[NBA] East Playoffs, Round Two

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Miami Heat (8) vs. New York Knicks (5)

Game 1: Saturday at New York, 1 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 2: Tuesday at New York, TBD (TNT)
Game 3: Saturday May 6 at Miami, TBD (ABC)
Game 4: Monday May 8 at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5*: Wednesday May 10 at New York , TBD
Game 6*: Friday May 12 at Miami, TBD
Game 7*: Monday May 15 at New York, 8 p.m. ET, TBD

*If necessary

Boston Celtics (2) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (3)

Game 1: Monday at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2: Wednesday at Boston, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Friday May 5 at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Sunday May 7 at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 5*: Tuesday May 9 at Boston, TBD
Game 6*: Thursday May 11 at Philadelphia, TBD
Game 7*: Sunday May 14 at Boston, TBD

*If necessary

 

[kingsboi]

I think this is finally the year Philly gets over their hump. Embiid is the best player in that series

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

I think this is finally the year Philly gets over their hump. Embiid is the best player in that series

I will, very respectfully, disagree with your prediction. Although I anticipate this being an extremely highly competitive series, I see Boston squeaking it out in the end due to them having home court advantage.

 

[Ozymandias]

Went with the Knicks but they'll need Randle to be healthy.

Eastern conference is Embiid's for the taking im riding with Philly in that one.

 

[206Fan]

I picked Heat and Celtics. I think playoff Butler will continue to dominate. The Knicks were amazing against the Cavs, but the wildcard is Julius Randle who's been playing horrible in these playoffs. If he can't get things going, Miami is going to make them pay.

Celtics-Philly, I picked Celtics because I believe in their offensive firepower. Who's stopping the two Jays? Not Tobias Harris

 

[Ozymandias]

Theyre saying Randle's out game 1.

 

[kingdivac]

Kevin Love with the Soccer throw-ins on fire......QBing.

 

[kingdivac]

Robinson with the worst "FT" I"ve seen in the playoffs

 

[Tetsujin]

Butler might be done for the year after that. Man.

 

[Tetsujin]

Jimmy got a whole damn pack of wolves in him

 

[Geoff]

Knicks aren't inspiring confidence...

 

[kingdivac]

Very impressive win - Lowry is awesome, and Love with a very good game

 

[Capt. Factorial]

ESPN studio brutally trolling Steven A Smith with the weepy music while he describes his feelings about the loss.

 

[Ozymandias]

sheesh Philly wins game 1 with no Embiid.

Masterful performance by De'Anthony Melton off the bench..

The East is just over.. Philly is headed to the championship..

 

[mrlaze]

I picked heat heat/76ers, but I want to change my pick to celtics/heat.

 

[iowamcnabb]

You know I love the physicality of the playoffs and the big performances by players is fun but team ball goes a way for most teams and it’s just iso after iso and I don’t love that

 

[Kingz19]

3/5 of Miami’s starting lineup tonight are undrafted players. They’ve combined for 55. Don’t know if it’s scouting or just Spoelstra managing to get the most out of pretty much any player he has

 

[Kingz19]

Josh Hart is a problem

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/5 of Miami’s starting lineup tonight are undrafted players. They’ve combined for 55. Don’t know if it’s scouting or just Spoelstra managing to get the most out of pretty much any player he has

Column A, Column B.

 

[captain bill]

NBA really needs to expand challenges. The lose it or lose it is so silly when it just cost the Heat a possession on an obvious blown call in a close playoff game. No reason to not have 2 challenges per half and make them actually mean something

 

[kingsboi]

3/5 of Miami’s starting lineup tonight are undrafted players. They’ve combined for 55. Don’t know if it’s scouting or just Spoelstra managing to get the most out of pretty much any player he has

the Heat are the kings of getting production out of undrafted or deep 2nd round players, they have a system in place and Spo makes sure they fall in line. Their player development is top notch as well.

 

[kingsboi]

Knicks and Heat getting three days off before Game 3, is this normal? while Warriors/Lakers only had one, just as the Celtics/Sixers

 

[kingsboi]

I'm rooting for LeBron, but it's nice seeing another team get completely blitzed by these guys.

you should head over to the West thread with this comment

 

[gunks]

you should head over to the West thread with this comment

Haha been a long day! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

 

[kingdivac]

Deep 6 the 6ers

 

[captain bill]

That looks incredibly painful

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

"Just what the Doctor ordered" is a bar, I don't care what anyone says.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Embiid has been absolutely Towns-like in crunch time today.

 

[captain bill]

"Just what the Doctor ordered" is a bar, I don't care what anyone says.

I think what the doctor ordered is trading the Doc back to the clippers again. Can you imagine this Philly team with decent coaching?