2025-05 Blog Archive
It’s Game 1 of the second round. The Warriors went into Minnesota and walked away with a 99-88 victory over the Timberwolves—a result many expected, but not in the way it unfolded. Golden State dominated without Stephen Curry for most of the night, and while the team as a whole proved it could ...
- 05-07
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Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals was supposed to be business as usual for the Boston Celtics. Coming in with a perfect 4-0 regular season record against the New York Knicks, the No. 1 seed in the East looked poised to steamroll a team that had yet to notch a single win this year against ...
- 05-06
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It was supposed to be a statement win. The Oklahoma City Thunder had Game 1 of their second-round matchup against the defending champion Denver Nuggets in the bag—or so it seemed. Up by nine points with just under three minutes left, the youngest team in the playoffs had outpaced, out-executed, a...
- 05-06
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The Houston Rockets’ season came to an abrupt end in a painful Game 7 loss to the Golden State Warriors. At home, with the crowd roaring and the stakes sky-high, the Rockets collapsed in stunning fashion, falling 103-89 and becoming the latest victim of the dreaded 3-6 upset — a 黑七 (hei qi)...
- 05-05
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When the final buzzer sounded at the Toyota Center, it wasn't just the end of Game 7 — it felt like the premature conclusion of a promising season. The Houston Rockets, the No. 2 seed in the West, had been eliminated in a shocking 103-89 home loss to the battle-tested Golden State Warriors. A fir...
- 05-05
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The Denver Nuggets are back in the second round, and they didn’t just sneak in—they stormed through the door. In a 120-101 blowout win over the Clippers in Game 7, the reigning champions made a thunderous statement. Sure, many expected Denver to advance, but few could’ve predicted such a clin...
- 05-04
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The Los Angeles Clippers were 12 minutes away from potential redemption—a Game 7 showdown on the road in Denver, a stage where legacies are built and dreams are either realized or crushed. But instead of writing the next chapter in a resilient playoff run, the Clippers imploded, suffering a bruta...
- 05-04
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The Golden State Warriors had everything set up for a classic closeout. Back home in Chase Center, fueled by pride and a seasoned roster, many believed they’d put the feisty Houston Rockets to bed in Game 6. But instead of advancing, they ran into a brick wall—two of them, actually. Alperen Şe...
- 05-03
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“I kept running, just to catch up with the version of myself that once carried all the hope.” That quote from Shaun Livingston encapsulates a life shaped not only by basketball, but by unimaginable adversity, personal reinvention, and quiet greatness.
Livingston's name doesn't resonate in the s...
- 05-03
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The Milwaukee Bucks are out. Again.
For the third straight year, the Bucks were bounced from the first round of the NBA Playoffs—each time in gentlemen’s sweep fashion, losing 1-4, never once looking like true title contenders. Since hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy in 2021, Milwaukee has wo...
- 05-03
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