Forum: NBA Basketball Handicapping

This series is tied at 2 games apiece after the Mavs won Game 44 with yet another 4th quarter comeback. LeBron James must step up on offense in Game...

The Mavs lost Game 1 of the NBA finals even though they held the Heat to only 38.8% shooting from the floor. The reason the Mavs lost is that they...

The Mavs take on the Heat tonight in Miami in Game 1 of the NBA finals and the Heat have yet to lose at home in the post-season. The Mavs won both...

The Bulls are down 3-1 after losing 3 straight games for the first time all season. To avoid a 4-game losing streak and an exit in this series they...

The Bulls are down 2-1 in this series and they have lost the last 2 games with bad shooting and poor defense. The Bulls hang their hats on their D...

The Heat took back home court advantage with their Game 2 win and Chicago must bounce back from a horrid performance in that game. Derrick Rose did...

The Bulls won Game 1 and after the game was tied at halftime the Bulls came out on fire in the 2nd half and ended up winning by 21 points. LeBron...

The series is in Memphis tonight with the Thunder having a 3-2 lead after winning their last 2 games. The Grizzlies have not shot well in the last 2...

The Hawks lost Game 5 and only scored 83 points, but they did not shoot that bad and the reason they lost was that they could not stop Derrick Rose,...

The Grizzlies lost in triple OT in Game 4 and with the win the Thunder got home court advantage back. For the Grizzlies to win tonight they must...

The Heat won Game 4 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in this series and after playing solid D against the Big 3 of Miami in Game 3 Wade, James, and Bosh...

The Hawks won Game 4 to knot this series at 2-2 and in that game they shot nearly 50% from the floor and the Bulls have get back to playing solid...

The Celtics won Game 3 to get back in this series and they won with their defense. In that game they held the Heat to 42.5% shooting and 21.7%...

The Thunder lost Game 3 in OT and now they are down 1-2 in this series and no longer have home court advantage. That is pretty big since the Memphis...

The Lakers are in a huge 0-3 hole in this series and not team has ever come back in the playoffs after losing their first 3 games of the series. They...

The Lakers are in a 0-2 hole and this game is pretty much a must win since no team has ever come back from a 0-3 hole in the playoffs. The Lakers...

The Hawks lost Game 2 to even up this series at a game apiece and the reason they lost was that Chicago played stellar defense holding Atlanta to...

The Grizzlies came out on fire in Game 1 scoring 114 points in a win. The Thunder did not play good D in the game and Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol...

The Celtics lost Game 1 of this series and after struggling against them all season Dwayne Wade had 38 points in the game. While he and LeBron played...

The Bulls have had some time to rest and come into this series fresh and one more thing they have going for them is that they will not have to face...