Chapter 358: Predictions for the Playoffs (Plus Update)
Before the playoffs have started and fans are a little bored, the ESPN basketball website has taken the lead in building momentum for the playoffs, publishing predictions for the first round of the playoffs this season. In this report, they invited a total of 15 experts to sort out the data after intense discussions.
At the same time as the report was released, it immediately caused a huge heated discussion among fans.
"The Bucks and Cavaliers are likely to knock out their opponents 4-0!"
Twelve of the fifteen pundits believe that there will only be two sets of matchups in the first round that will be 4-0, with the Bucks eliminating the Heat 4-0 and the Cavaliers beating the Bobcats 4-0.
Probably afraid that fans of the Heat and Wade will be dissatisfied, experts specifically pointed out the gap between the Heat and the Bucks: "We respect Dwyane Wade, but we must admit that the Heat team has a big advantage in the starting No. 2 position, and other configurations have been completely blown up by the Bucks, and this gap is not something that Dwyane Wade can make up, if there is no accident, the Bucks will not have any difficulty in solving the Heat 4-0!" ”
It's a pity that their explanation was not recognized by those fans:
"Anyway, it's hard for me to think that we can't win a game!"
"Dwyanwade is going to slap your face swollen!"
"All I can say is that you guys think of this Bucks team too well, and we won't have any trouble knocking us out 4-0? Twelve experts think so? OMG, is this a consequence of eating too much peanut butter? ”
The Heat ended the season with a ten-game winning streak, and with this morale, how can they win one or two games in the playoffs? But the tone of these experts didn't take them seriously at all, they were completely despised by them!
It's no wonder that these fans are not satisfied.
Wait for regret!
"The Lakers and Celtics will settle their opponents 4-1!"
The prediction continues, with 14 of the 15 experts believing that the Lakers will eliminate the Trail Blazers 4-1 and the Celtics will eliminate the Bulls 4-1.
"As teams that have been to the Finals in the past three years, the Lakers and Celtics have to be at least one level better than the regular season after entering the playoffs, they are really big teams, and they will use their old spicy to make their opponents suffer in the playoffs, such as the opponents they met in the first round, the Trail Blazers and the Bulls."
"Compared to the Lakers and the Celtics, these two teams can be called complete youth troops!"
"Because of their youth, they are likely to explode with unimaginable power at certain points in the game to cause the Lakers and the Celtics to have some problems, but also because of their youth, they are likely to make fatal mistakes in key moments and bury the good game, which we have not seen in the playoffs in the past few seasons!"
"These lads in Portland may hold out a little bit longer, after all, their No. 2 and No. 4 positions can be called first-class in today's league, but they are against the Lakers, and we can't be sure that they will make it to Game 6!"
"The Suns and the Jazz, the Magic and the Hawks, and the Mavericks and Nuggets, these three teams are likely to play a full seven games!"
The experts then predicted that three groups could play a full seven matches!
The Suns and Jazz, the Magic and the Hawks, and the Mavericks and Nuggets are among them.
"The strength of these teams is not much different from each other, and they all have points that can be targeted, the Suns' defense is too poor, the Jazz's style of play is too single, plus their two core players are not in excellent condition this season, the Magic team's blood change is not successful, they lack a guy who can organize the offense, Nelson Jr. is obviously not suitable for the tactical command position, the Hawks' starters are all excellent, but they are missing a stable and reliable output point on the bench, The biggest problem for the Mavericks is that they are in the playoffs, they have not been very good in the playoffs, and the Nuggets' problems are well known, their head coach George Karl is out due to illness, and they are missing a leader! ”
"Whoever in these groups can crawl out of the seventh game, and the most important thing is to see which side can take advantage of the opponent's weakness better!"
After the experts predicted the above groups, only the last group of Thunder vs. Spurs was left to predict separately from the other matchups.
"The Thunder team has brought us a lot of surprises this season, they started the regular season with a brilliant performance, and finally ranked second in the West, I think many fans should not have thought that this team could play such a strong performance before the start of this season, after all, they didn't even make the playoffs last season, and this season they can actually rank second in the West, it can only be said that potential represents the future, the management of the Thunder team has found a group of talented newcomers through several years of drafting, and their future is worth looking forward to!"
"But there are some regrets...... They were up against Popovich and the Spurs, and unfortunately I don't think the Thunder boys would make it past the first round! ”
"Yes, it sounds hard to believe that the second in the West can't beat the seventh in the West? But I'm not kidding, there's a good chance the Thunder will be taken out by the Spurs in the first round! Or 5, or 6, or even 7, but the winner in the end will definitely be the San Antonio Spurs! ”
"The playoffs are a carnival of a bunch of old guys!"
The last set of predictions of experts caused the most controversy:
"Will we lose to Spurs? Scold? Do you experts know that we have a 3-1 record against the Spurs in the regular season? We are on the side of the ascendancy, both in terms of record and head-to-head record! ”
"These experts really like to be scolded, they can say such ridiculous things, waiting to be slapped in the face!"
"It's the most outrageous prediction I've ever seen, these pundits are too biased towards the Spurs, and if the Spurs are really strong this season, will they only finish seventh in the West? I don't want to think about why we are second! ”
The biggest reaction is naturally the Thunder fans, and it's no wonder that the Thunder gave them a huge surprise this season, second in the West!
They also have good expectations for the Thunder's journey in this year's playoffs, and now these experts are saying that they will fall in the first round, which is strange to them!
Amid all kinds of dissatisfaction and doubts about the predictions, the playoffs of the 2009~2010 season finally kicked off after a three-day break......