On the seventh day, god rested. Or so I’m told. Few NBA players will though, many of them having to play a seventh game in this glorious first round of playoff action.
We now have at least three of them on our hands, the most ever in first round playoff history.
The Nets, Mavericks and Rockets also have the chance to send their respective series to seven games on Saturday. The most final game showdowns the NBA playoff campaign has had is five, in 1994.
Here are the latest results:
Warriors 100 versus Clippers 99 (series tied at 3-3)
Let’s go with some rapid fire points on this one.
Steph Curry scored 24 points and dished out nine assists. Chris Paul appeared to still be bothered by a tight left hamstring, a problem rarely helped by playing seven games in Round 1.
Baby Davis’ main contributions for the night included indefensibly poor defence, highlighted by inconceivably slow rotations, and injuring previously resurrected veteran Jermaine O’Neal.
Golden State’s Bogut-less big man line-up managed to limit DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin offensively, even after O’Neal left the game. DJ still grabbed a lazy 19 boards, picking balls out of the air like apples off a tree.
Anyway. Now to Game 7 in LA on Saturday night. Let’s get it on.
Pacers 95 versus Hawks 88 (series tied 3-3)
In other game seven news, the under-talented and overachieving Hawks will meet the talented and underachieving Pacers in a decider.
David “well I’ll be buggered if I came to Indy to lose in the first round” West had no plans of going home early and got down and did the dirty work, lunch pail in hand. West finished with 24 points, 12 of them coming in the fourth as the Pacers finished off the game, and the Hawks, on a 16-4 run.
Paul George chimed in with 24 points of his own while Jeff Teague provided the most resistance with a career playoff high 29 points.
Shifting gears without shifting games, there’s a good chance plenty of people don’t know who Mike Scott is. Well, Ian Mahinmi sure as hell does now, after Scott’s enthusiastic abuse of both Mahinmi and the rim this evening.
One of the factors that keeps this particular Game 7 interesting (and there aren’t many), is that if Indiana lose it’ll top off what has unquestionably been one of the greatest mid-season meltdowns in NBA history. I’m yet to hear from anyone who’s ever seen anything like it in all their glory-filled days.
Meanwhile, don’t the Atlanta Hawks just love a first round Game 7? Saturday’s decider will be their fourth one since 2008. The best part of this being that it gives me a chance to post this timeless video almost annually.
Thunder 104 versus Grizzlies 84 (series tied 3-3)
The Daily Oklamhoman made headlines today by, well, making a headline.
The page in question featured a photo of Kevin Durant, with “Mr Unreliable” plastered in bold font above it.
Bearing in mind, this is the very same Durant who scores 30 points just about every single night. Although it is quite possible a Memphis fan seized control of the newspaper overnight and is trolling the entire state of Oklahoma.
With his championship-aspiring team facing a first round exit and his city’s headliners being total meanies, Durant responded the way great player’s do when their back is against the wall: simply refused to let their team lose.
Durant dropped a 36-point, 10-rebound bombshell on the Grizzlies to force, guess what, Game 7.
Durant did much of his work in the paint early on, scoring like it came as naturally as breathing, his absurdly long limbs prominent and flailing in a wild flurry throughout.
Additionally, Durant’s mate Steven Adams hosted a block party and 20,000 people turned up.
With Mike Conley’s health questionable, and OKC possessing the best player in the series, not to mention home court advantage, I just have to pick the Thunder to advance.
Although, it’s always so dangerous to count out the gritty Grizzlies.
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