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With the Atlanta Hawks’ victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, the semifinals of the NBA playoffs are officially set. Here’s the lowdown on what I think each team needs to do in their series to advance onwards. Eastern Conference Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics Game One of this series was completed on Saturday, as the Cavs beat Boston to take a 1-0 series lead. Cleveland’s ...

In case you were living under a rock, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-89 on Sunday. San Antonio leads the series 3-1 and can advance to the second round with a win over Dallas on Tuesday night. Coming into the playoffs, the Mavericks were a hot pick to emerge out of the Western Conference and play for an NBA title. They had just acquired two impact players from ...

With the NBA playoffs underway, it’s time to recap the 2009-2010 season and dish out some awards to well-deserving players. Here are my picks along with reasoning for each category. Feel free to comment and chime in on what you agree and disagree with. Portions of this article also appeared on vype.com and vype.com/dfw.Begin Slideshow

If I were to start a sports version of Oprah’s book club, Bill Simmons’s The Book of Basketball would top the list. Covering the history of the NBA from the days of slow white dudes through 2009, Simmons provides his usual humor throughout all 700-plus pages. The large majority of the book focuses on the top 100 players of all time, a topic always hotly debated by hoops fans. Here’s ...

There are a few annual sporting events on my must-see TV list, even if it means doing my homework at 2 AM so I can watch them: ùThe AFC/NFC championship games ùThe Super Bowl ùAny Redskins game ùAny Wizards playoff game ùThe NBA Finals ùNBA All-Star Weekend á Why, you might be wondering, is All-Star Weekend included in a group full of legitimate games? Because it showcases the most talented athletes in the world as they try to ...

On Christmas, a day in which wars have been put on hold and even Kobe and Shaq bear hugged on national TV, LA Lakers fans decided to throw their foam fingers and water bottles onto the court during a blowout loss to Cleveland. Maybe it was Los AngelesÆs unique way of giving back.á More than likely though, itÆs part of the deterioration of any sort of sportsmanship between the fans, players ...

The Good --The Celtics have absolutely obliterated their first four opponents by a margin of nearly 20 points. Kevin Garnett isnÆt logging heavy minutes yet, so it will be interesting to see how his knees react to increased playing time as the season progresses. --The Magic have looked very impressive thus far. Dwight Howard is playing like a beast inside, and Orlando is still stroking those three pointers. --How about those Miami Heat? ...

Here it is--the 2010 Western Conference preview. Read on to find out the fate of the defending champion Lakers, the new-look Spurs, the sneaky Nuggets, along with other squads. Want more NBA previews? Click below for my Eastern Conference preview. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/270906-nba-predictions-2k10-eastern-conference Begin Slideshow