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April 28, 2017, 09:02:24 AM
We already have 2 official semi-finals, one for each conference:

Toronto vs Cleveland and Houston vs San Antonio.
They are really 2 balanced and interesting games!

Surely  Cleveland and San Antonio are favorites but I would not be surprised   to see the series come to the seventh game.
Houston rockets cannot beat the Spurs with lack of defense, their shooting is overrated and this time they will be tested if their experiment is really working. Other match up looks excited, cavaliers and raptors are both good team but I still believe I will see the same result last year.

Well, semi finals are more exciting and I honestly would love to see the Bulls will upset the Celtics so it's going to be a good East Finals.

As a Cavs fan, I'm not seeing any sort of threat in Toronto, I think the Wizards could give them more problems, or the Bulls/Celtics. Toronto looked so fragile against Milwaukee that I still don't know how they got through in 6 games. As for the Spurs and Rockets, another series that I think it's a given for San Antonio, Popovich will tear D'Antoni apart just on the strategy side. The only thing Houston can do is hit all time records for threes and run like hell to tire San Antonio down. The latter could actually be a very powerful weapon if used right but I'm sure San Antonio knows how to minimize it (similar strategy they will use for the Warriors).
Well one thing that sets apart from between the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors is depth, I don't know about not seeing Raptors as a threat but comparing it to Indiana they have a better team overall. Talking about having Kyle Lowry and Demar DeRozan and recently acquired Serge Ibaka  they will give Cavaliers a good fight compared to Indiana. Raptors also has a good team chemistry I mean Valanciunas and Carroll have been there for years with Lowry and DeRozan, Cavaliers must not let their guards down.
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April 28, 2017, 07:36:46 AM
We already have 2 official semi-finals, one for each conference:

Toronto vs Cleveland and Houston vs San Antonio.
They are really 2 balanced and interesting games!

Surely  Cleveland and San Antonio are favorites but I would not be surprised   to see the series come to the seventh game.
Houston rockets cannot beat the Spurs with lack of defense, their shooting is overrated and this time they will be tested if their experiment is really working. Other match up looks excited, cavaliers and raptors are both good team but I still believe I will see the same result last year.

Well, semi finals are more exciting and I honestly would love to see the Bulls will upset the Celtics so it's going to be a good East Finals.

As a Cavs fan, I'm not seeing any sort of threat in Toronto, I think the Wizards could give them more problems, or the Bulls/Celtics. Toronto looked so fragile against Milwaukee that I still don't know how they got through in 6 games. As for the Spurs and Rockets, another series that I think it's a given for San Antonio, Popovich will tear D'Antoni apart just on the strategy side. The only thing Houston can do is hit all time records for threes and run like hell to tire San Antonio down. The latter could actually be a very powerful weapon if used right but I'm sure San Antonio knows how to minimize it (similar strategy they will use for the Warriors).
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April 28, 2017, 05:45:06 AM
We already have 2 official semi-finals, one for each conference:

Toronto vs Cleveland and Houston vs San Antonio.
They are really 2 balanced and interesting games!

Surely  Cleveland and San Antonio are favorites but I would not be surprised   to see the series come to the seventh game.
Houston rockets cannot beat the Spurs with lack of defense, their shooting is overrated and this time they will be tested if their experiment is really working. Other match up looks excited, cavaliers and raptors are both good team but I still believe I will see the same result last year.

Well, semi finals are more exciting and I honestly would love to see the Bulls will upset the Celtics so it's going to be a good East Finals.
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April 28, 2017, 05:14:41 AM
We already have 2 official semi-finals, one for each conference:

Toronto vs Cleveland and Houston vs San Antonio.
They are really 2 balanced and interesting games!

Surely  Cleveland and San Antonio are favorites but I would not be surprised   to see the series come to the seventh game.
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April 28, 2017, 05:07:27 AM
All NBA teams being closed out gamee 4. Today Boston Washington and Utah will win
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April 28, 2017, 03:50:23 AM
Milwaukee Bucks 89 - 92 Toronto Raptors
Memphis Grizzlies 96 - 103 San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs 23:00 Memphis Grizzlies
Toronto Raptors 23:00 Milwaukee Bucks
Atlanta Hawks 00:30 Washington Wizards
Chicago Bulls 01:00 Boston Celtics
Utah Jazz 03:30 L.A. Clippers
sorry missed for Milwaukee as they got the chance to lead 2-1 but raptors really played well and use their experience to dominate the
younger bucks, hope to see new players to be added with bucks line up giannis needed help to carry the team.
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April 28, 2017, 03:04:29 AM
Milwaukee Bucks 89 - 92 Toronto Raptors
Memphis Grizzlies 96 - 103 San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs 23:00 Memphis Grizzlies
Toronto Raptors 23:00 Milwaukee Bucks
Atlanta Hawks 00:30 Washington Wizards
Chicago Bulls 01:00 Boston Celtics
Utah Jazz 03:30 L.A. Clippers
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April 27, 2017, 09:28:05 AM
Great comeback for Boston! Only 3 teams in NBA history have rolled 2-0 after losing the 2 games played at home.
Boston is now in the lead 3-2 and may be the fourth team in history to overturn this 2-0

