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Miami Heat – A Bumpy Title Defense Start
No more illusions about a piece of cake couple of first rounds before the “real” playoffs begin. The Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-88 with solid performances from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade but especially great runs sparked by the bench and James Jones to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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12 Memes About Chelsea & Jose Mourinho Losing at Home
The loss to Sunderland at home didn’t just end a special Stamford Bridge streak for Jose Mourinho and Chelsea, but also sparked a series of memes making fun of the manager and his knack of blaming the world and especially referees for his own failures, comparing him to the Undertaker losing in Wrestlemania and other funny (or not) jokes at his expense.
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NFC North – Tampa Bay Buccaneers More Recent Champions Than Detroit Lions
One franchise that’s always easy to find something bad to say about happens to be the Detroit Lions. Decades of failure and limited success at best. Division championships aren’t exactly something to remember for years, but even in that category a team that hasn’t been in the division for a very long time has a more recent division title there, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Hopkins Beats Shumenov – Age is Only a Number
Even though the scorecards told us of split decision, there was nothing close in the fight between Bernard Hopkins and Beibut Shumenov, as Hopkins unified the Light Heavyweight title in another dominant display, despite his advanced age of 49, which doesn’t seem to be slowing his appetite for the sport and titles down.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 1 Predictions (Bobcats vs Heat, Wizards vs Bulls)
The series of opening games in the NBA playoffs continues, with the Eastern conference showcasing the NBA champions playing against the Charlotte Bobcats and a much more potentially closer encounter between the Washington Wizards and the Chicago Bulls.
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NBA Playoffs – Game 1 Predictions (Mavericks vs Spurs, Blazers vs Rockets)
A little taste of history in the series out West that continue the NBA playoffs, as the San Antonio Spurs meet a very familiar playoff foe in the Dallas Mavericks, while the Houston Rockets face the last team they’ve managed to beat in a postseason series, the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Match Highlights – Norwich vs Liverpool
The road to the end of a championship drought is becoming shorter after Liverpool barely scraped together a 3-2 in Norwich with Luis Suarez scoring once again against the Cannaries, while Raheem Sterling came away as the big hero with two fantastic strikes that opened and finished the scoring.
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Golden State Warriors – Smarter & Better Than Expected
The best game of the first night of NBA playoff basketball went in the way of the Golden State Warriors, beating the Los Angeles Clippers 109-105 thanks to an incredible effort on defense and the rebounding department, getting by without Stephen Curry exploding thanks to getting Blake Griffin in foul trouble.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Made us Forget About Dwight Howard
The thing about the Houston Rockets we love to dissect and focus on more than anything is the way James Harden dominates this team, maybe a bit too much, and what does it mean for Jeremy Lin. But this season was also about Dwight Howard finding a comfort zone in the NBA once again, and although he isn’t the main face of the team and isn’t running the show, it’s safe to say he made the right choice through the free agency bonanza of last summer.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Punishes Every Mistake
The Memphis Grizzlies have what it takes to make this series a very difficult one for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but an upset? Right now they don’t have an answer for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, who sprinted for a fast break finish after every miss or mistake the visitors made, pulling off a 100-86 series opening win in game 1.