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The Golden State Warriors defeat Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks 112-87 on wednesday night to take a 1-0 series lead. Steph Curry led the way for the Warriors with his 6th career playoff double double with 21 points and 12 rebounds, but this wasn’t just about Steph, several Warriors players scored in double digits including Steph Curry {21}, Andrew wiggins {19}, Jordan Poole {19}, Klay Thomspon {15}, Draymond Green {10}, Kevon Looney {10} and Otto Porter Jr. {10}. This Warriors Team is one of the Most well rounded teams in terms of scoring that the league has. 

Luka Doncic had one of his worst playoff games in his short career, scoring 20 points, 7 boards and 4 assists on terrible shooting percentages {33.3% FG, 30% 3PT}. The Mavericks in general shot horrible as a team with 36% from mid range and 22.9% from beyond the arc, you’re not gonna be this Warriors team shooting below average when you’re already not as good on paper as the team you’re playing. The Warriors have multiple bodies to throw at Doncic which is going to slow him down and wear him out. This series won’t go the distance if Dallas can’t figure out how to stop Golden State from scoring, especially efficiently.

Jimmy Butler gets it done once again with another epic performance, beating the short-handed Celtics 118-107 to take game 1 of the eastern conference finals. Butler finished with a game high of 41 points with also 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, Butler has shown this playoffs again that he’s a superstar and should be getting the recognition. Many of the other Heat players contributed also with Tyler Herro with 18, Gabe Vincint with 17, Max Strus with 11 and Bam Adebayo struggling with 10 points. Miami trailed pretty much the whole first half but came out swinging in the second half making a crazy run in the third to take the lead. 

Jayson Tatum had a good game finishing with 29 points including 21 in the first half but had a quiet second half with only 8 points, Tatum had a good all-around game with 29 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals and a block. The real story was how Al Horford and Marcus Smart were going to be out for game 1 with health and safety protocols for Horford and an ankle injury for Marcus Smart which has hampered him throughout these playoffs thus far. Despite missing key players Boston still came to play with Tatum playing well, Jaylen Brown finishing with 24 points, Robert Willaim lll returning to the lineup with 18, and Payton Pritchard with 18 also, Most media and fans are predicting this series goes the distance to either 6-7 games and its looking like it so far.

Bucks vs Celtics

The Boston Celtics closed out the series with a dominating 109-81 win over the Milwaukee Bucks Sunday afternoon. Grant Williams had a career game with 27 points including 7 3pm and 6 assists as well, Jayson Tatum played well finishing with 23 points 6 rebounds and 8 assists and that was all Boston needed to top Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo struggled from the field with 10-26 shooting but still finished with 25 points and 20 boards but it wasn’t enough as the defending champs couldn’t find a rhythm from beyond the arc shooting 4-33 {12%}.

With Boston being the more well rounded team it was a given they had a good chance to win this series, despite the Bucks having arguably the best player in the league Boston’s tema was just overall better, especially not having to rely on Giannis or Jrue Holiday to carry the whole series. The Celtics advance to the eastern conference finals to play the Miami Heat for a shot at the finals.  

    Suns vs Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks stun the Phoenix Suns in a blowout win to take the game 7 and advance to the western conference finals to play the Golden State Warriors. Phoenix didnt come prepared whatsoever getting blown out 90-123, with Cameron Johnson being the leading scorer for the Suns with just 12 points you could imagine this game wasn’t close, Suddenly the Suns are looking like a disaster with Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton going at it and Devin Booker, Chris Paul combining for just 21 points Phoenix looks like a disaster today. 

On the other hand the Mavericks played with house money last night with Luka Doncic leading the way with 35 points, 10 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals, some of the Mavericks role players came to play also including Spencer Dinwiddie with 30 points and Jalen Brunson with 24 points, Phoenix just couldn’t stop Dallas on defense and that costed them potentially another shot at the finals.

Bucks vs Celtics

    Jayson Tatum explodes for 46 points to lift the Boston Celtics to a game 7 versus the Milwaukee Bucks. Tatum hasn’t been all that great this series and he’s shown last night why he should be a superstar in this league, with the series heading back to Boston on Sunday night for a game 7 I would imagine the Celtics are the betting favorite to win that game. Giannis also had a monster game finishing with 44 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists with a steal and 2 blocks but didn’t secure the win to close the series, Giannis is showing why he’s the best player in the league right now and his team isn’t doing enough to help him. 

