NBA Playoff Preview and Picks With Frank Isola
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What are the key first-round NBA playoff matchups and picks?
Let's do that right now. All right, I'm going to run through the series. I'm going to give you a pick at the end of them. Random thoughts. Try to get this done before Saturday. Milwaukee Pacers. It's the better team versus the much better player. Certainly that you don't need me for that one. The Pacers at 1.35 and 28 finished on a 15-4 close, got the 50 wins. So you can look at some of the teams. There's a lot of teams that seem to end with really nice records. It's like they're picking at the right time or their schedule was really easy, especially if you look at some of the teams in the East and West. Half the conference decided to kind of shut it down. But the Pacers have nice wins in there. They got Milwaukee twice. They got Minnesota twice.
They had the one-point loss to the Lakers, and LeBron made that shot. They beat Denver. Cleveland, those are wins, but Cleveland was sitting people in those. So there's at least some good stuff to look at there. After the All-Star break, the fifth-best record at 20-9, Oklahoma City 24-4, Boston 22-5, Cleveland 20-8, Golden State 20-7. So Pacers kind of in a nice group there.
So this is now 29 games after the all-star break with the eighth best defense in the, in the, uh, in the NBA. He stuttered the Pacers. Again, we're talking about the Pacers, the eighth best defense in the NBA after the all-star break. That is a little surprising. Oddly 13th best offense where Milwaukee finished the season. Also kind of under the radar, 19 and 10 close. Um, but they're much better on offense. Milwaukee is, and they are on defense. Um, Milwaukee, also the best shooting team in the NBA, if you look at true shooting stuff, post the All-Star break. So they figured some stuff out. And I also think Bobby Portis coming back, only playing three games, but just plug and play 16 and nine is being undersold in all of this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key first-round NBA playoff matchups and picks?
2:20–12:49
2
How will the Clippers match up against the Nuggets in the playoffs?
12:49–17:14
3
What are the Lakers vs. Timberwolves defensive strategies and predictions?
17:14–25:08
4
How will the Warriors and Houston Rockets clash in the playoffs?
25:08–40:16
5
What is Frank Isola's perspective on international sports and NBA ownership?
40:16–53:42
6
What are the finals predictions and how do injuries affect teams?
53:42–1:01:30
7
What are the playoff expectations for New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons?
1:01:30–1:17:42
8
How does the LeBron vs. Jordan GOAT debate influence NBA narratives?
1:17:42–1:37:13
Speakers
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