Minus Cavs and Raptors which team do you not want to face in the 1st round?

[SHAQATTACK]

They have won in Cleveland and House of Curry .  .....these guys are not intimidated by being in a hostile environment .......that's the sign of good team ......got to be able to handle the away crowd and pressures.

[RockinRyA]

And of course, ideally, it would be great to get third or fourth and home court advantage . . . very doable.

Would you rather home court but play ATL or not have home court but face MIA?

Tough one.  I think I'd rather have home court against the Hawks than be the road team against the Heat.

Ehh, I take the other route. We've shown that we can win on the road, even in places deemed unwinnable, see Golden State game. I'd much rather take the better matchup than have home court advantage.

Remember, we have a bunch of high character guys with chips on their shoulder. I like a hostile environment to get them going, and I don't think not being at home is as big of a factor with these guys.

Sure, we've had some nice wins on the road with the Dubs win being the biggest.  Still, you just need to look at the record to see that we've been considerably better at the Garden than away from the cozy confines.

25 and 12 at home

20 and 20 on the road

I think it matters.  I also think all the potential 4-5/3-6 match ups are close enough that they could potentially go seven.  You want to be able to play that seventh game in your own building if it comes down to it.

Home court is big.

Yeah, I just see the matchups differently. I think we matchup very, very well with both Miami and Charlotte and not so well with Atlanta.

I feel the same way. Id try to avoid the Hawks, and would gladly have Charlotte.

[Denis998]

The Nets. They kicked our butts this season.

[BornReady]

i feel like pacers with paul george definitely gives us trouble
even when we have crowder guarding him

before i thought miami would give us trouble but with bosh gone
we'd definitely would win against them