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2018 NBA Playoffs, Anthony Davis, Ben Simmons, Boston Celtics, Cedi Osman, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ersan İlyasova, Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers, James Harden, Jrue Holiday, LeBron James, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Ricky Rubio, Russell Westbrook, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, Victor Oladipo, Washington Wizards
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(3) Portland Trail Blazers 0 – 4 New Orleans Pelicans (6)
I was totally wrong about this matchup. I thought that this would have been a very tough series but it wasn’t. Pelicans swept Trail Blazers. Well it was a surprise for me that Trail Blazers couldn’t win even one game.
14.04.2018 Portland Trail Blazers 95 – 97 New Orleans Pelicans (POR 0 – 1 NOP)
17.04.2018 Portland Trail Blazers 102 – 111 New Orleans Pelicans (POR 0 – 2 NOP)
19.04.2018 New Orleans Pelicans 119 – 102 Portland Trail Blazers (POR 0 – 3 NOP)
21.04.2018 New Orleans Pelicans 131 – 123 Portland Trail Blazers (POR 0 – 4 NOP)
Anthony Davis (NOP): 47 points, 10 rebounds.
Jrue Holiday (NOP): 41 points, 8 assists.
Prediction game: Team guess: 0/1 (0%), score guess 0/1 (0%)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(3) Philadelphia 76ers 4 – 1 Miami Heat (6)
76ers moved to the conference semi-finals as we guessed. 76ers have been playing with a great performance for more than two months and Heat is just an average team.
14.04.2018 Philadelphia 76ers 130 – 103 Miami Heat (PHI 1 – 0 MIA)
Ben Simmons (PHI): 17 points, 14 assists, 9 rebounds.
Ersan İlyasova (PHI): 17 points, 14 rebounds, 1 steal.
Furkan Korkmaz (PHI): 3 points.
16.04.2018 Philadelphia 76ers 103 – 113 Miami Heat (PHI 1 – 1 MIA)
Ersan İlyasova (PHI): 14 points, 11 rebounds, 1 steal. (Game starter)
19.04.2018 Miami Heat 108 – 128 Philadelphia 76ers (PHI 2 – 1)
Ersan İlyasova (PHI): 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block.
21.04.2018 Miami Heat 102 – 106 Philadelphia 76ers (PHI 3 – 1 MIA)
Ben Simmons (PHI): 17 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists.
Ersan İlyasova (PHI): 10 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
24.04.2018 Philadelphia 76ers 104 – 91 Miami Heat (PHI 4 – 1 MIA)
Ersan İlyasova (PHI): 10 rebounds, 5 points, 4 assists, 2 steals.
Prediction game: Team guess: 1/2 (50%), score guess 1/2 (50%)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(2) Golden State Warriors 4 – 1 San Antonio Spurs (7)
San Antonio Spurs era in the NBA in the last two decades came to an end. Well everything has an end. Warriors is a much more better team than Spurs. I thought that Spurs resisted a bit more but no way. Warriors is the number one candidate of NBA champion this year and Spurs came too short to resist Warriors. So Warriors moved to the conference semi finals.
Erin Popovich, the wife of Gregg Popovich, passed away during this series. Our condolences to coach Gregg Popovich.
14.04.2018 Golden State Warriors 113 – 92 San Antonio Spurs (GSW 1 – 0 SAS)
16.04.2018 Golden State Warriors 116 – 101 San Antonio Spurs (GSW 2 – 0 SAS)
19.04.2018 San Antonio Spurs 97 – 110 Golden State Warriors (GSW 3 – 0 SAS)
22.04.2018 San Antonio Spurs 103 – 90 Golden State Warriors (GSW 3 – 1 SAS)
24.04.2018 Golden State Warriors 99 – 91 San Antonio Spurs (GSW 4 – 1 SAS)
Prediction game: Team guess: 2/3 (66.6%), score guess 1/3 (33.3%)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(1) Houston Rockets 4 – 1 Minnesota Timberwolves (8)
Timberwolves didn’t have a chance against such a powerful Rockets and they are eliminated. Rockets moved to the conference semi finals. They are number two candidate for the NBA champion. I think that Rockets and Warriors will face in the western conference finals and I am looking forward to that matchup.
15.04.2018 Houston Rockets 104 – 101 Minnesota Timberwolves (HOU 1 – 0 MIN)
James Harden (HOU): 44 points, 8 assists.
18.04.2018 Houston Rockets 102 – 82 Minnesota Timberwolves (HOU 2 – 0 MIN)
21.04.2018 Minnesota Timberwolves 121 – 105 Houston Rockets (HOU 2 – 1 MIN)
23.04.2018 Minnesota Timberwolves 100 – 119 Houston Rockets (HOU 3 – 1 MIN)
25.04.2018 Houston Rockets 122 – 104 Minnesota Timberwolves (HOU 4 – 1 MIN)
Prediction game: Team guess: 3/4 (75%), score guess 1/4 (25%)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(1) Toronto Raptors 4 – 2 Washington Wizards (8)
I am surprised that Wizards could win two games in this series but they came short against Raptors. Raptors have been a great season so far and they are far better than Wizards.
