2024 NBA Season

[jakelyson]

the Celtics and Bucks are looking very strong this season and both went 4-0 in the first round  

Beside from GSW-HOU matchup in the second round, MIL - BOS is surely the next most exciting matchup in the second round. Between these two teams, my bet is on Celtics. They are 4th seed in East but they have experience and depth in role players.

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[harizen]

I'm still worried about a repeat of last year where they got swept by the Cavs before the conference finals,..

Lots of things happened since then...

-LeBron is now out on the East... having a coffee somewhere..
-Kawhi Leonard, a former finals MVP, already formed a chemistry with the team.
-2018 Coach of the Year Dwayne Casey out.

Somehow these things might changed the usual "choking" Raptors every playoffs.

Beside from GSW-HOU matchup in the second round, MIL - BOS is surely the next most exciting matchup in the second round. Between these two teams, my bet is on Celtics. They are 4th seed in East but they have experience and depth in role players.

A rematch from last year's playoffs which took up to Game 7. A close one.

The changes:
Celtics will now Kyrie and Hayward on-board.
Milwaukee Bucks improvement this season.

[GregH37]

I do not think even with Blake Griffin pistons could have beaten bucks but this series was waaaay too noncompetitive without him. Think of it like Giannis didn't play for the bucks for this series and was injured seriously, they would have been a decent team but not good enough to sweep pistons for sure and could even have been a challenge for pistons to actually move to semi finals if Griffin was healthy on top of that.

Celtics are definitely lucky too that Oladipo is not around but I think that is fine because even with Oladipo this would be the result. We are all waiting on just Raptors and Sixers to finish off their series to actually have the most competitive semi finals in eastern conference since probably ever. I don't know if there was 4 equal teams on east semi finals ever before.

[freedomgo]

the Celtics and Bucks are looking very strong this season and both went 4-0 in the first round  

Beside from GSW-HOU matchup in the second round, MIL - BOS is surely the next most exciting matchup in the second round. Between these two teams, my bet is on Celtics. They are 4th seed in East but they have experience and depth in role players.

This is a good match as Celtcis is a tough team, they won't allow not allow the best team in the NBA right now to dominate them.
I'm looking forward for a good series where the stars will step up, Kyrie always does but this team his team is facing a tougher team so he needs
some good help from his teammates to defense this very physical Bucks.

I hope smart can play this series, he gives energy to the team.

[bisdak40]

The playoffs are underway and ESPN won't stop talking about Lebron and the Lakers.  Do people really care this much?  It must be bringing in higher ratings for them or they wouldn't be doing it.

Yeah quite annoying right? And if you think about it, there's as much lebron haters as those who idolize him and they want lebron out of the playoffs and they got what they asked for. The current matchups are interesting as they are and i don't think the nba needs lebron for their ratings and sales no. Lebron drama should have been left in the regular season.

They should stop talking about Lebron and focus their attention on how Giannis perform well this playoffs  .

[Questat]

The playoffs are underway and ESPN won't stop talking about Lebron and the Lakers.  Do people really care this much?  It must be bringing in higher ratings for them or they wouldn't be doing it.

Yeah quite annoying right? And if you think about it, there's as much lebron haters as those who idolize him and they want lebron out of the playoffs and they got what they asked for. The current matchups are interesting as they are and i don't think the nba needs lebron for their ratings and sales no. Lebron drama should have been left in the regular season.

They should stop talking about Lebron and focus their attention on how Giannis perform well this playoffs  .

Lebron will come back strong the next season, this time give the young fella some recognition, Lebron is the king but he has fallen this season.
Harden vs Giannis is a good topic than Lebron, because these two are the closest rival to be MVP this season, and might face the NBA finals, who knows.

Sorry, GSW fans....

[jossiel]

They should stop talking about Lebron and focus their attention on how Giannis perform well this playoffs  .

Giannis played well on this conference and they are now moving to the next bracket against Boston Celtics. I'm not an analyst regarding rosters and teams but base on the stats, these two swept Indiana and Detroit.

Awhile ago, I bet with Golden State Warriors.. sure win.. hehe 

[Yaunfitda]

Closing out games today.

Raptors defeated Magic 115-96. Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points and Pascal Siakam added 24 points. They showed another good defense, limiting their opponents below 100 mark. They will not host 76'ers in round 2.

76'ers also closed out the Nets 122-100 setting up a series with the Raptors. It was the big 3 of Sixers that do the damage, Joel Embiid finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds, Simmons and Harris finished with 13 points and 12 points respectively.

Thunder and Trailblazers is on a exciting match. Portland is just down 8 point with 4 minutes left.

[jakelyson]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

[btc_angela]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He also did score 34 first half point, the most by any player since Nash did it in 2005. And what made it spectacular is that it was a comeback win and they are down in the fourth but they didn't give up and now they are going to the next round. Good win w/o Nurkic.

