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Inside the numbers: Led by Cleveland and Oklahoma City, it was the season of the streak in the NBA

Inside the numbers: Led by Cleveland and Oklahoma City, it was the season of the streak in the NBA

It was the year of the long winning streak in the NBA. There were five instances of teams winning 11 or more games in a row — three by Cleveland, two by Oklahoma City, and it's probably no coincidence that those two teams are the ones that earned No.
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Pacers take on new mission in NBA playoffs, aim to prove last season's deep run was no fluke

Pacers take on new mission in NBA playoffs, aim to prove last season's deep run was no fluke

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton senses this year's NBA playoffs will be different.
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Bucks' Damian Lillard feeling grateful as he gets closer to joining his teammates in playoffs

Bucks' Damian Lillard feeling grateful as he gets closer to joining his teammates in playoffs

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard isn’t sure exactly when he will be playing again. He’s just grateful that moment will come sooner than anyone could have reasonably expected.
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Pistons are back in the playoffs and take NBA-record postseason losing streak into Game 1 vs Knicks

Pistons are back in the playoffs and take NBA-record postseason losing streak into Game 1 vs Knicks

NEW YORK (AP) — New York beating Detroit had become something of an NBA certainty, with the Knicks doing it 16 straight times over a span of five years.
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LA is betting central with money on the Lakers and Clippers as the NBA playoffs begin

LA is betting central with money on the Lakers and Clippers as the NBA playoffs begin

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Lakers often attract large betting interest anyway, but the controversial midseason trade that landed Luka Doncic from Dallas has people emptying their bank accounts to put money on Los Angeles.
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Kawhi Leonard is fresh in mind and body as the streaking Los Angeles Clippers open the playoffs

Kawhi Leonard is fresh in mind and body as the streaking Los Angeles Clippers open the playoffs

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard is fresh in mind and body this year, no longer relegated to watching from the sideline when the Los Angeles Clippers begin the postseason.
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Los Angeles hosts Minnesota to kick off playoffs

Minnesota Timberwolves (49-33, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (50-32, third in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lakers -4; over/under is 216.
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Towns and the Knicks host Detroit to begin playoffs

Detroit Pistons (44-38, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (51-31, third in the Eastern Conference) New York; Saturday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Knicks -7; over/under is 220.
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Indiana begins playoffs against Milwaukee

Milwaukee Bucks (48-34, fifth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (50-32, fourth in the Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pacers -5.5; over/under is 224.
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Atlanta and Miami square off for play-in game

Miami Heat (37-45, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (40-42, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Atlanta; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Heat -1; over/under is 219.
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