Build a Franchise (Season 2)

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Wednesday May 15


Brooklyn 106 Detroit 97

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Brooklyn leads series 3-0

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The Nets are just one win away from the BaF Finals after another win, this time at home, against the Pistons. Joel Embiid was fantastic once again scoring 32 points to go along with 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. Trey Burke (23 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists) again filled in well for the injured Ben Simmons. Nikola Vucevic scored 19 points to lead Detroit who came back from a 3-1 series deficit in the Eastern Conference SemiFinals against Milwaukee. They will need to win four straight, starting with game four on Friday night, in order to advance in this round.

Dallas 113 Sacramento 99

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Dallas leads series 3-0

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The Mavericks continued to steamroll their way through the Western Conference playoffs with an easy 14 point victory in Sacramento. Dallas led 30-16 after one quarter and never looked back. They opened up a 27 point lead midway through the third quarter before the Kings cut into it with a late run that never threatened Dallas. Giannis Antetokounmpo was once again the star of the game with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Dallas also got solid contributions from Darren Collison and Jrue Holiday (17 points apiece), Bradley Beal (14 points) and Trevor Ariza (11 points). Dallas shot 57% from the field for the game. Enes Kanter scored 19 points to lead the Kings before exiting with an undisclosed injury. The Kings will look to recapture the same magic they had last round when they came back from a 3-0 deficit.

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Friday May 17


Detroit 101 Brooklyn 99

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Brooklyn leads series 3-1

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Detroit stayed alive in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 101-99 road win in Brooklyn. The Pistons found themselves down by 18 points early in the game but were able to whittle the Net lead down to just 4 at halftime. The Detroit defense was the difference in the second half as they held Brooklyn to only 38 second half points. Klay Thompson was the driving force for the Pistons, scoring 27 points, shooting over 50% from the floor and making 5 three pointers. Al-Farouq Aminu contributed 17 points off of the Piston bench filling in for a once again subpar Nikola Vucevic, who scored just 12 points on 5-16 shooting and was desperately outplayed once again by Joel Embiid. Embiid scored 43 points (33 in the first half) to go along with 21 rebounds and 5 blocked shots in the defeat. The series heads back to MoTown for game five on Sunday night.

Sacramento 109 Dallas 102

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Dallas leads series 3-1

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Kyrie Irving dominated the Mavericks scoring 33 points, and adding 12 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals and the Kings were able to keep their season alive with a must win victory in game four in Sacramento. A Trevor Ariza layup put the Mavericks ahead 99-97 with 2:43 remaining but Sacramento ended the game on a 12-3 run. James Johnson scored 19 points and Ricky Rubio added 18 for the Kings. Bradley Beal led the Mavericks with 23 points in the loss. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points for Dallas who will head home trying to close out the Kings who will try to repeat the magic act they pulled in the last round against Portland when they came back from an 0-3 series deficit.

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Sunday May 19


Detroit 107 Brooklyn 95

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Brooklyn leads series 3-2

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Detroit was able to stave off elimination for the second consecutive game thanks to a solid defensive effort in the second half. Hosting the Nets on Sunday night, the Pistons were able to limit Brooklyn to just 44 second half points, 17 in the decisive third quarter that saw the Pistons turn a two point halftime deficit into a ten point advantage. Nikola Vucevic finally showed up for the Pistons having his best game of the Eastern Conference Finals scoring 27 points to go along with his 11 rebounds. Vucevic and Markieff Morris were also able to limit Brooklyn star center Joel Embiid to just 22 points on 7-18 shooting. Klay Thompson added 26 points including a couple of clutch three pointers just past the midway point in the fourth quarter after Brooklyn had cut the Detroit lead down to four points on a couple of different occasions. Victor Oladipo scored 28 points to lead Brooklyn who also got 23 points from Trey Burke. The Nets head back home for a crucial game six on Tuesday night trying to close out the Pistons hoping that the third time is the charm and trying to avoid a trip back to Motown.

Dallas 100 Sacramento 84

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Dallas wins series 4-1

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The Mavericks made sure that there was no more magic left for the Kings as they jumped out to a 35-16 first quarter lead and never trailed throughout their series clinching victory in game five in Dallas on Sunday night. Dallas showed everyone just how good they are as their starting trio of superstars (Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bradley Beal and Jrue Holiday) struggled to score, putting up just 39 points combined but still the game was never in doubt. Dallas was led by the bench contributions of Darren Collison and Jeff Green, 17 and 16 points consecutively. The Maverick defense was also key in the win as they held Sacramento to just under 36% shooting for the game. Dallas advances to the BaF Finals for the second consecutive year and hope to win their first ever BaF championship when they take on the winner of the Detroit/Brooklyn series.

