7:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: 76ers -2, Over/Under: 216 It's often said that a Playoff Series never truly begins until one team wins on the other's home floor, and if that's the case then it's officially on as the Philadelphia 76ers travel to South Beach to face the Miami Heat in Game Three of their First Round Series from American Airlines Arena. Riding a 17-Game Winning Streak into the Postseason, no team in the league had been hotter over the … [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...]
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...]
Chicago Bulls @ Boston Celtics
8:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Celtics -8, Over/Under: 202 The only First Round Series not to stay true to form, the Boston Celtics look to win their third consecutive game to take a 3-2 lead over the Chicago Bulls in Game Five from TD Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts. And it was all a dream... After shocking the top-seeded Celtics in Games One and Two, the Bulls (41-41, 8th in Eastern Conference) appear to have reverted back to the maddening group … [Read more...]
Chicago Bulls @ Boston Celtics
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Celtics -7, Over/Under: 205.5 After the race for the First Seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs ran all the way to the final day of the Regular Season, it seems awfully ironic that the Boston Celtics relinquished their home court advantage the first chance they had, but they'll nonetheless look to square things away with the Chicago Bulls in tonight's meeting at TD Bank Garden, before this series transitions to the … [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...]
Chicago Bulls @ New York Knicks
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Knicks -3, Over/Under: 203 A pair of teams on the outside looking in on the fringes of perpetually mediocre Eastern Conference clash tonight at the world's most famous arena, as the New York Knicks host the Chicago Bulls from Madison Square Garden. After a modestly impressive start, the Bulls (19-20, 9th in Eastern Conference) have struggled mightily over the last month and change, losers of fourteen of their last … [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...]
Miami Heat @ Toronto Raptors, Game Two
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Toronto -5, Over/Under: 188 After a thrilling first installment of this Eastern Conference Semifinal, the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors clash again in Game Two at Air Canada Centre, with the latter hoping finally break out of the funk they've been mired in over the past two weeks. The Raptors (56-26, 1st in Atlantic Division) enjoyed their finest campaign in the franchise's brief history, and last Sunday reached … [Read more...]
Indiana Pacers @ Miami Heat
7:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Miami -8 A rematch of the past two Eastern Conference Finals takes place tonight on South Beach, as the Miami Heat host the Indiana Pacers at AmericanAirlines Arena. Developing into one of the more bitter rivalries in basketball today over the last few seasons, there is decidedly less fanfare surrounding this particular matchup, due to a variety of reasons (LeBron taking his leave to return home to Cleveland may have … [Read more...]