*NBA Playoffs second round preview*: Washington Wizards vs Indiana Pacers; Brooklyn Nets vs Miami Heat; Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs; LA Clippers vs OKC ThunderThe NBA world righted itself during weekend. While at a certain point, it seemed as if nearly every series was going to be an upset, balance in the NBA was mostly restored on Saturday and Sunday. The favorites mostly advanced, but not without surviving huge scares in series that ended up going much longer than most expected. Even when predictions nailed 7 out of the 8 eventual series winners beforehand, it almost felt like they shouldn't have counted because they completely failed to imagine the paths the winning teams would take to get there.Here's a rundown of this year's first round of the NBA Playoffs: Five series went the full seven games, another series (Portland/Houston) was a Damian Lillard miracle basket away from making it seven. There were countless overtime games, nine games decided by two points or less and 30 of the first 45 games were essentially undecided in the last minute of play. Even the Heat/Bobcats sweep was more competitive than anyone expected, even if that ultimately didn't help Charlotte that much. Basically, the second round has a nearly impossible task to live up to, but it'll be fun to see the conference semifinals try."experts" #dcRising pic.twitter.com/0QuS3bsHVl
This is the part where I remind everyone Portland is 14-7 vs Spurs since 2008, best record of anyone in NBA ...
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This is the part where I remind everyone Portland is 14-7 vs Spurs since 2008, best record of anyone in NBA ...
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 8 hours ago.