by Mark Deeks The Western Conference Finals were done and dusted in about 45 minutes with a Golden State Warriors 4-0 series win, and the Eastern Conference might not be far behind them. For a time it looked like things could be different. After their tremendous upset win in game three, the Boston Celtics…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 23rd May
by Mark Deeks (1) Boston Celtics @ (2) Cleveland Cavaliers (Cavaliers lead 2-1) Down 21 in the third quarter and without their star guard Isaiah Thomas, the Boston Celtics somehow rallied to win game three of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Down 21 in the game, down 2-0 in the series, on…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 22nd May
by Mark Deeks In a sadly one sided series, the Golden State Warriors have taken a 3-0 lead over a seriously undermanned San Antonio Spurs team that has missed Kawhi Leonard for five of the six halves of basketball in the series thus far. Without Kawhi doing everything from the wing, and without Tony Parker…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 17th May
Finally the Eastern Conference Finals begin tonight, with the underdog Celtics hosting Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at the TD Garden. Mark Deeks previews the match up. by Mark Deeks (2) Cleveland Cavaliers @ (1) Boston Celtics The battle for the east starts tonight, and the two participants come in having had very different…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 16th May
Game two: (2) San Antonio Spurs @ (1) Golden State Warriors by Mark Deeks In an amazing game one, the Warriors came back from a 25 point deficit to win 113-111. After a remarkably slow start in which they looked sloppier than at any time the whole year prior, the Warriors caught a ‘break’ –…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 15th May
(4) Washington Wizards @ (1) Boston Celtics (series tied 3-3) Although the Western Conference Finals have started, the Eastern Conference semi-finals are still going on. The topsy-turvy series between the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards will go tonight to a game seven that has looked inevitable for a while. This has been arguably the most…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 12th May
(1) Boston Celtics @ (4) Washington Wizards (Celtics lead 3-2) The Celtics triumphed in game five with a strong all-around performance in which they never really looked troubled. Up 12 after the first quarter and up 16 at half time, fuelled by Avery Bradley pouring in 25 first half points, the Celtics were comfortable 123-101…
Daily Fantasy Challenge Cup Final Preview: Gloucester – Stade Francais
Stade Francais take on Gloucester in the Challenge Cup final. We look at which players should be in your fantasy teams. Stade Francais and Gloucester face off at Murrayfield on Friday night, with European silverware on the line for two sides who have been on this stage before. Gloucester have two victories in previous iterations…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 11th May
by Mark Deeks (2) San Antonio Spurs @ (3) Houston Rockets (San Antonio leads 3-2) In by far the closest game of a series with three lopsided losses in it already, the Spurs prevailed in overtime, 110-107, to take the pivotal game five. Houston now has to win two in a row, one on the…
NBA Daily Fantasy Preview 10th May
by Mark Deeks (4) Washington Wizards @ (1) Boston Celtics (series tied 2-2) In the stand-out series of the second round thus far, the Wizards put in their second big victory in a row in a 121-102 victory over a Celtics team that has now lost the last two games by a combined 46…