston Rockets
Western Conference semifinals
May 5 at Toyota Center in Houston, TX
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May 5 at Toyota Center in Houston, TX
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Games 403-404: Opening round continues
404 - Western Conference first round
Golden State Warriors at Portland Trailblazers
April 22 at Moda Center in Portland, OR
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403 - Western Conference first round
San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies
April 22 at FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN
ESPN
Kawhi Leonard, my goodness. Leonard scored 43 points, including the tying three in the corner with 10 seconds left in overtime. Unfortunately for the Spurs, Marc Gasol's 12-foot floater with less than a second to go was the difference in Memphis' 110-108 victory. Memphis, which was swept by the Spurs in last season's opening round, evened the best-of-7 series at 2-2 with game five set for April 25.
Leonard, who scored the last 16 (!) San Antonio points in regulation & also had six of his team's 11 steals, and Mike Conley (franchise postseason-record 35 points, nine rebounds, eight assists) went back and forth all game.
Gasol (16 and 12) also beat the halftime buzzer with a Conley-assisted long two.
Golden State Warriors at Portland Trailblazers
April 22 at Moda Center in Portland, OR
ESPN
403 - Western Conference first round
San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies
April 22 at FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN
ESPN
Kawhi Leonard, my goodness. Leonard scored 43 points, including the tying three in the corner with 10 seconds left in overtime. Unfortunately for the Spurs, Marc Gasol's 12-foot floater with less than a second to go was the difference in Memphis' 110-108 victory. Memphis, which was swept by the Spurs in last season's opening round, evened the best-of-7 series at 2-2 with game five set for April 25.
Leonard, who scored the last 16 (!) San Antonio points in regulation & also had six of his team's 11 steals, and Mike Conley (franchise postseason-record 35 points, nine rebounds, eight assists) went back and forth all game.
Gasol (16 and 12) also beat the halftime buzzer with a Conley-assisted long two.
Game 401 - (6) Milwaukee Bucks at (3) Toronto Raptors
Eastern Conference first round
April l5 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada
ESPN
The playoff series opener has not been kind to the Toronto Raptors.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was fantastic, scoring a career-high 28 points on 13-of-18 shooting as the Bucks controlled most of the second half with a 97-83 win, Toronto's ninth consecutive loss in a game one.
Saturday was actually my first time seeing Antetokoummpo play. I'd heard great things, but I watch an obscene amount of college hoops and neglect the NBA quite a bit.
Antetokounmpo was the best player on the floor whenever he was on it. He can shoot from mid-range, he's incredibly strong and athletic, & his passing probably isn't underrated - it should be properly rated - good - but I think that part of Antetokounmpo's game will improve.
And Toronto really stunk over the last quarter and a half of the game.
It was a 68-64 Raptors' lead at about the four-minute mark of the third quarter, but Milwaukee finished the game on a 33-15 run & ended up out-scoring the hosts 51-32 in the second half. All six Bucks who played at least 24 minutes had a positive +/-, including Greg Monroe (+15), who came off the bench to grab a game-high 15 rebounds to go along with 14 points.
Game two is Tuesday.
April l5 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada
ESPN
The playoff series opener has not been kind to the Toronto Raptors.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was fantastic, scoring a career-high 28 points on 13-of-18 shooting as the Bucks controlled most of the second half with a 97-83 win, Toronto's ninth consecutive loss in a game one.
Saturday was actually my first time seeing Antetokoummpo play. I'd heard great things, but I watch an obscene amount of college hoops and neglect the NBA quite a bit.
Antetokounmpo was the best player on the floor whenever he was on it. He can shoot from mid-range, he's incredibly strong and athletic, & his passing probably isn't underrated - it should be properly rated - good - but I think that part of Antetokounmpo's game will improve.
And Toronto really stunk over the last quarter and a half of the game.
It was a 68-64 Raptors' lead at about the four-minute mark of the third quarter, but Milwaukee finished the game on a 33-15 run & ended up out-scoring the hosts 51-32 in the second half. All six Bucks who played at least 24 minutes had a positive +/-, including Greg Monroe (+15), who came off the bench to grab a game-high 15 rebounds to go along with 14 points.
Game two is Tuesday.
Game 217 - (1) Golden State Warriors at (3) Oklahoma CityThunder
Western Conference Finals
May 28 at Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City, OK
ABC
Good heavens, Klay Thompson.
The Warriors' guard scored 41 points and hit 11 (!) 3-pointers in a 108-101 victory that evened the best-of-seven series.
Game 7 is Monday.
Incredible what Thompson and Steph Curry were able to do as Curry just missed a triple-double (31 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists). That's 72 of the team's 108 points.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were a combined 20-for-58 (34%), though Westbrook also just missed a triple-double - 28 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds.
May 28 at Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City, OK
ABC
Good heavens, Klay Thompson.
The Warriors' guard scored 41 points and hit 11 (!) 3-pointers in a 108-101 victory that evened the best-of-seven series.
Game 7 is Monday.
Incredible what Thompson and Steph Curry were able to do as Curry just missed a triple-double (31 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists). That's 72 of the team's 108 points.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were a combined 20-for-58 (34%), though Westbrook also just missed a triple-double - 28 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds.
Game 216 - (8) Detroit Pistons at (1) Cleveland Cavaliers
Eastern Conference first round
April 17 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
ESPN
April 17 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
ESPN
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