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So here we go..... The Regular Season is done and over and the playoffs start in 24 hours.
So what are the calls on who gets to the Semi's ?
Raps vs Wiz Lots of fear and loathing from some of the Republican Guard.. but fear not.. The Raptors are advancing to the Semi's. Why do the they win ? Continuity and Depth. The Wiz have talent to be sure.. but they have struggled all season long with consistency and team chemistry.... and those struggles continue. ..The raps advance in 5.. possibly 6.
Chowderheads vs Bucks. The Bucks will have the best player in the series in the Alphabet. After a prolonged absence Malcom Brogdon is back and frees up Eric Bledsoe to play off the ball. Brogdon is a bigger guard and will give Kyrie-light replacement Terry Rozier all he can handle man on man. The Bucks are soft as baby poop inside with Henson and Parker and with stick man Thon Maker coming in off the bench the Bucks are going to be vulnerable inside when the Chowders draw the Alphabet outside on forced covers of Morris and Brown on the perimeter.
The Chowderheads perimeter defense is very good and they will make it tough for Middleton and Bledsoe from the arc. The interior defense gets help when they can collapse a guy in and the Alphabet will have to work for his points inside. The Chowders are going to have to muster some offence to get by the Bucks. Can Tatum,Brown and Morris give them enough points while their defense keeps the Bucks at bay ? Barely.
It goes the full 7 games.... and the Chowderheads advance.
Heat vs Hinkies The Hinkies are the latest darlings of the NBA. They ride into the playoffs with a 16 game winning streak, the redshirt rookie of the year, and the best part time superstar in the league (currently on the IR) in Joel Embiid. They are fast. they are athletic, they sport veteran help in Illyasova and Reddick. They also turn the ball over on average 17 times a game, have limited playoff chops and their ball handlers Simmons and Fultz can't shoot outside of 10 feet.
The Miami Heat like the Chowderheads are offensively challenged. They do have a 3 point threat in Ellington and Goran Dragic will get inside in a half court set for points on dishes and layups but the Heat are not going to win this series with offence. Eric Spolestra is going to try to make life really tough for the Hinkies with his defensive sets with the intent of making the most turnover prone team in the league turn it over at a high rate. The Heat will clutch,grab, elbow and with the relaxed whistle. If the Heat can get the Hinks to turn it over at their average or even higher rate than they ususally do (17 a game) Spoelstra can push the series turns into a transition game where the Heat can score enough to upset the Hinkies ....with or without their part time centre. Can they do it ?
Yes they can... and in an upset... the Heat advance.
NewLooks vs Indy Indy is the best story in the east this year. Panned as fodder they have flipped the bird to just about everyone with their season. They don't turn it over very much and have playoff experience with Miles Turner, Lance Stevenson, Thad Young, Corey Joseph and Bojan Bogdonovich. They can score and they can run and they will expose the wimpy Cavs defense and they do have a guy in Lance Stevenson who just loves guarding Lebron. Is it enough for an upset ?
The NewLooks are going as far as Lebron can carry them. In the past LBJ has had pretty significant options to step up and take some of the load off him but those guys are gone. Irving is in Boston.. Frye is in LA and the energy Bullet Head vet... Richard Jefferson.... is in Denver. Lebron does still have Kevin Love to ride shotgun but ole Kevin could get injured during a tour of a pillow factory. Another playoff injury could be devastating for the NewLooks. He starts the series in good health though. JR Smith .. well who knows where hes at....Tristan Thompson is ducking the TMZ crowd and "the replacements" Nance/Hood/Clarkson have no playoff experience. The defense still sucks. BUT... they still have Lebron.
Even with noted villan Lance Stevenson all over his frame the NewLooks will get through the opening round. It won't be a sweep. It won't be the gentlemans sweep ...The Newlooks advance in 6 or 7...
So what are the calls on who gets to the Semi's ?
Raps vs Wiz Lots of fear and loathing from some of the Republican Guard.. but fear not.. The Raptors are advancing to the Semi's. Why do the they win ? Continuity and Depth. The Wiz have talent to be sure.. but they have struggled all season long with consistency and team chemistry.... and those struggles continue. ..The raps advance in 5.. possibly 6.
Chowderheads vs Bucks. The Bucks will have the best player in the series in the Alphabet. After a prolonged absence Malcom Brogdon is back and frees up Eric Bledsoe to play off the ball. Brogdon is a bigger guard and will give Kyrie-light replacement Terry Rozier all he can handle man on man. The Bucks are soft as baby poop inside with Henson and Parker and with stick man Thon Maker coming in off the bench the Bucks are going to be vulnerable inside when the Chowders draw the Alphabet outside on forced covers of Morris and Brown on the perimeter.
The Chowderheads perimeter defense is very good and they will make it tough for Middleton and Bledsoe from the arc. The interior defense gets help when they can collapse a guy in and the Alphabet will have to work for his points inside. The Chowders are going to have to muster some offence to get by the Bucks. Can Tatum,Brown and Morris give them enough points while their defense keeps the Bucks at bay ? Barely.
It goes the full 7 games.... and the Chowderheads advance.
Heat vs Hinkies The Hinkies are the latest darlings of the NBA. They ride into the playoffs with a 16 game winning streak, the redshirt rookie of the year, and the best part time superstar in the league (currently on the IR) in Joel Embiid. They are fast. they are athletic, they sport veteran help in Illyasova and Reddick. They also turn the ball over on average 17 times a game, have limited playoff chops and their ball handlers Simmons and Fultz can't shoot outside of 10 feet.
The Miami Heat like the Chowderheads are offensively challenged. They do have a 3 point threat in Ellington and Goran Dragic will get inside in a half court set for points on dishes and layups but the Heat are not going to win this series with offence. Eric Spolestra is going to try to make life really tough for the Hinkies with his defensive sets with the intent of making the most turnover prone team in the league turn it over at a high rate. The Heat will clutch,grab, elbow and with the relaxed whistle. If the Heat can get the Hinks to turn it over at their average or even higher rate than they ususally do (17 a game) Spoelstra can push the series turns into a transition game where the Heat can score enough to upset the Hinkies ....with or without their part time centre. Can they do it ?
Yes they can... and in an upset... the Heat advance.
NewLooks vs Indy Indy is the best story in the east this year. Panned as fodder they have flipped the bird to just about everyone with their season. They don't turn it over very much and have playoff experience with Miles Turner, Lance Stevenson, Thad Young, Corey Joseph and Bojan Bogdonovich. They can score and they can run and they will expose the wimpy Cavs defense and they do have a guy in Lance Stevenson who just loves guarding Lebron. Is it enough for an upset ?
The NewLooks are going as far as Lebron can carry them. In the past LBJ has had pretty significant options to step up and take some of the load off him but those guys are gone. Irving is in Boston.. Frye is in LA and the energy Bullet Head vet... Richard Jefferson.... is in Denver. Lebron does still have Kevin Love to ride shotgun but ole Kevin could get injured during a tour of a pillow factory. Another playoff injury could be devastating for the NewLooks. He starts the series in good health though. JR Smith .. well who knows where hes at....Tristan Thompson is ducking the TMZ crowd and "the replacements" Nance/Hood/Clarkson have no playoff experience. The defense still sucks. BUT... they still have Lebron.
Even with noted villan Lance Stevenson all over his frame the NewLooks will get through the opening round. It won't be a sweep. It won't be the gentlemans sweep ...The Newlooks advance in 6 or 7...
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