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NBA Playoffs – Don’t Let the Postseason Change Your MVP Perception
One day it’s James Harden, the other it’s Stephen Curry. LeBron James is still worth talking about, and some days Kawhi Leonard is amazing. But nothing these guys do should change the way you think about the NBA MVP award.
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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs & Kawhi Leonard Teach Los Angeles Clippers a Postseason Lesson
No one speaks about Kawhi Leonard and mentions a regular season MVP, but when he’s in his zone on offense, it’s hard to argue that he’s not one of the best player in the NBA, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 100-73 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, taking a 2-1 lead in the series following game 3.
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NBA Playoffs – Houston Rockets Finally Get James Harden in MVP Form
Things were going well without James Harden exploding, but the Houston Rockets need him to play like the best player in the league from time to time, and got exactly that in a 130-128 win over the Dallas Mavericks in game 3 to take a 3-0 lead in their playoff series.
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NBA Playoffs – Washington Wizards Making This Look Easy
The Washington Wizards are turning a series that should have been one of the closest (and possibly boring) in the first round of the playoffs into a breeze, beating the Toronto Raptors 106-99 to take 3-0 lead with game 4 being played at home, making the sweep a very likely possibility.
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NBA Playoffs – Golden State Warriors & Stephen Curry Break the Hearts of the New Orleans Pelicans
If the New Orleans Pelicans couldn’t beat the Golden State Warriors this time, it’s not going to happen. Stephen Curry scored an impossible 3-pointer to send the game into overtime and eventually a 123-119 win to give the Dubs a 3-0 lead in a series that seems over, despite the fight being put up by their rivals.
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NBA Playoffs – Chicago Bulls Getting the Best of Derrick Rose
The Milwaukee Bucks pushed the hardest they could and still lost. The Chicago Bulls overcame huge deficits to come away with a 113-106 double overtime win and moving up to 3-0 in the series, getting the kind of performance from Derrick Rose they’ve been dreaming of since he began his comeback.
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NBA Playoffs – Cleveland Cavaliers & LeBron James Closer to the Sweep
The Boston Celtics tried a new approach – physically rattling the Cleveland Cavaliers. It didn’t work. LeBron James had his best game of the series, and along with Kevin Love and J.R. Smith led his team to a 103-95 win, taking a 3-0 lead in the series.
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Spurs Beat Clippers – Finally a Series Got Interesting
The only playoff series tied after game 2? Spurs and Clippers following a 111-107 win by the defending champions in overtime to head back to San Antonio with stolen home court advantage, and a feeling they’ve fixed the course back to what it should be.
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NBA Playoffs – Atlanta Hawks & Memphis Grizzlies Cruising to the Conference Semifinals
A lot of things change and can go wrong once teams hit the road in the playoffs, but a 2-0 lead that both the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies have built for themselves seems like a solid foundation for a stepping stone towards the conference semifinals, in playoff series that seem pretty much over.
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Houston Rockets – Dwight Howard & Josh Smith Having Too Much Fun
The Houston Rockets took a big step towards finally winning a playoff series, taking a 2-0 lead over the Dallas Mavericks, winning 111-99 in game 2 behind a great game from Dwight Howard and Josh Smith, while James Harden struggled getting points that weren’t from the free throw line.