Fans willing to pay the exorbitant ticket prices were treated to one heck of a basketball game Saturday night at TD Garden. The Celtics defeated the Lakers 111-101 amid a playoff atmosphere on

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The Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder return to Paycom Center Sunday afternoon to face Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.

That, in all statistical likelihood, will probably be our Finals matchup. But doubt the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics at your own risk. And even if they have some drawbacks that should give anyone logical pause,

Cleveland will have home-court advantage in a potential Eastern Conference Finals series against Boston and boasts a 29-4 home record as of March 6. The Celtics did win a ECF Game 7 in Miami in 2022, but they also lost one at home to the Heat in 2023, and a Game 7 in Cleveland seems like a toss-up.

No. 2 seeds in the Eastern and Western Conference, we saw the Lakers defeat the Celtics 117-96 in January. Fueled by Anthony Davis and Austin Reeves, the Lakers dominated in every facet. That includes three-point shooting, rebounds, assists, and paint points.

The two most recent NBA champions are playing well enough to reach the finals, and as we saw Sunday, it would be a compelling matchup.

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Smith found himself in a little bit of a controversy to begin the month of March. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks, 113-109. The biggest storyline to come from this game was LeBron James confronting Smith about his son, Bronny James, and some of the things Smith had said about him.

On Sunday afternoon, the Denver Nuggets travel to face an extremely tough opponent, the Oklahoma City Thunder, on national television.