2025 First Round Playoffs Predictions.

[nuraman00]

Milwaukee Bucks vs Indiana Pacers

I'll go Pacers in five. Milwaukee wins game 2. I don't trust the Bucks team with injuries.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Denver Nuggets


Clippers in five, Nuggets win game three.

Jamal Murray and Kawhi Leonard, either or both will probably have an injury in the series. I don't trust their bodies. Clippers defense is good.

As true for most Clippers series, there should be a lot of road wins and home losses.

Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks

Cunningham is the best player in the series. Brunson's size will be a problem for him.

Detroit in 6

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Detroit
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Detroit

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Los Angeles Lakers

I don't think Minnesota can win close games, only blowouts.

Los Angeles in 5.

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Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Memphis Grizzlies vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Memphis will be down 21 in a few games.

Oklahoma City in 4.

Orlando Magic vs Boston Celtics

Boston will have a game where they shoot 24% on 3's.

Boston in 5.

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Boston

Miami Heat vs Cleveland Cavaliers

There is a small chance this is a long series. I will go with that. Cleveland is very reliant on 3's

Miami does have good players, and Adebayo can do a lot.

Cleveland in 7.

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I don't know though, Miami is bad in home winner take all games and better on the road.


Golden State Warriors vs Houston Rockets

Amen Thompson will be even better than the regular season, but Houston will lose.

Sengun will miss a lot of free throws.

We haven't had a road series team sweep in a while.

Golden State in 4.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

You think New York will lose there opening round against the pistons? You must be dreaming

 

[MHSL82]

This doesn’t meet the criteria for everyone shooting below 50% and the overall percentage doesn’t seem as bad because I’ve seen so much worse with the Jazz this year, but look at this, only Luca and Knecht shot 50% or above.

 

[nuraman00]

So the two games on Monday both feature teams that couldn't keep large leads.

 

[nuraman00]

Never stop a game and sleep on it. That advice is not for you, Nuraman. It's for the Jazz. They took a nap after building the 25 point lead.

Losing a 25 point lead is not surprising. Losing it straight, is. It should have taken 20 minutes to lose it. Not 8:34. I mean, the score was 71 to 46. Ended with a tie at 78. 32-7. That's not a run. Runs are in basketball. That's not a run, that's a collapse. 16-3 is a run. Two of those? Collapse. Mutually inflicted.

Adding some more info.

71-46 was the 25 point, achieved at 8:34 in the 3rd. It was a tie game at 78 at 35 seconds. So the Jazz lost the lead in 7:59.

But, the rule is that it's not a comeback until the trailing team takes the lead. Oklahoma City didn't take the lead until 11:45 in the 4th. So a span of 8:49.

I'm mentioning all of this to put into context Detroit giving up a 21-0 run yesterday.

Detroit went from up 8 to down 13. From 9:16 left in the 4th to 4:49 left in the 4th. A span of 8:27.

 

[nuraman00]

Barkley was just on and said he wanted to be serious.

He said Nico Harrison, stop giving press conferences. It's not helping. Take the L. Said Nico was a friend.

Barkley also said it was the stupidest decision in the history of civilization to announce the Mavericks price hike during the Luka Doncic trade.

Shaq said as long as management had your back on the trade, it's your job to take the bullets. But agrees, don't talk.

Kenny said Nico has been over to his house, so he knows him well. He said it's like taking a jumper. The ball is in the air. It hasn't landed yet. Once Irving and Davis are healthy, they'll see. Plus the Lakers haven't proven anything yet. But also agreed to stop talking.

 

[nuraman00]

Wait so if Norman isn't ready for the FT, he can give the ball back to the official and reset his 10 second clock?

 

[nuraman00]

Barkley says Kawhi is playing beautiful, even though he misses a ton of games every year.

 

[nuraman00]

I'll make a bad post here.

I hope that was a Night Night Norman shot.

 

[nuraman00]

TNT's headlines are Deeeetrooiiit Bas-ket-ball and Kawhi-Lights.

 

[nuraman00]

Kawhi-Borg is another Clippers headline for tonight.

Shaq then limps off the set, and has to go to the bathroom. Ernie gives him the nickname "The Big Olive Oil".

Clippers got 25/42 defensive rebounds while Denver got 35/44.

59% of defensive rebounds but still winning seems rare. I wonder what the playoffs winning percentage for teams is when they get 59% of defensive rebounds or less.