The NBA playoffs standings has the LA Clippers tied 2-2 after losing to the Warriors on Sunday, while the Monday schedule has the Miami Heat looking to win their series with a 4-0 sweep against the Bobcats, while the Dallas Mavericks have the chance for a 3-1 lead on Monday against the San Antonio Spurs after Vince Carter made his amazing shot in the game this weekend.
The Miami Heat have the chance to be the first team into the second round and the matchup against the Bobcats for Game 4 comes at 7 pm and is on TNT. The Hawks and the Pacers play Game 5 in Indiana and they are on NBATV starting up at 8 pm and that game will be huge, while the San Antonio Spurs are trying to avoid going down 3-1 against the Mavericks and that game will be in Dallas.
The Toronto Raptors played another solid game and they tied up the series with the Brooklyn Nets 2-2 after winning at the Barclays Center on Sunday and now they will have Game 5 at home in Canada on Wednesday. The Nets were outscored by eight in the final quarter and that came after the team erased a 17-point deficit in the game and now they will have to win two of the next three to advance and only one of those games will be in Brooklyn.
DeMar DeRozan has been the key for the Raptors and he once again led the team in scoring after dropping 30 points in the previous win and now they have a chance to win the series at home. Paul Pierce had 22 points in the game and that came before the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets played another overtime game and now Portland is up 3-1 in the series. LaMarcus Aldridge had another great game after back to back 40 points performances and he had 29 in the game on Sunday, while James Harden had 28 points.
Trevor Ariza led the way for the Wizards and now they have a 3-1 lead as the series goes to Chicago and Washington now can try to close things out after Taj Gibson scored over 30 points for the Bulls. The Warriors beat out the Clippers under tough circumstances for LA and that saw Jamal Crawford score 26 points, while Steph Curry had 33 points and hit an all-time high amount of threes in the playoffs in his career.
The Raptors and Nets have a tough three games left coming up depending on how things play out, while the Blazers and Rockets have had a very explosive series. The two teams continue to play overtime games and that has been the highest scoring matchup of the playoffs.