They will surely beat Bulls on game 6, List it already on the history, with isiah thomas enter on the zone and Bulls without Rondo is just an overkill. Bulls are strong without Dwayne Wade because their attack is focus to butler which is more an accurate shooter. Wade is too old now to play a key player role in the game. Maybe if the Miami heat was in the playoffs instead of Bulls, Then they might have a chance to win against boston. Just saying. But at the end, The Cavs will just win in the EAST! Cheesy

On the contrary, I still think that Bulls can still won the next game and forced a deciding game 7. But eventually Boston will win the series. I think Wade has still some playing time in him and he can still deliver but they need to focus more on their defense rather than individual play.
Thats right if they can adjust and put more pressure they can still win this in their court wade and butler should combine to protect this game and force this to deciding 7 game series.
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April 27, 2017, 09:17:44 AM
Great comeback for Boston! Only 3 teams in NBA history have rolled 2-0 after losing the 2 games played at home.
Boston is now in the lead 3-2 and may be the fourth team in history to overturn this 2-0

They will surely beat Bulls on game 6, List it already on the history, with isiah thomas enter on the zone and Bulls without Rondo is just an overkill. Bulls are strong without Dwayne Wade because their attack is focus to butler which is more an accurate shooter. Wade is too old now to play a key player role in the game. Maybe if the Miami heat was in the playoffs instead of Bulls, Then they might have a chance to win against boston. Just saying. But at the end, The Cavs will just win in the EAST! Cheesy

On the contrary, I still think that Bulls can still won the next game and forced a deciding game 7. But eventually Boston will win the series. I think Wade has still some playing time in him and he can still deliver but they need to focus more on their defense rather than individual play.
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April 27, 2017, 08:40:42 AM
Great comeback for Boston! Only 3 teams in NBA history have rolled 2-0 after losing the 2 games played at home.
Boston is now in the lead 3-2 and may be the fourth team in history to overturn this 2-0

They will surely beat Bulls on game 6, List it already on the history, with isiah thomas enter on the zone and Bulls without Rondo is just an overkill. Bulls are strong without Dwayne Wade because their attack is focus to butler which is more an accurate shooter. Wade is too old now to play a key player role in the game. Maybe if the Miami heat was in the playoffs instead of Bulls, Then they might have a chance to win against boston. Just saying. But at the end, The Cavs will just win in the EAST! Cheesy
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April 27, 2017, 05:35:29 AM
Great comeback for Boston! Only 3 teams in NBA history have rolled 2-0 after losing the 2 games played at home.
Boston is now in the lead 3-2 and may be the fourth team in history to overturn this 2-0
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April 27, 2017, 05:33:44 AM
I would also want to recognize my man gordon hayward for doing such clutch threes yesterday. They maybe not a championship caliber but i do hope they can advance to the next round.

I this are mostly battles between guards. Most of the star players here are guards and only love,leonard and lebron i think are not backcourts. Little admiration for short people on their league.

I'm not a fan of Gordon Hayward but we can't deny he's been playing this playoffs very good and still they need to win their next match against LAC so that they can secure the next spot for the next bracket. This two teams are playing tough and I know no one of them wants to give up as this is going to make history.
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April 27, 2017, 05:05:01 AM
I would also want to recognize my man gordon hayward for doing such clutch threes yesterday. They maybe not a championship caliber but i do hope they can advance to the next round.

I this are mostly battles between guards. Most of the star players here are guards and only love,leonard and lebron i think are not backcourts. Little admiration for short people on their league.

This has been a very good year for Hayward and the Utah Jazz over all. Their coach is in a good position to win the Coach of the Year award.

Small ball has been the trend for the NBA over the last couple of years or so. Even the big men are being forced to adjust their game and learn to play from the outside. Gone are the days when the NBA was dominated by big men such as David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Shaquille O'Neal, Yao Ming and a whole of other bigs.
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April 27, 2017, 03:48:46 AM


They surely playing basketball with different style but if I'm not mistaken MVP is just covering for the scores made by a certain player and we know that Westbrook is the most considered player for it. But I like on how Harden plays the game, he is using his mind right now then and everything changed when he was hit by Artest.

Season MVP only covers the stats of players throughout out the season and not their stats at the playoffs.

So Thunders lost today will not be a big factor for Westbrook not to grab the NBA season MVP. Just not a good moment since it's more colorful if Thunders able to advance in the West finals. It's a hard task indeed and people knows that so better just relax Westbrook and enjoy your vacation after those hard effort to reached the one of the most difficulty achievement that a NBA player reached.

