Community Picks: Indiana Pacers 0% vs Cleveland Cavaliers 0%

The Cavaliers come into the playoffs on a four-game losing streak, while the Pacers went on a five-game win streak to end their season and earn a spot in the playoffs. While momentum may factor into things, the Cavaliers did win their regular season series 3-1 and will look to do more of the the same in the playoffs as they make another run at the NBA Finals. Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 9:00:am EST

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images ABC and ESPN will televise four games on Saturday. At long last, the first day of the 2017 NBA playoffs has arrived, and Saturday has a four-game slate to kick off the postseason after an 82-game affair. Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 9:00:am EST

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Given his incredible playoff success, calling LeBron James a "hit man" in the postseason is applicable in so many ways. In Game 1 of this first-round series with the Indiana Pacers, it meant "hitting" Paul George late in Cleveland's 109-108 victory to make him give up the ball instead of taking the last shot. The Pacers had the ball out of bounds with 10.6 seconds left and got it to George. A dynamic scorer who lit up the Cavs for 43 points on April 2 and had 29 points already in this game, he was obviously a focal point for Cleveland's defense. J.R. Smith, who had guarded George for much of the game, was already on him. James blitzed George almost right away, who gave it up Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 1:00:am EST

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- At 12:48 p.m., more than two hours prior to tipoff of Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers, a stoic LeBron James stepped foot onto the Quicken Loans Arena floor for his pregame warmup session.  Flanked by Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones, James hoisted shots from all over the court. He worked on his 3-point stroke, post-up moves, off-the-dribble pull-ups and capped his session, which lasted nearly 30 minutes, with free throws.  You can watch a snippet of his warmup in the video above.  The second-seeded Cavaliers begin their title defense against the seventh-seeded Indiana Pacers Saturday afternoon.  Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 1:00:am EST

The BDL crew makes their playoff predictions. (Thanks to Amber Matsumoto on graphics.) Let the games begin. The 2016-17 regular season is behind us. The awards ballots have been cast. And not it’s now time for the NBA Playoffs. In addition to our predictions Continue to Article

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