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The NBA Finals 2017 On Wednesday, the Denver Nuggets smacked the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-113 thanks to a 73-point first half. That’s exactly the type of win the Nuggets need to retain their now 1.5 game lead in the Western Conference playoff race for the No. 8 seed — a home game, but one against a top team that they desperately need to beat. NBA Finals 2017 Live
NBA Finals 2017 Live Yet when you look at FiveThirtyEight’s statistical prediction model, Denver has only a 38 percent chance of making the playoffs. The team that’s 1.5 games back of the Nuggets right now, the Portland Trail Blazers, are given a 60 percent chance. Making up that game-and-a-half with about 11 games left isn’t insignificant. But when you look at the schedules, it becomes clear why Portland is the favorite to surge ahead.
Watch NBA Finals 2017 Live Denver has 11 games left, with eight coming on the road. The Nuggets have won 54 percent of their home games but only 39 percent on the road, where they’ll spent five straight games during one nine-day trip. They play their final two games of the season on the road, as well.
NBA Finals 2017 Live Stream For Portland, there are 12 games remaining — with only three more happening away from home. The Trail Blazers have the slightly tougher schedule — two games against Utah, one against Houston, and one vs. San Antonio — but they’ve come on strong since the All-Star break, invigorated by the trade for Jusuf Nurkic. Since then, they’ve won nine of their 14 games.
NBA Finals 2017 Live Online One game is the biggest factor between who wins the seeding: the Nuggets playing in Portland on March 28. It’s impossible to overstate how enormous that matchup NBA Finals 2017 Live and the guaranteed one-game swing in either direction — is for both teams. The Blazers and their glut of home games could certainly still prevail if they lose that game, and Denver isn’t safe if they win. But it will go a long way toward determining who makes it.
While both teams still have issues to sort out, the Cavaliers and Warriors remain heavy favorites to reach the NBA Finals for a third straight year, setting up a trilogy the likes of which the league has never seen.But don’t pencil in Warriors-Cavs III just yet. Behind the two star–studded squads is a host of challengers looking to crash the party.
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