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That gnashing of teeth you hear comes from the NBA offices in New York, where they are crunching numbers and figuring on lower TV revenue if the low-profile Memphis Grizzlies seal the deal in this series and take out Kevin Durant and the Thunder.
Larry Bird, who knows a thing or two about NBA playoff basketball, used to tell anyone who would listen that the key to winning a series is to get the job done in Game 4.
The Spurs beat the Warriors in Game 3 on the road and with the win they took back home court advantage in this series. The Warriors did not shoot the rock well in Game 3 and the big concern for them is the injury that Stephen Curry sustained in the game.
The Warriors have looked like the better team in this series and after they won Game 2 in San Antonio they now have the home court advantage. The Warriors are a team that is playing with a ton of confidence and their rotation creates major match up problems for San Antonio.
You can survive injuries to key players in the short-term in this man’s NBA, but as the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have learned, eventually you have to pay the bill.
The Spurs were a little lucky to escape Game 1 with a win, as they did not shoot the ball well and needed a 3-pointer from Manu Ginobili in the 2nd OT to get the W. The Spurs shot great in Game 1 with Stephen Curry having another big game, but they let a big lead slip away.
Uh, the New York Knicks do know, don’t they, that as the playoffs advance into the next round, the competition tends to get a little better?
It’s been said so many times that it no longer needs repeating, but we’ll do it anyway:
The Warriors pulled off the biggest upset in the first round of the playoffs beating the 3rd Denver Nuggets in 6 games and now they face the 2nd seed Spurs, who easily swept the Lakers in their first round playoff series. NBA lines have the Spurs as big 8.5-point home favorites with a total of 201.5.
Imagine a Bulls-Heat series with an in-his-prime Michael Jordan going up against LeBron James?
The Grizzlies can close out this series tonight with a win at home. They beat the Clippers in Game 5 and that was the first road win of the series for either team. Blake Griffin injured his ankle before game 5 and was ineffective, but he should go for this elimination game tonight.
Something happens to the Indiana Pacers when they head to Atlanta. Maybe a few of the players sneak off to the Gold Club for some entertainment. Who knows?
Some people get life in the NBA – the ebbs and the flows, the way many players in true Michael Jordan tradition use any perceived slight to their advantage once the playoffs come around. Then there are the New York Knicks.
The Nuggets avoided being eliminated in the last game in this series, but they are still down 3-2 and need a win tonight to force a Game 7 at home.
Tonight the Brooklyn Nets pay the price for not winning Game 2 on their home court.
Road wins in the playoffs are plated with gold, and the Bulls may have nailed down the series a little more than a week ago when they sucked it up in Brooklyn and came away with a 90-82 victory after being blown off the hardwood by 17 points in the opener.
This is why teams care about home-court advantage in the playoffs. In the first two games of this series, in Indianapolis, the Pacers could do just about whatever they wanted whenever they wanted – winning both by an average score of 110-91.
