6:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Raptors -2, Over/Under: 216.5 With two weeks of action in the books, the NBA Playoffs rage on into the Second Round stage as the Third-Seeded Boston Celtics face off against the Second-Seeded Toronto Raptors in Game One of the Eastern Semifinals from ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. For the fourth consecutive Postseason, the Celtics (48-24, 3rd in Eastern Conference) have successfully … [Read more...]
Boston Celtics @ Milwaukee Bucks: Game Five
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Bucks -9, Over/Under: 218.5 Pushed to the brink of elimination, the Fourth-Seeded Boston Celtics look to keep their campaign alive as they travel to Milwaukee to face the Top-Seeded Bucks in Game Five of this Eastern Conference Semifinal from Fiserv Forum. The longer this particular Series goes, the more and more apparent it becomes that the Celtics' (49-33, 4th in Eastern Conference) impressive 112-90 victory on the … [Read more...]
Philadelphia 76ers @ Toronto Raptors: Game Five
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Raptors -6, Over/Under: 211 With this Series squared away at two games apiece, the Eastern Conference Finals shift back to north of the border as the Second-Seeded Toronto Raptors host the Third-Seeded Philadelphia 76ers in a pivotal Game Five from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The say that a Series never quite begins until one team manages to taste victory on the other's home floor, and if that's the case, this … [Read more...]
Toronto Raptors @ Philadelphia 76ers: Game Three
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Raptors -1.5, Over/Under: 217 With two games in the books, this matchup between the Second-Seeded Toronto Raptors and the Third-Seeded Philadelphia 76ers is beginning to live up to it's billing, as the Eastern Conference Semifinals transitions to Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Game Three. After dropping their customary Opener in their First Round meeting with the upstart Orlando Magic, the Raptors … [Read more...]
Boston Celtics @ Milwaukee Bucks: Game Two
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Bucks -7.5, Over/Under: 220 With the First Round now in the rearview mirror, the Playoffs are heating up as the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks are on the defensive against the Fourth-Seeded Boston Celtics, who look to take a commanding 2-0 lead in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After a relatively uneven Regular Season in which they ultimately failed to reach the … [Read more...]
Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics, Game Five
8:00 PM ET, TNT - Line: 76ers -1, Over/Under: 204.5 A pivotal Game Five serves as the lone action of the night, as the Philadelphia 76ers look to stave off elimination once more as they travel to TD Garden to face the Boston Celtics, who with a win will advance to their second consecutive Eastern Conference Finals. As hot as the 76ers (52-30, 3rd in Eastern Conference) were heading into the Playoffs, closing the Regular Season out with a … [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...]
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...]
Atlanta Hawks @ Cleveland Cavaliers, Game Two
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Cleveland -7, Over/Under: 198 For the second consecutive postseason, the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers meet in a Best of Seven Series, and after one game it doesn't appear as if the outcome of this encounter will be any different than last year. When these teams met in last season's Eastern Conference Finals, it was the Cavs who unceremoniously swept the higher-seeded Hawks in four games, which was particularly … [Read more...]