The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 7 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay, Kory Waldron, and Jay Christian recap Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 7: Warriors vs. Rockets - The Warriors are going back to the FINALS - Missed threes for Houston - Harden’s fatigue - Big 3rd quarter from the Warriors …. Again - Houston’s role guys - Ryan Anderson seeing minutes??? - More Joe Johnson? - How much did the Rockets mi

PHOTO CREDIT: FIVETHIRTYEIGHT The King still reigns supreme. LeBron James carried the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 87-79 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. LeBron is headed to his eighth straight NBA Finals appearance to commence one of the most dominant feats we’ve ever seen in this era. It’s often said that no player can win by themselves but LeBron’s remarkable 2018 playoff run may be the closest to proving that statement wrong. Here a

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 7 - LeBron leads Cleveland to a Game 7/Series win - Big minutes - The game changed in the 2nd quarter - What happened in the 4th quarter? - Struggles of Rozier+ Brown - Not enough touches for Horford in the second half - Jitters in Game 7 - Jeff Green came up big - Be

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 6 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Jay Christian recap Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 6: Warriors vs. Rockets - Tie series! Game 7 incoming - The Warriors had their big third quartet - Officiating - Klay played BIG - Steph+Klay or KD? - What to make of James Harden’s performance? - More Eric Gordon? - How much did the Rockets miss CP3? - Best Warrior tonight? - Whi

Was there ever any doubt that LeBron James, and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers, would win Game 6 at home? Every game in this Eastern Conference Finals has been won by the home team so far. For real though, the power and ability of LeBron is simply too much for this young Celtics team to overcome while on the road. There was just no way he was losing this elimination game at home. LeBron was amazing, as expected. He hung 46 points on the Celtics cavalcade of defenders in

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 5 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 5: Warriors vs. Rockets - THE ROCKETS WIN AND TAKE A 3-2 SERIES LEAD - Houston wanted this one more - The Warriors weren’t playing their style of basketball - Harden was bad and the Rockets still won - CP3’s second half and injury - Rocket role players - The crowd tonight - 3rd qua

Well, this hasn’t exactly been an entertaining series to watch, yet it’s as tightly contested as ever. Every game in this series, to a varying degree, has been a blowout victory and Game 5 was no different. Both teams are playing significantly better at home which has led to a 3-2 series lead for Boston as they head back to Cleveland for Game 6. Believe it or not there are a few things to take away from this game, even with such an anti-climactic outcome. The Celtics finally

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 6 - The Cavs tie the series up - LeBron is LEGENDARY - The 2nd quarter/Cavs; bench changed the game - The Celtics had one of those dry stretches - Turnovers - The rebounding battle - George Hill stepping up - What lost Boston the game? - Best Cavs tonight? - Cavs who

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 5 - The Celtics lead the series 3-2 - The C’s controlled this game - Marcus Smart and Tatum came up big - The Cavs sucked on multiple levels - LeBron had a weird game - Love disappeared - The Celtics weren’t great on O and still won - The Cavs’ juice was not there - B

Talk about home cooking. The Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back for wins in Games 3 & 4 after two crushing losses at the hands of the Boston Celtics in Games 1 & 2. The role players for Cleveland did what they were supposed to at home; coupled with LeBron’s usual dominance, Boston lost 116-86 and 111-102 in Games 3 and 4 respectively. Both Cleveland and Boston looked like completely different teams after the series shifted to Cleveland, so what follows are some numbers to expla

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 4 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 4: Warriors vs. Rockets - Series is TIED 2-2 - A game of runs/quarter - Not a perfect game from Houston and they still won - Harden had a big 2nd quarter but cooled in off the 2nd half - CP3 came to the rescue tonight - Gordon and Ariza made winning plays - Curry had a HUGE 3rd - K

LBJ for Everything LeBron James scored 44 points last night, making him the first player to score 40+ in 5 playoff games in the last 25 years. Last dude??? Allen Iverson. Anyway, the most impressive part of last night’s performance wasn’t what he did, it was how he did it. LeBron scored 44 and it didn’t even look like he was trying. It was practically boring. It wasn’t a dominating performance per se but efficiency was key for him throughout. The Celtics are having about as m

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 4 - The Cavs even up the series - LeBron drops 44 with ease - Big games from Korver, Hill, and Thompson - Turnover battle - Rough night for Horford, Brown, and Tatum - Missing Kyrie - Rozier switching on LeBron - Are the Celtics in trouble? - Best Cavs tonight - Wors

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 3 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 3: Warriors vs. Rockets - Different Warriors team tonight - Warriors basketball - Houston didn’t play hard enough - The return of Steph - 3rd quarter explosion - Best Warriors tonight - Draymond’s D - Do any Warriors need to step up? - Best Rockets tonight - Who needs to play bette

No matter how impressive the Celtics looked in the first two games of this series, we all knew that the Cleveland LeBrons weren’t going to get swept. What I don’t think a lot of us saw coming was the 116-86 shellacking that the Cavs (fine, I admit the “other Cavs” did enough to earn their team name back) put on the Celtics. Now, the Celtics lead 2-1, and we truly have a series on our hands. Like they say, a series doesn’t start until the home team loses a game (unless it’s a

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Jac Manuell recap Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. ECF Game 3: Celtics vs.Cavs - The Cavs dominate Game 3 - No juice for the Celtics - Hill’s impact - The Cavs’ role players helped LeBron set the tone - Energy and effort was different tonight - 3pt shooting and energy are correlated? - Best LeBron pass? - King type performance - Different Boston

At least the first half was promising. As well as Cleveland started, (mostly due to LeBron’s 21 on 4/7 from three), the Cavaliers limped into halftime after a Boston Celtics’ run to close the half in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. So, what happened? Some people were quick to point the shot LeBron took to the head at the end of the first half. After that, the Celtics outscored the Cavs 59-39 in the second half. However, there was a much larger problem that loomed ove

As most people expected, LeBron James had himself a night in Game 2 following his underwhelming performance in Game 1. Notching a triple-double, James scored 42 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out 12 assists. The downside, he also had six turnovers, which is equal to the total of the entire Boston Celtics team in Game 2. These few stats write the narrative for this series so far. LeBron goes off for 42 points and a triple-double, and still loses by 13. Boston has prov

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ “others”continued their Jekyll and Hyde performance during the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals this past Sunday. Nobody, probably not even the players themselves, have any idea what sort of support LeBron James is going to get on a game-to-game basis in these playoffs. Of course, LeBron didn’t help much either, as he had a (relatively!) underwhelming performance himself on Sunday. This shouldn’t come as a surprise however, as LeBron has ma

The NBA Outlet Playoff Edition: ECF GAME 1 RECAP OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. ECF Game 1: Celtics vs. Cavs - Initial thoughts on Game 1 - Effort levels - Shooting/spacing - The defense on both sides - The Cavs were outmatched - What to make of LeBron’s performance? - Who played big for the Celtics? - Did anyone play well for the Cavs? - Worst Cavs tonight - What needs to chang