Three NBA Playoff games take place Monday with three teams (the Thunder, Celtics and Nuggets) heavily favored to win their series.
We’ve reached the stage of the NBA Playoffs where teams are playing in elimination games. Both the and are trying to close out series victories on Monday. The Thunder lead the 3-0 in that first-round series while the Nuggets return home up 3-1 on the after the Lakers finally got on the board. Monday’s action starts with the hosting the , hoping to even that series at 2-2. Advertisement All three series that are in action on Monday have a team that is -10000 to win the series.
Three players scored more than 20 points: , and . Advertisement This young Oklahoma City core will be judged on how it performs later in the playoffs, but a comfortable first-round series win, Zion or not, is a good first step in showing that this team is a real contender. Gilgeous-Alexander has been in the playoffs twice before but has never won a playoff series. Most of the rest of the core is in the postseason for the first time. It hasn’t looked like it yet.
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