Only four more teams are left to slug it out for the NBA title.
First, Indiana vs. Washington.
Hard to call Washington's loss anything but disappointing.
They even took the lead in the 4th quarter, no matter how briefly. And yes, it was very brief. Other than that, they didn't look all that great.
So Indiana looked like a complete pile of cow dung in Game 5 and somehow managed to pull it together in the 4th after going down a couple points. Much of that has to do with the overrated Paul George, and David West. I call Paul George "overrated" mostly as a result of the media rushing to anoint him a "superstar" in the NBA. He's not, but then again, there are times when the media can't tell their behinds from a hole in the ground.
At any rate, Washington was rather poor last night. Indiana, while maintaining at best half of their effectiveness from earlier this season when they looked legitimately great, was able to take advantage easily.
Somehow, Indiana is headed to the conference finals. My hope is that Miami will sweep them...but I doubt that'll happen.
Indiana wins the series 4-2. They move on to the next round.
Last, Oklahoma City vs. Los Angeles.
After the first quarter, it was easy to sit here and think, "well, OKC is waiting for Game 7 to shut it down".
Then they outscored the Clippers in the next three quarters, turning a 14-point deficit into a six-point margin of victory.
Huh?
Steven Adams had a double-double and Reggie Jackson scored 14 off the bench. As usual, Durant and Westbrook poured in the points, but were inefficient shooting the ball (especially Westbrook).
Also, Ibaka went out with an injury, playing only 26 minutes.
I'm still not sure how the Thunder won this one. But they did and they'll face San Antonio in the next round, which could be lopsided or quite tight, depending on the efficiency of Durant and Westbrook. Then again, they might just run over the Spurs like they did a couple years ago anyway, no matter how inefficient they can be.
Oklahoma City wins the series 4-2. They move on to the next round.
Later today...there are no games. Now I really have no idea what to watch.
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