#2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS SERIES#
#2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS FREE#

#2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS SERIES#

When a lower seed has gone up 3-0, they've gone on to complete a series sweep at home in 10 of the 13 series. The Celtics have a much more difficult task at hand with Game 4 in Miami. The series loser has forced a Game 5 on 31 occasions, a Game 6 just seven times, and only two teams to fall into a 3-0 series hole have come back to force a Game 7. Of those 110 teams to take a 3-0 lead, 70 of them have gone on to sweep the series. There have been 110 teams to go down 3-0 in an NBA playoffs series since 1984, and none of them have come back to win the series. The Celtics have to win Tuesday night just to keep their season alive. … After closing the season by winning 15 of 18, Miami keeps rolling and eliminates Boston in seven.BOSTON - If the Celtics want to get back to the NBA Finals, they'll have to do something no other NBA team has ever done.Īfter another embarrassing no-show in Sunday night's Game 3 in Miami, Boston is now in a 3-0 hole to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. … Charlotte gives Orlando fits, but falls in six. … Atlanta takes advantage of Andrew Bogut?a>?s absence and defeats Milwaukee in five. … Denver‘s late-season struggles continue, as Utah wins in six. … Winners of 23 of its last 29 and facing a Blazer team without Brandon Roy, the Suns take out Portland in five … Dallas‘ superior depth overcomes San Antonio in seven. … Kevin Durant‘s first trip to the playoffs ends abruptly, with L.A. “He gave me the chance after that debacle in New York.” But Jordan has made it known that he will allow Brown to leave so he can rejoin his family in the Philly area.įirst-round predictions: Cleveland over Chicago in five, if that. “I’m not coaching for anyone but for Michael Jordan,” Brown said. The ex-Knick coach reportedly is in line to take over one of his former teams, the Sixers, although he denies it. Jordan’s Bobcats are in the postseason for the first time and have an immediate, but not surprising, distraction: Larry Brown. “LeBron is the key to all of what will happen this summer.”įor the first time since he won his sixth and final ring in 1998, Michael Jordan is back in the playoffs, this time as an owner. “The only one that matters is LeBron, because if any of these other guys move, they aren’t going to make a team a contender,” said TNT’s Charles Barkley.

#2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS FREE#

There will be lots of talk about July 1 and free agency, with James, Wade, Joe Johnson, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer – the best of the free agents – showcasing their talents. It won’t be all playoff talk for the next two months. Brendan Haywood and Caron Butler give the Mavericks their best shot at returning to the Finals since 2006. With a 19-point average in 31 playoff games, Jamison is the best wing man James has ever had in Cleveland. So look for Miami‘s Dwyane Wade to put up big numbers.Īfter having to endure the Gilbert Arenas gun mess, Washington fans can at least root for some former Wizards who may end up playing pivotal roles in the playoffs. But Kevin Garnett hasn’t been the same since he injured his leg two seasons ago in Utah, and opposing stars have been feasting on the Celtics’ slow and old perimeter players. The Celtics were an elite defensive team when they won the title in 2008, holding opponents to 90 points per game on a league-low 42% shooting. Mike Brown had his starting lineup, with O’Neal and Jamison, for only two games. The Cavs could have more early bumps in the road than last spring, when they opened with eight straight wins. But during his six-week hiatus, he dropped 20 pounds by running and cutting cheeseburgers out of his diet. Normally, six weeks off for the Big Guy would be a major concern, given his propensity to pack on the pounds. 25 after tearing a ligament in his right thumb. During his absence, the Nuggets were 11-8 under assistant coach Adrian Dantley, who was overmatched at times in the regular season and now has to match wits with one of the best in Jerry Sloan. They need Karl’s experience (161 playoff games).

But he might not get the chance, since Utah is a brutal first-round matchup for a Nugget team that finished the season with a 6-7 record. Recovering from an aggressive round of chemotherapy to deal with neck and throat cancer, Nuggets coach George Karl is looking to return in the second round. I don’t think we’re quite as worried as you guys make us out to be.” Does Phil ever worry? As for their late-season swoon (losing five of seven at one point), Phil Jackson said: “This is an end-of-the-season type of thing that’s happened to other ballclubs that I’ve coached. No team is better when he starts in the middle and Lamar Odom plays in reserve. The Lakers don’t know what they’ll get from Andrew Bynum, who hasn’t played since March 18 due to a strained Achilles.

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