Nba playoffs

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• The Western Conference finalists from a year ago will meet in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs. The Oklahoma City Thunder have had to wait just 66 games to get an opportunity to exact revenge on the Dallas Mavericks.
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• On the first afternoon of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the NBA postseason took a dramatic turn. The top-seeded Chicago Bulls were the days biggest losers despite an easy victory against Philadelphia.
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• The NBA playoffs have arrived and its time to see if playoff-fever will catch in Central Florida. With Dwight Howard out for the rest of the season, the Magic finds itself minus its star player.
(Orlando Magic vs. Indiana Pacers: Game 3 - WFTV)
• The Chicago Bulls opened the NBA playoffs with a costly victory as they lost reigning Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose to a left knee injury for the remainder of the post-season.
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• Gregg Popovich has done a masterful job in recent years turning San Antonio from a grind-it-out, defense-oriented team to one that quickens the tempo and scores in bunches.
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• After last year's embarrassing upset at the hands of the Grizzlies, the Spurs won't take the Jazz lightly. But this series will be a challenge for the West's top seed.
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• Skinny: No Howard, no problem for the Pacers. The Pacers will advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2005.
(Desert Sun)
• The first-round of the 2012 NBA playoffs boasts some incredible player match-ups. It all starts and ends with the one that pins Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James against each other for the first time ever in the postseason.
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• Chuck Cooperstein has seen every Mavs game this season — and that means hes seen the good and the bad from the defending champs. Well, its been an unusual year just because so much of the team that won the title isnt here.
(Daily Oklahoman)