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NBA Game of the Day: Dallas Mavericks at Atlanta Hawks

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April 26, 2012

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Today’s Games (All times are Eastern):

 

Thursday, Apr. 26 Visitor Home Prediction
8:00 PM Dallas Mavericks Atlanta Hawks Mavericks
8:00 PM Milwaukee Bucks Boston Celtics Celtics
8:00 PM Cleveland Cavaliers Chicago Bulls Bulls
8:00 PM Philadelphia 76ers Detroit Pistons Pistons
8:00 PM New Orleans Hornets Houston Rockets Rockets
8:00 PM Denver Nuggets Minnesota Timberwolves Nuggets
8:00 PM Portland Trail Blazers Utah Jazz Trail Blazers
8:00 PM Miami Heat Washington Wizards Heat
8:00 PM New Jersey Nets Toronto Raptors Raptors
8:00 PM Orlando Magic Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies
8:00 PM New York Knicks Charlotte Bobcats Knicks
10:30 PM San Antonio Spurs Golden State Warriors Warriors
10:30 PM Los Angeles Lakers Sacramento Kings Lakers

NBA fans, the final day of this 66-game, lockout-shortened season is here and there are 13 games on the slate. Today’s NBA Game of the Day is the first and only contest of the season between the Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks—two teams that still have something to play for.

Dallas currently sits in the seventh spot in the Western Conference, one game behind the sixth-place Denver Nuggets. Since the Mavericks own the tiebreaker, they can move into the sixth spot with a win tonight and a Nuggets loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Hawks are locked in the fifth spot and will face the fourth-seeded Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Whether that series will begin in Atlanta or Boston will be determined by the results of tonight’s games. If the Hawks defeat the Mavericks, Atlanta will earn home-court advantage against Boston no matter what the Celtics do tonight. However, if Atlanta loses and Boston gets a victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Celtics and Hawks will finish the season with identical 39-27 records. In that case, since the Celtics won the head-to-head matchups 2-1, the series would open in Boston by virtue of the tiebreaker.

Yesterday’s Results:

 

Visitor Home Prediction Result
Washington Wizards 96 Cleveland Cavaliers 85 Wizards Wizards
Chicago Bulls 92 Indiana Pacers 87 Bulls Bulls
Charlotte Bobcats 95 Orlando Magic 102 Magic Magic
Philadelphia 76ers 90 Milwaukee Bucks 85 Bucks 76ers
Los Angeles Clippers 93 New York Knicks 99 Knicks Knicks
Denver Nuggets 106 Oklahoma City Thunder 101 Nuggets Nuggets
San Antonio Spurs 110 Phoenix Suns 106 Spurs Spurs

Random NBA Fan’s Record in Yesterday’s Games: 6-1
Random NBA Fan’s Record for the Season: 604-373

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NBA Game of the Day: Philadelphia 76ers at New Jersey Nets

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April 23, 2012

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Today’s Games (All times are Eastern):

 

Monday, Apr. 23 Visitor Home Prediction
7:00 PM Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Pacers
7:00 PM Charlotte Bobcats Washington Wizards Wizards
7:30 PM Philadelphia 76ers New Jersey Nets Nets
8:00 PM Toronto Raptors Milwaukee Bucks Bucks
8:00 PM Cleveland Cavaliers Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies
8:30 PM Portland Trail Blazers San Antonio Spurs Trail Blazers

The Philadelphia 76ers will have an opportunity to clinch the final Eastern Conference playoff berth when they visit the New Jersey Nets in today’s NBA Game of the Day. This will be the fourth and final meeting between these two teams. The Nets lead the season series 2-1.

If Philadelphia wins tonight and ties the series 2-2, the 76ers will also earn their second straight trip to the postseason. Even if they lose, the 76ers can still clinch a playoff spot with a Milwaukee Bucks loss to the Toronto Raptors.

The Nets, who will move to Brooklyn next season, will be playing their final home game in New Jersey before concluding their season with a visit to Toronto on Thursday, April 26. If they can win their home finale, the Nets’ 35-year run of futility and misfortune in New Jersey will end on a somewhat unfamiliar note.

