6:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Lakers -5.5, Over/Under: 217.5 As one team will sit back satisfied in clinching the top seed in the West, the other finds themselves embroiled in a dogfight for positioning in the standings, as the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers face off from ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. When projecting the Playoff Field in the Western Conference, few people would have pegged the Thunder (41-25, … [Read more...]
Houston Rockets @ Oklahoma City Thunder
9:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Rockets -2, Over/Under: 230 On the penultimate night of the Regular Season, we get a potential Playoff Preview, as the surging Houston Rockets travel to Chesapeake Energy Arena to battle the Oklahoma City Thunder. We know that you're all tired of hearing it, but no team has been hotter since the All-Star Break than the Rockets (53-28, 3rd in Western Conference), who have won twenty out of their last twenty-four games, … [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...]
Boston Celtics @ Washington Wizards
6:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Wizards -4.5, Over/Under: 216 Let's play the feud!!! Seriously, there must be something in the air as the tension between teams from the Massachusetts and Baltimore/DC areas seems to be getting thicker by the day. First the Red Sox and Orioles engage in an ugly war at Camden Yards, and now the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards continue to combat each other in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with a pivotal Game … [Read more...]