[East] 2025 Playoffs, First Round

How many first round upsets? (5 over 4 counts as an upset)

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Cleveland Cavaliers (1) vs. Miami (8)
Game 1, April 20 : Miami at Cleveland (7 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 2, April 23: Miami at Cleveland (7:30 p.m. ET, NBA TV)
Game 3, April 26: Cleveland at Miami (1 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 4, April 28: Cleveland at Miami (TBD)
Game 5, April 30 (if necessary): Miami at Cleveland (TBD)
Game 6, May 2 (if necessary): Cleveland at Miami (TBD)
Game 7, May 4 (if necessary): Miami at Cleveland (TBD)




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Boston Celtics (2) vs. Orlando Magic (7)
Game 1, April 20: Orlando at Boston (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 2, April 23: Orlando at Boston (7 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3, April 25: Boston at Orlando (7 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 4, April 27: Boston at Orlando (7 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 5, April 29 (if necessary): Orlando at Boston (TBD)
Game 6, May 1 (if necessary): Boston at Orlando (TBD)
Game 7, May 3 (if necessary): Orlando at Boston (TBD)




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New York Knicks (3) vs. Detroit Pistons (6)
Game 1, April 19: Detroit at New York (6 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2, April 21: Detroit at New York (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 3, April 24: New York at Detroit (TBD, TNT)
Game 4, April 27: New York at Detroit (1 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 5, April 29 (if necessary): Detroit at New York (TBD)
Game 6, May 1 (if necessary): New York at Detroit (TBD)
Game 7, May 3 (if necessary): Detroit at New York (TBD)




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Indiana Pacers (4) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (5)
Game 1, April 19: Milwaukee at Indiana (1 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2, April 22: Milwaukee at Indiana (7 p.m. ET, NBA TV)
Game 3, April 25: Indiana at Milwaukee (8 p.m. ET, ESPNU/NBA TV)
Game 4, April 27: Indiana at Milwaukee (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
Game 5, April 29 (if necessary): Milwaukee at Indiana (TBD)
Game 6, May 2 (if necessary): Indiana at Milwaukee (TBD)
Game 7, May 4 (if necessary): Milwaukee at Indiana (TBD)
 
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Most looking forward to that 4/5. The beef between Milwaukee and Indiana has been simmering on low for a while now, and it's time to turn that **** up!
 
Honestly, I see all of the higher seeds advancing. Although that 4/5 matchup will be solid, I think Indiana manages to hold the Bucks off in the end.
 
Haliburton could post John Stockton like assist numbers this series. Just a great guy to play with for an offense. Gets everyone going and in rhythm
 
Middleton for Kuzma just a terrible trade in all regards hahaha

dude saw his first playoff action in like four years and apparently was already in Cancun mode. Giannis outscoring the rest of his starting lineup 36 to 14 lol

(I’ve also only been paying semi-attention because of wrestling so maybe I’m missing something lol)
 
Tetsujin said:
Middleton for Kuzma just a terrible trade in all regards hahaha

dude saw his first playoff action in like four years and apparently was already in Cancun mode. Giannis outscoring the rest of his starting lineup 36 to 14 lol

(I’ve also only been paying semi-attention because of wrestling so maybe I’m missing something lol)
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If Kuzma doesn't at least be the low impact player who can put up some numbers he has always been this is a quick exit.
 
Whenever I see Jenny Boucek, my memory immediately goes back to the 2008 WNBA playoffs, when she did that dramatic assed "fainting spell" on the sidelines because a call went against the Monarchs.
 
Wait, Stephanie White was calling the game? Doesn't she have, like, another job that she ought to be preparing for right about now?
 
The playoffs the last couple of seasons has become like a different universe compared to the regular season. Yeah, sorry Domas, PG isn't the issue. Defense on one end, draw and kick on the other, iso in the end. This is playoff basketball and a team either has those pieces or they don't. Always has been the rule of thumb but it's pretty much all the way back now.
 
Joshyjosh31 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1914511001501761811

This idiot, Luka, and Austin reeves are unwatchable the nba got rid of this for a week and realized half the league needs it to score
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The NBA rewards certain players for doing this so they'll continue to do it as long as the NBA is in the business of manipulating the outcome of games. Yeah maybe it gets their big market teams further into the the playoffs in the short run but in the long run they lose fans. I don't know anyone who tunes in to basketball to watch players flop and flail all over the place, only to get rewarded with the most boring play in basketball, the free throw.
 
the best the Bucks could do to replace Middleton was Kuzma, Monte at least did the Kings a favor before departing in not trading for him
 
Al Horford is on my monument of "Dudes that it's going to be impossible to explain why they were so highly respected as players to people who never saw them play." Somebody who just looked at his counting stats would say that he has no business evenn being in a Hall of Fame conversation, but he has a more impressive résumé than some players who are already in (coughdivaccough).
 
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