Early NBA Playoff Predictions

 By Lucas Grodner



East Play-in:

 

10 seed Atlanta Hawks vs 9 seed Chicago Bulls: Atlanta Hawks win and advance to 8 seed game.

8 seed Miami Heat vs 7 seed Philadelphia 76ers: Philadelphia 76ers win and advance to the 7 seed while the Miami Heat will play the Atlanta Hawks for the 8 seed. 

10 seed Atlanta Hawks vs 8 seed Miami Heat: Miami Heat will win and advance to the 8 seed.

West Play-in: 


10 seed Golden State Warriors vs 9 seed Los Angeles Lakers: Los Angeles Lakers will win and advance to 8 seed game.

8 seed Phoenix Suns vs 7 seed Sacramento Kings: Phoenix Suns will win and advance to the 7 seed while the Kings will face off against the Lakers for the 8th seed.

9 seed Los Angeles Lakers vs 7 seed Sacramento Kings: Los Angeles Lakers will win and advance to the 8 seed.


East 1st round: 

8 seed Miami Heat vs 1 seed Boston Celtics: Miami will give Boston a run for their money but Boston will eventually win this series in 6 games and advance to the second round. 

7 seed Philadelphia 76ers vs 2 seed Cleveland Cavaliers: Joel Embiid will take over this series and lead the 76ers to upset the Cavs in a 7 game series and advance to the second round.

6 seed Indiana Pacers vs 3 seed Milwaukee Bucks: Dame Time comes alive in this first round as him and Giannis blow by the Pacers and take this series in 5 games. 

5 seed Orlando Magic vs 4 seed New York Knicks: This series depends on if the Knicks are healthy or not, but if they are at full power, the young Magic team will struggle against the more experienced Knicks. The Magic will stand no chance vs Jalen Brunson and company as the Knicks will sweep this series and move on to the second round. 


West 1st round:

8 seed Los Angeles Lakers vs 1 seed Denver Nuggets: The Lakers and Nuggets will battle in this series as Anthony Davis attempts to stop the 2021-2022 MVP in Nikola Jokic. LeBron and the Lakers will make this an entertaining series as they bring the Nuggets to a game 7. However, the Nuggets will close this out by blowing the Lakers out in game 7, advancing the second round. 

7 seed Phoenix Suns vs 2 seed Oklahoma City Thunder: The Thunder will put up a good fight, but despite being the 2 seed, they will have to answer for Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. Suns win in 6 and move on to the second round. 

6 seed Dallas Mavericks vs 3 seed Minnesota Timberwolves: Luka Doncic will go OFF in this series as him and Kyrie will just get by the Timberwolves in a 6 game series. Anthony Edwards will put up a good fight but it won't be enough. Dallas advances to the next round.

5 seed New Orleans Pelicans vs 4 seed Los Angeles Clippers: The Pelicans stand no chance against the Kawhi, James Harden, and Paul George led clippers as the Clippers breeze by the Pelicans in 5. Clippers advance. 


East 2nd round: 


4 seed New York Knicks vs 1 seed Boston Celtics: A fully healthy Knicks team is a scary threat to the Boston Celtics. However, this Celtic team just have no weaknesses as they will beat the Knicks in 4 games. Boston advances to Eastern Conference Finals. 

7 seed Philadelphia 76ers vs 3 seed Milwaukee Bucks: The Bucks and 76ers will battle this one out but eventually the Bucks will run away with this one in 6 games. Bucks advance to ECF.


West 2nd Round:


4 seed Los Angeles Clippers vs 1 seed Denver Nuggets: The star power of the Clippers will just be enough to get by the Denver Nuggets in 7 games. Clippers advance WCF.

7 seed Phoenix Suns vs 6 seed Dallas Mavericks: Luka vs Dbook and KD vs Kyrie. Considering that there is a lot of tension between these two teams, this series will get a little chippy. However, the Suns will get the best of the Mavs and end up winning this series in 6. 


Eastern Conference Finals: 

3 seed Milwaukee Bucks vs 1 seed Boston Celtics: The Celtics have the better team on paper, but the Bucks won't go down without a fight. The Bucks bring the series to a game 6, but eventually loose in that game and the Celtics will move on to the finals.


Western Conference Finals:

7 seed Phoenix Suns vs 4 seed Los Angeles Clippers: This series is going to be insane and extremely entertaining. The star power throughout both teams is ridiculous. This series will definitely go to a game 7. However, the star power of the Clippers is just too much for the Suns to handle, concluding in the Los Angeles Clippers heading to the finals.


NBA finals: 

4 seed Los Angeles Clippers vs 1 seed Boston Celtics: Both of these teams are loaded. However, I think the Celtics will take advantage of having home court and having an extra few days of rest. They will win the series in 5 and win the NBA championship. 


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