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New York At Miami, Game 5, 7:00 p.m. EDT If the numbers are to be believed, then the New York Knicks' season is about to end. Of the other 101 teams to lose the first three games in a best-of-seven NBA series, none ultimately prevailed and only 10 managed to stave off elimination twice. That doesn't mean the Miami Heat are leaving anything to chance. For the past two days, the Heat have stewed over and stared at the tape of what went wrong at Madison Square … [Read more...]
Atlanta At Boston, Game 4, 7:00 p.m. EDT The Atlanta Hawks seemed to have found the answer to their injury woes: a rejuvenated Tracy McGrady, who was putting together a playoff game reminiscent of his youth. But then McGrady rolled his right ankle, crumpled to the ground and limped off the court. Although he returned in the second half, he did not make another basket and the Celtics held on to beat the depleted Hawks 90-84 in overtime Friday night to take a 2-1 … [Read more...]
Miami At New York, Game 3, 7:00 p.m. EDT Amare Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert are sidelined. Jeremy Lin isn't back yet. So where are the New York Knicks supposed to find enough offense to compete with the Miami Heat, and avoid setting a new NBA record for postseason futility? "I don't know. We've got to figure that out," Carmelo Anthony said Wednesday. "Some way, somehow, everybody has to do it." The Knicks haven't been able to solve the Heat no matter who … [Read more...]
Dallas At Oklahoma City, Game 2, 9:30 p.m. EDT The opportunity to attempt a shot and win a game used to make Kevin Durant so jittery he couldn't sit still. With the game on the line, he'd find himself literally shaking as he sat on the bench in late-game timeouts with the ball about to come his way. Then he found a way to take the edge off: He had to stop caring quite so much. Durant said he decided to try the new mindset after he watched an interview … [Read more...]
Dallas At Oklahoma City, Game 1, 9:30 p.m. EDT Oklahoma City's penalty for scuffling down the stretch and getting passed for the top seed in the Western Conference is a first-round playoff showdown with an all-too-familiar foe toting championship credentials. When the Dallas Mavericks arrive for Game 1 on Saturday night, it'll be a rematch of last season's West finals dominated by Dirk Nowitzki on his way to his first NBA title. Nowitzki averaged 32.2 points … [Read more...]