2024 NBA Season and Playoffs

[Who]

Not sure either team can score enough to beat Boston 4 times

Yeah neither team super impressive so far.   If Allen remains out for the Cavs I think I would probably want them vs the Magic.   If Allen is back it is a toss up to me.  I have no idea who to root for.

Yeah, if J Allen is out. That negates the loss of Porzingis.

Makes BOS the overwhelming favourite again.

Boston was already the overwhelming favorite.

If that Cavs team is fully healthy I would call Boston solid favorites. Not overwhelming. But C's should still easily beat them in 5 or 6, if it goes 7 something went wrong or they got in their own way.

I see BOS as favourites as reasonable. I am bit lower than that and consider it closer to neutral but to see BOS as a favourite is fine.

To view them as overwhelming favourites without Porzingis is over-rating this team. I am fine with BOS as overwhelming favourites with Porzingis. I agree with that point of view. Not without.

[celticinorlando]

Gotta stop the Mitchell and garland on the dribble penetration

[Who]

Opposition Difficulty

(1) Cleveland

(2) Orlando
(3) New York

(4) Indiana

The ECSF will be tougher than the ECF. Given that Porzingis should be back by then, the ECF should be a cake walk. The ECSF will be the bigger obstacle.

[celticinorlando]

Wagners might not make it out of Boston alive

Those two dudes are clowns

[jpotter33]

What a ridiculous call by Marc Davis. Dude sat there and watched the ball go out on Strus and still called it out on the Magic, and it wasn’t even close.

Then I don’t even know what to say about that Mo flop.

[Phantom255x]

The Wagner Bros. would be annoying as hell but this Magic team still doesn't have much firepower.

[celticinorlando]

Game one if it is Sunday will be tough sledding for Cleveland. Banged up. Have to travel tomorrow.

Boston would have an entire day to practice for them tomorrow.

[Moranis]

Not sure either team can score enough to beat Boston 4 times

Yeah neither team super impressive so far.   If Allen remains out for the Cavs I think I would probably want them vs the Magic.   If Allen is back it is a toss up to me.  I have no idea who to root for.

Yeah, if J Allen is out. That negates the loss of Porzingis.

Makes BOS the overwhelming favourite again.

Boston was already the overwhelming favorite.

If that Cavs team is fully healthy I would call Boston solid favorites. Not overwhelming. But C's should still easily beat them in 5 or 6, if it goes 7 something went wrong or they got in their own way.

I see BOS as favourites as reasonable. I am bit lower than that and consider it closer to neutral but to see BOS as a favourite is fine.

To view them as overwhelming favourites without Porzingis is over-rating this team. I am fine with BOS as overwhelming favourites with Porzingis. I agree with that point of view. Not without.

Tatum is BY FAR the best player in the series.  Brown might very well be the 2nd best player.  He and Mitchell are at least on a similar tier.  Garland is 4th, though is inconsistent.  White, Holiday, and Mobley are all on a similar tier at this point. Mobley certainly has the highest ceiling, but he often just disappears for large portions of a game.  Boston is a significantly better team than Cleveland.  That is why Vegas has the odds the way they do.  I suspect if Boston meets up with Denver, Denver will be favored, it is just Denver has a much more difficult path with Minnesota and then OKC, Dallas, or LAC.  The 5 teams remaining in the west are all better than the Knicks who are pretty clearly the 2nd best team left in the east.

[Phantom255x]

Game one if it is Sunday will be tough sledding for Cleveland. Banged up. Have to travel tomorrow.

Boston would have an entire day to practice for them tomorrow.

Maybe but I'm not mentally prepared for a series to begin just 40 hours from now. I need it to begin Tuesday so I can have ample time to panic about the Bruins tomorrow and then a few more days off 

[Who]

Garland 21pts 5ast
D Mitchell 32pts 4ast

Combined 53pts 9ast. Even if those assists are all 2pt buckets, that is another 18pts. That is 71pts. Cleveland had 78pts total. That is ridiculous. 91% of their points directly involve two players.

[Phantom255x]

6-0 run, Magic lead

[Moranis]

Garland 21pts 5ast
D Mitchell 32pts 4ast

Combined 53pts 9ast. Even if those assists are all 2pt buckets, that is another 18pts. That is 71pts. Cleveland had 78pts total. That is ridiculous. 91% of their points directly involve two players.

not necessarily as the assists they have could be to each other.

[Who]

Garland 21pts 5ast
D Mitchell 32pts 4ast

Combined 53pts 9ast. Even if those assists are all 2pt buckets, that is another 18pts. That is 71pts. Cleveland had 78pts total. That is ridiculous. 91% of their points directly involve two players.

not necessarily as the assists they have could be to each other.

Ahh, good point.

[Phantom255x]

Mitchell just beasting. Like I mentioned in the KP thread, my worry with Cleveland besides just their size is the fact that Mitchell is a killer. ORL doesn't have that guy *yet*.

Mitchell could function as last year's "Harden" who has 2 massive games against us to win two for his team and force a long series.

[Goldstar88]

Magic should be going at Mitchell. Make him work on defense. Attack their small guards. Orlando does not play smart.