AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

NBA Playoffs Five Things News

NBA Playoffs Five Things News From AOL News

5 Things: Pivotal Game 3's Friday Night

By Matt MooreApr 24th 2009 – 9:00AM

Five Things takes a look at five things to watch out for in marquee games with playoff implications.We've got a trifecta of Game 3's on Friday. We've got an Eastern Powerhouse trying to prolong its relevance, and the new Eastern Order trying to showcase how dominant it really is. We have a scrappy underdog showing you that...

5 Things: Orlando's Playoffs Start Tonight

By Matt MooreMar 17th 2009 – 12:00PM

Five Things takes a look at five things to watch out for in marquee games with playoff implications. Tuesday's Magic-Cavs showdown (7 PM ET) is one such romp.Orlando's playoffs start tonight. Sure, the Magic have locked up a playoff appearance and are virtual locks for the third seed in the East. But the Magic's season at...

5 Things to Keep an Eye on: Cavaliers at Wizards, Game 3

By Matt MooreApr 24th 2008 – 6:31PM

In another of our continuing series, five things to keep an eye out for tonight in the Cavs-Wizards Game 3 tonight.1. Let Sleeping Global Icons Lie: It would be at this point that the Wizards need to shut up and dance. No more useless fouls, no more discussions of rap artists. You're home, you're down 0-2, and you have...

5 Things to Keep an Eye on: 76ers at Pistons, Game 2

By Matt MooreApr 23rd 2008 – 5:16PM

In another of our continuing series, five things to keep an eye out for tonight in the 76ers-Pistons Game 2 tonight.1. Shock And Awe: Admit it. You didn't see it coming either. The question now is whether Detroit can get their mojo back and put a righteous beatdown on the upstart kiddos. Detroit has a penchant for taking...

NBA Playoffs Five Things News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Lakers Won't Beat Thunder Until They Adapt Game Plan

By Jordan Schultz May 15th 2012 - 12:45PM

The prevailing theory that an NBA Playoff series doesn't officially start until the home team loses a game may still hold true under most circumstances, but in the case of Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers, Game 1 Monday night showed us that sometimes it is just that -- a theory.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

The End: Lakers Outlast Nuggets In Game 7

By Chris.Greenberg@huffingtonpost.com(Chris Greenberg) May 14th 2012 - 09:51AM

Pau Gasol was consumed by determination, holding off Kenneth Faried with one arm and relentlessly tipping the ball at the hoop with the other in the fourth quarter of Game 7.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Clippers Enforcer Whistled For Bizarre Technical Foul

By Michael Klopman May 12th 2012 - 01:28PM

The Clippers-Grizzlies first-round series may be the most physical series of the playoffs thus far.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Kevin Durant Impersonates Russell Westbrook for Sprint

By David Berri May 09th 2012 - 06:44PM

If you have been watching the NBA recently -- and with the playoffs going on, you should be -- you may have seen the following ad for Sprint: Often people don't pay attention to what people say in ads.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

The (Near) Perfect NBA Playoff Game

By Terry Lyons May 07th 2012 - 11:40AM

A funny thing happened at an NBA Playoff game this weekend and it wasn't even noticed.

Background on NBA Playoffs Five Things

more at wikipedia ยป