Is there little suspense? There are probably these four teams that enter the division finals, and the Warriors may be eliminated first?
2:24pm, 16 May 2025Basketball
The NBA playoffs reached the second round. The situation was confusing at the beginning, and the favorites to compete for the championship all failed. However, after three or four games, the promotion list for the second round was actually not very suspense. Some teams have bottomed out in physical fitness, and the further they get to the back, it will only become more and more difficult, and the chance of winning is extremely small. Some teams are getting better and can always maintain a certain dominance, proving that they do have the style of a strong team. After the latest round of the game, the current score situation in the second round is: the Nuggets 2-2 Thunder in the West, the Timberwolves 2-1 Warriors, the Pacers 3-1 Cavaliers in the East, and the Knicks 2-1 Celtics. Here we can make a bold prediction. The teams entering the division finals are likely to be these four teams, including Thunder, Timberwolves, Celtics and Pacers. The Golden State Warriors will be eliminated first.
Let's take a look at the East first. The Pacers became the first team to get the match point in the second round. It may be a bit unexpected. After all, before the game, everyone was unanimously optimistic about their opponent, the Cavaliers, and both sides were offensive teams. The Cavaliers were like the Plus version of the Pacers, with better books and playoff experience. During the regular season, the Cavaliers, as the number one in the Eastern Conference, scored 16 consecutive victories, and their offensive data remained at the top of the league. Moreover, in the first round, the Cavaliers easily crushed the Heat, with averaging more than 30 points per game and breaking the NBA historical record. Logically speaking, they should have won the Pacers, but they didn't expect that they are on the verge of elimination. Of course, the biggest reason for the Cavaliers' repeated setbacks is that due to injuries, the core players of several starting players were injured, and there was no way.
At the same time, the Pacers' strength is definitely underestimated. On the one hand, although they are an offensive team, they are extremely fierce in defense when they are serious. This round of the series has already received many evil offenders and injured many Cavaliers players, while the Cavaliers' defense is much cleaner. On the other hand, the Pacers did not make it to the playoffs this season. As early as last year, they were one of the biggest dark horses in the East. They made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. In those games against the Celtics, the Pacers could fight to the last moment every time, and they lost a few points, which put a lot of pressure on the defending champion Celtics. Compared with the Cavaliers, the Pacers scored more points, and 7 people averaged more than 9.5 points per game, which really made everyone soldiers. Next, the G5 Cavaliers returned to their home court and should win a game, but the G6 was basically won by the Pacers.
Another group of Celtics and Knicks in the Eastern Conference. Although the Knicks are temporarily leading the score, the Celtics led by 128 minutes and 17 seconds in the first three games, and the Knicks led by 12 minutes and 16 seconds in total. In the three games, the Celtics once led by more than 20 points. The hard strength of the two sides, and the lineup depth gap is still very obvious, but the Celtics have a bad ball ability and are a little underestimating the enemy, which ruined the victory of the first two games. The trend of this series is likely to be from 0-2 to 4-2. The Celtics will win four consecutive games and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals directly. For the Knicks, their playing style is destined to go far in the playoffs. They will let the starters play for nearly 40 minutes every game, and Iron Man can't bear it even if they come. Moreover, the intensity of the playoffs this year is so strong, the Knicks' scoring points on the bench are too few. In the West, the Warriors will most likely become the first team to be eliminated. After winning the first G1 game, it will be difficult for them to win another game. The impact of Curry's injury was indeed too great. Without Curry, the entire Warriors' offensive system would collapse completely. Even Green didn't want to play, and Butler has not been back for 23 years and cannot reproduce the Black Eight super miracle of that year. In G3, when Butler scored 33 points and Kumingga broke out, the Warriors were still suppressed by the Timberwolves. The team's young men still didn't make much use of it in the playoffs. Among them, Podjemski has averaged 6.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the second round of the series, with a shooting percentage of 23.1%. Moody has only scored 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the second round of the series, making 0 of 9 shots and 0 of 5 three-pointers.
In comparison, the Timberwolves has a stronger team style, a more solid lineup structure, and the star Edwards is also tough enough. In the past two years of the playoffs, Edwards has eliminated Durant, Jokic, James, Doncic, and these top super giants. If they eliminate Curry's Warriors, they will really be awarded the gods in one battle. The last group of Thunder and Nuggets played 2-2 in a big score, but the Thunder were obviously more proactive in the game. The Nuggets also had physical fitness problems. Jokic had collapsed and had 3 consecutive games. The overall shooting percentage of three games was only 30% in 3 games. This schedule is indeed not very friendly to the Nuggets. From the end of the regular season, they did not let go of a game to get stuck. They fought with the Clippers in the first round of the playoffs, and then quickly played against the league's No. 1 Thunder, who could not stand it. Jokic himself is a heavy center, and it is great that he has not been injured until now, but the Nuggets can't beat the Thunder. The teams that reached the finals this year are probably the Thunder and the Celtics. What do you think?
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