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NBA Playoffs – Game 3 Predictions (Heat vs Nets, Blazers vs Spurs)
Seems like a last chance for both the Brooklyn Nets and the Portland Trail Blazers. The two teams are behind 0-2 in their playoff series with the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs respectively, getting a chance to change the impressions with game 3 on their home court.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Special Basketball Time
At their best, this is what the Oklahoma City Thunder look like. Maybe their defense could do a better job, but the Los Angeles Clippers aren’t exactly scrubs. It doesn’t matter. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are in unstoppable mode, leading to a 118-112 win and taking a 2-1 lead in the series.
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Indiana Pacers – Defense Wins Championships
Great defense is the cornerstone to a title run in the NBA and however you feel about the kind of offense the Indiana Pacers are doing, their defense in game 3, leading to a 85-63 win over the Washington Wizards, is what makes them still, despite everything that’s happened to them in these playoffs, a championship contender.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 3 Predictions (Thunder vs Clippers, Pacers vs Wizards)
We’re switching home courts heading into game 3 of the conference semifinals in the East with the Indiana Pacers coming to play the Washington Wizards and in the West as the Oklahoma City Thunder travel to play the Los Angeles Clippers. Both series are tied at 1-1.
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San Antonio Spurs – Confident in Their Superiority
Right now? This is looking like a sweep. The San Antonio Spurs keep coming up with new ways to make the Portland Trail Blazers feel and look like they don’t belong at this stage of the playoffs, beating them 114-97 through a dominant performance from Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili, taking a 2-0 lead in the series.
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Miami Heat – Slow Start Doesn’t Get in the Way
Whatever it was that worked so well for the Brooklyn Nets in the regular season when they faced the Miami Heat doesn’t seem to be helping anymore. After a rough first quarter in terms of shooting both LeBron James and the rest of his teammates regrouped and focused, taking control of the game en route to a 94-82 win and taking a 2-0 lead in the conference semifinals.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 2 Predictions (Nets vs Heat, Blazers vs Spurs)
There seems to be a stark difference between the two sets of conference semifinals. Game 2 between the Brooklyn Nets and the Miami Heat is similar to the one that happens on the same day, with the Portland Trail Blazers also trying to bounce back from rough loss in the opening encounter against the San Antonio Spurs.
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Indiana Pacers – The Center They Need
The flowchart of these playoffs have turned Roy Hibbert into one of the most talked about players in the nation, mostly negative things. In game of the conference semifinals, he put all the criticisms and problems behind him to have a huge night, helping out the Indiana Pacers even things with the Washington Wizards after two games, winning 86-82.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Not Just a Two Man Show
It’s easy to diminish the Oklahoma City Thunder into being a two-man team of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, but when the two of them have great games, it’s the help of the other guys like Serge Ibaka and Thabo Sefolosha that makes them truly unbeatable, just like they showed in a 112-101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers to make it 1-1 in the conference semifinals series.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 2 Predictions (Clippers vs Thunder, Wizards vs Spurs)
Game 2 of the Conference semifinals has two home teams in the same situation: Avoiding getting into big trouble, as the Oklahoma City Thunder try to bounce back from the opening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, and the same goes for the Indiana Pacers, hoping to even things out against the Washington Wizards.