The conference finals are running and they are gonna be hot!
The dominant teams in the last decade meet again in the WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – LA Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs. The teams have combined to win seven of the last nine championships, with the Spurs prevailing in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 and the Lakers doing so from 2000-02. They lost to Detroit in the NBA finals in 2004.
Game 1 tonight in Hollywood!
Game 1 is already over and the Boston Celtics improved to 9-0 at home in the playoffs but they’re 0-6 on the road. It´s gonna be a tight series! Watch out for Game 2 in the EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS – Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons.
LeBron James went up over Garnett, did his best dunk of the season and won Game 4 for the Cavs! Game 5: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics Wed. May 14 at Boston, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
The Jazz celebrate after tying their best-of-seven Western Conference Semifinal series with the Lakers on Sunday.
Game 5: LA Lakers vs. Utah Jazz
Wed. May 14 at L.A. 10:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
How can you defend this move? Not at all! Ginobili launches a floater for two of his 15 points on Sunday.
Game 5: New Orleans Hornets vs. San Antonio Spurs
Tue. May 13 at New Orleans, 9:30 ET (TNT)
Bryant became the fourth Laker to win the award, following Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal! He led the Lakers to a 57-25 record and the No. 1 seed in the West and was second in the league with a 28.3 points per game scoring average.
With 38 points, Kobe Bryant won the first competition against Carlos Boozer and Game 1 for the Lakers.
A unique advertising campaign “Where Amazing Happens” is running during the NBA playoffs 2008. There Can Only Be One: Each subsequent spot will be specific to one of the match-ups, and will feature one player from each team, face-to-face. If you haven’t seen it, check this out
The series between Lakers and Jazz continues on Wednesday with Game 2 in Los Angeles. The game will broadcast at 10:30 p.m. ET on TNT.