Boston Versus Cleveland Preview
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David Friedman posted 5/6/2008 from 20secondtimeout.blogspot.com [flag] |
The Boston-Cleveland series opener has the NBA stage all to itself tonight on TNT--and rightfully so, because the winner of this game will most likely also win this series, defeat the winner of the Detroit/Orlando series and go on to represent the East in the NBA Finals.
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