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Ready for the Conference Finals?

May 21, 2008

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 FINALSBoston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons.

Game 2 – Thursday 8:30 PM ET.

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Three series tied – Don´t miss Game 5!

May 13, 2008

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)

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There Can Only Be One: Bryant vs. Boozer

May 5, 2008

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.

How the campaign began:

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Three tickets left for the second round

May 1, 2008

3 series are still running. It´ll be an exciting weekend!

Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets are batteling in the Western Conference for the last ticket to go into the second round. Jazz lead series 3:2
Gm. 6:Fri., May 2: at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

4 teams are waiting in the Eastern Conference for Game 6!

LeBron James wants to finish the series on friday…
Cleveland Cavaliers – Washington Wizards (Cleveland lead 3:2)
Gm. 6: Fri. May 2: at Washington, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

LeBron James

Bosten Celtics need only one win to go into the next round as well!
Watch out for Game 6 against Atlanta Hawks
Gm. 6:Fri., May 2: at Atlanta, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

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Game preview – Suns vs. Spurs Game 2

April 21, 2008

What an amazing Game 1! Tim Duncan’s first 3-pointer in this season sent his team into double overtime and Manu Ginobili did the rest to lift the Spurs to a 117-115 win.

Definitely a man for the player of the week…
Whatch out for Game 2!
April 22: at S.A., 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT)!

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NBA Playoffs begin April 19th!

April 17, 2008

First-Round Matchups…

WESTERN CONFERENCE:

Los Angeles Lakers (1) vs. Denver Nuggets (8 )
Gm. 1:Sun., April 20: at L.A., 3 p.m. ET (ABC)

New Orleans Hornets (2) vs. Dallas Mavericks (7)
Gm. 1:Sat., April 19: at New Orleans, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)

San Antonio Spurs (3) vs. Phoenix Suns (6)
Gm. 1:Sat., April 19: at S.A., 3 p.m. ET (ABC)

Utah Jazz (4) vs. Houston Rockets (5)
Gm. 1:Sat., April 19: at Houston, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Bosten Celtics (1) vs. Atlanta Hawks (8 )
Gm. 1:Sun., April 20: at Boston, 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT)

Detroit Pistons (2) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (7)
Gm. 1:Sun., April 20: at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET (TNT)

Orlando Magic (3) vs. Toronto Raptors (6)
Gm. 1:Sun., April 20: at Orlando, 12:30 p.m. ET (TNT)

Cleveland Cavaliers (4) vs. Washington Wizards (5)
Game 1: Sat. Apr. 19: at Cleveland, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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Game previews

April 16, 2008

The regular season is over! Which team can win the title? What will be the First-Round Matchups? The Playoffs will start very soon…here you´ll get all information you need!