Basketball
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Poise and Experience Carry Boston Over Indiana, Escapes Eastern Finals Game Loss at Home
Poise and experience. What's instrumental in Boston escaping with a first Eastern Finals game victory at home over the Indiana Pacers could not be captured in cold statistics. For statistics-wise, Indiana had…
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Boston Holds Edge in East Finals, NBA Championship Series
As the remaining familiar ballclub, in fact the lone constant fixture at this stage of the competition over the last three seasons now, the Boston Celtics should hold the advantage in the…
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It’s Boston Versus Indiana in the East; Minnesota Against Dallas in the West
For the first time in years at least, three of last season's also-rans have made it to the NBA Final Four as Minnesota and Indiana advanced to the East and West Conference…
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Dallas Mavs Nip OKC Thunder 117-116 Advance to Western Conference Finals
Dallas is back in the Finals of the Western Conference. PJ Washington scored all his nine points in the last quarter, including two free hrows with two seconds left to propel the…
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Indiana Bests New York, Forces Game 7 in East Semis
The Boston Celtics will have to wait a while longer for their East Conference Finals opponent. This is because the Indiana Pacers, as expected, exploited their homecourt advantage to beat the New…
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T-Wolves Mangle Denver 115-70, Force Game Seven in West Semis
The semifinals series for one of the two slots in the Western Conference Finals will go the full seven-game route. This after the Minnesota Timberwolves mangled the Denver Nuggets, 115-70 to tie…
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Boston Returns to East Finals; Dallas A Win Away for the West
Fittingly, Boston, the first team to qualify for the playoffs, is also the first to advance to the Conference Finals in the East. Meanwhile, fifth seed Dallas is in the brink of…
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Denver, New York Overwhelm Semis Foes; One Win Away from W-E Conf Finals
Potential NBA Finals rivals, Denver and New York came nearer towards that realization with smashing game 5 victories in the semifinals of their respective conferences. The Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves, 112-97 to…
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Misamis joins PSL Mindanao Regional Finals
DAVAO CITY – Misamis Oriental is formally joining the Pilipinas Super League [PSL] Mindanao Regional Finals slated on May 24 to 26 in Tagum City. “MisOr will be represented by three different…
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A Day of Surprises as Boston, OKC Win to Go Up 3-1, Tie Series 2-2
It was a day of unexpected happenings in the NBA semi-finals series in the East and West as Boston moved up 3-1 against Cleveland and OKC tied its series 2-2 with Dallas.…
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Indiana, Denver Tie Semis Series, 2-2, in Contrasting Fashion
One seemed to give up the fight from the get go while the other tried very hard but just could not overcome. New York Knicks started flat but could not take off,…
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PJ Williamson Leads Dallas Over OKC, 105-101; Boston Tops Cleveland Anew, Moves Ahead 2-1
PJ Williamson and Shai Gilgeous Alexander played together for one year for the Kentucky Wildcats in the USNCAA but they are the main players for different teams in the NBA. Though Williamson…
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Nembhard late heroics lift Indiana over New York, 116-111; Denver Finally Beats T-Wolves
There were lots of scoring heroes from both sides of Indiana and New York but the game winner came from a guy who seemed headed for a frustrating night, having not hit…
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Cavs, Mavs Get Back at Celts, OKC; Tie Semis Series at 1-1
Could it be Cleveland uncharacteristically played well on the road or the Boston Celtics characteristically choked again at home? The Cavaliers won their first win away from home by defeating the Celtics,…
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Jalen Brunson Bucks Injury, Powers NY to Game 2 Victory
No controversy this time. But game two was not devoid of drama either for New York Knicks. Ace scorer Jalen Brunson came back after missing much of the first half on injury…
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PSL Mindanao Regional Finals on May 24-26
DAVAO CITY – The Pilipinas Super League [PSL] Mindanao Regional Finals will be held on May 24 to 26 at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex in Tagum City. The…
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OKC, Boston Overwhelm Semis Foes
Top seeds Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder got off to a good start in their semis openers at home by overwhelming their respective foes, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks by…
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Nuggets Fall at Home to T-Wolves Anew; Knicks Survive Pacers in Home Opener
The Denver Nuggets continued with their inauspicious NBA title retention campaign, dropping a second game loss at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves via a 106-80 rout. With the series going to Minnesota…
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Cavs Use Home Edge to Beat Magic in 7; Will Meet Boston Celtics in the Semi-Finals
In the only first round series to go the full seven games route, the home team, who else, prevailed. The Cleveland Cavaliers exploited their homecourt advantage to turn back the Orlando Magic,…
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Minnesota T-wolves Are For Real, Beat Denver Nuggets in Game 1
As one of the two fringe hopefuls that were dismissed early in the playoffs last season (the other was Oklahoma City), the Minnesota Timberwolves have a lot of proving to do this…
