Dadouv47 wrote:scrabbarista wrote:OkcSinceSGA wrote:Damn I was wrong lol. I thought Pelicans defense would keep this to a sub 10 point OKC win. Denver is favored out west but OKC or Minny COULD win the west. I still think OKC has an edge compared to Minny due to SGA>Edwards for me.
The biggest edge OKC has is that one of the two best teams will be eliminated in Round 2. (HCA is the second biggest.)
I agree OKC can in theory win the West, but I think MIN is so much better than them that I think MIN is more likely to win the West, even facing Denver in Round 2.
As Round 1 got underway, I settled on the idea that there are only three good bets to win it all: DEN, BOS, and MIN.
If we played the Playoffs 1,000 times, yes, OKC would win a title, but I think there are only three teams that make up like 98% of the probability pie.
I'm not sure Dallas will be an underdog against OKC. They have versatile bigs which hurts us a lot. Luka/Kyrie is also a lot of firepower.
Naw. Dallas gets beaten in 6 vs OKC. Bank that. Dallas isn’t even playing well at all in round 1. They are being carried by young bigs and role players mostly as Luka is shooting like 38/26 splits. OKC’s defense and athleticism will overwhelm Dallas.