[LogitechMouse]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He shoot it way far from the three point line. He is confident enough to do that shot and his confidence paid off. History repeats itself as he did this again against the Rockets in 2014 . Anyway, nice game to the Thunder. My prediction is wrong in this. I predicted OKC in 6 games but they lose in 5 .

On the other hand, 76ers and Raptors finished the first round series already as they got the win against the Nets and Magic. The two will face on the next round. Whose your bet against the two

[mirakal]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

Yeah, that was s stellar performance by Lillard, his shooting is very efficient especially the in the first half.
I was watching the game live thinking OKC could win this one and they actually have a good run leading big but the Blazers rally and give them a hurtful loss to end the series.

[harizen]

He shoot it way far from the three point line. He is confident enough to do that shot and his confidence paid off.

Led by 3 games to 1, scored tie, that was really a confident shot.

Overall the game was close. Westbrook even at 29 points showed worst percentage shooting. Damn that was a hell of bad game, not just on that game, but on their previous games. Noticed also the lacks of foundation from the supporting casts.

Damn OKC, I speculate that game will be ended at least @Game 6 or 7 by them. Paul George does have a good performance all throughout the season and Blazers missed their big guy, Jusuf Nurkić.

Kudos to Damian Lillard and the whole Blazers team. Their last appearance at conference semi-finals was way back 2015-2016.

[Baofeng]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He shoot it way far from the three point line. He is confident enough to do that shot and his confidence paid off. History repeats itself as he did this again against the Rockets in 2014 . Anyway, nice game to the Thunder. My prediction is wrong in this. I predicted OKC in 6 games but they lose in 5 .

Even during the regular season, he is already shooting at that range. Him and Steph Curry are the two players I have seen doing it. Westbrook can trash talk all he wants, but Lillard has the last laugh.

On the other hand, 76ers and Raptors finished the first round series already as they got the win against the Nets and Magic. The two will face on the next round. Whose your bet against the two

It's very hard to predict, but I would say that it will be stretch to 7 games, 76ers for me. 

[Naida_BR]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He was making incredible matches in the regular season but I think that he will be among the MVP of the playoffs if he still continues this amazing performance in the next matches that are about to come.
Also, the second round of playoffs is very promising and we will see interesting matches because top-notch players.

[Botnake]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He was making incredible matches in the regular season but I think that he will be among the MVP of the playoffs if he still continues this amazing performance in the next matches that are about to come.
Also, the second round of playoffs is very promising and we will see interesting matches because top-notch players.

There is no playoffs MVP, only Finals MVP, and for him to achieve that, he be a champ in the west, an MVP could be coming
from the winning or losing team in the NBA finals, but it's very rare to see an MVP from a losing team, so it's a tough job for them to be an NBA Champ.

[Fredomago]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He was making incredible matches in the regular season but I think that he will be among the MVP of the playoffs if he still continues this amazing performance in the next matches that are about to come.
Also, the second round of playoffs is very promising and we will see interesting matches because top-notch players.

With MVP race for the regular season, he's far behind as Harden, Giannis, Curry, Durant are those big names who can bring this one out, he made his monstrous job today as he's still the main man of the blazers after Aldridge transferred to spurs, with an amazing lineup behind him they can possibly have a chance winning the semis against whoever wins between Spurs and Nuggets,.

[Questat]

MOnster game for Damian Lillard, 50 points and a buzzer beater at the end of the game ending OKC's playoff campaign. He is the man. OKC has the lead but blew it off in the last minute. That was a good game.

He was making incredible matches in the regular season but I think that he will be among the MVP of the playoffs if he still continues this amazing performance in the next matches that are about to come.
Also, the second round of playoffs is very promising and we will see interesting matches because top-notch players.

With MVP race for the regular season, he's far behind as Harden, Giannis, Curry, Durant are those big names who can bring this one out, he made his monstrous job today as he's still the main man of the blazers after Aldridge transferred to spurs, with an amazing lineup behind him they can possibly have a chance winning the semis against whoever wins between Spurs and Nuggets,.

They have a chance of course because this team is underrated, in fact I believe in their series that just ended, they are not the favorites despite having the home court advantage, because people think they can't compete well with Nurkic, but they prove them wrong, they did will and even dominate the OKC in a 4-1 series.

[jakelyson]

On the other hand, 76ers and Raptors finished the first round series already as they got the win against the Nets and Magic. The two will face on the next round. Whose your bet against the two

This is a tough match. Both teams are performing very. This could go either way but my bet is it will be game 7 with raptors on the top.

[Botnake]

On the other hand, 76ers and Raptors finished the first round series already as they got the win against the Nets and Magic. The two will face on the next round. Whose your bet against the two

This is a tough match. Both teams are performing very. This could go either way but my bet is it will be game 7 with raptors on the top.

Home court advantage gives the Raptors an advantage but I feel like 76ers has a good chance in this series, they have more talents compared to the Raptors. This could be another exciting match, and I'm predicting this game will be a long series, 6 or 7 in favor of the Sixers.