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PER Diem: April 23, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, April 23, 2009

We're two games into the playoffs, and already we can break down the eight series into two groups: The three "95 percent" series and the five "50 percent" series. First, the 95 percenters -- based on history, Cleveland, Denver and the Lakers each have at least a 95 percent chance of advancing to the second round, and having watched their series so far, that number seems low. I say this for a couple of reasons: (1) Teams that win the first two games of a best-of-seven series win about 90 per ...

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