2023-04-27 05:46:24
Victorious over the Bucks to everyone’s surprise, the Heat validated their ticket to the second round of the Playoffs. Jimmy Butler’s band will face Jalen Brunson’s Knicks in the Conference semifinals.
These Playoffs are amazing!! While we imagined Milwaukee taking care of Miami without forcing his talent too much, Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family are already on vacation! The fault of a Heat team that was too solid, despite injuries, led by a simply superhuman Jimmy Butler since the start of the Playoffs. Conference finalists last year, the Floridians can return to this same stage of the competition but they will first have to overcome the New York obstacle.
While the upset isn’t as big as the Heat’s, the Knicks also surprised by easily dominating Donovan Mitchell and Cleveland, without even home-court advantage. The defense of the Big Apple, the contribution of role players and a Jalen Brunson at the top have enabled the Garden franchise to reach the second round of the Playoffs, a first for 10 years!
ON TO ROUND 2 ⏩ pic.twitter.com/m2QneBuS10
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) April 27, 2023
What to expect for this series? Already a big fight between two groups who sweat the hustle. Defensively, we also have two teams who know how to put up barbed wire. If New York will have home field advantage, impossible to clearly establish a favorite in a series that promises to be very open.
Who to stop Jimmy Butler? Who to win the rebound battle between Bam Adebayo and a Mitchell Robinson who just ate the Cavs racket? Can the Knicks get past this round if Julius Randle isn’t recovered from his ankle injury? So many questions that we look forward to answering very quickly. This is a series that smells of intensity, desire and suspense! This is a series that smells like the Playoffs, quite simply.
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