Sentences with phrase «western conference»
After the Warriors clinched the Western Conference Finals, five - star WR Donovan Peoples - Jones, a top target of the Wolverines, tweeted about his prediction...
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The Western Conference playoff hopeful saw Paul Millsap return after nearly three months spent on the sidelines due to hand surgery.
NBA - Last night the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs to tie up their Western Conference Finals matchup at two games apiece.
It wasn't just a blown lead or a loss, though — Denver is on the outside of the Western Conference playoffs if the season ended today, surpassed by the same Clippers that just beat them.
-- Also tied as 1 - 1, the Los Angeles Kings -LRB--125) will host the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.
The Blackhawks came back from a 3 - 1 series deficit against Detroit to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
ESPN First Take's Skip Bayless shared with his Twitter followers his selections for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals.
Last Wednesday in this space, an examination of the betting trends for Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals revealed value on both the spread and total.
As we approach the trade deadline, those leans were proven to be accurate with the Cavs (38 - 14) holding a three - game lead in the Eastern Conference and the Warriors (48 - 4) leading the Western Conference by 3.5 games.
The Thunder exploded onto the scene in 2010 when they challenged the Lakers in the playoffs, and then they marched to the Western Conference Finals the next year before falling to Dallas.
-- With a 5 - 2 win last night, the Los Angeles Kings took a commanding 3 - 1 series lead and stole the momentum in their Western Conference Finals matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: If Kawhi Leonard didn't re-injure his ankle in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against Golden State, the Warriors almost certainly lose that game.
Two weeks ago I explained that bettors were overreacting to Golden State's recent struggles, and argued that they were once again offering value as a 7.5 - point favorite in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.
Portland has been the league's best Cinderella story, and Damian Lillard's team currently boasts the seventh best record in the Western Conference.
-- Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals will take place this afternoon at 3:05 PM eastern with the Chicago Blackhawks -LRB--155) hosting the Los Angeles Kings.
-- Trailing the series 2 - 1, the Thunder have a chance to tie their Western Conference Finals matchup series against the Spurs at two games apiece with a win tonight.
Three weeks ago I highlighted value on the Golden State -LRB--8.5) and the under (222) in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals
I'm not doing every series but the Western Conference finals will be Rockets vs Warriors with GSW in 7 and on the East it will be Cavs vs Sixers and Cavs in 6.
Teague will join Jimmy Butler, Andrew Wiggins, and Karl - Anthony Towns as Minnesota tries to make its run in the stacked Western Conference.
They didn't even win the Western Conference.
The defending champion Miami Heat has 17 back - to - back sets, while the reigning Western Conference title - holders, the San Antonio Spurs, have 19.
«Depressingly difficult» was a phrase many believed would describe the Thunder's chances to win the Western Conference finals following the first two games of the series.
With a win in overtime in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final, the Predators secured their road split against the Ducks.
The Warriors beat the Spurs in Game 4 of their Western Conference Semifinals series Sunday afternoon in a game that started at 12:30 p.m. local time on Mother's Day.
«He simply looks like a righty trying to shoot lefty,» one Western Conference scout told SB Nation, «and he's capable of switching.»
The Lakers hiring of D'Antoni reunites him with his former Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, where the two reached the Western Conference Finals in 2005 and 2006.
Even if Kobe scores 40 points a game, L.A. will not be expected to win the Western Conference title, while the Heat became an East trifavorite (with the defending champion Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers) the moment O'Neal's feet hit the South Beach sand.
Connor McDavid's Oilers squad tops the western conference at 47.5.
The western conference is obviously stacked, but I believe Minnesota could make some serious noise.
For those of us watching in wonderment as the Jazz threaten to make noise in the Western Conference playoffs, there are three key lessons from what Utah has accomplished.
Earlier this morning 5Dimes updated their championship odds for all sixteen team along with odds to win the Eastern Conference, Western Conference, and the exact NBA Finals matchup.
The win left the Blazers alone in third place in the crowded Western Conference, while the Thunder dropped to seventh.
Westbrook and Durant went up 3 - 1 in the Western Conference Finals against last year's NBA Champion Golden State Warriors.
Chicago goalkeeper Zach Thornton, 25, provides the spark for the Western Conference champion Fire.
Fans then chanted «We want the Cup» for the defending Western Conference champs who lost the Stanley Cup in six games to Pittsburgh last June.
«Chris Paul (23), Chauncey Billups (14), Eric Bledsoe (15) and Jamal Crawford (13) combined to score 65 points on 23 - 38 shooting — against the best defensive team in the Western Conference!
At 12 - 14 overall, they hold the ninth spot in the western conference standings — safe to say they've underperformed so far, no?
CP3 and PG13 have both been traded to Western Conference «contenders», hopeful to amass enough superstar talent to somehow derail the mighty Warriors.
With the win, the Lakers now sit 1 1/2 games ahead of the Utah Jazz for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference.
«He is real, real, real aggressive,» says Walter Davis of the Suns, against whom Robertson had five steals last Wednesday night as the Spurs clinched the Western Conference's final playoff berth with a 114 - 102 victory in Phoenix.
The Spurs have the best record in the Western Conference and lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by 2.5 games.
Robertson was voted to the Western Conference's All - Star starting lineup, which is amazing for a second - year player primarily known for his defense.
Down by seven points with 5:09 remaining and down 3 - 2 in the series, the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108 - 101 in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, ensuring a winner - take - all Game 7 on Monday night in Oakland.
The Jazz reclaimed sole possession of the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference after holding on late to grab a huge road win over the Warriors.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (56 - 20) host the New York Knicks at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC hoping to move into a tie with the San Antonio Spurs (57 - 20) for first place in the Western Conference standings.
The teams are currently fourth and fifth in the Western Conference respectively.
Domi, Duclair, and Dvorak become the Western Conference's version of the Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat, and Nikita Kucherov line in Tampa Bay.
With a win Saturday over the Memphis Grizzlies (44 - 21), the Utah Jazz (34 - 32) moved within a half game of the Los Angeles Lakers for eighth place in the Western Conference standings.
His absence due to injury in the closing stages of the Western Conference semifinals played a key role in Houston's loss to San Antonio.
The Blazers are stuck in that awkward land of being good enough to beat bad / mediocre teams but not good enough to win a playoff series against a healthy western conference playoff squad.