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...]
Philadelphia 76ers @ Washington Wizards
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Wizards -1.5, Over/Under: 211.5 A pair of teams looking to shatter the monopoly in the Eastern Conference face off tonight in the Nation's Capital, as the Washington Wizards play host to the Philadelphia 76ers from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Don't look now, folks, but the 76ers (32-25, 7th in Eastern Conference) are making a charge up the standings in the East, winning a season-high seven consecutive games. … [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...]
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...]
Atlanta Hawks @ Toronto Raptors
7:30 PM EST, NBA TV - Line: Toronto -1, Over/Under: 200.5 Eastern Conference powerhouses NOT named the Cleveland Cavaliers clash tonight in the great North, as the Toronto Raptors host the surging Atlanta Hawks tonight at Air Canada Centre. Coaches always preach carrying momentum into the postseason, and given his side's recent torrid play, Mike Budenholzer has to be very satisfied with what he's seen from the Hawks (45-30, 1st in Southeast … [Read more...]
Atlanta Hawks @ Chicago Bulls
8:00 PM EST, NBA TV - Line: Atlanta -3, Over/Under: 206.5 A pair of teams traveling in opposite directions meet tonight in the Windy City, as the struggling Chicago Bulls host the surging Atlanta Hawks. Few teams in the Eastern Conference, let alone the league as a whole, have been as hot as the Hawks (44-30, 1st in Southeast Division) of late, winners of thirteen of their past sixteen games, ascending to the Third Seed in the East in the … [Read more...]
Washington Wizards @ Indiana Pacers
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Indiana -7.0 On the eve of the final day of the Regular Season, plenty is left to be decided as teams continue to jockey for postseason positioning, which is precisely the case at Banker's Life Fieldhouse as the surging Indiana Pacers host the Washington Wizards. After an offseason ravaged by defections and injuries, and a dreadful stretch in which they lost nine of eleven, many left the Pacers (37-43, 4th in Central) … [Read more...]
Chicago Bulls @ Washington Wizards
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Washington -1.5 Eastern Conference heavyweights clash in the Nation's Capital, as the Washington Wizards host the Chicago Bulls in a rematch of last year's playoff series. When these teams met during the 2014 postseason, the young, upstart Wizards slew the more experienced Bulls in five games, pulling off what many in the league refer to as the five-game sweep. However, that particular Chicago team looks like a distant … [Read more...]