2013 NBA Playoffs

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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.

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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.

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38 points and counting for Curry.

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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.

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GSW-SA goes into double overtime with a 115 deadlock. A very entertaining game.

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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.

[MaccabiTA]

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

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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.

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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.

[Federoy]

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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Indiana and Memphis takes a 2-1 lead in their respective series.

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Golden State triumphs in OT to tie the series at 2-2. Warriors rallied in the 4th and it seems they were the ones who wanted it more so they prevailed. Harrison Barnes had a career defining game.

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HEAT fry Bulls 88-65.

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Memphis prevails in OT 103-97 and takes a 3-1 lead over the western conference reigning champions.

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Watching the Knicks is painful. Anthony has become a one man scoring team and the offense became too predictable as Indiana tightened on the space around Anthony's teammates and gave Anthony so much open space for recipient passes and the result is the Knicks stagnating in offense.