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Which teams do you think will advance to the semis, finals, and championship?

NBA Playoffs Schedule: [First Round] April 15, 2017

East

• Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers - @Cleveland
• Toronto Raptors vs Milwaukee Bucks - @Toronto

West

• San Antonio Spurs vs Memphis Grizzlies - @San Antonio
• Los Angeles Clippers vs Utah Jazz - @Los Angeles

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Spurs and toronto will meet at the championship! Or GSW and Cleveland again? Sad that Miami heat didn't get the last spot for the east.

We hope to see a beautiful and enjoyable Playoff fight. I think that Golden State and Boston can easily come out of the group without difficulty. It would be a pleasure for me to have a separate Houston Match.

boston would be a nice contender from the east as we knew cavs really have a strong line up but over power sometimes got a negative outcome, unlike boston which do have a good players to mixed up lets see first how they will surpass bulls before we discuss the next round,.

I want to win this NBA Finals is Cleveland cavaliers because as i what i see in there every game they have a great chance to win this finals. Just like the last game when they match up with the golden state warriors they do an comeback game. Amd i will never forget when lebron james cried LOL.

Most people think that the Warriors and the Spurs are the only think that has a bigger chance to advance in the NBA Finals against their obvious opponent which is the Cleveland Cavaliers. I want to think different here, I like how the Utah Jazz just shown lately and think that they are fully healthy entering in the playoffs, I guess they have a better chance to win though.

My bets for the Eastern conference.
I want to see Milwaukee Bucks beat Cleveland, so before they will be getting to that match they need to win against first with Toronto Raptors which is almost a crowd picked team.

I'm a Spurs fan and I will be a good match up between Spurs and Memphis and I know spurs can go to the finals. All in for Spurs

How come that Boston will win the eastern conference against cavs while they already lost on Bulls on their first game on the Play-offs? Boston is strong on regular season but they can't beat cavs on 7 series game and that is the fact. Boston is just a hype team which is just good on the start but they don't have a finishing strategy. But let's at the end if they can pass on the first round of the Play-offs. I'm not a cavs fan but i know what are there skills and what can they do on Play-offs. BTW spurs fan here.  8)

Thomas has a problem since her sister died in a car accident, I saw it in covers and maybe that is one of the factor he is not too focus in game 1. Because they lose in game 1, I guess we can make an easy win in game 2, for sure they will do everything to win, so I'm backing them regardless of the odds.

i'm with you mate spurs for west and cavs for east i would like to see both of them to meet again even we all knew that houston and gsw are still a good contender from west and we can't lessen their skills but it would be a good test for coach pop to develop this high power new guns.

There are some great teams this season in the playoffs but once again I think it will be GSW and Cleveland Cavilers in the NBA finals for the 3rd season in a row. I would like to see 2 other teams but I can't see it, maybe the Spurs can make it through. I think a dark horse to make it to the finals would be the Chicago Bulls who have been great this season.

I'm not sure with your prediction, the warriors are not that dominant this season and they are having a hard time with the Nurkicless Blazers, maybe let's see if they can get past the firsts round, I still believe the Blazers are underrated although they have one of the best back court duo in the person of Lillard and Mccolum.

Good matcbups for the first round and we've already seen upsets by lower seeds though they may all have been evenly matched. For the east it probably would still be cleveland to come out on top but i'm hoping the bucks can go a bit further. The west may very well be seeing the warriors and the spurs again. We have strong teams in the west but consistency by these two would see them meeting each other.

I agree but the great teams almost always come good and perform well in the finals, just look at what the Cleveland Cavaliers did last year in the NBA finals and also the Warriors also came back in the playoffs to beat OKC. So I can still see the Warriors making it to the NBA finals once again and playing the Cavaliers for the 3rd year in a row.

I badly want to see San Antonio Spurs or Oklahoma Thunders vs Milwaukee Bucks. I'm both fan of their key players, Giannis for Bucks, Westbrook for OKC and the whole San Antonio Spurs team. I hope I can see that but with this line up of play offs it is going to be a hard way for each team, all of them are great teams.

chicago will face cleveland in final east and my money on chicago.. in west i think GSW will face spurs.. if clippers can beat GSW than my money on clippers..

I had my bet with the Cavaliers already, I saw how they play and they can compete with the Warriors in the 3 point shooting area and they are better in defense compared to the warriors. Lebron James is the best play in the NBA who happen to have the most experience in playoffs also, this is a different game they are playing now and I don't see the cavaliers will be laying low against any team.