Well you are right, Westbrook is can't now go on and add some more points. And I'm seeing two or three players that are good as a contender. What do you think about Lebron James, Stephen Curry and James Harden? I may miss some of other contenders but they are the players that is on my opinion that has the chance to get the MVP title for this season.
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April 27, 2017, 03:26:47 AM
I would also want to recognize my man gordon hayward for doing such clutch threes yesterday. They maybe not a championship caliber but i do hope they can advance to the next round.

I this are mostly battles between guards. Most of the star players here are guards and only love,leonard and lebron i think are not backcourts. Little admiration for short people on their league.
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April 27, 2017, 02:37:24 AM
Boston Celtics have to win tonight.
Please let them win.
Chicago Bulls are just crap and do not deserve to win this cause their whole year was just marred with fail.

Boston did win, so as the Wizards. Beal was phenomenal, he had 27 points. 
So sad to see The bulls look like will be eliminated in the series, without Rondo they are nothing now. I hope for the last time they will fight at home because this is so embarrassing for them, after taking the 2-0 lead, they let themselves beaten by Celtics, no excuse for them because this is playoffs.

Bulls just won on the first two games because Isiah Thomas was not good due to his sister death, But now, He is unstoppable! He killed the bulls on the final quarter and Dwade/ Butler do nothing aginst him. The bulls will have their last game on this play-offs on their own home court. Even if rondo is on the game, Maybe he can gave a little impact but his presence is not game changing.

no way the Bulls can defeat the Celtics in Boston after 3 losses in a row

I would like to see a game 7 for this series first TBH.  Smiley
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April 27, 2017, 02:29:28 AM
Boston Celtics have to win tonight.
Please let them win.
Chicago Bulls are just crap and do not deserve to win this cause their whole year was just marred with fail.

Boston did win, so as the Wizards. Beal was phenomenal, he had 27 points. 
So sad to see The bulls look like will be eliminated in the series, without Rondo they are nothing now. I hope for the last time they will fight at home because this is so embarrassing for them, after taking the 2-0 lead, they let themselves beaten by Celtics, no excuse for them because this is playoffs.

Bulls just won on the first two games because Isiah Thomas was not good due to his sister death, But now, He is unstoppable! He killed the bulls on the final quarter and Dwade/ Butler do nothing aginst him. The bulls will have their last game on this play-offs on their own home court. Even if rondo is on the game, Maybe he can gave a little impact but his presence is not game changing.

I would like to see a game 7 for this series first TBH.  Smiley
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April 27, 2017, 12:32:16 AM
Looks like Wizard's series will go to 7 games

The Hawks will win all the games in Atlanta and the Wizards will win all the games in Washington

Luck for then they are a top 4 seed
I think the trend will be like that, I expect another good win for the Hawks when they get home.
Game 7 is nice to see, Hawks are competing in washington and it should be a close game if game 7 is possible.
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April 27, 2017, 12:10:52 AM
Boston Celtics have to win tonight.
Please let them win.
Chicago Bulls are just crap and do not deserve to win this cause their whole year was just marred with fail.

Boston did win, so as the Wizards. Beal was phenomenal, he had 27 points. 
So sad to see The bulls look like will be eliminated in the series, without Rondo they are nothing now. I hope for the last time they will fight at home because this is so embarrassing for them, after taking the 2-0 lead, they let themselves beaten by Celtics, no excuse for them because this is playoffs.

Bulls just won on the first two games because Isiah Thomas was not good due to his sister death, But now, He is unstoppable! He killed the bulls on the final quarter and Dwade/ Butler do nothing aginst him. The bulls will have their last game on this play-offs on their own home court. Even if rondo is on the game, Maybe he can gave a little impact but his presence is not game changing.
if thomas will continue his rhythm i think bulls will die in front of their fans because they really doing nothing to stop him, better to adjust with thomas defense and if rondo will be there and command the game it will be a big impact and additional intensity for the team that really needed some hype
it will be an exciting game to watch.
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April 27, 2017, 12:07:28 AM
Boston Celtics have to win tonight.
Please let them win.
Chicago Bulls are just crap and do not deserve to win this cause their whole year was just marred with fail.

Boston did win, so as the Wizards. Beal was phenomenal, he had 27 points.  
So sad to see The bulls look like will be eliminated in the series, without Rondo they are nothing now. I hope for the last time they will fight at home because this is so embarrassing for them, after taking the 2-0 lead, they let themselves beaten by Celtics, no excuse for them because this is playoffs.

Bulls just won on the first two games because Isiah Thomas was not good due to his sister death, But now, He is unstoppable! He killed the bulls on the final quarter and Dwade/ Butler do nothing aginst him. The bulls will have their last game on this play-offs on their own home court. Even if rondo is on the game, Maybe he can gave a little impact but his presence is not game changing.
Rondo is the playmaker and I think he can make a big difference in the team, if you can still recall the old times when he was still in the Celtics together with allen, KG, and The truth Pierce, he was able to help the team to win because he has a good eye to make good plays. Rondo is a clutch guy which are both good in defense, assist, and even rebounding, I know if he was there it would be a different result.
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