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Manu Ginobili Doesn’t Let Injury Get in the Way of Beating the Los Angeles Lakers
The San Antonio Spurs are usually known for their passing game and offensive fluidity, but in the postseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers, it was about their defense, forcing the Lakers to try and win the game from the outside, and a resurgent and hopefully long-term healthy Manu Ginobili with some special moments of basketball that led them to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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Paul George Has His Best Playoff Game Ever to Open 2013 Postseason
The Indiana Pacers need Paul George to be at his absolute best during the playoffs for them to fulfill the potential many seen in them, of being the second best team in the East. In game 1 of the first round series with the Hawks he didn’t shoot very well, but still did everything else at the highest level, leading his team to a comfortable home win and a 1-0 lead in the series.
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LeBron James & Miami Heat Look Like NBA Champions
Maybe it was Brandon Jennings with his deceleration that the Milwaukee Bucks will win the series, or maybe it’s the fact that the Miami Heat and LeBron James are too good for almost anyone in the NBA right now, especially the team they’ve been paired up with to open their title-defense playoff run.
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NBA Playoffs – Rockets vs Thunder Game 1 Predictions
The most interesting individual story-line of this extremely intriguing series is of course James Harden trying to show that the Oklahoma City Thunder made a mistake by giving up on him just before the beginning of the season, but when it comes to overall firepower, it should go to the side that has Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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NBA Playoffs – Bucks vs Heat Game 1 Predictions
A number one vs number eight seed is never the fairest of fights, but it’s hard to think of a more unbalanced matchup than the Miami Heat, the NBA champions with LeBron James and a very impressive supporting cast that includes Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade against a Milwaukee Bucks team that is the only one in the postseason with a below .500 record.
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NBA Playoffs – Lakers vs Spurs Game 1 Predictions
The Los Angeles Lakers are entering a postseason series without home court advantage and even weirder, without Kobe Bryant being available. It means Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol need to be superstarish and more in order to dominate against a San Antonio Spurs team that isn’t entering the playoffs in the best of forms, but are still huge favorites to advance into the next round.
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NBA Playoffs – Hawks vs Pacers Game 1 Predictions
Two teams with a very different approach to the game enter the first round series in the NBA playoffs with the Indiana Pacers being the slight favorites to come away with a second round berth against the Atlanta Hawks, hoping that their physical disadvantage doesn’t become too much of a disadvantage.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Sets Himself Apart From the Rest
With two teams that have very similar strengths, someone has to be the game changer that breaks the tie. So Chris Paul, the one you’d expect to be that guy, stepped up and took the Los Angeles Clippers to a very impressive series-opening win over the Memphis Grizzlies, who were outplayed and out-coached from the first moment they stepped on the floor.
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Brooklyn Nets – Deron Williams & Brook Lopez Party in the Paint
One of the interesting things about Deron Williams this season is his points per game improvement graph, scoring more and more each month. That didn’t stop in the opening game for the Brooklyn Nets in the playoffs, leading his team, along with Brook Lopez who had too little resistance from the overwhelmed Chicago Bulls under the basket, beginning the franchise’s new postseason history in a perfect way.
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Denver Nuggets – Andre Miller Better Than Everyone Else For Once
Despite all of their offensive talent that includes Andre Iguodala, Ty Lawson, Wilson Chandler and Corey Brewer, the Denver Nuggets needed Andre Miller to lead them all through the game and especially in the fourth quarter, paving the way for a game winning layup with less than two seconds left on the clock to give his team the 1-0 lead in first round playoff series against the surprisingly stubborn Golden State Warriors.