You will just end up crying if you bet on Chicago. It has a very small chance that Chicago might face Cavs in Play-offs because they must won against boston and other strong team that dominates them on play-offs, They just have a beginners luck on their first game because Boston was still tired because they consume too much energy to get the no.1 seed spot on the east. The second game will be the turning point to them, If they made 2-0 the series then i will starting believing that chicago can do it.

I don't think that is the factor why they lost in the game, they are not tired because they have an easy journey, what is more tired are the bulls because they are fighting hard for their chance to be in the number 8 spot. There is no excuse in this game, you cannot underestimate a team with lots of veterans, they have the healthy Rondo, Wade, and Butler, plus they have a good center.

In the semi finals in western conference of course Russel Westbrook is a beast but I think he will up against the San Antonio Spurs. I'm betting the Spurs will win. Golden state warriors of course is a top contender because there are at least 4 star palyers there that is hard to guard. It will be a Spurs warriors matchup in western conference finals.

In the Eastern conference of course, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James will be in the zone. They will wipe the entire Eastern conference I think and go to finals.

The NBA finals will be a Cavs and gs or Cavs and Spurs.

I don't even think the thunder will survive against the Rockets, the way they play it seems like the have no chance to beat the rockets.
Westbrook is beast but it takes two to tango, he need his team and he must trust them.

after seeing the blow out in the first game of this playoffs i guess thunders have a rough road to make it back to the second round harden and the gang are really hunger to win this series dominating the games westbrook really needs good back up to try winning with rockets.

I'm with you mate as I tipped and bet on the Chicago Bulls just as the season started to hopefully win the East as an underdog and so far they have done well. It's going to be tough for them but they have so much experience on their team that I think they can at least make it to the Eastern Conference final and most likely face the Cavs.

I don't want to hope that Chicago can make it, when I'm betting to their matches they keep on losing me. I don't know if I'm just unlucky for choosing them. Cavs now are 2-0 and right now I'm tuning in with Jazz and Clippers but for me, I want to see Clippers advance for the next bracket.

For me are going to advance:

Chicago Bulls(in 4 games)
Cleveland Cavaliers(in 6 or 7 games)
Toronto Raptors(in 7 games)
Spurs(in 4 games)
Clippers(in 7 games)
GS(in 4 games)
Houston Rockets(in 5 games)
Washington Wizards(in 7 games)

Clippers won the game and they are tied in the series now, I like the Jazz to advance in the 2nd round and I hope Gobert will play soon so they have some good interior defense. Game 2 was really for the Clippers, they dominated the inside and Deandre Jordan put some good numbers in this game.
I need to see Gobert to stop this game, and if he will be back in game 3, I seeing a good match for this 2 teams.

Nice prediction on the Bulls vs the Celtics series, Bulls dominated them in the past 2 games and that is at the home court of the Celtics and now they are back at home, they will gonna make a sweep so they will not go back in Boston. Tough times for Thomas, she lost her sister and they are in the brink of losing the series also, he might still be holding that problem when he play or the bulls are just really too good for them.

Yes they won their game against Utah Jazz and they really show a nice performance. I like on how Deandre Jordan answers with the pass of Paul. They surely a good team mates and has the chemistry, I want to see them playing around in the finals or even in the semi's.

Now that the Clippers figured out the weakness of the Jazz, they will exploit it in the inside, they badly need Gobert to defend the paint, without him they will be having a problem with the bigs of the Clippers even if they will be playing at home in game 3 and 4.

I don't see any angle that Utah Jazz can make it to move for their next battle. Gobert is a big loss for them if ever they won't play with Gobert we know what is the fate of this team. And it will be going to be an easy win for the whole Clippers. Home court is just a little thing for a team, they are weak if they will let the crowd destroy them.

Nc predection but from what i am seeing, there a lot of sweepinf thats gonna happen. Or at least 5 game series. The real deal is the conference semi. Cavs raptors wizards bulls for me in the east. Warriors rockets clippers and spurs for me in the west.

I am not sure how you can say that GS is not as dominant when they won 67 games, averaging 69 over the last three years.  I would be surprised if SA can get there.

Well gsw for me is still the team to beat though i agree that compared to their regular season feat last year, this year's campaign is not as dominant considering the acquisition of kevin durant. In the end though, just like last season, what matters is you get the ring and i like gsw's chances this time against most likely the spurs and cavs

Which teams do you think will advance to the Semi-Finals?