The Celtics had multiple players score in double digits like Jayson Tatum with 46, Jaylen Brown with 22 and Marcus Smart with 21 and that was enough to edge out the Bucks last night at home.    

Warriors vs Grizzlies

    The Golden State Warriors close out the Memphis Grizzlies with a 100-96 win to advance to the western conference finals. The splash brothers came up clutch combining for 59 points and 14 threes, with Klay Thompson having a vintage game last night this game got out of hand quickly in the second half, Klay finally showed up last night after struggling the last couple games and just like usual he did it from behind the arc. Stephen Curry also had a good game finishing with 29 points with 7 boards and 5 assists, Memphis guard Dillion Brooks shoved Steph to the ground last night and received a flagrant 1 foul and it was clearly out of frustration.

Now for Memphis, they played a great game and considering what they’ve done without Ja Morant these last two games you have to give the players a lot of credit, Memphis is a very young team and they are going to be a problem for the next couple years. Few thought Memhpis would play this well and get this far for such a young team but they’ve overachieved this postseason and I’m sure Grizzlies fans are very excited for what’s to come for this team.

Suns vs Mavericks

    The Dallas Mavericks cook the Phoenix Suns 113-86 to force a game 7 in Phoenix. Thanks to the Mavericks defense this game wasn’t close for the whole second half, between Phoenix shooting struggles and committing 22 turnovers to the Mavericks 6 Phoenix seems to be letting off the gas. Luka had a good game finishing with 33, 11, 8 and 4 steals, some of other Mavericks players showed up like Reggie Bullock finishing with 19 points with 5 three’s, Jalen Brunson with 18 and Spencer Dinwiddie with 15 points off the bench. 

The Suns need to get it together for game 7, heading into this series much of the media and fans didn’t expect this series to go more than 5-6 games, but with Chris Paul playing bad for most of the series and Devin Booker having a couple bad games Phoenix has really opened the door for Dallas to advance to the next round.    

Heat vs 76ers

    Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat close out the Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games to advance to the eatern conference finals for the second time in three years. Butler had another terrific game finishing with a game high of 32 points with also 8 boards, 4 assists, a steal and 2 blocks. Joel Embiid has played decent through this series but couldn’t get it done last night to force a game 7, you have to feel for Embiid, with all the injuries he’s playing through, being the runner up to Jokic in the MVP voting the last two years and James Harden’s lack of assertiveness Embiid just can’t catch a break these last two years. Harden last night finished with 11 points and 9 assists but only took 9 shots the whole game.

This Sixers team could be shaken up again with Doc Rivers being on the hot seat, James Harden drastically underperforming and an early exit in the playoffs again, but not to take anything away from the Heat, they played great for most of the series and they were a number one seed for a reason.

Celtics vs Bucks

        Jrue Holiday came up huge for the Bucks last night making the two game winning plays to take a 3-2 series lead on the Boston Celtics. Holiday made two huge defensive stops on DPOY Marcus Smart. Holiday not only had huge plays at the end of the game but also had one of his better playoff games as a Buck with 24, 8 and 8. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way to victory though with an astounding 41 points, 11 rebounds with a steal and a block, this is the second time in this series Giannis has had over 40 which lead to wins in both games.   

The Celtics are in a tough spot as they are heading into game 6 in Milwaukee and it’s a must win game to stay alive, This time it was Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown who had great games combining for 60 points {Tatum with 34 and Brown with 26}. Tatum finished with a team-high 34, 6 and 4 on 2-11 three point shooting in which he struggled with most of this series. 

Grizzlies vs Warriors

The Ja less Memphis Grizzlies destroy the Golden State Warriors by 39 points to make this series more interesting. The Grizzlies are still down 2-3 in this series but they played their hearts out last night, without All-Star point Guard Ja Morant. Many thought Memphis was done last night but that wasn’t the case at all. The Warriors just played sloppy basketball, committing 22 turnovers, Both teams’ starters didn’t play much as this game got out of hand rather quickly so it’s safe to say each team will be well rested for game 6 on Friday night in San Francisco. Seven different Grizzlies players had double digits but it was Jaren Jackson Jr. who had the best game with 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 2 blocks.   

Golden State on the other hand played awful but Klay Thompson at least had a better game to his standards nowadays with a team high 19 points on high percentage shooting {58.3% FG and 50% 3PT|} but the team just couldn’t get it together last night.