It looked like the NBA might be headed for a weekend of drama, with six first-round series having potential Game 7s and three of them needing only the home team to hold serve in Game 6. But close-outs were the theme of Thursday and Friday night, and only Brooklyn-Chicago will reach a decisive seventh game. We’ll run through the six games of the last two nights, starting with Nets-Bulls.
With six first-round series still up for grabs, today’s NBA commentary will run through where we stand on all the matchups. All have completed four games, with Brooklyn-Chicago being five deep. We’ll start with a soundbite summary and then go into more detail.
The long road of the regular season and the playoffs are set to start on Saturday. TheSportsNotebook breaks down the four first-round matchups in the Eastern Conference. We’ll open with the three points that I’d consider the most important to remember for each series, expound with some analysis and then conclude with some type of historical tidbit, and a prediction