Who Ya Got?: NBA Playoffs Edition (Eastern Conference)
thecomission.blogspot.com 4/17/2008 — Boston vs Atlanta Gangsta D: If Josh Smith...if Joe Johnson...if Mike Bibby...play out of their collective minds, they might force Game 5. Otherwise it's pretty much a wrap, and this series could turn BRUTAL real quick. C's sweep.

NBA Log5 Predictions: First Round
ballhype.com 4/17/2008 — At least one conference looks like a dartboard this spring, so I ran log5 calculations to help sort things out. This method finds the probability of a win in each game, given team quality and home court advantage. (I used expected or Pythagorean win percentage for team quality, and the traditional 0.6 HCA adjustment.) The added difficulty here (over baseball) is the length of series and the ...

When You Give A Blogger A Press Pass...
twolvesblog.com 4/17/2008 — Anthony Hall of TWolves Blog makes it onto press row and gets a one on one interview with Mark Madsen.

The Reason
derok.net 4/17/2008 — A final message of hope to Timberwolves fans after an extremely difficult and emotional season.

Reviewing the NBA Blog Previews, 07-08
ballhype.com 4/17/2008 — Last October, Jeff Clark from CelticsBlog coordinated yet another team-by-team look at the 2007-08 season, featuring dozens of NBA bloggers. And once again, there was more than enough optimism to go around in the preseason ... with disappointment for many fans once the real games begun.

Sessions, Durant Named T-Mobile Rookies of the Month — NBA.com: News 4/17/2008
The Milwaukee Bucks' Ramon Sessions and the Seattle SuperSonics' Kevin Durant today were named the Eastern and Western Conference T-Mobile Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in April.

Friedman: East Matchup: No. 3 Magic vs. No. 6 Raptors — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 4/17/2008
It's this year's surpise from the East against last year's, as the Magic and Raptors battle in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Big changes likely in store for Nets (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 4/17/2008
Jason Kidd's gone and the New Jersey Nets missed the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons. Expect president Rod Thorn to shake things up even more in the offseason. Coach Lawrence Frank appears safe after the Nets finished a 34-48 season on ...

Nets miss playoffs for first time in 7 years — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 4/17/2008
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Jason Kidd's gone and the New Jersey Nets missed the playoffs for the ...

Winner of the Herald's Greatest Celtics Player of All Time bracket — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 4/17/2008
The polls are closed and Celtics fans have spoken. The people's choice for Greatest Celtics Player of All Time is Bill Russell. For the past five weeks, the...