2025 Playoff Predictions

All heart/no brain:

EAST

cavs over heat/hawks in 5
celtics over magic in 5
knicks over pistons in 7
pacers over bucks in 6

cavs over pacers in 7
celtics over knicks in 5

cavs over celtics in 7

WEST

thunder over grizz/mavs in 4
rockets over warriors in 7
wolves over lakers in 6
clippers over nuggets in 6

thunder over clippers in 6
wolves over rockets in 6

thunder over wolves in 6

FINALS:

thunder over cavs in 6

FINALS MVP: SGA first Canadian finals MVP

I like those predictions except I got Lakers over Wolves in 7, and Lakers over Rockets/Warriors in 6

thunder > griz 4
clippers > nuggs 7
lakers > wolves 6
warriors > rockets 7
cavs > heat 5
pacers > bucks 6
knicks > pistons 5
celtics magic 5

thunder > clippers 6
lakers > warriors 5
cavs > pacers 6
celtics > knicks 4

thunder > lakers 4
celtics > cavs 6

celtics > thunder 7

i will not watch thunder griz its too gruesome, was thinking clippers in six but then oh my god what about another denver game seven collapse sorry kevin, really hoping for a sick ass warriors rockets series the old heads vs the young bloods was considering picking the rockets but then by the same logic do i have pick them against the lakers too and im just not ready to give the rockets two rounds, it brings me no pleasure to report that luka will own the wolves again, cavs kinda sucked down the stretch surely some coasting at work but also maybe some reversion to mean idk the heat play hard im giving them a game, pacers bucks classic nba rivalry bucks seem like a house of cards pacers are playing good hali is back giving the pacers a fairly easy one here, pistons have been good but i think the knicks are going to handle them pretty easy knicks can score a lot of points and i dont think the pistons will be able to take advantage of their bad d to the extent they need to, celtics have had a trouble with the magic for years now magic play hard they play good d they take away the 3 celtics will have a game where theyre just not hitting 3s and cant be bothered to take advantage of what the magic are giving them, some really great first round matchups here i am excited to watch them my further musings on the topic are here if you like 2025 NBA Postseason Thread - It's The Offs Baby

clippers have the size and firepower to give the thunder trouble honestly they could win this one but on the other hand they have james harden and who knows if kawhi will be upright by then im going to have to dock them but still this is one to keep an eye on, lakers roll over an exhausted warriors team thats been playing for its life for the past two months and just came off a brutal series the media will start to get excited about the lakers being good, cavs pacers i think could be a very nice series with lots of skilled play but ultimately the cavs are just too good, celtics own the knicks bing bong

thunder roll over the lakers who are not actually good haha oh well, celtics talent wins out in a solid series cavs arent really more than the sum of their parts

apocalyptic finals highest quality matchup weve had since warriors cavs, celtics physicality and dynamism barely edges it congratulations celtics

finals mvp your friend and mine jayson tatum

this is a very plausible scenario. the picks I would have made if I'd been going with my head.

sometimes you gotta go with yr head sometimes with yr heart then othertimes with your gut

a lot of things to go with

yeah theres prob even other things

my Socratic daimon has been silent on the outcomes of the early rounds in the West, but it insists that the Celtics will be in the Finals.

Hot take but the best series this post season is going to be the Celtics Cavs ECF (assuming no injuries or upsets). Winner is going to be exhausted though

cavs over heat in 6
celtics over magic in 5
knicks over pistons in 5
pacers over bucks in 6

cavs over pacers in 7
celtics over knicks in 5

celtics over cavs in 6

okc over memphis in 5
golden state over houston in 7
lakers over wolves in 6
denver over clippers in 7

okc over denver in 7
lakers over golden state in 7

okc over lakers in 6

boston over okc in 7

finals mvp — jayson tatum

(boston in 6*)