Yesterday’s Results:

 

Visitor Home Prediction Result
New York Knicks 113 Atlanta Hawks 112 Hawks Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder 106 Los Angeles Lakers 114 Lakers Lakers
Toronto Raptors 73 Detroit Pistons 76 Pistons Pistons
Houston Rockets 88 Miami Heat 97 Heat Heat
Sacramento Kings 114 Charlotte Bobcats 88 Bobcats Kings
Golden State Warriors 93 Minnesota Timberwolves 88 Timberwolves Warriors
Cleveland Cavaliers 98 San Antonio Spurs 114 Spurs Spurs
Orlando Magic 74 Denver Nuggets 101 Magic Nuggets
New Orleans Hornets 98 Los Angeles Clippers 107 Clippers Clippers

Random NBA Fan’s Record in Yesterday’s Games: 5-4
Random NBA Fan’s Record for the Season: 592-367

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NBA Game of the Day: Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns

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April 21, 2012

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Today’s Games (All times are Eastern):

 

Saturday, Apr. 21 Visitor Home Prediction
5:30 PM Denver Nuggets Phoenix Suns Nuggets
7:00 PM Philadelphia 76ers Indiana Pacers Pacers
7:30 PM Washington Wizards Miami Heat Heat
8:00 PM Dallas Mavericks Chicago Bulls Mavericks
8:00 PM Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Rockets
8:00 PM Portland Trail Blazers Memphis Grizzlies Trail Blazers
8:30 PM New Jersey Nets Milwaukee Bucks Bucks
10:30 PM Orlando Magic Utah Jazz Magic

With just a game and a half separating them, the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns will continue their fight for the last two spots in the Western Conference playoffs in today’s NBA Game of the Day. This is the third of three regular season meetings between these teams. Denver won the first two games and already own the tiebreaker should the Nuggets and Suns finish the season with the same record.

For the seventh-place Nuggets, who lead the Suns and Utah Jazz (who are tied for eighth and ninth) by a game and a half in the Western Conference standings, today is really simple: Win and you secure a playoff berth.

For Phoenix things are not as cut and dry. A Suns win would not guarantee Steve Nash and company a trip to the playoffs, but it would help them maintain the eighth spot (Phoenix owns the head-to-head tiebreaker with Utah) and get them one step closer to a trip to the postseason. A loss would not mathematically eliminate Phoenix from the playoff race. But a Suns loss coupled with a Jazz win (versus the Dwight Howard-less Orlando Magic) would drop Phoenix down to ninth place, a full game behind Utah, with just two games remaining to make up the deficit.

Yesterday’s Results:

 

Visitor Home Prediction Result
Boston Celtics 92 Atlanta Hawks 97 Hawks Hawks
Memphis Grizzlies 85 Charlotte Bobcats 80 Grizzlies Grizzlies
New York Knicks 90 Cleveland Cavaliers 98 Knicks Cavaliers
Golden State Warriors 94 Dallas Mavericks 104 Mavericks Mavericks
Los Angeles Lakers 97 San Antonio Spurs 121 Lakers Spurs
Oklahoma City Thunder 103 Sacramento Kings 92 Thunder Thunder

Random NBA Fan’s Record in Yesterday’s Games: 4-2
Random NBA Fan’s Record for the Season: 584-358

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NBA Game of the Day: Boston Celtics at Orlando Magic

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April 18, 2012

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Today’s Games (All times are Eastern):

 

Wednesday, Apr. 18 Visitor Home Prediction
7:00 PM Chicago Bulls Charlotte Bobcats Bulls
7:00 PM Milwaukee Bucks Washington Wizards Bucks
7:00 PM Philadelphia 76ers Cleveland Cavaliers Cavaliers
7:30 PM Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks Hawks
7:30 PM New York Knicks New Jersey Nets Knicks
7:30 PM Toronto Raptors Miami Heat Heat
8:00 PM Orlando Magic Boston Celtics Magic
8:00 PM New Orleans Hornets Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies
8:30 PM Houston Rockets Dallas Mavericks Mavericks
9:00 PM Los Angeles Clippers Denver Nuggets Nuggets
10:00 PM Utah Jazz Portland Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
10:00 PM Oklahoma City Thunder Phoenix Suns Suns
10:00 PM San Antonio Spurs Sacramento Kings Kings
10:30 PM Los Angeles Lakers Golden State Warriors Lakers

NBA fans, 28 of the league’s 30 teams are in action today. Today’s NBA Game of the Day between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic is a potential preview of an Eastern Conference first-round series. This will be the third and final regular-season meeting between these two teams. The Celtics lead the season series 2-0.

