I thought the game would be a close one by the way they played through the 1st to 3rd quarter, but when that late 3rd, OKC starts to make it rain from the 3-point line, where most of the OKC's offense is created all season. And of course it is a bad game for both Luka and Kyrie, but still, I believe they can make it up next game and also believe that they can win this series. We can all agree that OKC are talented; they are the number one seed for a reason, but still, experience is the most important thing in the playoffs, and that is the edge the Mavs have against the OKC. Also, the last time that the Dallas faced a number 1 team in the 2nd round, they were facing the Suns, and the Suns won the 2 home games, but the Mavs and Luka still won that series, so history may repeat itself this time, and we can see the Dallas winning this series.

Is Boston Celtics gonna last this level until the last stages of the post season? I ask this because they are playing really good and are destroying their rivals without so much effort, the other day Cavaliers can do nothing against them, but Boston Celtics is not the first year they do this performance and in the finals they drop out.

A great motivation as it is, I like that level of competition star vs another star which will determine who's better among the two if the team won the series,  just a personal opinion though, but yes Mavs needs to win a game from opponents home court and try to protect their home and lead the series for a much better spot, though same deal with OKC they need to protect the home court advantage to put pressure for Mavs when they travel and played outside their court.

Yeah, they'd adjust for sure quickly but the Nuggets have to do that if there's no way anymore for them or they have to do everything they can and use everyone they can that can contribute to get that at least 1 win.

The new Cavs today is still a young team and that's why they seem to destroy them easy. But let's see how they're going to adjust to their game 2 and see what they can do next. Boston is a known choker in every playoff that they play in.

The fine that was given to Jamal Murray is $100k for that heat pack thrown on the floor. IMHO, they should have suspended him for the remaining games.

That shows how much they respect each other teams and whatever the reason he's got for doing that, for sure that it's because he's truly pissed with the Wolves defense.

With that, it's going to serve as a lesson not just for him but also for the other teams to remain themselves composure and professional even if the game isn't favoring them.

The Thunders have won on their first game against the Mavs. I want the Mavs to move on but the Thunders are showing interestly enough for one to think of them and become a new fan.

They've got a good chemistry but it's still early to tell about this series for them. Let's wait for 2-3 more games but as interest as it is, we all want to see this series go up to the last to enjoy it.

I guess the player history has a whole lot to do with how the fines and/or suspension are ditched out, If it were to be Draymond Green who did that yesterday, I'm sure at least a game suspension would have been included, Jamal Murray isn't known to be such a person with violent character and isn't much of a repetitive offender in this case, hence the need for just a fine alone was probably the best way to show leniency, but I can guarantee that and future antic like this would attract a more stiff penalty, just like the case of Pat Beverley I made mention of earlier, I just read a report from Shams Charania who said according to his source, the Indianapolis Police are currently reviewing the case of Pat Bev, and regardless of the legal outcome, I'm quite sure there will be a hefty penalty for Bev from the league's office, Suspension most likely without pay and heavy fine too, at the very least.

Wow! The Villanova trio did again. 74 combined points for Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo, and Jalen Brunson. These dudes ain't big guys and yet they look like giants when they play the game. Chemistry is a difficult thing to defeat. They are enjoying the game playing with each other and they are unselfish.

The Pacers had a good lead of 12 points until the Knicks took over and made a 14-4 run and then took the lead. Offensive rebounds have a lot to do with this. Damn, the Pacers should teach Turner and Siakam to do some box out.

Worries for the Knicks: OG Anunoby. Left the game in the 4th quarter with a hamstring injury. He never went back. Will it take long before it heals or can he come back on Game 3? That will be a big loss for the Knicks considering most of the first quarter points today came from OG.

People need to put respect on JB's name. 

That's going to be big in the game 3 as they lost a lot of bigs, they don't have Randle, Robinson, and now OG. I should take the opportunity to back the Pacers in winning the series as they have a great odds now, and I like that they are back at home in game 3 as I believe tehy played really well in at home. And that game aslo, I thought Brunson got really injured, it would have big for the Knicks if he was, but good thing he came back and Knicks were able to surive.