I'm pretty excited about the potential for these conference semis.

All three home teams drop Game 1 at home, including the defending champs as well as the team with the best record in the league.

In the one series that hasn't started yet, Edwards has a dislike for GS since they told him they wouldn't draft him. Butler hated his time in Minnesota. Draymond has a dislike for Gobert.

We might see all four series go at least six games.

Look Out Below said:

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Draymond has a dislike for Gobert.

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LMAO. Keep in mind when this happened, the score was 0-0.

The conference semifinals have made history in several ways:

1. For the first time in NBA history, three 60+ win teams lost Game 1 of the same playoff round:

The 64-18 Cavaliers lost to the Pacers 121-119 on Sunday.

The 68-14 Thunder lost to the Nuggets 121-119 after blowing a 108-95 lead with 6:39 left on Monday

The 61-21 Celtics lost to the Knicks 108-105 in overtime after blowing a 75-55 lead with 5:47 left in the 3rd quarter on Monday.

For the first time in NBA history, three 60+ win teams lost Game 1 of the same playoff round

With the Nuggets' comeback win over the Thunder, this marks the first time ever that three teams that won 60 or more games in the regular season lost their first game of the same…

— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) May 6, 2025

2. For the first time in NBA history, all 4 road teams won Game 1 of the division/conference semifinals in the same season.

https://www.nba.com/news/visiting-teams-go-4-0-in-conference-semifinals-openers

3. It's even more incredible how the Cavaliers blew an 81-61 lead with 6:51 left in the 3rd quarter and a 119-112 lead with just 48 seconds left to lose to the Pacers 120-119 and fall to 2-0 deficit as the No. 1 seed in the East.

4. During a remarkable three-day run that began Sunday, home court has proven to be no advantage, with road teams going a combined 6-0. The stretch has been bookended by Golden State victories that saw the Warriors, the seventh seed in the Western Conference, first topple the second-seeded Rockets in Houston in Game 7 of their opening-round series, then open the conference semifinals two days later with a 99-88 win in Tuesday's Game 1 in Minneapolis against sixth-seeded Minnesota.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/nba-playoffs-2025-road-teams-win-game-1s-conference-seminfinals-rcna205294

Jimmy Butler going to have to take on the T'Wolves starters with a bunch of role players and reserves, just like he did in 2018

At one point in a scrimmage, sources said, Butler turned to GM Scott Layden and screamed, "You (bleeping) need me. You can't win without me." Butler left teammates and coaches largely speechless. He dominated the gym in every way. Jimmy's back.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 10, 2018

This Mitchell Robinson free throw will go down in historypic.twitter.com/hymlK80AWI

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 8, 2025

Curry and Edwards both out.

Anthony Edwards had to leave the game with an apparent ankle injury —

Prayers up. 🙏🙏

(via @Nanamaxamed)

pic.twitter.com/9ZINVSAAXF

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 9, 2025

Jimmy Butler vs Naz Reid.

NBA gets a lot of hate but it's been a great season and these playoffs have been exciting.

The NBA needs to fix its regional sports network issue and blackouts and they'll have increased viewership. I can't watch Rockets games unless on TNT/ESPN/ABC. Too much effort to go look for an illegal stream

Pacers laying the absolute smackdown in a big game 4 with all the Cavs healthy

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Pacers laying the absolute smackdown in a big game 4 with all the Cavs healthy

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Cav fraud making me feel much better about the Rockets

Are we going to have a 90s-flashback of a Knicks-Pacers CF? Those were a blast to watch

If that happens, we need Reggie Miller calling all of those games and copious shots of Spike Lee.

Maybe Haliburton can bust out the Sam Cassel a few more times also. (not pacers/knicks related, just want to see more big balls celebrations because it pisses the NBA off)

Has there been any of these big blowouts before, 30-40 points? Some of these games have been watchable but some are over in the first 10 minutes.

Celtics / Knicks game is fun

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Celtics / Knicks game is fun

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Tatum being helped off court, not putting any weight on his foot. Series is likely over.

The dreaded "non-contact" injury for Tatum.

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The dreaded "non-contact" injury for Tatum.

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Yeah, could be an Achilles.

That 99% looked like an Achilles rupture.

Well, it was a fun back and forth for a bit.

My concern is a torn right Achilles tendon for Jayson Tatum.

Pushed off, leg gave out, immediately grabbed, writhing in pain.

Couldn’t bear any weight on it and needed to be wheelchaired off.

Other injuries (ankle sprain, fracture) are possible but unlikely.

SMH pic.twitter.com/ipBkSNYFsg

— Jesse Morse, M.D. (@DrJesseMorse) May 13, 2025

Going to be an interesting offseason for the Celtics. They almost certainly need to dump some contracts for salary cap reasons, and if it is an Achilles tear Tatum may miss the season.

This series has made me less covetous of Jimmy Butler.

I hope the Pacers know they can't beat the Knicks and the NBA TV money. ESPN is having panic attacks at the idea of an OKC-Indiana or Minnesota-Indiana NBA finals

He's 35. Not a whole lot of players can continue playing at their peak past this age.

Regardless of theories about some sort of fix being in, New York should beat the Pacers. The Knicks will shut down Haliburton with OG, Hart and Mikal and make the other guys beat them, and the other guys aren't good enough to do that.

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Regardless of theories about some sort of fix being in, New York should beat the Pacers. The Knicks will shut down Haliburton with OG, Hart and Mikal and make the other guys beat them, and the other guys aren't good enough to do that.

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I'm sure Cleveland though that too.

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Whoever wins that OKC/Denver series will win the whole thing.

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Agree that OKC beats the Wolves and wins the title.

Not so sure about Denver; Minnesota seems to have their number (knocked them out last year and won season series 4-0).

Cleveland lacks wings that can play defense and they got exposed by the Pacers. A really bad matchup for the Cavs.

gonna have a very average champion this year- not a special thing about any of these teams

AggieEP said:

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Regardless of theories about some sort of fix being in, New York should beat the Pacers. The Knicks will shut down Haliburton with OG, Hart and Mikal and make the other guys beat them, and the other guys aren't good enough to do that.

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I could see several key Knicks players getting injured near the end of a Pacers series. Pacers play fast, defend the full court, and I could see the minutes combined with the amount of running wearing down the Knicks.

A young, deep defensive-minded team that has the best record in the league and the reigning MVP doesn't seem that average. Especially if it's the first of many titles. Their GM has them in an unbelievable spot right now.

MookieBlaylock said:

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gonna have a very average champion this year- not a special thing about any of these teams

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You're a funny guy lol

MookieBlaylock said:

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gonna have a very average champion this year- not a special thing about any of these teams

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The Original Houston 1836 said:

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AggieEP said:

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Regardless of theories about some sort of fix being in, New York should beat the Pacers. The Knicks will shut down Haliburton with OG, Hart and Mikal and make the other guys beat them, and the other guys aren't good enough to do that.

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I'm sure Cleveland though that too.

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Gladly eat crow here so far. Pacers have shown great poise to make the clutch plays they need to close out the first two games.

Gladly eat crow here so far. Pacers have shown great poise to make the clutch plays they need to close out the first two games.