(4)LA Clippers vs. (5)Utah Game 1: Saturday, April 15 Utah at LA 9:30pm ESPN Game 2: Tuesday, April 18 Utah at LA 9:30pm TNT Game 3: Friday, April 21 LA at Utah 9:00pm ESPN2 Game 4: Sunday, April 23 LA at Utah 8:00pm TNT Game 5* Tuesday, April 25 Utah at LA Game 6* Friday, April 28 LA at Utah Game 7* Sunday, April 30 Utah at LA
Closely contested series. In Game 7, Clippers will have a big lead in first half and ultimately collapse in the 4th quarter. Doc Rivers will be fired. Austin Ricers will be waived.
Despiye being the most evenly matched pairing - series offers a unique combination of being low interest and late 1030 EST starts Won't watch, in 4-7 games.
Am I the only one rooting for the Clips? If the Jazz flame out in Round 1, that could increase the odds of Hayward bolting for another team(including ours).
Yup, same here. And even if he eventually goes to Boston (which is what i expect) that may open one more chance for us to go after George since maybe Boston is not going to trade for PG if they get Hayward...again, maybe. I'm very torn about this series though, i think it can really go both ways and i wonder if the Clippers are going to make their possible last big choke...i'm still going to give them a little edge here, for one last time lol
I just want Hayward to leave the Jazz. If he heads East, so be it. But Utah would be crippled without him. That's one less up-and-coming team to worry about in the West. That would leave only the Warriors and Spurs in our way. Golden State has enough to worry about with their own crop of free agents all looking to get paid(Curry, Durant, Iggy, Livingston). And San Antonio has to replace their aging supporting cast around Kawhi.
I agree. but also like @count_dough-ku's strategy of rooting for a disgruntled Haywood to happen if Utah gets bounced easily in the 1st round.
Ranking every NBA playoff series by upset potential 2. LA Clippers (4) vs. Utah Jazz (5) In terms of team ability, Clippers-Jazz is easily this year's closest first-round series. Home-court advantage between the two teams was decided by tiebreaker, and they posted similar point differentials (plus-4.3 for the Clippers, plus-3.9 for the Jazz) as well as identical records. Nonetheless, the Clippers are healthy favorites. Home-court advantage is big -- even when the favorite has an edge in point differential between 0 and 0.5 points per game, like this season's Clippers, they've won best-of-seven series 63 percent of the time since 2000. And since head-to-head performance has been an important indicator, and the Clippers won the season series 3-1, which pushes their chances of winning even higher. Upset probability: 26 percent