NBA Playoff Schedule 2016: TV Info and Outlook for Conference Semifinals

With the midpoint of May fast approaching, three of the four 2016 NBA conference semifinal matchups are still ongoing. The only team to have gone through to the next round is the Cleveland Cavaliers, who completed a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Hawks with a 100-99 win Sunday.

The Golden State Warriors have established a 3-1 advantage over the Portland Trail Blazers on the strength of a triumphant return for Stephen Curry. Playing in his first game since suffering a knee sprain against the Houston Rockets in the previous round, the superstar point guard scored a record-breaking 17 of his 40 points in overtime in the Warriors’ 132-125 victory on Monday. Elsewhere, the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are knotted up at two games apiece, with the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors in a similar situation in a series that has featured nothing but close games.Here’s the TV info for the rest of the round.

Curry’s Return Seals Portland’s FateEven with Curry on the court Monday, the underdog Trail Blazers at least threatened to even the series at 2-2 in forcing overtime. Though they were likely only staving off the inevitable, a series in which Curry remained sidelined or looked as rusty as he did in regulation in Game 4 absolutely could have gone six and maybe, just maybe, seven games.Forget all that. The Warriors are wrapping this one up at home on Wednesday. Curry’s overtime scoring binge was the best in NBA history. Curry was dripping with confidence, as the highlight reel of his instantly famous five minutes shows, per Bleacher Report: 

17 points in overtime (NBA record) Closing out the way an MVP should ???? #ChefCurryhttps://t.co/Ph8uj6RVeh

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 10, 2016

Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen’s blank expression of disbelief says it all, per SportsCenter: 

Even the owner of the Trail Blazers, Paul Allen, couldn’t believe Steph Curry. https://t.co/go89j64oCB

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 10, 2016

According to Bay Area News Group’s Diamond Leung, Curry will start in Game 5. The Blazers have played admirably this series, especially Damian Lillard, who is averaging 32.8 points per game in this series. However, it won’t be enough to beat the team with the best regular-season record in NBA history at full strength. There are simply too many matchup nightmares when the best player in basketball right now is on the court. Toronto-Miami and Oklahoma City-San Antonio Both Capable of Going the Distance

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