3:30 PM EST, ABC - Line: 76ers -6.5, Over/Under: 217.5 With the Playoffs approaching, time is running out for teams to make their move, as the Philadelphia 76ers host the Indiana Pacers in a matchup featuring teams separated by a single game in the standings. Arguably the most unlikely contender to be in this position, the Pacers (42-24, 3rd in Eastern Conference) have worn the label of overachiever better than most in recent memory, … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Bucks @ Los Angeles Lakers
10:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Bucks -4, Over/Under: 238.5 Two teams occupying very different ends of the spectrum battle tonight in the City of Angels, as the surging Milwaukee Bucks travel to STAPLES Center to face the Los Angeles Lakers. From the moment they hired Mike Budenholzer in the Offseason, improvement was expected out of the Bucks (47-14, 1st in Eastern Conference), who after seeing each of their previous two seasons come to an end in … [Read more...]
Boston Celtics @ Milwaukee Bucks
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Bucks -5.5, Over/Under: 229 With the All-Star Break now firmly in the rearview mirror, attention is paid towards the race to the Playoffs, where both the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks figure to reach, with their matchup tonight from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin serving as a backdrop for a potential postseason preview. After consecutive trips to the Eastern Conference Finals coupled with the return to health … [Read more...]
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Miami Heat
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Cavaliers -1.5, Over/Under: 220 With the Playoffs just over Two Weeks away, half of the NBA continues to jockey for better postseason positioning as a pair of teams renew acquaintances in the process as the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Miami Heat from American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Of course, when we refer to renewing acquaintances we're referring to one LeBron James (27.5 PTS, 55.0% FG, 36.6% 3FG, 8.6 REB, … [Read more...]
Washington Wizards @ Cleveland Cavaliers
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Cavaliers -5, Over/Under: 221 With the All-Star Break now behind us, the march to the Playoffs amps up, particularly in the Eastern Conference as the revitalized Cleveland Cavaliers host the Washington Wizards at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. For the second consecutive season, the Wizards (33-24, 4th in Eastern Conference) look to be the stereotypical second-half team, finally coming together after meandering … [Read more...]
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Oklahoma City Thunder
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Thunder -2, Over/Under: 222.5 Let's play a game of Six Degrees of LeBron James, folks, as the new-look, renovated Cleveland Cavaliers battle the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena, in a primetime matchup full of star-power. After months of performing well below expectations, the Cavaliers (33-22, 3rd in Eastern Conference) desperately made a bid to get better and shorten the gap in the East, acquiring four … [Read more...]
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics
3:30 PM EST, ABC - Line: Celtics -5, Over/Under: 212.5 With the seismic changes being felt across the league following the NBA's annual Trade Deadline, the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers look to turn their troubled season around as they showcase their dramatically renovated roster against the Boston Celtics, from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. If you're hard-pressed to recognize the Cavaliers (32-22, 3rd in Eastern Conference) after their … [Read more...]
Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, Game Six
9:00 PM EST, ABC - Line: Cleveland -2, Over/Under: 208 Taking advantage of opportunities is so often a key part of success in the Playoffs, so when you get an opportunity you had better pounce on it. It's with that said, that Game Five of the 2016 NBA Finals was the tale of one team that seized the day, while the other squandered the chance to hoist a second consecutive Larry O'Brien Trophy. For the Golden State Warriors (73-9, 1st in … [Read more...]
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, Game Two
9:00 PM EST, ABC- Line: Golden State -7, Over/Under: 208 And the second verse is the same as the first. Now we know what you're all thinking, that we very well may be getting ahead of ourselves in proclaiming that these NBA Finals are indeed over after just ONE game, but after watching the Golden State Warriors dispose of the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games a year ago, only to humble them again Thursday Night, there is a very real sense of … [Read more...]
Toronto Raptors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, Game Five
8:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Cleveland -11, Over/Under: 199 After a lopsided first three games of the Eastern Conference Finals, things finally tightened up in Game Four, as the Toronto Raptors forced a pivotal Game 5 in Cleveland, as they appear to have the Cavaliers on the ropes. after getting outscored by a ludicrous fifty points in Games 1 and 2, the Raptors (56-26, Atlantic Division) bounced back with a few haymakers of their own. It started … [Read more...]