NBA Playoffs: 2nd Round Matchups

Boston vs. Wizards: Celtics will have a difficult time with Wall and Beal. Wizards can get points quickly. Boston will have to shoot well from outside to stay in this series. Wizards win this one in 6.

Cavs vs. Raptors: Lebron is too much for Toronto. Lowry has a way of not showing up for playoffs on the road. Cavs win in 5.

Warriors vs. Clippers/Jazz winner:  Warriors win in 4. It does that not matter who they play. When you combine rest and the best team, you get the broom. Durant and Curry will dominate this series.

Spurs and Rockets: This is the most intriguing match up. A case can be made for both teams. Leonard can handle Harden. Spurs in 7.

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NBA Playoffs Preview: Western Conference

Let's look at the Western Conference where most of the elite NBA teams are.

The Warriors are the top seed and the favorite to win the title. They should beat the Blazers in 5 games. Too many weapons for Portland.

Spurs should sweep the Grizzlies. Memphis just not offensive enough to hang in a series with a team
that has multiple threats. Leonard dominates this series.

Clippers over the Jazz in 6. Clippers have a way of making things difficult. Jazz will dictate tempo and win two games at home. Chris Paul puts his team on his back and wins the last two games of this series.

The best matchup is the Rockets against the Thunder. Harden vs. Westbrook. The top MVP candidates and the leaders in triple doubles. Harden has more to work with than Westbrook and has the 3 ball analytic on his side. Three of the games during the regular season were decided by 3 points or less. If Westbrook gets help from Gibson and Mcdermott, this series goes seven. Going with Westbrook in six.

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NBA Fantasy Match Up: Kevin Love vs. Lamarcus Aldridge

This is a cross match up that may happen if both of these players reach the NBA Finals. Lamarcus
Aldridge and Kevin Love of the Spurs and Cavaliers respectively have help their teams sweep their opening round opponents. Both of them have home court advantage as they enter the second round.

Love had a double double in each of his team's victories. Aldridge had two double doubles. His team was involved in games that were blow outs and that his minutes were down since the outcome was decided by the third quarter.

 

Love has averaged over 8 post ups per game throughout the playoffs, and Cleveland has averaged 0.87 points per possession in possessions where he had a post up. Love has shot on 57.6% of his post ups, but he’s only made 21.1% of these shots.

 

Aldridge has mostly been matched up with Serge Ibaka in this season’s series between the Spurs and Thunder. He’s found great success when facing Ibaka, going 7-14 (50%) from the field and tallying 15 points in almost 20 minutes of play. Enes Kanter and Steven Adams were both more effective at stopping Aldridge, with each allowing only 1-4 (25%) shooting.

 

I expect the Cavs to dominate the Hawks and Love will continue to double double.  Aldridge will play more minutes this series because the games will be close. I anticipate more production against OKC and would pick him to outperform Love. The price for Love is $7500 while the cost of having Aldridge is approximately $7800.

 

 

 

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