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NBA Update (Playoffs, Western Conference Finals):

• Stephen and his Durant-less Dubs recover from a second quarter slumber and prevent this series from going back to Portland even steven. Blazers slit their own throats — yet again — by going into kill-the-clock mode with 4 minutes of eternity left on the clock, heaving up an assortment of hopeless threes and becoming painfully predictable. The crowning indignity occurs when Lillard gets his pockets picked by Iggy and forgets to make use of the obligatory, Curry butt flop (sorry but Damian never smiles when on the court and clearly flunked out of acting school). I wonder how long it took Terry the clipboard wizard to come up with that plainer than plain vanilla play. For those hoping to tune in to some compelling basketball, we are being treated to a veritable Rip City rip off. #TrailBlazers #Warriors

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• Why again did Portland fight so hard to earn the right to play for the NBA Finals? Tonight’s snoozefest was simply unbearable to watch, unless of course you were one of those only too fortunate Warrior worshipers. Nearly to a man, the lightweight Blazers looked sluggish, if not groggy, particularly on defense where Curry and Clay saw way too much daylight after each garden variety pick. Can the fans do a quick substitution and let the Nuggets show what they can do? If not that, Lillard and his sidekick CJ need to seriously bring it in Game 2, or they’ll be building a ditch out of which no heroic trail blazin will even be possible. #TrailBlazers #Warriors

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NBA Update (Playoffs, 2nd Round):

• Curry’s performance was epic? Not sure about that, but Houston’s choke was indeed pathetic. The home team in red came up short (literally and figuratively) yet again, freezing up for long stretches in the 4th quarter when the game was on the line. It seemed as though this team — and perhaps more sadly, its clueless coach — has learned absolutely nothing from its failures over the past few years, repeating the same mistakes over and over and over, including an absurd penchant for draining the bleep outta the shot clock before making one-on-one moves the basket, an ocd-type compulsion for shooting the three, and a complete abdication of an semblance of interior/in-the-paint defense (the soft underbelly of Europe was nothing compared to that of the Rockets). The most telling stat of the game … Houston had ONE (1) blocked shot … Yes, nobody will ever confuse Clint Capella for Clint Eastwood (he’s definitely not an enforcer). #Warriors #Rockets

• Celtics show up for Game 5 (in body, but not in mind), and then proceed to get shown up .. and shown the exit. Irving flops in his most important assignment as floor leader, while Giannis shines. #Celtics #Bucks
• Houston pays the price for falling asleep at the wheel, and then forgetting to step on the gas when Durantula goes down.  A question has to be raised about why the Rockets went so small for so long?  Capella can’t seem to get much done, and who else do they have … Hilario?  The Warriors also got helped by some generous gifts from the refs in the last 2 minutes, but this one was clearly one that got away. #Rockets #Warriors

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NBA Update (Playoffs, Round 2):

• Celtics had better find their smelling salts good and quick, as it’s now or never time. What went wrong? They got schooled by Milwaukee’s bench, and didn’t get enough from their own. There’s also a noticeable problem with chemistry, and you’ve got to direct some attention in the direction of Kyree. In many ways, things seemed rosier last year with Rozier making at least a tangible contribution. All is not lost, but does Boston realize believe it has the ability to go on the road against this No.1 seed and impose its will? #Bucks #Celtics
• Houston wins and thanks to another inspiring performance by Harden will be riding on the coattails of The Red Eye back to The Oracle tied 2-2. As usual, when they started playing not to lose, they very nearly gave it away, and that’ll be no way to survive in Game 5 … . #Warriors #Rockets

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NBA Update (Playoffs, Round 2):

• Just when many were justifiably resolved to write the Rockets off, they buck up and slap down the stubborn Warriors, who’ve been harder to get rid of than a recurring google pop up add. Drama is alive and well in this series, as Houston now has new life. #Warriors #Rockets

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NBA Update (Playoffs, Round 2):

• Prime time el foldo job by the NBA’s poster-boy pretenders … the fragile Raptors. Where were the happy feet of little Lowry and take-a-seat Van Vleet (a combined 2-17)? If Toronto’s backcourt keeps this up, there’s simply nothing that lionhearted Leonard can do about it. #Raptors #Sixers

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NBA Update (Playoffs, Round 2):

• Mason forgot about his bricks tonight, and instead slams with conviction; Denver wears down a very dangerous Portland team with poise and precision on offense and a relentless, hounding defense. #Nuggets #Trailblazers
• Toronto surrenders home court advantage good and pronto, with a rather weakling effort on the boards in Game 2; only a superb effort by Leonard and some loose custodianship of the ball by the Sixers kept this close. #Sixers #Raptors