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SAM AMICO and KENNY RODA on PREVIEWING GAME 6 OF THE NBA FINALS BETWEEN THE CAVS and THE WARRIORS

FoxSportsOhio.com’s Sam Amico joined me on my radio show on News-Talk 1480 WHBC to look back at the Cavs Game 5 win at Golden State and Preview Game 6 in Cleveland.

Kenny Roda & Sam Amico Photo at Hoop 5-4-16

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NBA FINALS SCHEDULE – CAVS vs WARRIORS

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CLEVELAND vs GOLDEN STATE

Game 1 – Thu  June  2 Cleveland at Golden State           6:00PM  9:00PM     ABC/R/TSN

Game 2 – Sun  June  5 Cleveland at Golden State           5:00PM  8:00PM     ABC/R/TSN

Game 3 – Wed  June  8 Golden State at Cleveland           9:00PM  9:00PM     ABC/R/SN

Game 4 – Fri  June 10 Golden State at Cleveland           9:00PM  9:00PM     ABC/R/SN

Game 5 * Mon  June 13 Cleveland at Golden State           6:00PM  9:00PM     ABC/R/TSN

Game 6 * Thu  June 16 Golden State at Cleveland           9:00PM  9:00PM     ABC/R/SN

Game 7 * Sun  June 19 Cleveland at Golden State           5:00PM  8:00PM     ABC/R/TSN

*If necessary

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THE 2014 NBA PRE-SEASON RODA RATINGS – “ THE FINE FIFTEEN”

THE TOP FIVE

1 San Antonio Spurs  – Defending champs, Tim Duncan comes back at a discount price to help keep Boris Diaw and Patty Mills and the team stays intact. The favorites to start the season for sure.

2 Oklahoma City Thunder – While they lost veterans Sefalosha and Butler, they added shooting guard Anthony Morrow in free agency who is a career 43% shooter from beyond the arc and picked up a big in Mitch McGary and a defensive minded wing in Josh Huestis in the draft. Oh yeah K.D. and Russell Westbrook are still there too.

3 Los Angeles Clippers – With Doc Rivers fully in charge, the Clippers have had a quiet, but productive off-season so far. In free agency they’ve added stretch-5 Spencer Hawes and point guard Jordan Farmar to help with their depth and offense. In the draft L.A. selected shooting guard C.J. Wilcox who can knock it down from long range and cash in at the free throw line, and is a solid defender already.

4 Chicago Bulls – Even though they didn’t get Carmelo Anthony, the Bulls did add Pau Gasol in free agency and will be getting former league MVP Derrick Rose back. Adding those two All-Stars to a team that made the playoffs last year and the Bulls are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference.

5 Cleveland Cavaliers – Bringing LeBron James back in free agency not only makes the Cavs a playoff contender, but a lot people feel an NBA Championship contender.  I’m not ready to go there yet. Let’s wait and see what happens with all of these Kevin Love rumors. But even if they don’t deal for Love, with James, number #1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins and Kyrie Irving serving as the Cavs big three, David Blatt’s team is one to watch out for in the East, which is now up for grabs.

THE BEST OF THE REST

6 Portland Trail Blazers

7 Indiana Pacers

8 Houston Rockets

9 Golden State Warriors

10 Memphis Grizzlies

11 Washington Wizards

12 Miami Heat

13 Dallas Mavericks

14 Phoenix Suns

15 Toronto Raptors

My 2014 NBA PLAYOFFS PREDICTIONS

 

                East                                                First Round                                     West

#1 Pacers over #8 Hawks                                                       #1 Spurs over #8 Mavs

#2 Heat over #7 Bobcats                                                         #2 Thunder over #7 Grizzlies

#6 Nets over #3 Raptors                                                         #3 Clippers over #6 Warriors

#5 Wizards over #4 Bulls                                                       #5 Blazers over #4 Rockets

 

 

East                                                            Second Round                                   West

#1 Pacers over #5 Wizards                                                      #1 Spurs over # 5 Blazers               #2 Heat over #6 Nets                                                       #2 Thunder over #3 Clippers

 

East                                                         Conference Finals                                  West

#2 Heat over #1 Pacers                                                                #2 Thunder over #1 Spurs

NBA Basketball Close Up

 

 NBA Finals

 #2 Heat over #2 Thunder in 7 games