NBA Playoffs 

By Austin Scott & Robin Mukhram

The NBA Playoffs, where 8 teams in each conference Eastern and Western play each other in an Elimination tournament to reach the NBA Finals to win the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy. The first 6 teams automatically advance to the Playoffs while the teams that finish 7-10 from each conference compete in a Play In Tournament to determine the final playoff seeds for the Eastern and Western Conference.

First Round East


In The First Round The First Seeded Boston Celtics beat the Eighth  Seeded Miami Heat In a Gentleman's Sweep (4-1). The star Duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown led the team to victory and they advanced to the Second round.



In The First Round The Fourth Seeded Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Fifth Seeded Orlando Magic in a close 7 series (4-3). Donovan Mitchell putting up the best numbers on his team and leading them to Victory, they will advance to the Second round.


In The First Round The Sixth Seeded Indiana Pacers beat the Third Seeded Milwaukee Bucks in 6 (4-2). Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, and Myles Turner took advantage of the Bucks Injuries to Star players like Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo and beat them to advance to the second round.


In The First Round The Second Seeded New York Knicks beat the Seventh Seeded Philadelphia 76ers in 6 (4-2). Jalen Brunson went on a monster run with the help of other key players like Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo and OG Anunoby helped the Knicks move on to the Second round.



First Round West



In The First Round The First Seeded Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Eighth New Orleans Pelicans in a 4 game sweep (4-0). MVP Candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and other Key Players such as Josh Giddey, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams help push the Thunder to the Second round.



In The First Round The Fifth Seeded Dallas Mavericks beat the Fourth Seeded Los Angeles Clippers in a 6 game series (4-2). MVP Candidate Luka Doncic and Superstar Teammate Kyrie Irving and other key role players like PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II helped get the Mavericks by the Clippers and move on to the second round.


In The First Round The Third Seeded Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Sixth Seeded Phoenix Suns in a Four game sweep (4-0). NBA Superstar Anthony Edwards and key teammates like Karl-Anthony Towns, Naz Reid, Rudy Gobert, and Jaden McDaniels got the Timberwolves to move on to the second round.


In The First Round The Second Seeded Denver Nuggets beat the Seventh Seeded Los Angeles Lakers in a Gentleman's sweep in 5 (4-1). The 2024 MVP Winner Nikola Jokic and Star Teammate Jamal Murray Beat the Lakers and move on to the second round.

Conf. Semi Finals (East)


In The Second Round The First Seeded Boston Celtics beat the Fourth Seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in a Gentleman's Sweep (4-1). NBA Superstars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and Key Teammates Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, AL Horford took advantage and will move on to the Conf. Finals.


In The Second Round The Sixth Seeded Indiana Pacers beat the Second Seeded New York Knicks in a close 7 game series (4-3). Tyrese Haliburton and his Squad took advantage of the injuries of the Knicks Key Players and gave them the momentum to beat the Knicks to advance to the Conf. Finals

Conf. Semi Finals (West)


In The Second Round The Fifth Seeded Dallas Mavericks beat the First Seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in a 6 game series (4-2). MVP Candidate Luka Doncic and SuperStar Kyrie Irving led the team past the Top Seeded Thunder to advance to the Conf. Finals



In The Second Round The Third Seeded Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Defending NBA Finals Champions Denver Nuggets in a close 7 game series (4-3). NBA SuperStars Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns lead took over and brought the Timberwolves from the brink of elimination to bring the series to 7 and have an amazing second half comeback to take over and win the game and bring them to the Conf. Finals

CONF. Finals 


In This Third Round Matchup The Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers in a 4 game sweep (4-0). All NBA Team Player Jayson Tatum and NBA superstar Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday led the Celtics past the Pacers and to the NBA Finals.



In This Third Round Matchup The Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in a Gentleman's sweep (4-1). NBA SuperStar Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving had a good series, Role players like Daniel Gafford, PJ Washington, and Derrick Lively II stepped up and helped support them and advance to the NBA Finals.

NBA FINALS


Right Now, The Boston Celtics are beating the Dallas Mavericks 2-0 in the series. Luka Doncic has been hooping and playing his heart out but isn't getting support from his teammates and he needs them too if he wants to win his first Ring. On the other hand Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Derrick White, Kristaps Porzingis are playing crazy good for the Celtics and they are the main reasons why they are up 2-0 right now. All their energy feeds off each other and they need it too if they want to win the NBA title which they last did in 2008 and their 18th in franchise history giving them the most in the league, they are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers at 17.