Around The NBA VII: Playoff Edition

mj234eva · Post #1 » by **mj234eva** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:02 pm

EASTERN CONFERENCE

No. 1 Indiana Pacers (56-26) vs. No. 8 Atlanta Hawks (38-44)

Game 1 in Indianapolis: Saturday, April 19, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 2 in Indianapolis: Tuesday, April 22, 7 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 in Atlanta: Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m. ET, NBATV
Game 4 in Atlanta: Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 in Indianapolis (if necessary): Monday, April 28, 8 p.m. ET, NBATV
Game 6 in Atlanta (if necessary): Thursday, May 1
Game 7 in Indianapolis (if necessary): Saturday, May 3

Regular season series (Series tied 2-2):

Jan 8, 2014 Indiana 87, Atlanta 97
Feb 4, 2014 Indiana 89, Atlanta 85
Feb 18, 2014 Atlanta 98, Indiana 108
Apr 6, 2014 Atlanta 107, Indiana 88

No. 2 Miami Heat (54-28) vs. No. 7 Charlotte Bobcats (43-39)

Game 1 in Miami: Sunday, April 20, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 2 in Miami: Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 in Charlotte: Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 4 in Charlotte: Monday, April 28, 7 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 in Miami (if necessary): Wednesday, April 30
Game 6 in Charlotte (if necessary): Friday, May 2
Game 7 in Miami (if necessary): Sunday, May 4

Regular season series (Heat lead 4-0):

Nov 16, 2013 Miami 97, Charlotte 81
Dec 1, 2013 Charlotte 98, Miami 99
Jan 18, 2014 Miami 104, Charlotte 96
Mar 3, 2014 Charlotte 107, Miami 124

No. 3 Toronto Raptors (48-34) vs. No. 6 Brooklyn Nets (44-38)

Game 1 in Toronto: Saturday, April 19, 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 2 in Toronto: Tuesday, April 22, 8 p.m. ET, NBATV
Game 3 in New York: Friday, April 25, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Game 4 in New York: Sunday, April 27, 7 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 in Toronto (if necessary): Wednesday, April 30
Game 6 in New York (if necessary): Friday, May 2
Game 7 in Toronto (if necessary): Sunday, May 4

Regular season series (Series tied 2-2):

Nov 26, 2013 Brooklyn 102, Toronto 100
Jan 11, 2014 Brooklyn 80, Toronto 96
Jan 27, 2014 Toronto 104, Brooklyn 103
Mar 10, 2014 Toronto 97, Brooklyn 101

No. 4 Chicago Bulls (48-34) vs. No. 5 Washington Wizards (44-38)

Game 1 in Chicago: Sunday, April 20, 7 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 2 in Chicago: Tuesday, April 22, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 in Washington: Friday, April 25, 8 p.m., ESPN
Game 4 in Washington: Sunday, April 27, 1 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5 in Chicago (if necessary): Tuesday, April 29
Game 6 in Washington (if necessary): Thursday, May 1
Game 7 in Chicago (if necessary): Saturday, May 3

Regular season series (Wizards leads 2-1):

Jan 13, 2014 Washington 102, Chicago 88
Jan 17, 2014 Chicago 93, Washington 96
Apr 5, 2014 Chicago 96, Washington 78

mj234eva · Post #2 » by **mj234eva** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:03 pm

WESTERN CONFERENCE

No. 1 San Antonio Spurs (62-20) vs. No. 8 Dallas Mavericks (49-33)

Game 1 in San Antonio: Sunday, April 20, 1 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 2 in San Antonio: Wednesday, April 23, 8 p.m. ET, NBATV
Game 3 in Dallas: Saturday, April 26, 4:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 4 in Dallas: Monday, April 28, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 in San Antonio (if necessary): Wednesday, April 30
Game 6 in Dallas (if necessary): Friday, May 2
Game 7 in San Antonio (if necessary): Sunday, May 4

Regular season series (Spurs lead 4-0):

Dec 26, 2013 San Antonio 116, Dallas 107
Jan 8, 2014 Dallas 90, San Antonio 112
Mar 2, 2014 Dallas 106, San Antonio 112
Apr 10, 2014 San Antonio 109, Dallas 100

No. 2 Oklahoma City Thunder (59-23) vs. No. 7 Memphis Grizzlies (50-32)

Game 1 in Oklahoma City: Saturday, April 19, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 2 in Oklahoma City: Monday, April 21, 8 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 in Memphis: Thursday, April 24, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 4 in Memphis: Saturday, April 26, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 5 in Oklahoma City (if necessary): Tuesday, April 29
Game 6 in Memphis (if necessary): Thursday, May 1
Game 7 in Oklahoma City (if necessary): Saturday, May 3

