On April 14, Beijing time, the Hawks beat the Hornets at home 132:103 in the playoffs, while the Western side was the Spurs' 103:113 away loss to the Pelicans, so the Eagles will compete with the Cavaliers for the final Eastern Playoff qualification, and the Pelicans will stage a playoff final battle with the Clippers. In this regard, the US media FiveThirtyEight is now also updating the prediction probability of winning and losing these two play-offs, so what kind of prediction probability value is given by the US media now?
The first is the playoff between the Hawks and cavaliers, and currently FiveThirtyEight predicts a 54% chance of winning for the Hawks and 46% for the Cavaliers, respectively. In general, the difference in probability values between the two teams is not very large, and it can basically be regarded as a similar probability level. However, if you look at the regular season record of this season, the Eagles actually have a strong advantage in terms of records, but due to the team's regular season record ranking, the Cavaliers will have the geographical advantage of home games next, so the win-loss prediction of the two teams is also quite difficult at present.
As for the Western Conference Clippers and Pelicans playoffs, FiveThirtyEight now gives the Clippers a 72 percent and Pelicans 28 percent prediction. There is no doubt that in the US media's play-off win prediction, the Clippers now clearly occupy an absolute advantage in probability values. The reason why the US media will be so optimistic about the Clippers, first of all, may be because of Paul George's return from injury, secondly, this play-off is also played at the Home of the Clippers, and finally as the current championship coach of the league, the Coaching Ability of Clippers coach Terrenlu is also increasingly recognized and respected by the outside world.
Of course, unlike the NBA playoff mode of 7 games in the series, because the playoffs are completely a game-winning format regulation, the contingency of the outcome of the win and loss is also extremely large, even if the team with a better lineup is often able to lose out of the game because of a careless defeat. I don't know which two teams you want to advance to the next two NBA play-off games, and what do you think about it?