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NBA Playoffs – Where Have All the Close Games Gone?
One thing you can’t say about the conference finals series so far in the 2018 NBA playoffs: They’re close. In both the Eastern and Western Conference finals, games have been mostly a trade of blowouts, which sticks to the trend set by the previous series in this year’s postseason.
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NBA Playoffs – Rockets vs Warriors Game 5 Predictions
The road to try and accomplish the impossible continues for the Houston Rockets, now “only” 1-3 behind the Golden State Warriors in the conference finals, hoping that Stephen Curry keeps up his previous game form while James Harden does the same.
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NBA Playoffs – Hawks vs Cavaliers Game 4 Predictions
Is this the end of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2015 NBA playoffs? The Cleveland Cavaliers, hoping for another great but more efficient performance from LeBron James, leading 3-0, are one win away from going to the NBA finals for only the second time in franchise history.
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NBA Playoffs – Houston Rockets Stay Alive, Golden State Warriors Not Worried
The NBA Western conference final series lives on for at least two more days as the Houston Rockets beat the Golden State Warriors 128-115 thanks to a huge night by James Harden, and embarrassing start by the team now leading the series 3-1 and maybe a bit of Stephen Curry suffering from a case of bad landings.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 4 Predictions (Warriors vs Rockets)
Everyone is treating the Western conference finals as a series that’s as good as over. Maybe that’s the only way to motivate the Houston Rockets as they head into game 4 trailing 3-0 against the Golden State Warriors and especially Stephen Curry, who seems to be playing perfect basketball at the moment.
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NBA Playoffs – Cleveland Cavaliers Complicate Things, Atlanta Hawks Fall Short
One more step towards the sweep as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-111 in overtime to take a 3-0 lead in the conference finals, led by LeBron James who started out terribly but finished strong, showing once again he’s the difference between the mundane and the special for his team.
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Most Recent Sweeps in the Conference Finals
Sweeps in the conference finals aren’t common, but they do happen from time to time. Over the last 25 years we’ve had seven of them, including two by Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. This year, with both the Cleveland Cavaliers (with LeBron James) and the Golden State Warriors (with Stephen Curry), we might have the first double conference finals sweep in NBA playoff history.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 3 Predictions (Hawks vs Cavaliers)
The Atlanta Hawks are all but done in the postseason, trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers 0-2, finding it impossible to slow down LeBron James from scoring or assisting his teammates in what’s turning out to be a very one sided series.
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NHL Playoffs – Chicago Blackhawks Love Overtime, Anaheim Ducks Miss Opportunity
The Western conference finals in the NHL are tied at 2-2 once more, as the Chicago Blackhawks need a double overtime game to tie things up against the Anaheim Ducks, this time getting a goal from Antoine Vermette to electrify the season-high crowd inside the United Center.
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NBA Playoffs – Golden State Warriors Easily Cruising, Houston Rockets Left Humiliated
With perhaps the most dominant team & individual performance of the postseason, the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry take a 3-0 lead over the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference finals following a 115-80 beatdown, leaving no doubt about who is going to win this series and who ‘Da Real MVP’ is.