Regular season series (Thunder lead 3-1):

Dec 11, 2013 Oklahoma City 116, Memphis 100
Jan 14, 2014 Oklahoma City 87, Memphis 90
Feb 3, 2014 Memphis 77, Oklahoma City 86
Feb 28, 2014 Memphis 107, Oklahoma City 113

No. 3 Los Angeles Clippers (57-25) vs. No. 6 Golden State Warriors (51-31)

Game 1 in Los Angeles: Saturday, April 19, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 2 in Los Angeles: Monday, April 21, 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 in Oakland: Thursday, April 24, 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 4 in Oakland: Sunday, April 27, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5 in Los Angeles (if necessary): Tuesday, April 29
Game 6 in Oakland (if necessary): Thursday, May 1
Game 7 in Los Angeles (if necessary): Saturday, May 3

Regular season series (Series tied 2-2):

Oct 31, 2013 Golden State 115, Los Angeles 126
Dec 25, 2013 Los Angeles 103, Golden State 105
Jan 30, 2014 Los Angeles 92, Golden State 111
Mar 12, 2014 Golden State 98, Los Angeles 111

No. 4 Houston Rockets (54-28) vs. No. 5 Portland Trail Blazers (54-28)

Game 1 in Houston: Sunday, April 20, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 2 in Houston: Wednesday, April 23, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 in Portland, Ore.: Friday, April 25, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 4 in Portland: Sunday, April 27, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 in Houston (if necessary): Wednesday, April 30
Game 6 in Portland (if necessary): Friday, May 2
Game 7 in Houston (if necessary): Sunday, May 4

Regular season series (Rockets lead 3-1):

Nov 5, 2013 Houston 116, Portland 101
Dec 12, 2013 Houston 104, Portland 111
Jan 20, 2014 Portland 113, Houston 126
Mar 9, 2014 Portland 113, Houston 118

Post #3 » by **Rerisen** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:24 pm

People are talking about how great the West playoffs are going to be, and maybe so later on, but I don't see one big upset in the 1st round tbh.

Portland could beat Houston, but 5 over 4 is hardly a big upset.

PMONSTER · Post #4 » by **PMONSTER** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:43 pm

Well outside of San Antonio vs Dallas....... I cant pick a winner out on the west

DRoseCantStop · Post #5 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:03 pm

I got Clippers vs. Heat in the Finals.

gstephanopulos · Post #6 » by **gstephanopulos** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:30 pm

Rerisen wrote:People are talking about how great the West playoffs are going to be, and maybe so later on, but I don't see one big upset in the 1st round tbh.

Portland could beat Houston, but 5 over 4 is hardly a big upset.

West is so overrated, I kinda like idea of open playoffs so more eastern teams could kick western asses.

drosestruts · Post #7 » by **drosestruts** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:00 pm

Anyone else just see Benny on top of the Willis Tower waving a giant Bulls flag?

ForLoveofGame · Post #8 » by **ForLoveofGame** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:01 pm

Rerisen wrote:People are talking about how great the West playoffs are going to be, and maybe so later on, but I don't see one big upset in the 1st round tbh.

Portland could beat Houston, but 5 over 4 is hardly a big upset.

Actually almost all the west teams are stacked. There are no weak teams. Every team has a fair chance and any team can win. That's why most NBA fans are excited about it.

The only sure thing would be Spurs over Dallas. But remember Dallas is a veteran team and Spurs in the past did lose in the first round before. So anything is possible.

There are no "super friends" no injury riddled teams in the West. Just a bunch of stacked teams going head to head. What NBA fan doesn't wanna see that...

ForLoveofGame · Post #9 » by **ForLoveofGame** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:03 pm

DRoseCantStop wrote:I got Clippers vs. Heat in the Finals.

Nope not gonna happen. Clips don't play defense. It'll be Heat vs OKC.

Although, I am hoping for a Bulls vs Spurs final. 8-)

Mech Engineer · Post #10 » by **Mech Engineer** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:07 pm

I wish Memphis or Dallas had come up against the Clippers. GS has Bogut hurt and I don't think they are good match-up now for the Clippers. And, GS has been kind of like the Indiana of the West with all their drama.

PMONSTER · Post #11 » by **PMONSTER** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:17 pm

Mech Engineer wrote:I wish Memphis or Dallas had come up against the Clippers. GS has Bogut hurt and I don't think they are good match-up now for the Clippers. And, GS has been kind of like the Indiana of the West with all their drama.

