NBA Playoff Schedule 2016: TV, Livestream Info for Sunday’s Round 2 Games

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have a chance to make it a clean sweep of the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday in their second-round matchup of the 2016 NBA playoffs. The Cavs’ ridiculously hot three-point shooting has rendered the Hawks mostly helpless in this series, and they are on the brink at home in Game 4. Also on the Sunday docket is Game 4 of the Western Conference series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs steamrolled the Thunder to the tune of a 124-92 victory in Game 1, but the series has been close, controversial and wildly entertaining ever since, with the two teams splitting the next two games.Here’s the viewing info for Sunday’s games. Livestreams can be found at WatchESPN and TNT Overtime.

The Thunder displayed plenty of grit and determination in coming back from that lopsided loss in Game 1 to win Game 2 on the road. Indeed, there was no officiating to be found on that wacky final possession, but 57 points combined from Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook was another example of their routine heroism. 

This slight underdog could actually be ahead in this series instead of in danger of dropping another game at home, but yet another fourth-quarter collapse allowed the Spurs to earn a 100-96 win in Game 3. Westbrook’s voluminous shooting turned out to be more hindrance than help on Friday. He needed 31 shots to get his team-high 31 points. The Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard matched his offensive output, but Leonard did it on just 17 shots. 

LaMarcus Aldridge was also difficult to contain, per ESPN.com’s Royce Young:

Honestly, I’m not sure what else you can ask Ibaka to do. He’s making Aldridge work, but tough shots keep dropping.

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) May 7, 2016

The Thunder still had a great chance to win the game, but as NBA.com’s Fran Blinebury pointed out, the final few minutes of the game were all …

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