The Official NBA Playoff Thread—-20/21 Edition
 

Felt like we could do this now.

Who ya got? Who don't ya got? Who's going to get gotten?

Nets in 5.

Hawks over the Knicks as I think Hunter will be able to handle Randle and I don't trust the rest of the Knicks outside of them.

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This sums up how I think the playoffs are going to turn out this year.

I don’t remember a postseason that hinged on the health of players quite as much as this one.

If everyone is healthy, I think the Nets will win, if the Nets have one of the big three go down and Bron and AD are healthy, I think the Lakers win, if both the Nets and Lakers have one of their megastars out AND Mitchell comes back at 100 percent, I’m going to be that crazy person that thinks the Jazz might actually pull it off...

But wow, so many ways this thing could end. I will definitely be watching intently.


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As far as the East play ins go..

Hornets beat Pacers
Wizards beat Celtics to take the 7th seed
Hornets upset Celtics for 8th seed.

Lamelo Ball hype reaches even more ridiculous levels in the nba world and the hobby world.

Or I’m just completely off..

We’ll see


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[QUOTE=PKIPP;17335900]As far as the East play ins go..

Hornets beat Pacers
Wizards beat Celtics to take the 7th seed
[B]Hornets upset Celtics for 8th seed[/B].

Lamelo Ball hype reaches even more ridiculous levels in the nba world and the hobby world.

Or I’m just completely off..

We’ll see


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I don't dislike the Celtics, but it would be pretty comical for them to miss the playoffs when they were supposed to be the next dynasty a couple years ago. They've really squandered what looked like it was going to be something special.


As far as the play-ins:

Wizards beat Celtics
Hornets beat Pacers

Celtics beat Hornets


Lakers beat Warriors
Grizzlies beat Spurs

Warriors beat Grizzlies

[QUOTE=rhigh2390;17335924]I don't dislike the Celtics, but it would be pretty comical for them to miss the playoffs when they were supposed to be the next dynasty a couple years ago. They've really squandered what looked like it was going to be something special.


As far as the play-ins:

Wizards beat Celtics
Hornets beat Pacers

Celtics beat Hornets


Lakers beat Warriors
Grizzlies beat Spurs

Warriors beat Grizzlies[/QUOTE]


Must admit, my disdain for the Celtics probably plays a role in having them get upset. But.. I think it’s actually more possible than most ppl think


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Biggest Buzzsaw is the Bottom of the East bracket....

Nets, Bucks, Miami. I think the Nets get through, but it's a tough matchup.

Philly has the easiest road to the conf finals.

In the West, it's all about the Lakers health to me. If they can stay healthy, then they are the team to beat. If not, it's so wide open that I can't totally eliminate the top 6 teams (although I can probably place them into 2 tiers).

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Calling it now, Bucks/Nuggets (dreaming Mavs but won't happen lol) finals

[QUOTE=tjforce;17335942]Biggest Buzzsaw is the Bottom of the East bracket....

Nets, Bucks, Miami. I think the Nets get through, but it's a tough matchup.

Philly has the easiest road to the conf finals.

In the West, it's all about the Lakers health to me. If they can stay healthy, then they are the team to beat. If not, it's so wide open that I can't totally eliminate the top 6 teams (although I can probably place them into 2 tiers).[/QUOTE]

They’re called the Clippers man, and they’re currently +260 worth of free monies.

Looks like LaVert is out for covid protocol

Pacers chances just got much worse

Don't know & don't care lol

Spurs will drive/kick, drive/kick until the shot clock runs out. Teams are just gonna wait until they work their way into a mid-range jumpshot. The slow down and attention to detail may help them but I can't see it with the way they run the offense and the way they've blown big leads

This is my attempt at a reverse jinx

[QUOTE=abidtsteele;17336002]Looks like LaVert is out for covid protocol

Pacers chances just got much worse[/QUOTE]

Geesh. Out the mandatory 10-14 days.

Even if they find a way to win two, it would be a blood bath vs. PHI.

[QUOTE=rhigh2390;17335924]I don't dislike the Celtics, but it would be pretty comical for them to miss the playoffs when they were supposed to be the next dynasty a couple years ago. They've really squandered what looked like it was going to be something special.
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2 years ago they had Kyrie, Tatum, Brown, Horford, Heyward, Rozier, Smart, Baynes, Theis, Marcus Morris, Semi, RW3. Since then they've gone 7-11 after R1.

Celtic fans mocked the 76ers for losing to the Champs on a the luckiest 4-bouncer of alltime in G7 and then losing last year without Simmons in the bubble. [76ers beat them 3-1 in the reg season before Ben got hurt]

Doesn't look like Ainge/Brad are geniuses now, I can tell you that.



Welcome to 7-9 seed purgatory, Boston fans! I don't miss it one bit.

My predictions/hopeful wishing

[b]EC Play In-[/b]

Wizards over Celtics for 7 [b]WRONG[/B]
Celtics over Hornets for 8 [B]WRONG[/B]

[b]WC Play In-[/b]

Lakers over Warriors for 7
Warriors over Spurs for 8 [B]WRONG[/B]

[b]EC[/b]

1 76ers over 8 Wizards in 5
2 Nets over 7 Celtics in 6
3 Bucks over 6 Heat in 5
5 Hawks over 4 Knicks in 6

1 76ers over 5 Hawks in 5
2 Nets over 3 Bucks in 7

1 76ers over 2 Nets in 7

[b]WC[/b]

1 Jazz over 8 Warriors in 7
2 Suns over 7 Lakers in 7
3 Nuggets over 6 Blazers in 6
4 Clippers over 5 Mavs in 6

4 Clippers over 1 Jazz in 6
2 Suns over 3 Nuggets in 5

4 Clippers over 2 Suns in 6

[b]NBA Finals[/b]

Clippers over Sixers in 6 and then I spend the next 2 delirious months traveling to far away lands.

Homer pick, Lakers in 6 or 7.

Gut feeling, Bucks in 7. I’m getting some serious championship vibes from that team. Also helps they’re overlooked right now with Clippers, Nets and Lakers being odds favorites.

Bucks have to go through Heat and Nets just to get to Philly on the road, where Philly's been the best team since 2018. Tough road just to make the Finals.

Celtics best play on the board.

[QUOTE=gomiamigo;17336509]Bucks have to go through Heat and Nets just to get to Philly on the road, where Philly's been the best team since 2018. Tough road just to make the Finals.[/QUOTE]

That's the reason why I'm not high on them and I like the Sixers/Clippers chances. Path to Finals matter.

I think the Bucks can do it but they would have to play incredible basketball for 3 series. Yikes.

Levert out is huge.

But CHA being in is way better for ratings if they can beat Indy.

I want WAS to beat BOS but we'll see.

WAS vs BKN would be fire. Definitely worth watching.

Finally the Playoffs are here.

Hornets winning tonight :flex:

[QUOTE=jcardstore;17336761]Hornets winning tonight :flex:[/QUOTE]

Hornets are food right now, no Levert too. Cant wait to see playoff Melo.

I got some jokic base rookies...best time to sell now or waiting until next week or after they (hopefully) win a series?

[QUOTE=frobebryant;17336978]I got some jokic base rookies...best time to sell now or waiting until next week or after they (hopefully) win a series?[/QUOTE]

Hold...I am holding my select silver RC PSA 9. That will be gone along with silver MPJ PSA 9; pink ice PSA 10; Prizm base PSA 10 and Revolution PSA 10. More in assembly at PSA.

What a start by the pacers