NBA Playoffs Schedule: [Game 1] May 2, 2017

East

• Cleveland Cavaliers vs Toronto Raptors - @Cleveland

West

• San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets - @San Antonio

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Gs is the dominant. They are looking forward compared to other teams. Just find a low juice betting source and take advantage of better knowledge.  :)

I think that their approach this year was totally different as they didn't push for any record.  Also remember that when Durant was injured they lost 4-5 games.  What would their record have been if that didn't happe? No one knows. Go Dubbs.

It is crystal clear that GSW having a dominant game in the  play-offs but aftet the jazz, the real game for them is just starting because whoever win on spur vs rockets will have a chance to defeat warriors plus the cavs on the other conference is still a threat to them. Take note that GSW was lack of solid center and very weak on defense.

I think the final scenario of this season is more or less obvious. I think Clevland and Golden meet. But I expect Houston to surprise this season, so let's see what happens.

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I agree as i have said this all season long that it would be a GSW and Cavs finals once again and it's really looking like it now as both teams have been dominate so far in this finals series. I do however think that which ever team wins out of the Spurs/Rockets series will put up a good fight against the Warriors but still I think the Warriors will get through to the NBA finals championship.

Never was to predict the game of basketball, because until recently I began to like it but I thought that I raise all the moves in advance. It turns out that it is not easy to do.

Yeah right even underdogs wins but i agree with cavs from the east they dominated their opponents but from the west houston and spurs are both trying harder to move up and meet gsw in the west finals making it so intense from the bettors side as we knew how both teams can compete with gsw.

Rockets is also good but when Harden will be contained they do not have a good offense anymore, the spurs are very familiar with their play and they keep doing it consistently, a good defensive team who can limit their opponent. However, with parker's injury, I think things might change a bit.

In my DirectBet, I placed a bet on the 2017 championship on Spurs. I think they can really win, but I don't know because my real team favorite is Cleveland ever since (even when Lebron left, not a bandwagoner). I will be happy when the team who wins it, deserves it.

Yes underdogs do win but very rare we see them win in big championship games. They might win a couple of games in the best of seven but it is highly unlikely that we will see an underdogs team play off in the NBA finals championship. That is why I still think it will be the Warriors and Cavs like I have said from the start of the season. By the way I did say that I think the Rockets can upset the Spurs in these finals series which has a very good chance now with Parker injured.

You should put your money on your favorite team, what is the odds for the Spurs to win the championship? Is it attractive, I know warriors are favorites but I guess Cleveland cavaliers is now the best team so far based on their performance in the playoffs. FYI, they are my favorite team now, I've shift..

i'd like to see the spurs take it all the way this year though if we look at it at a normal perspective, with the absence of tony parker and with kahwi not sure of being 100%, its likely we'll be seeing a third finals meeting for the cavs and warriors. with the east semifinal going 7 games between the celtics and the wizards, I don't see any of these teams going beyond 5games in a series with lebron

I guess today we will see if the Spurs can start their way.  I don't think they can beet GSW.

I feel that Warriors will win the finals this year after the addition of Kevin Durant. The Warriors were already strong last year but several injuries and suspension resulted in them blowing a 3-1 lead in the finals.
Warriors are even stronger this year and they did not have to chase the NBA record in the regular season. It would not be surprise to see the Warriors sweep the Spurs and roll into the finals. The Spurs are strong but it would not be enough to face a Curry and Durant in hot form.

Amamzing game last night between GSW and SA.  Big loss of leanord, wonder if SA can recover from the way they lost.  Will Leanord be back for game 2?  Does it make a difference?  GSW should ride the momentum of their win.

Depends on how serious the injury is, he is listed as questionable and he still has one day to rest before the game and I hope he will not force to play so as not to aggravate the injury, if they can really beat the warriors, they can have it in game 3 to 6 and he should be healthy in all that scheduled games.

Still Im very confident that GSW will maintain its dominance until the finals Spurs is a very strong and talented team but their current situation for now is not good with injured star players(parker/leonard) this is a rematch between two amazing teams GSW and Cavaliers I hope GSW will own the victory this time with a strong comeback with kevin durant.  

A lot are expecting a third straight Finals match up between the Warriors and the Cavs for good reasons. They are both at the top of their games and have really dominated their respective conferences without a doubt. But let us not count out the Spurs and whoever wins between the Celtics and the Wizards. Long series ahead and even if the Warriors got the first win, they had to scratch and claw with the valiant Spurs.