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Whatever happens this season, the Utah Jazz will be absolutely fine. Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Derrick Favors and Joe Ingles will make sure of it.
The journey won’t be easy for the Denver Nuggets but in multi-talented young center Nikola Jokic, they appear to have finally found their hero.
Who knows, perhaps in 20 years, after a decorated career, Luka Dončić will be able to help introduce the Mavericks to their next superstar?
After trading for the best player in the draft last season, the Jazz look to the draft again to add a piece to compliment Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.
The Denver Nuggets turn their attention to the 2018 NBA Draft to try to get themselves back into the playoffs behind Nikola Jokic.
Chris Paul was great again as he helped bring the Rockets one step closer to eliminating the Jazz and moving to the Conference Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs rallied together to pull off a win over the Warriors in front of their hometown fans to take the series back to California.
Somewhere, David Kahn is smiling after having watched Ricky Rubio lead the Utah Jazz to a home win in the playoffs over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
For the Blazers to come out of the playoffs with even one victory, they'll need Damian Lillard to play like the All-NBA guard he believes he is.