[NBA] East Playoffs, Round One

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

First-Round Series:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Miami Heat (8)
Odds: Bucks -1000 (Caesars) | Bucks: 90% (ESPN BPI)

Game 1: April 16 at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2: Wednesday April 19 at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. ET (NBATV)
Game 3: Saturday April 22 at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Monday April 24 at Miami
Game 5*: Wednesday April 26 at Milwaukee
Game 6*: Friday April 28 at Miami
Game 7*: Sunday April 30 at Milwaukee
*If necessary

Boston Celtics (2) vs. Atlanta Hawks (7)
Odds: Celtics -1000 (Caesars) | Celtics: 96% (ESPN BPI)

Game 1: Saturday at Boston, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Tuesday at Boston, 7 p.m. ET (NBATV)
Game 3: Friday April 21 at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Sunday April 23 at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5*: Tuesday April 25 at Boston
Game 6*: Thursday April 27 at Atlanta
Game 7*: Saturday April 29 at Boston (TNT)
*If necessary

Philadelphia 76ers (3) vs. Brooklyn Nets (6)
Odds: 76ers -900 (Caesars) | 76ers: 75% (ESPN BPI)

Game 1: Saturday at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Monday at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Thursday April 20 at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Saturday April 22 at Brooklyn, 1 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5*: Monday April 24 at Philadelphia
Game 6*: Thursday April 27 at Brooklyn
Game 7*: Saturday April 29 at Philadelphia (TNT)
*If necessary

Cleveland Cavaliers (4) vs. New York Knicks (5)
Odds: Cavaliers -205 (Caesars) | Knicks: 52% (ESPN BPI)

Game 1: Saturday at Cleveland, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Tuesday at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Friday April 21 at New York, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 4: Sunday April 23 at New York, 1 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 5*: Wednesday April 26 at Cleveland
Game 6*: Friday April 28 at New York
Game 7*: Sunday April 30 at Cleveland
*If necessary

 

[kingsboi]

4 vs 5 is the only one that looks somewhat enticing, other ones not so much

 

[Kingz19]

Philly on pace for 48 offensive rebounds.

 

[Kingz19]

Brooklyn is solid but they really need a playmaker.

A reborn Ben Simmons would put them in another gear but that’s looking less and less likely. It’s a shame because it would make sense for Simmons to return to primary ball handler with this group but it seemed they kept trying to make him a Draymond Green secondary handler, defense and rebounder even after the trade.

They could use his size and strength too. They’re a skinny bunch

 

[Ozymandias]

What a brutal beatdown in the first half of ATL-BOS... The Hawks are 1/16 from 3! Yikes. Its halftime and this one is OVER. 30 point deficit.

Robert Williams is such an excellent player, for a guy you dont run plays for he can do SO much damage in like just 10 minutes. He's served Okongwu several slices of humble pie already.

While this play-in stuff certainly offers many fanbases more hope and spices up the end of the regular season, if you get 1st rd matchups that looks like this, with some team playing .500 or even below .500, I'd say the system can still be tweaked for the better, no way is this ideal.

 

[Sluggah]

A little less parity in the East.

 

[kingdivac]

Hawks are barely hangin' around......look like the Eastern Conference version of the Mavericks

 

[kingdivac]

Bogdan going crazy!

 

[Ozymandias]

wow! 13 point game 9 minutes to go. It aint ova! sheesh I was wrong.

 

[kingdivac]

Hawks standin' around on defense and rebounding.

 

[Ozymandias]

This is a fun matchup Knicks and Cavs. Should be war in the paint.

 

[Ozymandias]

Glad to see Quentin Grimes starting in the playoffs in his 2nd season in the league.

I remember a lot of nonsense being spoken about Grimes after he had a rough freshman year at Kansas, every season since he's noticably improved.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Mitchell is built for playoff basketball. Dude can create a clean look when it appears that nothing is there

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This is a fun matchup Knicks and Cavs. Should be war in the paint.

Should be, but probably won't be; they still count on guards to get those guys the ball.

 

[Ozymandias]

Should be, but probably won't be; they still count on guards to get those guys the ball.

yeah I posted that after a pretty good putback jam Mobley had over Robinson but the Cavs havent scored much in the paint since.


Considering Brunson has 0 assists and 3 fouls in 9 minutes, a 5 point lead for the Knicks seems pretty good.

I wonder if this game is going to end right before the Kings start?

 

[Ozymandias]

this has been the best game of the day so far.. 4th quarter should be a good one.

even with Quickley going 0/5 the Knicks bench has really shown up on the road.

 

[kingdivac]

Aside from Mitchell, cavs offense has been average to poor. Knicks look better without Randle on the floor

 

[kingdivac]

Tight finish on Cavs Knicks.....Knicks might give it away after leading most game

 

[Ozymandias]

what a game from Josh Hart off the bench...

 

[kingdivac]

Knicks and their offensive rebounding....killer

 

[kingdivac]

Heat have a razor thin chance against the Bucks.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Apropos of nothing, Shaq's suit is clean as hell tonight.

 

[kingdivac]

Ever since the Frankenstein saga, I don't like the Bucks.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Ever since the Frankenstein saga, I don't like the Bucks.

I'm sorry, what, now?

 

[9x1x6]

Glad we played yesterday, the amount of injuries today is nuts.

 

[fansinceday1]

What is going on with all these injuries?

Milwaukee is done for without yannis.
I don’t know how important Herro is to Miami but he won’t be back with a broken hand. I haven’t heard how bad ja’s injury is to his hand but it sure didn’t look good on the replay.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Bucks looking very beatable. We shouldn't be scared of anyone and we are legit title contenders.... right now.

 

[mrlaze]

Kings can beat anyone in the playoffs.

 

[fansinceday1]

Kings can beat anyone in the playoffs.

Boston and the 76ers pose all sorts of problems for the kings.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Wow. Heat just beat the bucks in Milwaukee. Would be nice if someone takes them out for us before the finals