Which team will win their first round matchup?

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Which team will win their first round matchup?

TimeisIllmatic: Sixth Man; Posts: 1,630; And1: 319; Joined: Aug 18, 2020; Post #2 » by TimeisIllmatic » Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:20 am

Re: Which team will win their first round matchup?

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Post #2 » by TimeisIllmatic » Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:20 am

I think the Nets will take this series. Any time you have KD and Kyrie, I like the chances.

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mattcslim: Ballboy; Posts: 5; And1: 5; Joined: Aug 03, 2021; Post #3 » by mattcslim » Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:54 pm

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Post #3 » by mattcslim » Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:54 pm

I think that the Celtics are just better defensively(yes even without Rob Williams) and move the ball better than the Nets. I'd like to say it's Celtics in 6 but I mean when you have the best player on the court on your team in KD and you have Kyrie who can be a top tier guard and you have the role players that the Nets do it can work very well. The Celtics like to switch on defense and make the "not-so stars" beat them. I don't really think you can do that against the Nets when they have a guy like Seth Curry. The KD matchup is gonna be interesting, with Rob Williams out as he was one of their primary shot defenders against KD and I don't expect Jayson Tatum to be the primary defender on KD while still doing everything on offense. So I'm not real sure about that but it will definitely be a great series.

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