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2013 NBA Playoffs

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Celtics stay alive and staved off elimination once more. This shuts Kenyon Martin's funeral prediction the other day. Starters played well with the exception of Avery Bradley on which Jason Terry filled in and gave them the x factor when it comes to the sixth man role. Vintage Kevin Garnett tonight as the latter made life difficult for Tyson Chandler as KG brought him out in the perimeter and shot above Chandler's defense.
 
So many easy points for the Pacers in the paint tonight. Reverse ball via the pressure release roll up works.
 
Brooklyn forces a game 7 against Chicago with a victory tonight. Andray Blatche kept the Bulls at bay with pressure free-throws in the waning game clock.
 
Warriors making the adjustment this game by playing big as Barnes slid down to SF and inserting Landry at the PF. Andrew Bogut had a great game of 14 points and 21 rebounds while Stephen Curry managed 22 points and 8 assists as the Warriors eliminated the Denver Nuggets to move on to the second round.

Golden State will face a well rested San Antonio Spurs.

Also, David Lee with his own version of going the Willis Reed route.
 
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Looks like the Knicks will finally close this one out tonight.

Boston resorting back to sucking on offense (just 18 points mid-2nd quarter) in Game 6.
 
Knicks stave off the Celtics rally and will advance into the next round. They will meet the Indiana Pacers. These brings back memories of the 90's where these two teams used to go at it. Started with the 93 playoffs where John Starks headbutted Reggie Miller as a declaration of war. 1994 saw Miller time emerging where Reggie scored 25 points in an eventful game 5 fourth quarter and took to taunting Spike Lee. Eventually the Knicks won that series.

1995 saw the culmination of the rivalry as the Pacers finally beat the Knicks in a game 7. 1998 saw them meeting once more in the semi-finals and it was a shootout all series long as Reggie Miller continued his mastery over the Knicks despite Allan Houston's shooting. 1999 saw Miller's mark was off and his for the Knicks wavered and the Knicks advanced into the NBA finals.

The 2000 Eastern conference finals saw the last of the rivalry and the revival of Miller time once more against the Knicks. Pacers won game 6 and made their way into the NBA finals, much like the Knicks a season before.
 
Clippers need a rally as the Grizzlies are up 92-79 as the 3rd ends. But most likely, Grizzlies will advance.
 
OKC wins game 6 and it saw a shootout out between Durant and Harden, former teammates. OKC advances to meet the winner of the Memphis - Los Angeles Clippers.

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OKC will face the Grizzlies next round.
 
OKC Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies in the semi-finals as both advance this night. They can relive their 2011 series where the Thunder were victorious in game 7. Now Durant finds himself without Westbrook and Harden from that conquest.
 
Knicks just got manhandled by Indiana's physical defense with Carmelo Anthony and in the span of the 2nd and 3rd quarter, Pacers outscored the Knicks by double digits. Knicks tried to made a comeback but the Pacer defense kept them at bay. One could see the frustrated look in Anthony's face after the game.

Meanwhile, OKC had a big rally in the 4th to snatch victory against the Grizzlies. Kevin Durant was playing furious in the 4th and got a bit of help from the veteran Derek Fisher. Grizzlies tried to make Durant settle for outside shots but Durant was draining 15 to 20 footers. Also, Reggie Jackson iced the game with two free-throws to give the Thunder the lead for good.
 
Bulls stuns the HEAT 93-86 in game 1. HEAT looked rusty after sweeping their first round opponents while the Bulls played resilient and leaned on Thibodeau's defense of packing the lane and overriding the strong side of the defense, kept the HEAT at pace with a war of attrition game that favored the Bulls. I'm surprised that the HEAT did not force the tempo given the chance for a break. Robinson keyed a 4th quarter run that allowed the Bulls the lead.
 
Curry with 34 points, 8 assists and Klay Thompson with 19 as the Warriors are pulling away early in the 4th 96-82. Both teams turned up the offensive in the third but the Warriors are a difficult team to beat in a shootout.
 
Spurs made a dramatic comeback under three minutes and forced the game into overtime. A 115 all deadlock is in place with 20 ticks to go in OT.
 
GSW-SA goes into double overtime with a 115 deadlock. A very entertaining game.
 
Ginobili saves the spurs with a three for the Spurs to win 129-127. Curry regained some footing in the dying seconds as he swished two free-throws and a jumper. Right after that, a Kent Bazemore layup put the Warriors with the lead 127-126, until Ginobili nailed that trey.

A wild finish for a game that saw a third quarter display from Curry.
 
That was one of the most amazing comebacks I've ever seen. and to think that I was about to give up on the game about half a minute before the comeback began
 
Proper offensive spacing and Carmelo on target made the series tie possible. Indiana's lapses of going on a box zone and leaving the perimeter wide open also gave the Knicks plenty of looks. Also a sloppy offensive game from the Pacers.
 
Miami responded to the upset by crushing the Chicago Bulls as the HEAT offense overwhelmed the Bulls in Game 2. HEAT now has the series tied with Chicago.

Meanwhile, it was Klay Thompson's turn to shoot the lights out and provided Stephen Curry with the firepower as the Warriors this time did not allow a crunchtime collapse from a Spurs rally in the 4th. Warriors and Spurs ties the series. Warriors has the best dead-eye back-court in the NBA.
 
I'm watching the Bulls-Heat game as I am typing this. There's a shocking lack of intensity coming from the Heat. I thought they would come out in Game 3 like gangbusters, but Chicago is playing inspired ball. At times, this game has been nearly unwatchable. Defense is non-existent (both teams shooting over 50%), there's no continuity/flow to the game action, and the refereeing....how Joey Crawford is still officiating games in the NBA is head scratching. He is horrendous.
 
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