NBA playoffs picks, opportunities, schedule for Wednesday: Can Celtics and Thunder of Upsets jump back?

This table gave us a great night season night on Monday. We will attribute it with glee and gratitude on Wednesday.

If you are not a Boston Celtics fan, an Oklahoman or a chronic weather of Moneyline favorites, it was difficult not to estimate the double set on Monday. New York went 0: 4 against the defending champion Boston in the regular season and had decreased by 20 points at the end of the third quarter. Then Jalen Brunson outlined a platinum highlight roll on the parquet floor, Mikal Bridges turned up with the light-out defense and the Knicks pulled an unlikely comeback to steal game 1.

To the big levels where … it happened again?! Oklahoma City had a lead of 13 points in the fourth quarter at home. Nikola Jokić and his nuggets hung around long enough to force a freewurfl closure for OKC, and looked at the, chet Holmgren missed successive shots on the line. Russell Westbrook then decided on the transition (!) And Aaron Gordon suddenly nailed his second game winner of the playoffs.

Boston and Oklahoma City will look for things and reaffirm their championship bonafides. New York and Denver compete to numb the sports world. Let the game roll 2S.

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New York Knicks at Boston Celtics Game 2

Knicks Lead series 1-0

Serial opportunities: Celtics -300, Knicks +240

Make your choice for the strangest development of game 1. Joe Mazzullas Celts incredibly missing 45 3 points. In the second half, the reigning NBA champions blew 20 points to a team that he has ridiculously dominated in the past ten years. Who had Jalen Brunson channeled Michael Jordan in Boston in 1986? Who had the Knicks after a modern version of Patrick Ewings missed finger roll in Summer from the modern, modern version of Patrick Ewings?

In order to replicate this surprising result on Wednesday, Tom Thibodeau and the motor-turning kinks will try to pass and win inside. Boston drove in the first half when Karl-Anthony Towns then paid three fast fouls and the Hack-A Mitschell-Robinson strategy. The Celtics certainly win game 1 if they shoot a little better than this terrible 25 percent behind the bow, but New York's Perimeter defense deserves recognition for his fearless switch. Bridges, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart as Wing Stop must be one of the best groups of topics in basketball.

Jayson Tatum went 7- against 23 on Monday. Jaylen Brown ended the 7-against-20 player and was completely locked up for a final healing of games. Kristapaps Porzi ņģis, who left New York with the franchise and fans alike, was kept goalless in the first two quarters before he said goodbye with an illness before half -time.

The Knicks have been looking for their first final of the Eastern Conference since 2000. Since then, the Celtics have reached the full round ten times. Two championship banners have added their packaged rafters. Regardless of the result of Wednesday, the Madison Square Garden is starved and rough and rough, game 3.

Best players for both teams:

• Gerald Henderson
• Xavier McDaniel
• Willie Pauls
• Bob McAdoo
• Kristaps Porzi

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Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder Game 2

Nuggets Lead Series 1-0

Serial opportunities: Donner -300, Nuggets +240

The same exercise as above, especially for the locking sections of this equally muddy game. What was the strangest development? No false answers here:

• Holmgren, a career of 78 percent free throwers, missed two late free throws in his home fitness studio.
• Westbrook, the leading Stat-Hoarder of this generation, did not pursue the rebound with this missed foul shot, so that he could get up the ground and set up a transition look.
• Westbrook also did not roar with the ball in his hands and the glory in its range. Rather, he died.
• He did not continue to Jokić or Jamal Murray, but to Aaron Gordon, a 33 percent 3-point shooter of 33 percent, which made a deep shot with his nuggets.

Denver pulled out the Stunner, although he had doubled in sales (18 to 9) and the below -average shooting nights of Murray and Michael Porter Jokić will always be the headliner for this squad, and his steels management of 42 points, 22 rebounds and six assists deserves an endless appreciation. But the victory was really sealed on the glass, where the nuggets had an advantage of 21-13 in offensive rebounds.

The thunder is the team that strikes west until they have proven the opposite, and Jalen Williams' 5-against-20 stinkers should be washed away with the course of time.

Like Denver, OKCS headliner will always be his MVP candidate. On Monday, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was Gut (33 points, 10 rebounds, eight templates), but he also looked a little overstretched and fought with four personal fouls. Sage five different Thunder players recorded at least four fouls, with five to five to the border.

The top seed hosts are strongly preferred for game 2. You will do everything to avoid a 2-0 deficit that is further under pressure in Denvers high height.

Best players in both jerseys:

• Russell Westbrook
• Jeff Green
• Carmelo Anthony
• Danilo Gallinari
• Isaiah Hartenstein

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