The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics will face each other in the Eastern Conference Finals. Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is Monday night in Miami. The winner advances to the 2012 NBA Finals against the victor of the San Antonio-Oklahoma City series. Here’s a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals:
The Oklahoma City Thunder may have defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to advance to the NBA’s Western Conference finals, but the downtown scene took a turn for the dangerous.
Kyrie Irving only recently won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, but the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard aged a few decades for this Pepsi MAX commercial that’s currently going viral.
What happened at Madison Square Garden on Sunday only prolonged the inevitable for the Knicks. New York found a way to win a playoff game to end their NBA record postseason losing streak (13), but proved to be no match for the Miami Heat in Game 5 Wednesday night.
Carmelo Anthony had 41, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play, helping the Knicks end their NBA-record 13 game playoff losing streak.
The New York Knicks may be without Amar'e Stoudemire for Game 3, or longer after he punched the glass casing of a fire extinguisher at AmericanAirlines Arena.