But there’s no sense in reliving a 7-10 record in March, 3-4 mark in April or the reasons behind Cleveland’s slide. And I wouldn’t buy. The Cavaliers did not lose to the Pacers once previous year, and they had issues against the Bulls this season for whatever reason. Every time the Warriors played an elite point guard a year ago in the playoffs, Steph would be switched off for the more defensively stout player in Klay Thompson. They are just sounder and the better-coached team overall. Andre Iguodala’s back turned into, like, a 72-year-old back.
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The Cavs have a chance to win a championship because they have James, and with James, all is possible. Houston plays the Thunder, and the Clippers battle Utah.
Surprisingly, there are road blocks for both Golden State and Cleveland in their respective brackets. The more anxious teams are about closing in on Thompson’s three-point shot, the more the lane opens for Draymond Green to drive and do his thing.
The payrolls for four teams the Nets, Jazz, Denver Nuggets, and Minnesota Timberwolves fell below the league’s salary floor of $84.73 million.
GREENE: I think there are. “I thought winning is what this is about, period”, said Harden in regards to the MVP vote. Why are you dismissing the Celtics?
Boston surprised many by taking the top seed in the East this season at 53-29. The Celtics open the playoffs hosting the Bulls on Sunday.
The 2016-2017 regular season was one of the weirdest regular seasons I’ve been witness to, and not only that, but this has been one of the weirdest regular seasons in the career of one LeBron James. Let us know in the comments right below. And he obliterated them.
Finally, both analysts surmised two key aspects for watching this year’s National Basketball Association post-season: “There will be some “dirty games”- games where you are not going to score 120 points, when neither team can get into a rhythm and not making shots”, said McHale. The Dallas Mavericks’ decline in play this season makes room for the Jazz.
After the Harden-Westbrook matchup, this one is the next best. But, I mean, he just kept beating me against the head with greatness, and I ended up having to succumb.
Sunday, Westbrook, a smaller, more graceful version of LeBron James, broke the triple-double record of 41 in a season held by legendary great, guard Oscar Robertson, set in the 1961-’62 season. These two players are going to be going at each other the entire series, but you have to like LeBron’s chances. So to get to the playoffs, you just get that new energy, you get to finally work towards what your ultimate goal is, which is trying to win a championship and every game at that point matters.
THOMPSON: San Antonio could do it. I’m not high on the Pacers and they’ll probably lose this series rather quickly. That’s just what the game tells you to do, to respect your opponent. 4 Washington Wizards vs.
Overview The Rockets were the better team in the regular season, but the playoffs can be a different animal sometimes. After five months of electrifying basketball, 16 teams have stood taller than the rest to earn their respective places in the 2017 NBA Playoffs. They aren’t wearing helmets – right?
They added two pieces in Brandon Jennings to help out in the backcourt, and then they added Bojan Bogdanovic from Brooklyn, who gave them scoring from the second he got there.
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Including playoffs, Harden and Westbrook have faced off 16 times, each player walking away a victor in eight of those. Steph Curry scored the points, while Durant and Green brought in the boards though to close this series out. Marcus, thanks a lot.
