May 25 Playoffs Live Blog

Game 6: Bruins @ Lightning 8:00 (Versus - Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk, ItG: Pierre McGuire) (CBC - Bob Cole and Garry Galley, SR: Scott Oake)

Game 5: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

May 23 Playoffs Live Blog

After today, every Conference Final hockey game in 2011 will be an elimination game.

Game 5: Lightning @ Bruins 8:00 (Versus - Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk, ItG: Pierre McGuire) (CBC - Bob Cole and Garry Galley, SR: Scott Oake)

Game 4: Mavericks @ Thunder 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

May 21 Playoffs Live Blog

The Bruins will look to take a 3-1 series lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning while the Mavs and Thunder do battle in OKC for the first time with the series tied at 1. Join us for fun!

Game 4: Bruins @ Lightning 1:30 (NBC - Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk, ItG: Joe Micheletti) (TSN - Gord Miller, ItG: Pierre McGuire)

Game 3: Mavericks @ Thunder 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

May 19 Playoffs Live Blog

The Lightning look to bounce back from Tyler Seguin's big game, meanwhile the Thunder are looking to bounce back after Dirk's and Joey Crawford's big game.

Game 3: Bruins @ Lightning 8:00 (Versus - Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk, ItG: Joe Micheletti) (TSN - Gord Miller, ItG: Pierre McGuire)

Game 2: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

May 17 Playoffs Live Blog

Game 2: Lightning @ Bruins 8:00 (Versus - Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk, ItG: Joe Micheletti) (TSN - Gord Miller and Pierre McGuire, SR: Ryan Rishaug)

Game 1: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

2011 NBA Playoffs Conference Finals Schedule

The NBA really does come up with some infuriating schedules at times, don't they?

Eastern Conference Final

#2 Miami Heat vs. #1 Chicago Bulls

Game 1: May 15: Heat @ Bulls 8:00 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)
Game 2: May 18: Heat @ Bulls 8:30 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)
Game 3: May 22: Bulls @ Heat 8:30 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)
Game 4: May 24: Bulls @ Heat 8:30 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)
Game 5: May 26: Heat @ Bulls 8:30 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)
Game 6: May 28: Bulls @ Heat 8:30 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)
Game 7: May 30: Heat @ Bulls 8:30 (TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Reggie Miller, SR: Craig Sager)

Western Conference Final

#4 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. #3 Dallas Mavericks

Game 1: May 17: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)
Game 2: May 19: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)
Game 3: May 21: Mavericks @ Thunder 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)
Game 4: May 23: Mavericks @ Thunder 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)
Game 5: May 25: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)
Game 6: May 27: Mavericks @ Thunder 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)
Game 7: May 29: Thunder @ Mavericks 9:00 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

Kevin Harlan's Pam Ward Moment

Don't worry, Kevin. Pam Ward has made the same mistake in the past.



I understand the score in basketball is very fluid and changes all the time, so forgetting a score or mis-calculating a score during the middle of a game can be an acceptable and forgivable error. But at the end of the game or at the end of the overtime period when a whole lot depends on the announcer knowing the score to communicate just what is happening on the court, you gotta know the score and the deficit. As Tom Jackson might say, "COME ON, MAN!"

(hat tip to @jose3030 on Twitter)