6:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Spurs -8, Over/Under: 232 With only one spot left in the Playoffs to be decided, tonight's meeting between the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz will go a long way towards influencing the fate of the former, while the latter will most likely sit back and rest comfortably knowing that their path has been set in this Regular Season Finale from ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. It all comes down to this … [Read more...]
San Antonio Spurs @ Denver Nuggets: Game Five
9:30 PM EST, NBA TV - Line: Nuggets -5.5, Over/Under: 211.5 After four games, we're all squared away at two games apiece as the Denver Nuggets host the San Antonio Spurs for what figures to be a crucial Game Five of their First Round Series from Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Given their lengthy Postseason Pedigree, is it of any surprise that the Spurs (48-34, 7th in Western Conference) would be the lone lower-seeded team in the stacked … [Read more...]
Denver Nuggets @ San Antonio Spurs: Game Three
9:00 PM EST, NBA TV - Line: Spurs -4, Over/Under: 209.5 After an upset in the Opener was followed by a major rally in Game Two, what will Game Three have in store for the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs as their First Round Series shifts to AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas? One of the most surprising teams in the league this season, the Second-Seeded Nuggets (54-28, 2nd in Western Conference) have exhibited substantial growth in … [Read more...]
Washington Wizards @ Toronto Raptors: Game Two
7:00 PM EST, NBA TV - Line: Raptors -6.5, Over/Under: 215 After a one-sided Game One in which one team washed away years of recent mediocrity, the other looks to square things away before a change in venue as the Toronto Raptors host the Washington Wizards in Game Two of their First Round Series from Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. Well, this can't be what the Wizards (43-39, 8th in Eastern Conference) wanted as they were angling their … [Read more...]
Toronto Raptors @ Cleveland Cavaliers
7:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Cavaliers -7.5, Over/Under: 214 It's not often that a Game Two is labeled as a must-win, but that's precisely where the Toronto Raptors find themselves as they try to avoid falling into a 0-2 hole against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second entry of the Eastern Conference Semifinals from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. After being eliminated by the eventual NBA Champions in last year's Eastern Conference … [Read more...]
Toronto Raptors @ Milwaukee Bucks
7:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Bucks -1.5, Over/Under: 195.5 One team looks to stave off elimination while the other has designs on advancing, as the Milwaukee Bucks host the Toronto Raptors in Game Six of their First Round Series from the BMO Harris Bradley Center, in Wisconsin. After splitting the first four games of the series, the Raptors (51-31, 3rd in Eastern Conference) now have the opportunity to put away their opposition, which is something … [Read more...]
Chicago Bulls @ Toronto Raptors
7:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Raptors -6.5, Over/Under: 201.5 A pair of teams traveling towards very different climaxes meet tonight North of the Border, as the Toronto Raptors host the Chicago Bulls from Air Canada Centre in Ontario, Canada. What began as a campaign ripe with cautious optimism has spiraled into a dumpster fire for the Bulls (33-37, 10th in Eastern Conference), who have now lost eight of their last eleven games, and twelve out 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...]
Toronto Raptors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, Game Two
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Cleveland -12, Over/Under: 198 One of the age old questions in the NBA Playoffs is an oft debated one; when faced with a long layoff between series, is it better to take it as an opportunity to rest, or does that time off lead to rust? Tomato or tomato? Potato or potato? Yes, rest versus rust had been the dominant argument for this series as the Cleveland Cavaliers finally returned to the court against the Toronto … [Read more...]
Miami Heat @ Toronto Raptors, Game Five
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Toronto -4.5, Over/Under: 188.5 Though it may sound like hyperbole to describe this Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors as close, it completely appropriate for after four games it would be hard to imagine these two combatants sharing a smaller proximity. With a quartet of contests in the books, only five points separate these teams, as three of their four meetings have been decided … [Read more...]