In NorthAmerica two great playoffs cycles are underway, the NHL, pro hockey and theNBA, pro basketball. Each of the twogreat leagues has reached the end of their round of their playoffs, reported inthis space last weekend and advances to the semifinal rounds in theirrespective leagues. The second round beganThursday when the Washington Capitals hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins, otherteams involved in the second round are the Nashville Predators, who face offagainst the Winnipeg Jets, the Predators are favored, although the keencompetition of a seven game series is expected. The Vegas Golden Knights are facing off against the San JoseSharks. Again, the Golden Knights arefavored, but not highly. The Tampa Bay Lightning face off against theBoston Bruins, and the predicted winners are anyone's guess. Sidney Crosby and his Pittsburgh Penguinstake on the Washington Capitals in Round 2. The Penguins always seem to pull it off in the end, but it will beclose. The Penguinshave already beat DC in game one, and will play the Caps again this afternoonin game 2. Despite predictions, Winnipegwon their first game against Nashville, 4-1. They will engage in game two tonight in Nashville. The NationalBasketball Association seems to be in atime warp, as round two has begun in some regions, while round one continues inothers. The Eastern Conference islagging behind the West a little bit, as the Cleveland Cavaliers and IndianaPacers will have their Game 7 on Sunday after the second round has begun outWest. The winner of that game willadvance to the semifinals. On Saturday,the Boston Celtics eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 7 of theirfirst-round series and the Golden State Warriors hosted the New Orleans Pelicansto kick off the second round. In other second round action, the Utah Jazz willtake on the Houston Rockets this afternoon. The Philadelphia Seventy Sixers and Toronto Raptors have also advance to round2. -- Posted By Blogger to SR at 4/29/2018 12:27:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
