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The Golden State Warriors probably feel it’s their rightful place and they’re back playing for the O’Brien Trophy for the sixth time in eight seasons. It’s a different story for the Boston Celtics, one of the most successful franchises in NBA history. During the time the Warriors were racking up five straight Finals trips winning three trophies, the Cs were subdued three times in the Eastern Conference final. They finally broke through this season and for the first time since losing in seven gam... 

It’s hard to win four games in a row in an NBA playoff series. The Golden State Warriors just experienced that failing to get the sweep of the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference final. No team has ever rebounded from a 0-3 series deficit in any NBA playoff round so the Mavs have a steep hill to climb. They took the first step toward history and avoided an embarrassing situation with an emphatic win on Tuesday night. To remain alive, Dallas will have to do something no team has accomplish... 

We didn’t expect this to be a short series with the top two seeds battling for the Eastern Conference title and a trip to the NBA Finals. And so far the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat haven’t disappointed. There hasn’t been much of a homecourt advantage with each team winning on the other’s home turf. And the series could be a war of attrition with several key players banged up in Miami’s 109-103 win in Game 3. If this was the regular season we’d probably see Miami’s Jimmy Butler and Boston’s Jay... 

It wasn’t pretty for the Dallas Mavericks, but they find themselves in a familiar spot after dropping Game 1 of the Western Conference final to the Golden State Warriors. The Mavs dropped the opener in each of their first two series and trailed the NBA best Phoenix Suns 0-2 before rallying to win that series in seven games. And while the second round series was close most of the games weren’t with four of them decided by 20 points or more. So Dallas fans needn’t get discouraged after losing Game... 

With a feeling of invincibility the Dallas Mavericks will try to add another notch on their belt when they take on the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference final. After six unsuccessful tries the Mavs beat Utah to advance past the first round for the first time since winning the NBA title in 2011. They then knocked off No. 1 overall seed Phoenix as a big series underdog with a dominant Game 7 road performance. There is one more hurdle for Luka Doncic and the Mavs to clear and it’s not... 

There will be a new NBA champion after the Boston Celtics knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks in an epic 7-game series to set up a battle with the Miami Heat for the Eastern Conference title. Getting this far seemed like a longshot for the Celtics in late January when they were a game below .500, but they turned things around over the second half of the season to win 51 games and clinch the No. 2 seed. They then swept preseason O’Brien Trophy favorite Brooklyn in the first round. They didn’t get the... 

It hasn’t been an easy playoff ride for the Phoenix Suns, but the O’Brien Trophy favorites didn’t expect anything less, especially with a target on their back after running away with the best record during the regular season. The Suns took out the pesky Pelicans in the first round after splitting the first four games of the opening round series. They find themselves in a similar situation after the Dallas Mavericks won a pair of home games to even the Western Conference semifinal. Game 6 is sche... 

After each team registered a double digit payout win in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinal series, we finally had a close game with the Milwaukee Bucks beating the Boston Celtics, 103-101, in the pivotal Game 3. That was more like what most expected from the conference heavyweights who each won 51 games while splitting the four-game regular season series. At this point the clubs are quite familiar with each other with many players still in uniform from when the clubs met in ... 

The way players are getting injured and suspended in this series hopefully enough remain to take the court on Wednesday when the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies resume their Western Conference semifinal with Game 5. Both teams have had questionable fouls with the Warriors getting the better of the duel when Jordan Poole took out Griz star Ja Morant in Game 3. Winning the series was going to be difficult with Ja playing at a high level, it’s nearly impossible if he misses games. If th... 

The Milwaukee Bucks got what they wanted in their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Boston Celtics stealing home court advantage by splitting the first two games on the road. The Bucks may have been content with their Game 1 which would explain their failure to show up for Game 2. The Celtics evened the series and head to Milwaukee for Saturday’s pivotal Game 3 with plenty of confidence after their 23-point win. The four regular season games were decided by an average of just over eig... 

As the Eastern Conference semifinal between the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers switches locations for Game 3, the Sixers are counting on the return of likely NBA MVP Joel Embiid to get them a victory. His return hasn’t been made official yet as Embiid continues to recover from a facial injury and concussion sustained in the series clinching win over Toronto. Embiid lead the NBA during the regular season averaging 30.6 points and was fifth with 11.7 rebounds. Take that production out of the li... 

Just getting past the first round is a huge accomplishment for the Dallas Mavericks, but don’t think they’re going to stop there. For the first time since winning the NBA title in 2011 the Mavs advanced by knocking off the Utah Jazz in six games. They hadn’t won any of their six previous playoff series so this is a different experience for this group. They hung tough against Utah without Luka Doncic for a few games, eventually overpowering the club that finished the 2020-21 season with the best ... 

Teams with some of the best young talent in the NBA have put on quite a show in their first-round playoff series. Ja Morant scored 30 points, including the game-winning bucket in the final seconds to put the Memphis Grizzlies on the verge of advancing to the next round with a 111-109 victory on Tuesday. The Griz look to finish off the Minnesota Timberwolves when the clubs convene for Game 6 on Friday. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, Memphis has struggled in the series getting blown out in the opener with the last two games decided by a total of three points. The NBA Playoff game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves will air live on ESPN with tip off at TBD on Friday, April 29, 2022 from Target Center in Minneapolis. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA playoff schedule. ... 

