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NBA Playoffs – No Celtics, Knicks & Lakers For the First Time Ever
The two royal dynasties of the NBA are the Boston Celtics with their 17 championships, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers winning 16. The New York Knicks only have two, but they’re a special part of the league’s history, and for the first time all three teams aren’t going to be in the playoffs, while Carmelo Anthony, part of his equation, missed the postseason for the first time in his career.
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When Both the Los Angeles Lakers & Boston Celtics Don’t Make the Playoffs
It’s rare to see both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics entering a low period at the same time, but the 2013-2014 NBA season will probably be the first time in 20 years when both teams fail to make the playoffs together.
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NBA Finals – Spurs vs Heat Game 4 Predictions
After three encounters, two of them blowout wins, the San Antonio Spurs hold a 2-1 lead over the defending NBA champions, the Miami Heat. Where to from here? Game 4 offers another must-win for the Heat, and especially for LeBron James, while the Spurs seem quite comfortable with the way they’re playing so far in the NBA finals.
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Miami Heat – Another Moment of Truth for LeBron James
It seems that no matter what happens, LeBron James is faced with these challenges to prove he’s worthy of the greatness and immortality awaiting him once he retires from the NBA. The next one? Picking up the Miami Heat from their worst postseason performance in the Big Three era, and try to avoid a knockout blow in game 4 of the NBA finals.
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NBA Finals – Spurs vs Heat Game 3 Predictions
There’s some cliché about game 3 being the one that usually decides the series, but it seems a lot of the conclusions in NBA Finals are determined by who is the team that is able to gather momentum while making adjustments on the fly quicker than their opponents, which leads to the very important question: Which team, the Miami Heat, or the San Antonio Spurs, have more reasons to feel confident heading in the third game?
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Comfortable With Letting Others Score
Through the first two games of the NBA finals, LeBron James has averaged 17.5 points, 13 rebounds and 8.5 assists, in two games that weren’t that different on the stat sheet for him individually, but looked completely different on the floor and in the end result, giving the Miami Heat quite a lot of confidence heading towards three straight road games.
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San Antonio Spurs – Role Players Aren’t Going to Win the NBA Finals
Having Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard hit three pointers (which only one of them has been doing so far) is big for the San Antonio Spurs. Tiago Splitter being dominant on both ends of the floor is crucial, but that’s not what the team is about, and unless Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and to a lesser degree, Manu Ginobili, are able to bounce back from their game 3 performance, the NBA finals will end in a disappointing manner.
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NBA Finals – Spurs vs Heat Game 2 Predictions
No team that has lost its first two games at home in the NBA finals went on to win the NBA title. That’s why the Miami Heat are in a must-win situation heading into game 2, while the San Antonio Spurs are feeling confident without trying to show it too much, unlike other teams that lost to the Heat along the way.
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NBA Finals – Tracy McGrady, a Man Who Doesn’t Truly Belong
This will probably the last playoff series Tracy McGrady ever participates in, although there’s a good chance he won’t play a single second of basketball for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2013 NBA Finals, being one of the more recognizable faces in the finals, yet maybe the only player without a role to play in it.
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NBA Playoffs – Heat vs Spurs Finals Series Predictions
If this would have happened a year or two ago, all the talk would have been about the Big Three from the Miami Heat – LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh facing off against the Big Three from the San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. But the 2013 NBA finals are going to be very different by definition, with a whole of a lot more moving parts that will determine the outcome.