Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread

Today, the Heat can sweep the Sixers and the Celtics can do the same to the Knicks. Tonight, the Hawks and Lakers can take 3-1 leads over the Magic and Hornets respectively.

Games at 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. eastern, respectively.

Sixers' modest talent not enough for postseason success [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Stoudemire may not play as Celtics look to sweep Knicks [New York Post]

VIDEO: Zaza Pachulia says, ‘I'm never going to back down from anybody' [Orlando Sentinel]

New Orleans Hornets facing crunch time in Game 4 of series against Los Angeles Lakers [Times-Picayune]