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NBA Playoffs – Home Court Advantage Means Everything
It’s been nine seasons since the last time all 8 teams hosting the opening games of the first round series in the NBA playoffs won across the board, with the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers claiming a game 1 victory.
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NBA Playoffs – Clippers vs Grizzlies Series Predictions
In the only repeating series from last season’s playoffs, the Los Angeles Clippers, managing to get the home court advantage in the final few days of the season, will get to play in another physical and possibly long and not-so-pretty against the Memphis Grizzlies, who need to start coming through on all those dark horse compliments and descriptions.
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NBA Playoffs – Nuggets vs Warriors Series Predictions
In a season that threatens to be the highest scoring we’ve seen in quite some time, the Denver Nuggets will try to overcome losing their second best scorer to a season ending injury, while the Golden State Warriors are hoping that the Stephen Curry magical shooting tour doesn’t end in the first round.
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NBA Playoffs – Spurs vs Lakers Series Predictions
It’s rare to find the Los Angeles Lakers in a situation where they have nothing to lose. Making the playoffs seems like a huge victory on itself considering their situation not too long ago, and now especially with Kobe Bryant not available to play. The San Antonio Spurs, except for the last game of the season, have looked better all season, and enter with the home court advantage and being huge favorites to proceed.
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NBA Playoffs – Thunder vs Rockets Series Predictions
Sometimes, fate plays different tricks on people. And so, James Harden, who played with the Oklahoma City Thunder during his first three seasons in the NBA, gets to meet the team that traded him to the Houston Rockets with a chance to cause a huge first round upset in the playoffs, but only if he forgets about his own ego and starts sharing the ball with his quite capable teammates.
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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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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.