Bulls vs Heat NBA Handicapping
Sacramento at Charlotte in early March. Any game involving the Clippers of the early-2000s. And now tonight’s Eastern Conference semifinal series Game 5 – Chicago at Miami.
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Memphis vs OKC Handicapping
Since David Stern took over the NBA, the Association has never been shy about implementing its star system.
Knicks vs Pacers Handicapping
If the Indiana Pacers hold serve at home tonight in Game 4 of their Eastern semifinals series against the New York Knicks and go on to face Miami in the conference finals, they will have survived despite playing perhaps the worst stretch of NBA playoff history.
Oklahoma City Thunder (1-2) at Memphis Grizzlies (2-1)
That gnashing of teeth you hear comes from the NBA offices in New York, where they are crunching numbers and figuring on lower TV revenue if the low-profile Memphis Grizzlies seal the deal in this series and take out Kevin Durant and the Thunder.
Heat vs Bulls NBA Handicapping
Larry Bird, who knows a thing or two about NBA playoff basketball, used to tell anyone who would listen that the key to winning a series is to get the job done in Game 4.
Heat vs Bulls NBA Handicapping
You can survive injuries to key players in the short-term in this man’s NBA, but as the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have learned, eventually you have to pay the bill.
Bulls vs. Heat NBA Handicapping
They defy every NBA rule of gravity, these Bulls.
When other teams lose players, they fade. The Bulls seem to get better.
When other teams rest their key players, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau gives his regular more minutes.
Indiana Pacers (1-0) at New York Knicks (0-1)
Uh, the New York Knicks do know, don’t they, that as the playoffs advance into the next round, the competition tends to get a little better?
Memphis Grizzlies (0-1) at Oklahoma City Thunder (1-0)
It’s been said so many times that it no longer needs repeating, but we’ll do it anyway:
Bulls vs. Heat NBA Handicapping
Imagine a Bulls-Heat series with an in-his-prime Michael Jordan going up against LeBron James?
Pacers vs. Hawks NBA Handicapping
Something happens to the Indiana Pacers when they head to Atlanta. Maybe a few of the players sneak off to the Gold Club for some entertainment. Who knows?
Knicks vs Celtics NBA Handicapping
Some people get life in the NBA – the ebbs and the flows, the way many players in true Michael Jordan tradition use any perceived slight to their advantage once the playoffs come around. Then there are the New York Knicks.
Nets vs Bulls NBA Handicapping
Tonight the Brooklyn Nets pay the price for not winning Game 2 on their home court.
Road wins in the playoffs are plated with gold, and the Bulls may have nailed down the series a little more than a week ago when they sucked it up in Brooklyn and came away with a 90-82 victory after being blown off the hardwood by 17 points in the opener.
Hawks vs Pacers NBA Handicapping
This is why teams care about home-court advantage in the playoffs. In the first two games of this series, in Indianapolis, the Pacers could do just about whatever they wanted whenever they wanted – winning both by an average score of 110-91.
Celtics vs Knicks NBA Handicapping
They are home in a series that they have dominated. They are younger. They are more talented.
Rockets vs Thunder NBA Handicapping
So here’s what you can expect tonight in Oklahoma City when the Thunder try to close out the Houston Rockets in Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series:
