NBA Playoff Brackets + March Madness
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What happened over the weekend in NBA?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, the Cavs' win streak is over, the West's playoffs is just a mess right now, and we're going to make some March Madness picks. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, guys. Hope you had a good weekend. Morning.
Yeah, it was great. Lots of basketball.
Did some skiing. Selection Sunday kind of took over television for a few hours. Yes, it did. Look, I was out there trying to watch the Raptors and the Blazers, and I kept getting distracted. clear happy march no no yeah no uh guys let's let's uh talk about the weekend a little bit and we're gonna use this as an opportunity to catch up ahead of the playoffs we're actually a month out we're we're 28 days away from the the play-in on april 15th so it's good time to take a look at the playoff races um We all kind of know the East, the top three, is just locked right now. It's going to be the Cavs, the Celtics, and the Knicks in that order. That's the order for the East at the top. And the Cavs, they did just have their 16-game winning streak snapped by the Orlando Magic. We've been talking about them a lot. Orlando's struggling quite a bit since they lost Jalen Suggs. This is a pretty big win for them. But for the Cavs, it's a little bit –
What are the implications of the Cavs' recent loss?
This is a loss that's similar to some of their other losses. Orlando was very physical, kind of got them out of their game a little bit. Yeah, when a team can just throw a ton of bodies at them physically, especially against their guards, they have a tougher time creating. Darius Garland tried his best in that fourth quarter with a bit of a run himself, but their secondary guys couldn't create shots and couldn't hit shots. So maybe that's the kind of question moving forward with Cleveland, but at the same time, when it's 16 wins in a row... you can't be complaining that much you know what i mean so can't wait forever yeah well team's team's gonna get one on you it's not that big of a deal you know uh but it's a look it's a big win for orlando um they are in the the play-in race with the atlanta hawks right now and xena look they're a half game back of the hawks the hawks are the kings of the play-in and orlando you know this is supposed to be a team that was going to be home court advantage team obviously the the
The injuries have sunk their season. Yeah. What do you what do you make of their chances as a play in team? You know, if they get that seven seed, they wind up playing Boston. If they get the eight seed, they wind up playing this Cleveland team. I mean, we just they kind of match up if they can score. They match up OK with Cleveland. I think Boston is just that's a nightmare.
Can the Pistons make a playoff push?
It's, I mean, Boston's a nightmare for anyone, but I actually think that this game this weekend against Cleveland gives me hope for what Orlando can bring. Like you saw them displace tenacity in the second half. You saw them, you know, that they came into that game, the top defensive team in terms of the lowest points per game for their opponent. And you go up against the team that scores the most points per game in Cleveland and you're able to get them to commit 13 turnovers. You limit them to 43 points in the second half. Like that's, you're seeing that Orlando has some grit. They got some resilience. They're able to keep up. And also that they were able to match their offensive output behind that defense, because that's usually the problem is a team being incredibly great on defense and not being able to match the output on offense.
But you saw them go on a 10 or no run, close that gap against a good Cleveland team, a team that did not have Evan Mobley on the floor, but still had a very focused Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland. And, They still played well. So I think they'll match up. They'll do well for a play-in team. I don't know how much further they'll go, though.
If Jalen Suggs comes back and can contribute, I think this team has a chance. We saw how good they were with him to start the year, and we still haven't really seen him healthy since Paolo got hurt early on in the season. The four to six seeds in the East are fascinating right now. You've got the Bucs, who lost on Sunday to the Thunder, but they did pick up a huge win over the Pacers.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened over the weekend in NBA?
0:07–1:30
2
What are the implications of the Cavs' recent loss?
1:30–2:47
3
Can the Pistons make a playoff push?
2:47–8:23
4
How do the Lakers and Nuggets look heading into the playoffs?
8:23–11:37
5
What are the Thunder's chances in the postseason?
11:37–14:22
6
Why are the Suns struggling despite their talent?
14:22–18:07
7
What does the playoff race look like in the West?
18:07–29:09