I don't care about the teams...... it's about CP3 vs Curry

Mech Engineer · Post #12 » by **Mech Engineer** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:22 pm

PMONSTER wrote:
Mech Engineer wrote:I wish Memphis or Dallas had come up against the Clippers. GS has Bogut hurt and I don't think they are good match-up now for the Clippers. And, GS has been kind of like the Indiana of the West with all their drama.

I don't care about the teams...... it's about CP3 vs Curry

Well.. I am totally opposite in my view. I never care about individual players. All I care how the team performs and how the individual impacts the team. Who cares if CP3 gets 20 assists a game or Curry shoots 60% on his 3 point shots if their teams lose.

PMONSTER · Post #13 » by **PMONSTER** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:32 pm

Mech Engineer wrote:
PMONSTER wrote:
Mech Engineer wrote:I wish Memphis or Dallas had come up against the Clippers. GS has Bogut hurt and I don't think they are good match-up now for the Clippers. And, GS has been kind of like the Indiana of the West with all their drama.

I don't care about the teams...... it's about CP3 vs Curry

Well.. I am totally opposite in my view. I never care about individual players. All I care how the team performs and how the individual impacts the team. Who cares if CP3 gets 20 assists a game or Curry shoots 60% on his 3 point shots if their teams lose.

So in crucial moments your not looking to see how the star players respond?

I would understand your point of view if you was talking about your own team but were talking about other teams that we don't even root for.

red222 · Post #14 » by **red222** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:54 pm

Paul still wont get them to the CF top 5 player my ass :nonono:

kyrv · Post #15 » by **kyrv** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:25 pm

Rerisen wrote:People are talking about how great the West playoffs are going to be, and maybe so later on, but I don't see one big upset in the 1st round tbh.

Portland could beat Houston, but 5 over 4 is hardly a big upset.

Major plus Re. For all the hoopla during the season, upsets would be shocking. Except for 4-5 which like you I don't consider an upset really.

And yes I know the Bulls are a 4 seed, in the east the 3-6 isn't really an upset either way imo.

Post #16 » by **Rerisen** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:44 pm

ForLoveofGame wrote:Actually almost all the west teams are stacked. There are no weak teams. Every team has a fair chance and any team can win. That's why most NBA fans are excited about it.

The only sure thing would be Spurs over Dallas. But remember Dallas is a veteran team and Spurs in the past did lose in the first round before. So anything is possible.

There are no "super friends" no injury riddled teams in the West. Just a bunch of stacked teams going head to head. What NBA fan doesn't wanna see that...

The games will be entertaining no doubt, but I still don't see that high chances for upsets.

There is still a hierarchy top to bottom. The Eastern Conference used to be like this a long time ago, I think people have just forgotten due to how crappy its been the last 10 to 15 years.

DRoseCantStop · Post #17 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:57 pm

ForLoveofGame wrote:
DRoseCantStop wrote:I got Clippers vs. Heat in the Finals.

Nope not gonna happen. Clips don't play defense. It'll be Heat vs OKC.

Although, I am hoping for a Bulls vs Spurs final.

And that would be a three-peat for Miami.

If OKC couldn't beat Miami with Harden in 2012, what makes them think they can do it now? Yeah, they got the MVP on their team but Durant has to be firing on all cylinders throughout the series in order for that to happen.

Post #18 » by **GimmeDat** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:04 pm

Toronto/Brooklyn should be great, don't underestimate this Raps team folks.

Our series should be nice and competitive too.

Some great matchups in the West. Spurs should take down the Mavs, but they will have to face the resistance of Dirk. Timmy/Dirk is always a joy to watch. Clippers/Warriors might be one of the most highlight filled series of the whole playoffs, that'll be a lot of fun. Without Bogut I think the Warriors are lucky to win more than a game or 2 though.

Houston/Portland should be tight and exciting too.

My 1st round choices -
EAST - Indiana/Miami/Toronto/Chicago
WEST - San Antonio/OKC/LA/Houston

Would you look at that, all the higher seeded teams. I guess many would consider me picking the Raptors a surprise though.

Post #19 » by **RedBulls23** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:40 am

I think the Rockets are going to get bounced in the first round.

Post #20 » by **kulaz3000** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:40 am

Red-Bulls83 wrote:I think the Rockets are going to get bounced in the first round.

And that would bring a massive smile to my face. They have an unlikeable team with Dwight and Harden being the reason.