Two wildly different Game 2 showdowns forebode testy NBA playoff action Friday night.
On Monday, the Oklahoma City Thunder handed the San Antonio Spurs their second home defeat this year to even the series at 1-1. Instead of celebrating the upset, all the attention veered to the game's messy final sequence, which featured fan interference and a long list of missed calls.
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn't need any late drama Wednesday night, instead dismantling the Atlanta Hawks with an NBA-record 25 three-pointers. After the 123-98 loss, Paul Millsap expressed his displeasure at Cleveland continuing to heave threes during a blowout, per Cleveland.com's Chris Haynes.
"If that's how you want to approach it, that's how you approach it," Millsap said. "I think our team and our organization has class and I don't think we would have continued to do that, but other organizations do other things so what can you do about it?"
Both matchups will shift to new venues for Game 3, giving the Thunder an opportunity to pull ahead and the Hawks a fighting chance of survival. Let's look ahead to both bouts on Fr ...
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