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#1 ·
Season starts tonight!

New season = new thread.

Get your predictions in and what not. Some of you have done that already in the off-season thread.

Tonights predictions:

Wizards at Cavs
Celtics at Heat
Mavs at Lakers
 
#8,455 ·
This is gonna be the first time the Celtics aren't the favorites in a 1st round series since 2005.

Shall be interesting.

We know Pierce loves playing in MSG. Hopefully KG's healthy. Jeff Green is the X-Factor. Bradley's offense, especially his shooting stroke seems to be coming around back to where they were last season over recent games. Courtney Lee, Bass & Crawford have also looked good. Jason Terry is ass but I'm hoping at worst he pulls a Keyon Dooling from last season: Plays like shit during the season but steps it up in during the playoffs. Shavlik Randolph is a good hustle guy.

I like our chances tbh. Especially considering the style of play from the Knicks. History has shown that living and dying by the three doesn't work in the playoffs. Although I'm a little skeptical of if the Celtics can turn it on considering there is no Rondo and him turning his game up in the playoffs is a big reason for the Celtics playoff success.
 
#8,456 ·
Melo vs KG is the clear match up to watch here. Felton vs Bradley also is key. JR Smith is obviously the X factor on the Knicks.
 
#8,457 ·
Why would Melo vs. KG be a matchup? I doubt KG guards Melo that much, if at all. Jeff Green will be the primary defender on Carmelo.

Bradley will probably guard J.R. and whoever else is playing guard with him defends Felton.

Oh I god I miss Rondo & Sully :bron3
 
#8,458 ·
I meant matchup in terms of KG getting in Melos head/throwing his game off
 
#8,460 · (Edited)
The Mavs were a jump-shooting team but they didn't really live and die by the three.

The 09 Magic, yes. But how far did that take the Magic in other years besides that? I can recall 2011 when the Hawks killed the Magic by letting Dwight get his and strictly focusing on the Magic's three point shooters, nullifying them.


Oh wow Faried got hurt today. Looks like an ankle sprain. So no Gallo and Lawson is playing injured, they can't afford to either lose Faried or have him playing hurt too.
 
#8,473 ·
So with the Lakers tonight...the only way the Jazz make the playoffs is if the Lakers lose to the Rockets on Wednesday and they win their last two games, which are at Minnesota and against the Grizzlies at home.

I don't think the Jazz will win both and the Lakers lose to the Rockets.
 
#8,497 ·
The Rockets should stay at the 7th if they want to have any chance on making it to the 2nd round in the playoffs. They should have a chance to win at least 2 games against the Spurs. Denver would most likely sweep the Rockets.
 
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