The Portland Trail Blazers were the darlings of the 2013-14 NBA season. The good news about that? They caught everyone by surprise, starting the year 24-5. The bad news? They won’t catch anyone napping on their NBA odds in 2014-15. Cappers Picks provides free NBA HOOPS handicapping tips all season long.
The 2014-15 NBA betting season is approaching with as much hype as any season in recent history. LeBron James’ return to the Cleveland Cavaliers is the major reason why, but from the perspective of the Northwest Division, the bigger news is the departure of Kevin Love. Cappers Picks provides free NBA HOOPS handicapping tips all season long.
At this point, nobody quite knows what to expect out of the Los Angeles Lakers. The team has completely flopped the last two seasons, and while this group should be improved following its disastrous 2013-14 campaign, a playoff spot is far from guaranteed with the Western Conference NBA odds being as tough as it’s been in recent memory. Cappers Picks provides free NBA HOOPS handicapping tips all season long.
The Pacific Division, which was once owned year after year by the Los Angeles Lakers, now belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers. The “other” team from L.A. won an impressive 57 games last season, and will look to defend its title as divisional champions. Cappers Picks provides free NBA HOOPS handicapping tips all season long.
The Oklahoma City Thunder finished the 2013-14 NBA regular season with 59 wins and the second-best record in the Western Conference behind the San Antonio Spurs. In fact, it’s that same Spurs team that eliminated OKC from the Western Conference Finals in six games during the postseason. Cappers Picks provides free NBA HOOPS handicapping tips all season long.
The Minnesota Timberwolves had one goal entering the 2014 NBA offseason: trade Kevin Love. They successfully accomplished that goal, striking a deal with the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers—and as a result, they have a drastically different look entering the 2014-15 NBA gambling season. Cappers Picks provides free NBA HOOPS handicapping tips all season long.
The Heat are in big trouble heading to San Antonio for game 5. Not only are they down 3-1 but they looked so bad on their home floor it is hard to imagine that they are going to be able to beat the Spurs three games in a row to claim a third straight championship.
There was definitely no hangover for the Spurs as they had one of the best first halfs in NBA playoff history in game three. They have a little back in the third but a strong 4th quarter essentially maintained that lead.
The Miami Heat host the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The Spurs are coming off a big win in Game 3 of the series in which they enjoyed a historic shooting night en route to a 111-92 victory.
Game two was close but ultimately a loss for the Spurs who had no answer for LeBron James down the stretch.
The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs will be back in action on Tuesday evening as the NBA Finals shifts to South Beach for Game 3. LeBron James was back in fine form in the second game, shutting up his critics with a dynamic performance.
Game one was pretty close until the Heat just couldn’t keep up in the fourth quarter. Certainly depth is a factor when that happens and we all knew that Miami was the team for whom that might be a real problem in this series.
Its a Finals rematch but given the teams involved and how last season played out that is hardly the worst thing in the world. Miami has taken care of business series by series and really never been in much danger throughout these playoffs.
It was another lopsided win for the Spurs in G5 at home. Their shooting touch came back in a big way and now they are definitely in control of the series as it head back to OKC. The problem is that in two games on the road in this series they have been a completely different team.
Oklahoma City has worked this to a three game series after back to back wins at home. It has been an amazing turnaround given how soundly they were beaten in game two, so much so I am not sure you can put it all on the return of Serge Ibaka.
The Spurs were in complete control of the series after dominating in G2 but they were not ready for the surge they would face with the return of Serge Ibaka to the Thunder lineup.