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Tuesday May 21


Brooklyn 97 Detroit 88

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Brooklyn wins series 4-2

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The Brooklyn Nets completed their rise to the top of the Eastern Conference one year after finishing with the second worst record in the league. Brooklyn finished off Detroit with a series clinching 97-88 victory behind their superstar tandem of Joel Embiid and Victor Oladipo. Embiid scored a game high 40 points to go along with 19 rebounds and completed his complete domination of Nikola Vucevic in the series. Embiid averaged 32.5 and 17.2 rebounds in the six games to Vucevic's pedestrian 12.1/7.3. Oladipo was also key in the game six win scoring a personal series high 38 points. The other seven Nets combined to score just 19 points. Klay Thompson led the Pistons with 17 points as their season comes to a close two wins short of the BaF Finals. Brooklyn will travel to Dallas for game one of the BaF Finals beginning on Saturday night.

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PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

BaF FINALS

Saturday May 25

Brooklyn 93 @ Dallas 103 GAME 1


Sunday May 26

No game scheduled


Monday May 27

Brooklyn 108 @ Dallas 116 GAME 2


Tuesday May 28

No game scheduled


Wednesday May 29

Dallas 99 @ Brooklyn 106 GAME 3


Thursday May 30

No game scheduled


Friday May 31

Dallas 86 @ Brooklyn 109 GAME 4


Saturday June 1

No game scheduled


Sunday June 2

Brooklyn 91 @ Dallas 110 GAME 5


Monday June 3

No game scheduled


Tuesday June 4

Dallas 109 @ Brooklyn 115 GAME 6


Wednesday June 5

No game scheduled


Thursday June 6

Brooklyn 93 @ Dallas 107 GAME 7

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EC#5 Brooklyn @ WC#1 Dallas

Brooklyn won season series 2-0

November 29 @Dallas- Brooklyn 99 Dallas 79
March 17 @Brooklyn- Brooklyn 115 Dallas 108

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Saturday May 25


BaF Finals- GAME ONE
Dallas 103 Brooklyn 93

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Dallas leads series 1-0

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The Dallas Mavericks won game one of the BaF Finals 103-93 over the Brooklyn Nets. Bradley Beal led the way with 24 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo had a solid overall game with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists. The Maverick defense held the Nets to just 59 points through three quarters in opening up 18 point lead going into the final frame. Joel Embiid was held to 18 points before fouling out. Victor Oladipo had a game high 34 points for the Nets.

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Monday May 27

BaF Finals- GAME TWO
Dallas 116 Brooklyn 108

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Dallas leads series 2-0

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The Mavericks closed the game on a 15-0 run over the final 1:54 to take game two and hold serve at home. Brooklyn led 108-101 after a Victor Oladipo steal and dunk with 2:13 remaining but stingy Dallas defense made those points the last ones that Brooklyn would score in the game. The games most important stretch began with a clutch three pointer from Darren Collison (15 points/11 assists), starting in place of the injured Trevor Ariza for Dallas, which cut the Brooklyn lead to four. After a couple of missed free throws by Brooklyn center Joel Embiid (22 points), Dallas cut the lead in half thanks to a Bradley Beal (28 points) layup. Dallas tied the game on their next possession thanks to a Cody Zeller short jump shot with :44 left. Jrue Holiday (14 points) stripped Victor Oladipo (25 points) and scored on the fast break to give Dallas a lead they would not relinquish. A few more Brooklyn misses and turnovers and Dallas free throws sealed one of the more entertaining games of the postseason. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Dallas with 42 points and 17 rebounds. The series will head to Brooklyn for game three on Wednesday night.

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Wedneday May 29


BaF Finals- GAME THREE
Brooklyn 106 Dallas 99

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Dallas leads series 2-1

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Victor Oladipo scored a game high 37 points to help the Nets get back into the BaF Finals in a 106-99 win in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. After an evenly played first 12 minutes, Brooklyn clamped down on Dallas with a strong defensive second quarter holding the Mavericks to just 14 second quarter points in opening up a nine point halftime lead that they never relinquished. Dallas was especially bad from the three point line, shooting just 19% from deep in the game. Joel Embiid chipped in with 29 points for the victors who didn't have another player score in double digits in the game. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points for Dallas. Brooklyn will attempt to even up the series on Friday.

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Friday May 31


BaF Finals- GAME FOUR
Brooklyn 109 Dallas 86

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Series tied 2-2

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The Nets have evened up the BaF Championship Series with a dominant game four victory in Brooklyn on Friday night. The Nets outscored the Mavericks 95-68 in the final three quarters after a slow start to the game in which they only scored 14 first quarter points. Joel Embiid led the way with 26 points and 15 rebounds and Victor Oladipo contributed 25 points of his own. Brooklyn's depth was on display in the game as Garrett Temple, Gerald Green, and Trey Burke combined to score 35 points filling in for the injured Ben Simmons and Caris LeVert. Bradley Beal and Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 23 and 20 points respectively for Dallas in the loss as the Mavericks struggled without Jrue Holiday. The series is now a best of three as it heads back to Dallas for a crucial game five on Sunday night.