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A Playoff Night with LeBron, Kawhi & Durant
The first round is over, finally. The Conference semifinals can begin, although some have already begun. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks kick things off in the East, which means more LeBron James after a long rest. In the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder will try to brush off the embarrassment of their first loss, which means more Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant.
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NBA Rumors – Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Paul George & Squeaking Through With Ugly Basketball
The Toronto Raptors have won a playoff series. Finally. It took them seven games, which isn’t something you usually see with a two-seed. DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry were bad throughout, but the players around them made up for an insanely inefficient display. And the Indiana Pacers? With this kind of talent around Paul George, this is as far as they’ll get, for now.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers & Klay Thompson Impossible Mismatch
The Golden State Warriors keep their steady march towards the NBA finals while Stephen Curry is resting. Without him, it seems the advantages and mismatches this team creates are even greater, with Klay Thompson and Draymond Green taking advantage of the opportunity to show how good they are, for those who needed convincing.
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Charlotte Hornets Failure, Jeremy Lin Finale (???), Steve Clifford Embarrassment & Kemba Walker Predictability
From being one win away from pretty much historic qualification to an embarrassing game 7 exit. Steve Clifford orchestrated an embarrassing finish to an otherwise good season for the Charlotte Hornets, ignoring the obvious choice, Jeremy Lin, and sinking down with guns barely firing, giving Kemba Walker too much freedom when he’s at his worst. The result? The Miami Heat moving on to the next round, winning 106-73.
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NFL Rumors – Broncos, Eagles & Rams Will Start Rookie Quarterbacks; Jets & Browns Might Too
There were 15 quarterbacks taken in the 2016 NFL Draft, including three going in the first round. All three of them: Jared Goff with the Los Angeles Rams, Carson Wentz with the Philadelphia Eagles and Paxton Lynch with the Denver Broncos, seem guaranteed to be starting QBs next season for their teams. That might also be true for Christian Hackenberg and Cody Kessler with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns respectively.
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NBA Rumors – Spurs, Thunder, Aldridge & Kawhi Dominance, Durant & Westbrook Helplessness
At halftime, Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge had more points than the entire Oklahoma City Thunder. The San Antonio Spurs enjoyed a blowout victory to open the conference semifinals in the Western conference. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had the same faces we’ve gotten used to seeing from them at the end of each playoff run, at a different stage each time.
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Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Jeremy Lin, Kemba Walker and More About THE Game 7
The Charlotte Hornets have a game 7 showdown with the Miami Heat. Kemba Walker can’t do this alone, although the Heat would love him to try. Jeremy Lin, good or bad ankle, needs to be the guy from games 3-4-5. Steve Clifford needs to be on top of everything. All the known clichés. Dwyane Wade and his group might be formidable, but they’re far from unbeatable, even at this point.
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Blazers vs Warriors, Pacers vs Raptors Predictions
The second half of the Western Conference semifinals begins with game 1 of the Portland Trail Blazers playing the Golden State Warriors, followed by game 7 between the Indiana Pacers and the Toronto Raptors.
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18 Best Memes of the San Antonio Spurs Crushing the Oklahoma City Thunder
The memes describing how badly the San Antonio Spurs were whoppin’ the Oklahoma City Thunder were coming out before the game was over. Yes, it was that terrible for the Thunder.
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Jeremy Lin Injured, Kemba Walker Scoring Not Enough, Charlotte Hornets in Trouble
Tweaking his ankle in the previous game made Jeremy Lin ineffective against the Miami Heat in game 6 and might be the thing that keeps the Charlotte Hornets from winning the series following their 97-90 loss, tying the series at 3-3.