NBA playoffs picks, opportunities, schedule for Wednesday: Knicks, Timberwolves are looking for conference final berths

Already in October the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves made a fateful super swap, with the wolves, Karl-Anthony Towns, being acted against two loved ones who revived the Madison Square Garden. Seven months later, both teams are a victory outside the conference final. It is a huge night for two of the hungry most hungry fan facilities in the NBA.

Standing up such a celebration is a few angry youngest champions. The Boston Celtics, the reigning champions, will try to spoil the efforts of their rivals and increase the fallen Star Jayson Tatum. Then the Golden State Warriors with four NBA titles have been installing a switch in the enemy territory since 2015. Wednesday evening could close two branches of the bracket, or it could require some promotions in game 6.

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New York Knicks at Boston Celtics Game 5

Knicks Lead series 3-1

Serial opportunities: Knicks -600, Celtics +425

Monday was a refractive prism for two of the oldest organizations in the league.

Tatum's injury in the fourth quarter was reduced, and his recovery process will now determine the future prospects of Boston. An otherwise solid championship defense has a damper 61 victories, top five ratings at both ends of the soil, all-star runs for Tatum and Jaylen Brown as well as Payton Pritchhards sixth man of the year. Boston comes home to worry Vibes, but there is still enough talent and Mettle to continue driving the series.

On the other hand, Monday was a fever dream for long-hitched kink fans who watched their point GO Superhelden mode and watched notch another Comeback playoff win. Jalen Brunson was spectacular in game 4. The wings around him were locked up and the cities added 23 points with a clean 11-against-15 shoot.

How can New York close the series? It seems that double -digit deficits in the second half are somehow the key to victory. The Knicks won the games 1, 2 and 4, although they led for a total of 34 minutes.

If Tom Thibodeau has to write more on the whiteboard than “to go 20 points and then take every shot when the crowd is crazy”, he may roll with a larger line -up for longer distances. Mitchell Robinson has 11 offensive rebound in the last two games. He was a plus-6 on Monday, then a plus-19 in game 2, and his presence helps the cities to avoid bad problems.

New York will also try to wrestle a better shootout from cities (10 percent on 3s in this series), Mikal Bridges (23.8 percent) and Josh Hart (29.4). You can get away with all of this when Brunson looks like a demigod and OG serves anunoby to its role, but the crime will become constant of all five starters to reach the first conference final in 25 years.

In these playoffs with Brown on the ground and Tatum, Boston has a solid offensive rating of 118 offensive, although a large part of this damage was clocked against Orlando Magic in the last round. Brown meets a hint with Gnarly 37.7/22.6/70.8 Shooting Splits on Wednesday. Joe Mazzulla will probably give Pritchard a green light for this game without excretion, and the rotations can take desperation in despair with Kristaps Porziņģ, which are currently not playable.

Music Matchup: The pixies rock and “more as a feeling” is an all -time jam. But let us be sensible … this is a blowout for New York, with a juggernance from Billy Joel to Biggie Smalls.

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Golden State Warriors at Minnesota Timberwolves Game 5

Timberwolves Lead Series 3-1

Serial opportunities: Timberwolves -5000, Warriors +1600

So much greatness is the highlight of the highlight in this off-season, but we don't forget that the ice-cold Anthony Edwards in game 4 helped shortly. In his view, it was a moment of Stephen Curry.

Let's not forget how we as a public insulted Julius Randle because of his clutch time fights. Randle's rapid playoff call was absolutely deserved to come this spring. This blockbuster-October surprise in Minnesota was possibly the urgently needed correction. Randle set up a triple double for the Timberwolves in game 3 and followed on Monday with efficient 31 points. He has 23.8 points per game at 48.3 percent in his nine playoff games, now 48 minutes after his first conference final.

Edwards and Randle were a dynamic 1: 2 rating stamp, but Minnesota would not be at this point without Jaden McDaniels and NAZ Reid two-way work. In four games, Reid has almost as many 3s (10) as missing (11), while McDaniels offers the best offensive evaluation and the best plus minus in the team.

In order to seal the deal, Minnesota will try to get out in the transition and to raise the defense of the warrior zones. In the second half of these games, Edwards was a wild speed camera with a full court, and the supportive line -up opens really late when he goes to the edge.

The Golden State pulled the short straw when curry went down, and was looking for opportunities to compensate for its presence for the war of gravity. Jonathan Kuminga has fresh legs and presents Front Court misfraks. He had 30 points in game 3 and another 23rd Brandin Podziemski enjoyed a regular season on Monday, and he deserves the additional recordings he will take on hold with curry, but the 3- on-14 month is obviously not cut.

An inspired fight here would create space for a potential curry return in game 6. The dubs are a “playoff Jimmy” feature that makes this series real interesting.

Music Matchup: What a cool draw here. Minnesota is the birthplace of Bob Dylan and home of the replacement. Admittedly, it is a heliocentric crime dominated by the only prince. Before we call “Game, Blous”, we pay attention to the stacked musical talent of the bay. A balanced line-up with Sly Stone, Green Day, The Grateful Dead and E-40 could win. It is ultimately a question of preference purple or tie coloring?

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On this day (May 14th) in the history of the NBA playoffs

1981 – Larry Bird fell by 27 points when his Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets in six games to earn title No. 14. Of the New York Times'Archive:

“After everything was over, Red Auerbach, who had led the Celtics to nine championships, the last 1965-66, smoked his victory cigar. Bird grabbed the cigar, took a deep train, coughing and bumped out, 'We are the champions.”

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