The NBA playoffs for the 21-22 season are still underway, and the final results of the East-West matchup will be released after the remaining two sets of games are over. This year's championship race is more complicated, there is no super team, the record of the top six teams in the league, have a chance. Relatively speaking, the East is more interesting than the West, in the first round of the game, the Nets in the 7th place in the East will encounter the Celtics in the 2nd, and the Big Dark Horse Bulls will also challenge the Bucks.
Just recently, the domestic basketball celebrity Su Qun made a prediction for the Eastern Playoffs, and he also gave his own views. In Su Qun's view, the First Round of the Eastern Conference playoffs has 2 groups below, that is, Durant and Irving's Nets eliminated Tatum's Celtics, and the Raptors beat Harden and Embiid's 76ers. I have to say that the strength gap between the eastern playoff teams this year is not so large, and it is likely that there will be many upset games.
Su Qun predicted that the 2 groups of 4-0 were the Heat beating the 8th place in the East, and the Bucks easily beat the Bulls. At the moment, the eighth place in the East has not yet been determined, and will be produced in the Eagles and Cavaliers. No matter who the Heat play, they have an absolute advantage, and the big three lineup of Butler + Lowry + Adebayo is gradually getting better, both offensive and defensive. Moreover, the Heat are the first in the East, have a chance to reach the Finals, and there is no suspense in reaching the semifinals.
The Bucks and bulls have a strong dialogue, and in Su Qun's view, the Bucks will sweep 4-0. The Bulls didn't do well in the final stages of the regular season, exposed a lot of problems, relied too much on DeRozan, and only when he scored 30 or 40 points did the Bulls have any hope of winning. And the Bucks' alphabet brother, Holliday and other stars, first-class defensive ability, as well as Middleton, Portis, Lopez and other cores, the overall configuration of the Bucks is above the Bulls.
The other two or more groups were the Raptors eliminating the 76ers 4-2 and the Nets eliminating the Celtics 4-2. The Raptors finished 48-34 in the regular season and the 76ers with 51-31, with the two teams ranked 5th and 4th respectively, and met in the first round of the playoffs. The Downside of the Raptors is that they don't have superstars, siakam and VanVleet, both all-Star levels, but this team is very resilient. And the 76ers have two of the league's top ten stars, but the biggest uncertain factor is Harden, bearded after joining the 76ers, the performance is relatively sluggish, the shooting rate is dismal, plus Harden has never proved himself in the playoffs, if the 76ers really suffer the first round, it is not surprising.
The series between the Nets and the Green Army, probably the most interesting game in the first round, the strength gap is not large, there are also superstars, Su Qun predicted, the Nets reached the semifinals 4-2, and Durant refused to grab 7. The Nets made it to the playoffs through the playoffs, which can be said to be stumbling, but KD and Irving's scoring ability is too strong, even if it is only by offense, they can beat any team. Moreover, Simmons is close to a comeback, and overall, the Nets will win more.
In the interaction with fans, Su Qun also bluntly said that if the Nets are dragged into the seven-game battle, it will really hang. Indeed, in last year's series with the Bucks, the Nets lost in a big seven game, so it was a wise choice for the Nets to end the fight early. Still, the Nets' biggest concern is the defense, who is going to limit Tatum and Brown? The Green Army, on the other hand, has outside defensive sharps like Smart.