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NBA Playoffs – Pacers vs Hawks Series Predictions
Two teams that have really slowed down late in the season enter a series that in the regular season was all about the home team, but as we enter a shorter times span of meetings between them, it’s hard to find anyone who thinks the Atlanta Hawks have a chance of beating the Indiana Pacers.
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NBA Playoffs – Nets vs Bulls Series Predictions
The Chicago Bulls waited and waited, but didn’t get Derrick Rose as an early spring present. Instead, they managed to climb to the fifth spot in the East, giving themselves the most comfortable matchup available for a team without home court advantage, playing a team they’ve beaten three times this season, the Brooklyn Nets.
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NBA Playoffs – Heat vs Bucks Series Predictions
Despite losing to the Milwaukee Bucks once this season, the way the Miami Heat have been playing during the second half of the season leaves very little doubt in the minds of those making predictions regarding this first round playoffs series about the chances of the NBA champions advancing with a clean and relatively easy sweep.
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NBA Playoffs – Knicks vs Celtics Series Predictions
It’s been a very long time since the New York Knicks entered a first round series in the playoffs with home court advantage and labeled as favorites, but the Boston Celtics have been declining season after season since their last NBA finals appearance, and might hit a new low and the official end of the Paul Pierce – Kevin Garnett era with an early exit.
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Players With the Most to Prove in the 2013 NBA Playoffs
Doesn’t matter how many title rings he has, LeBron James is always under the scrutiny of the media and the NBA loving public, meaning he finds himself in a similar position – needing to prove that he’s good enough to take a team on his back all the way to the title. Others, with different reasons to doubt them, are also heading into the playoffs with some proving to do – Carmelo Anthony, James Harden and Dwight Howard to name a few.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard & Pau Gasol Doing it Without Mambas
When the Lakers were at 17-25 three months ago, statistics and history told us there was no way they’d be making the postseason. Three months later, without Kobe Bryant who gave his body up to put them in a position to enter the promised land, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol are doing just fine on their own.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Succeed In James Harden Style of Basketball
After an awful shooting night from both of the stars in the backcourt, it’s hard to point one blaming finger as to why the Houston Rockets lost and fell to the 8th spot in the Western conference. But there’s a worrying pattern over the last few weeks, with James Harden getting too much credit as the ball handler, which simply wastes away the abilities of Jeremy Lin and makes the Rockets in general look worse than they should.
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Miami Heat Have More Wins This Season Than the Cleveland Cavaliers Have Since LeBron James Left
There’s always an argument about what is an MVP. Sometimes, by not being in some place, injured or simply left a team, you prove your worth more than anything else. LeBron James happens to be the best player and most valuable all at once, leading the Miami Heat to a 66 win season, while the Cleveland Cavaliers, his former team, have won a total of 64 games since he left them.
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All 16 Teams in the NBA Playoffs
The stage is set for the 2013 NBA playoffs and the 8 series of the first round, with the NBA champions Miami Heat taking on the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks tangle with the Boston Celtics, the Indiana Pacers squared off against the Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets play the Chicago Bulls in the East, while out West it’s the Oklahoma City Thunder playing the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Denver Nuggets and the Golden State Warriors and last but not least the Los Angeles Clippers facing the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Rockets vs Lakers Predictions
The Los Angeles Lakers don’t have to win, and in the weird way the NBA works they’ll be heading into the final game of the season, hosting the Houston Rockets, knowing what they need to get in order to make the NBA playoffs.