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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard Doesn’t Have a Problem With Triple Overtime
For the second straight game the San Antonio Spurs find themselves in triple overtime, and once again end up on the losing side. A great performance from Damian Lillard when it mattered the most led his team to a 129-119 victory on the road.
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San Antonio Spurs – The Predictable Ending
Aside from one minor glitch and bump on the road, the San Antonio Spurs got no problems from the Portland Trail Blazers in a very easy and short conference semifinals series, winning 104-82 in game 5 to take the series 4-1 and put themselves in the conference finals for a third consecutive season.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 5 Predictions (Nets vs Heat, Blazers vs Spurs)
Heading into game 5 of both series, we already know what teams are superior in quality. The question is can there something to negate that advantage? The Brooklyn Nets aren’t very high on confidence as they travel to play the Miami Heat, hoping to avoid elimination, while the San Antonio Spurs might be facing a little bit stronger competition from the Portland Trail Blazers than what we’ve seen so far.
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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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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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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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San Antonio Spurs – Not Going Easy on Rivals
Life is very different as you move up the playoff ladder. The San Antonio Spurs are used to the rise in difficulty, while the Portland Trail Blazers have a lot of catching up to do, especially after getting torched by Tony Parker in a game 1 116-92 humiliation.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 1 Predictions (Nets vs Heat, Blazers vs Spurs)
After home court didn’t seem to mean anything in the beginning of the conference semifinals, the NBA Playoffs continue with one series that seems to be quite one sided on paper between the Portland Trail Blazers and the San Antonio Spurs, while the Miami Heat will try to prove that the regular season doesn’t mean anything as they host the Brooklyn Nets for game 1.
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Blazers vs Spurs – Still Impossible to Decide Who the Best in the West is
Another big game from the Portland Trail Blazers against a potential playoff rival on the road, showing that they’re more than just a passing trend. Beating the San Antonio Spurs 109-100 is something of a declaration of intent, and it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone if we see this bunch still hanging around in late May and early June.