14.04.2018 Toronto Raptors 114 – 106 Washington Wizards (TOR 1 – 0 WAS)
17.04.2018 Toronto Raptors 130 – 119 Washington Wizards (TOR 2 – 0 WAS)
20.04.2018 Washington Wizards 122 – 103 Toronto Raptors (TOR 2 – 1 WAS)
22.04.2018 Washington Wizards 106 – 98 Toronto Raptors (TOR 2 – 2 WAS)
25.04.2018 Toronto Raptors 108 – 98 Washington Wizards (TOR 3 – 2 WAS)
27.04.2018 Washington Wizards 92 – 102 Toronto Raptors (TOR 4 – 2 WAS)
Prediction game: Team guess: 4/5 (80%), score guess 1/5 (20%)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(4) Oklahoma City Thunder 2 – 4 Utah Jazz (5)
Thunder cannot proceed to any stage with just only Russell Westbrook. The end of the series showed well that the Carmelo Anthony and Paul George transfers to Thunder have failed. Especially Carmelo Anthony has been a quite big disappointment for Thunder during the whole season. Jazz keep their performance also in the playoffs so they beat Thunder as a normal result.
15.04.2018 Oklahoma City Thunder 116 – 108 Utah Jazz (OKC 1 – 0 UTA)
18.04.2018 Oklahoma City Thunder 95 – 102 Utah Jazz (OKC 1 – 1 UTA)
Russell Westbrook (OKC): 19 points, 13 assists, 9 rebounds.
21.04.2018 Utah Jazz 115 – 102 Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC 1 – 2 UTA)
Ricky Rubio (UTA): 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists.
Russell Westbrook (OKC): 14 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists.
23.04.2018 Utah Jazz 113 – 96 Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC 1 – 3 UTA)
25.04.2018 Oklahoma City Thunder 107 – 99 Utah Jazz (OKC 2 – 3 UTA)
Russell Westbrook (OKC): 45 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists.
27.04.2018 Utah Jazz 96 – 91 Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC 2 – 4 UTA)
Russell Westbrook (OKC): 46 points, 10 rebounds.
Prediction game: Team guess: 5/6 (83.3%), score guess 2/6 (33.3%)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(2) Boston Celtics 4 – 3 Milwaukee Bucks (7)
As we guessed Celtics had a very tough series but they could move forward.
15.04.2018 Boston Celtics 113 – 107 Milwaukee Bucks (BOS 1 – 0 MIL)
17.04.2018 Boston Celtics 120 – 106 Milwaukee Bucks (BOS 2 – 0 MIL)
20.04.2018 Milwaukee Bucks 116 – 92 Boston Celtics (BOS 2 – 1 MIL)
22.04.2018 Milwaukee Bucks 104 – 102 Boston Celtics (BOS 2 – 2 MIL)
24.04.2018 Boston Celtics 92 – 87 Milwaukee Bucks (BOS 3 – 2 MIL)
26.04.2018 Milwaukee Bucks 97 – 86 Boston Celtics (BOS 3 – 3 MIL)
28.04.2018 Boston Celtics 112 – 96 Milwaukee Bucks (BOS 4 – 3 MIL)
Prediction game: Team guess: 6/7 (85.7%), score guess 3/7 (42.9%)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(4) Cleveland Cavaliers 4 – 3 Indiana Pacers (5)
Indiana Pacers was a better team than Cavaliers but they didn’t have King James. Cavaliers could move forward with King James factor.
15.04.2018 Cleveland Cavaliers 80 – 98 Indiana Pacers (CLE 0 – 1 IND)
LeBron James (CLE): 24 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds.
Cedi Osman (CLE): 1 rebound.
18.04.2018 Cleveland Cavaliers 100 – 97 Indiana Pacers (CLE 1 – 1 IND)
LeBron James (CLE): 46 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists.
20.04.2018 Indiana Pacers 92 – 90 Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE 1 – 2 IND)
22.04.2018 Indiana Pacers 100 – 104 Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE 2 – 2 IND)
25.04.2018 Cleveland Cavaliers 98 – 95 Indiana Pacers (CLE 3 – 2 IND)
LeBron James (CLE): 44 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists.
27.04.2018 Indiana Pacers 121 – 87 Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE 3 – 3 IND)
Victor Oladipo (IND): 28 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists.
Cedi Osman (CLE): 2 points, 1 steal.
29.04.2018 Cleveland Cavaliers 105 – 101 Indiana Pacers (CLE 4 – 3 IND)
LeBron James (CLE): 45 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals.