Around the league - Game 2 results
Western Conference
118-112
Oklahoma City lead the series 2-0
62-72
Series tied at 1-1
Eastern Conference
58-75
Series tied at 1-1
70-51
New Jersey lead the series 2-0
Thierry • wrote:Ray, Manu, Belinelli, Neal, Anderson all together. Give them a chance man, I don't want my team getting sweeped.
Around the league - Game 3 results
Western Conference
129-118
Oklahoma City lead the series 3-0
157-141
Portland lead the series 2-1
Eastern Conference
139-111
Miami lead the series 2-1
140-121
New Jersey lead the series 3-0
Around the league - Game 4 results
Western Conference
121-117
Oklahoma City win the series 4-0
139-102
Portland lead the series 3-1
Eastern Conference
132-125
Miami lead the series 3-1
142-172
New Jersey lead the series 3-1
1. Oklahoma City [68-14] vs 4. San Antonio [49-33]
Results
SAS @ OKC - 85-111
SAS @ OKC - 112-118
OKC @ SAS - 129-118
OKC @ SAS - 121-117
Oklahoma City wins series 4-0
3. Portland [56-26] vs 7. Sacramento [41-41]
Results
SAC @ POR - 60-81
SAC @ POR - 72-62
POR @ SAC - 157-141
POR @ SAC - 139-102
SAC @ POR - 131-156
Portland wins series 4-1
1. Miami [63-19] vs 5. Orlando [46-36]
Results
ORL @ MIA - 66-74
ORL @ MIA - 75-58
MIA @ ORL - 139-111
MIA @ ORL - 132-125
ORL @ MIA - 130-137
Miami wins series 4-1
2. New Jersey [52-30] vs 3. New York [47-35]
Results
NYK @ NJN - 59-67
NYK @ NJN - 51-70
NJN @ NYK - 140-121
NJN @ NYK - 142-172
NYK @ NJN - 157-140
NJN @ NYK - 132-130
New Jersey wins series 4-2
1. Oklahoma City [68-14] vs 3. Portland [56-26]
Oklahoma are in great shape heading into their third straight conference finals series and don't look like slowing down just yet.
They remain unbeaten so far after two successful series against Dallas and San Antonio with an 8-0 record. They hope to continue that form here.
The closer they get to the NBA Finals the more the possibility of a three-peat is being hyped up by the press. It hasn't affected them on the court though.
Russell Westbrook will be looking to get the better of Chris Paul in this series. He produced a stunning 26 assist game in the corresponding series last year.
Portland come into this series fairly fresh as well having an 8-2 record so far these playoffs. And they certainly have the fire-power to match the Thunder.
It could be argued that their starting five is greater than the Thunder's. Alridge and Okafor certainly can cause the Thunder bigs trouble on the boards.
Then there is Gerald Wallace to defend Kevin Durant. If he can shut down the 2010-11 scoring champ, then the Blazers have a real chance of progressing.
Perhaps the most important match-ups are those of James Harden and Russell Westbrook versus Brandon Roy and Chris Paul in the backcourt.
Whoever can get on top of that battle can stop the supply to the likes of Durant or Roy. Harden will need to contribute on the scoreboard too.
The battle between the two benches will also be important. Guys like Bargnani, Williams, Oden and Batum will have to step up when the stars are resting
Oklahoma City
Starters
Brook Lopez - Blake Griffin - Kevin Durant - James Harden - Russell Westbrook
Bench
Andrea Bargnani - Ryan Gomes - George Hill - Marvin Williams - Shaquille O'Neal - Grant Hill - Allen Iverson
Inactive
Eric Bledsoe - Al Cunningham
Portland
Starters
LaMarcus Aldridge - Emeka Okafor - Gerald Wallace - Brandon Roy - Chris Paul
Bench
Nicolas Batum - Greg Oden - Keith Bogans - Abram Baxter - Jason Terry - Delonte West - Allen Schulze
Inactive
Elliot Williams - Harvey Dixon - Sherman Homer
1. Miami [63-19] vs 2. New Jersey [52-30]
This series between the Heat and Nets will see the top two teams in the eastern conference this year face off in a potentially epic struggle.
Miami are looking to advance through to their third straight NBA Finals and finally shake off their unwanted 'perennial bridesmaids' tag.
They have been pretty ruthless so far in this playoff run, only dropping 3 games. They brushed off local rivals Orlando with ease in the last round.
New Jersey will just be happy to have made it this far. Their resurgence since being bought by Mikhail Prokhorov in 2009 has been steady.
That said, they will not want to bow out now that they've made it to this stage. They have the league MVP and are hungry for success.
One thing counting against them is the fact that they've played two difficult series' against Chicago and New York to get this far.
But something they did learn from the Knicks series was how to handle a team that has multiple superstar players on the court.
Miami
Starters
Udonis Haslem - Chris Bosh - LeBron James - Dwyane Wade - Mario Chalmers
Bench
Mike Miller - Robin Lopez - Shavlik Randolph - Nenad Krstic - Jannero Pargo - Travis Outlaw - Acie Law
Inactive
Stephen Henry - Martin Moore - Moyo Chrima
New Jersey
Starters
Kris Humphries - Jason Thompson - Jeff Green - Anthony Morrow - Deron Williams
Bench
Jordan Farmar - Terrence Williams - Chase Budinger - Mahamoud Ateba - Dan Gadzuric - Nick Collison - Joshua O'Callaghan
Inactive
Johan Petro - Damion Jones - Harry O'Callaghan
qfrmcpt310 wrote:Congratz on reaching the conference finals again, looking forward to another awesome series against the Blazers
mandich wrote:Dude, whats wrong with teh results, every game teams score over 220 points combined ??
Andrew wrote:Solid opening to the series. I believe you've got the team stats backwards in your recap though, the Blazers' field goal and free throw stats add up to your 122 points.
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