NBA Playoffs

By : Nick Malli

Who will win the NBA playoffs? There were a total of 20 teams in this year's playoffs consisting of the Heat, Celtics, Bucks, 76ers, Raptors, Bulls, Nets, Cavaliers, Hawks, Hornets, Suns, Grizzlies, Warriors, Mavericks, Jazz, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Clippers, Pelicans, and the Spurs. As of the time of this article the Cavaliers, and the Clippers are out because of the play in games. Tonight there will be 2 more games to lock in the 16 team tournament. The games will consist of the Hornets versus the Hawks, and the Spurs versus the Pelicans. I think that the Hornets-Hawks game will be a much more entertaining game Because they are the two better teams in these games. The hornets have a fun young explosive line up that has young stars like Lamelo Ball and Miles Bridges. However the Hawks are still a scary team. They are still a young team with stars like Trae Young and John Collins that made a deep run in the playoffs last year making it to the conference championship before losing to the 2021 champions, the Bucks. While the Hornets have not made it to the playoffs in 5 years and have only won two series in 20 years, this match up should be a good one and both of these teams have potential to make it even farther into the playoffs. On the other side of the NBA the Spurs and Pelicans game will most likely not be that exciting. The pelicans will most likely win with stars such as Cj Mcollum, and Brandon Ingram with Zion Williamson being injured for over a year. While the Spurs have point guard Dejounte Murray and Jakob Poeltl. I think the Pelicans will win but then lose immediately in the next round. My first round predictions for who will win it all are very broad over four teams: the Grizzlies, the Mavericks, the Bulls, and the Bucks.

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