Boston, by virtue of leading the Atlantic Division, currently sits in the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference standings. Although the Celtics have one of the top four seeds, they do not have one of the four-best records in the East (both the Magic and Atlanta Hawks, who are tied for fifth and sixth have better records). If Boston finishes the season with a worse record than either Atlanta or Orlando, the Celtics will open the playoffs on the road for the first time since 2007, when they missed the postseason altogether.

The Magic can increase their half-game lead over the Celtics to one and a half games with a victory in tonight’s game.

Yesterday’s Results:

 

Visitor Home Prediction Result
Indiana Pacers 102 Philadelphia 76ers 97 76ers Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers 77 Detroit Pistons 116 Pistons Pistons
Boston Celtics 110 New York Knicks 118 Knicks Knicks
Memphis Grizzlies 91 Minnesota Timberwolves 84 Grizzlies Grizzlies
San Antonio Spurs 112 Los Angeles Lakers 91 Lakers Spurs

Random NBA Fan’s Record in Yesterday’s Games: 3-2
Random NBA Fan’s Record for the Season: 570-347

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NBA Game of the Day: Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

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April 16, 2012

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Today’s Games (All times are Eastern):

 

Monday, Apr. 16 Visitor Home Prediction
7:00 PM Atlanta Hawks Toronto Raptors Raptors
7:00 PM Minnesota Timberwolves Indiana Pacers Pacers
7:00 PM Philadelphia 76ers Orlando Magic 76ers
7:00 PM New Orleans Hornets Charlotte Bobcats Hornets
7:30 PM Miami Heat New Jersey Nets Heat
8:00 PM Denver Nuggets Houston Rockets Rockets
8:00 PM Washington Wizards Chicago Bulls Bulls
9:00 PM Dallas Mavericks Utah Jazz Jazz
10:00 PM Portland Trail Blazers Phoenix Suns Suns
10:30 PM Oklahoma City Thunder Los Angeles Clippers Thunder
10:30 PM San Antonio Spurs Golden State Warriors Spurs

The Houston Rockets will host the Denver Nuggets in today’s NBA Game of the Day.  This will be the fourth and final meeting between these teams this season.  Last night, the Nuggets won the first game of this home-and-home 101-86 and moved a game ahead of the eighth-place Rockets in the Western Conference standings.

To make sure that they remain within the top eight in the West, the Rockets need to win tonight’s game.  A Houston loss coupled with a Phoenix Suns victory over the Portland Trail Blazers would drop the Rockets down to ninth place.  Although Houston and Phoenix would have identical 32-29 records, the Suns would be the eighth-place team because they own the head-to-head tiebreaker (better conference record).

With a win, Denver would move two games ahead of Houston in the standings and clinch the tiebreaker should the Nuggets and Rockets finish the season with the same record.  A Nuggets win would also keep Denver within striking distance of the Dallas Mavericks for the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

Yesterday’s Results:

 

Visitor Home Prediction Result
Miami Heat 93 New York Knicks 85 Knicks Heat
Dallas Mavericks 108 Los Angeles Lakers 112 Lakers Lakers
Orlando Magic 100 Cleveland Cavaliers 84 Magic Magic
Chicago Bulls 100 Detroit Pistons 94 Bulls Bulls
Portland Trail Blazers 103 Sacramento Kings 104 Trail Blazers Kings
Boston Celtics 94 Charlotte Bobcats 82 Bobcats Celtics
Toronto Raptors 102 Atlanta Hawks 86 Hawks Raptors
Memphis Grizzlies 75 New Orleans Hornets 88 Hornets Hornets
Houston Rockets 86 Denver Nuggets 101 Nuggets Nuggets

Random NBA Fan’s Record in Yesterday’s Games: 5-4
Random NBA Fan’s Record for the Season: 561-340

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