Four Games, All Game 6’s, One Night. Anything Is Possible!
For the first time in the history the NBA we have total of four game 6’s on the same night. The Knicks open up tonight at Boston to avoid a game 7 at home with the possibility of becoming the first team in NBA history to blow a 3-0 series lead (circa 2004 NY Yankees). New York wore funeral black attires on Wednesday, but Boston felt disrespected and motivated to win game 5 to extend the series.
The Hawks have won 13 straight games at home against the Indiana Pacers who were believed to be the sleeper team of the East but some of us are going to continue to sleep. Neither team in the series has won an away game, which we’re curious if the Pacers are ready to take the next step and end the series tonight.
Oklahoma City has lost consecutive games and now find themselves in an extended series they did not want to see with the possibility of being the last team escape the Western Conference first round. Without Westbrook in the lineup, OKC’s showed signs of fatigue in the later stretches of each meeting, shown in their game 4 collapse (literally). Houston has a legitimate shot at the series but it starts tonight with a must-win game at home tonight.
Check after the jump for start times of each game.
New York at Boston 7pm ET on ESPN (Knicks Lead Series 3-2)
Indiana at Atlanta 7pm ET on ESPN 2 (Pacers Lead Series 3-2)
Oklahoma City at Houston 9:30pm ET on ESPN (Thunder Lead Series 3-2)
LA Clippers at Memphis 9:30pm ET on ESPN2 (Grizzlies Lead Series 3-2)