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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Also Going to the World Series
It didn’t take long for the San Francisco Giants to finish the job in the NLCS and join the Kansas City Royals for the 2014 World Series, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in game 4 to complete a 4-1 series win, getting a three run homer from Travis Ishikawa as a perfect way to kick off the celebrations.
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NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs Champions Again, Miami Heat Losers Again
It wasn’t a sweep, but it sure felt like one. Despite the Miami Heat having a great start and LeBron James trying to do everything in his power to keep the finals series alive, the San Antonio Spurs ran away with game 5, winning 104-87 behind another great game from Kawhi Leonard, the Finals MVP, to claim their fifth NBA title, also getting their revenge for last year.
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NBA Finals – Heat vs Spurs Game 5 Predictions
The chance to finish off the series a lot sooner than expected for the San Antonio Spurs, hosting the Miami Heat, reeling from two crushing home defeats, leading 3-1 in the NBA Finals and needing just one more victory to wrap it all up and win their fifth NBA title.
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NHL Playoffs – Los Angeles Kings Champions Again, New York Rangers Hate Overtimes
There’s just something special about the Los Angeles Kings that’s hard to put the finger on. The 2014 Stanley Cup champions overcame a deficit to win in overtime for the third time in the series, beating the New York Rangers 3-2 to claim their second title in three years after five games in a tougher than it appears run, as Alec Martinez scored the goal that gave them the championship.
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NHL Playoffs – Rangers vs Kings Game 5 Predictions
The New York Rangers managed to do what most thought they couldn’t – avoiding the sweep and staying alive in this series. Now, it’s a matter of actually flipping the script and beating the Los Angeles Kings on the road, and making this Stanley Cup final into something memorable, and not just a series with two teams in two completely different levels.
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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Figure it Out, Oklahoma City Thunder Look Exhausted
Sometimes the solution is simple, but takes a while to find. Using Matt Bonner in the lineup and giving Boris Diaw an extended time on the floor opened up so many things on offense for the San Antonio Spurs, getting to run all over the Oklahoma City Thunder with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili leading the way to a 117-89 win, taking a 3-2 lead in the series.
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NBA Playoffs – Thunder vs Spurs Game 5 Predictions
It’s now or never for the San Antonio Spurs to stop the landslide that began with Serge Iabaka returning and has caught everyone on the Oklahoma City Thunder on fire, including Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, as the 2-2 tie in the Western Conference Finals will be broken, with the winner very likely to take the series eventually.
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NBA Playoffs – Indiana Pacers Play Dirty, Miami Heat Miss Opportunity
In a game 5 with wild momentum shifts, an incredible shooting performance from Paul George and an astonishingly bad one from LeBron James when he was actually on the floor, the Indiana Pacers managed to beat the Miami Heat 93-90 and stay alive in the Eastern Conference Finals, heading for a road game with the Heat leading 3-2 in the series.
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NHL Playoffs – Chicago Blackhawks Rule Overtime, Los Angeles Kings Can’t Finish
In the first overtime game of the Western Conference finals, we also got a double, in which the Chicago Blackhawks managed to keep this series going a bit longer with a 5-4 win thanks to a goal from veteran Michal Handzus, while the Los Angeles Kings finished on closing things out, still leading 3-2 and headed […]
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NBA Playoffs – Heat vs Pacers Game 5 Predictions
The Indiana Pacers have been able to survive elimination once in these playoffs, but the challenge against the Miami Heat, going into game 5 with a 3-1 lead, is completely different. Paul George and Lance Stephenson seem too busy trash talking while their head coach Frank Vogel seems to be clueless as to how to adjust to what the defending NBA champions are doing, as LeBron James seemed to take his game to a whole other level in their most recent win.