We expected a close series with the teams separated by just three games in the regular season standings, and that’s what we have so far. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see the first round NBA playoff matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz go the distance, though the Mavs can avoid a return trip to Big D with a road win in Game 6. The return of Luka Doncic boosted the Mavs to a big 102-77 Game 5 win putting them on the brink of advancing. The NBA Playoff game between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz will tip off at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 28, 2022 from Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA playoff schedule. ... 

No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series, but the Denver Nuggets do have some experience in the art of comebacks. They extended their first round playoff series with the Golden State Warriors avoiding a sweep with a 126-121 win in Game 4. The teams head back to the Bay Area for Game 5 on Wednesday. Only a handful of teams have come back from being down 3-1 to win. The Nuggets did it twice during the 2020 playoffs. As good as the Warriors played in winning the first two games at Chase Center, Denver’s task is monumental. The NBA Playoff game between the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors will air live on TNT with tip off at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 from Chase Center in San Francisco. BookMaker.eu will have betting options for every game on the NBA playoff schedule. ... 

During their run to five straight NBA Finals and three league championships, the Golden State Warriors annihilated opponents on both ends of the floor. After a few down seasons that saw superstars Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry miss significant amounts of time, the gang is back together. The Dubs looked in championship form taking the first two games of the series at home by an average margin of 18 points. While they don’t have to win a road game, the Warriors don’t want to prolong the series m... 

The Memphis Grizzlies got their mojo back in Game 2 to even the series looking a lot like the team that finished with the second-best record during the NBA regular season. A near triple-double from Ja Morant led the Griz to an easy 124-96 payout victory on Tuesday. Despite a 10-game difference during the regular season, the season series was remarkably close. The teams split four games with three of them decided by eight points or less. The exception was Minnesota’s 138-95 home win back in Novem... 

If the first game is any indication the first round NBA playoff matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics is going to be a doozy. The Celtics continued their epic run from the regular season when they won 26 of their final 32 games to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. They beat the Nets twice during that season ending spurt and their dramatic 115-114 victory in Game 1 extended their winning streak to four over their division rival. Game 2 of the series is slated for Wed... 

If the playoffs are anything like the regular season, you can expect a wild ride for the Eastern Conference title. The top four teams all won more than 50 games and were separated by just two games in the standings. Hell, even the bottom half of the postseason participants were close with just 10 games separating No. 1 seed Miami from No. 10 seed Cha... 

The championship window is wide open for the Phoenix Suns. That doesn’t mean the Memphis Grizzlies or Golden State Warriors or Dallas Mavericks or Utah Jazz are going to let them climb right through it. Phoenix rattled off a club record 18-game winning streak early in the season and never looked back posting the best record in the NBA by eight games while establishing a franchise record with 64 victories. And throughout the entire season players said they were motivated by last year’s Finals los... 

Having more teams in the playoffs isn’t always a good thing. Diluting the field increases the chances of the league having a less deserving team win the title. So the NBA did the next best thing with its play-in tournament. While technically not the “playoffs” it is the postseason giving four teams – two from each conference – a chance to reach the playoffs when under the old format that opportunity never existed. The 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament begins on Tuesday, April 12 with the higher seeded teams in each conference going at it. The Brooklyn Nets host the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East while the Minnesota Timberwolves welcome the Los Angeles Clippers in the West. The remaining two games will be played on Wednesday, April 13 with Charlotte visiting Atlanta in the East and San Antonio visiting New Orleans in the West. The games will air on TNT and ESPN. Betting options for every game are available at BookMaker.eu. ... 

The two preseason favorites to win the NBA championship may both miss out on the playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers were unceremoniously eliminated from playoff contention on Tuesday night, and the Brooklyn Nets are locked into the Play-in Tournament. Brooklyn is still one of the overall favorites to win the NBA title despite being just three games over .500, but the Nets might need to win two winner-take-all games to make the playoffs.This will be a long postseason as the NBA Finals aren’t slated... 

The fight for the top four seeds in the Eastern Conference playoff race are up for grabs with Thursday’s matchup between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks going a long way toward deciding where the teams end up. If the Celtics are going to finish higher in the standings they’ll need to win on the road. They finished up the home portion of their regular season schedule on Sunday with a pounding of Washington for their 26th victory in 32 games. They end the season on the road where they are 2... 

Now is not the time for the Phoenix Suns to start slumping. Even though they’ve locked up the best record in the NBA and own homecourt advantage throughout the postseason, they’d rather be playing their best ball of the season at this point, but for the first time in over a month and only the third time this season they have a losing streak after falling to OKC on Sunday. The Suns look to close the season strong when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night in the second game of ES... 

Both the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks have looked strong over the last few weeks. Dallas locked up a playoff berth on Wednesday night, and the Mavericks are currently in line to be the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Milwaukee will lock up a playoff berth with its next win, and the Bucks are currently in line for the No. 2 seed in the East. Both teams don’t have a lot of room for error if they want to hold on to their spots though as the race for the top spots are tight....