2023-05-02 18:02:00
The first round of the NBA playoffs had surprising results with series that went in favor of teams that did not have home-field advantage. So, the falls of the Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzliez and Sacramento Kings caused changes in the bets for the champion of the 2022/23 season.
The sports-led franchise by Giannis Antetokounmpo He achieved the best record of the regular season with 58 wins and 24 losses in 82 appearances. However, he met in the quarterfinals of the Eastern playoffs with the Miami Heat of Jimmy Butler and he left a tournament very early in which he was the top candidate to keep the ring. The weight, now, is held by the Boston Celtics, his escort in the regular season with 57 wins and 25 falls.
The best in the west Denver Nuggets (53-29), who got through the first round safely once morest the Minnesota Timberwolves, He rose in consideration and is the second top seed for the crown above the defending champion Golden State Warriors. Stephen Curry and company needed seven games to defeat the young and explosive Kings at home disadvantage and, following an irregular season in which they were not among the best, they got back into the conversation.
Con Joel Embiidmain favorite to the MVP of the tournament, and James Harden As stars, Philadelphia 76ers is fourth in the consideration, ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers of LeBron James and the Phoenix Suns of Chris Paul, Kevin Durant y Devin Booker. The ones that pay the most if they are crowned are the Heat and New York Knicks, one of which will be in the definition of the East because they face each other in the semifinals.
Of the teams that, prior to the start of the 2022/23 season, were favorites for the champion They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, in addition to the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers. Dallas Mavericks, meanwhile, did not even reach the postseason because they finished eleventh in the West.
20 franchises have at least one NBA title, regarding 30 who participate. Some have changed their names throughout history or moved to another city, such as the Seattle Supersonics, whose organization currently competes as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Lakers and the Celtics were, in various periods, the monarchs with titles and runners-up. More here in time, the Bulls of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen y Dennis Rodman they dominated the 1990s with their six championships in eight seasons (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998). Then they appeared Kobe Bryant y Shaquille O’Neal to guide Los Angeles to the 2000, 2002 and 2003 crowns and Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Emanuel Ginobili to give San Antonio Spurs the trophies Larry O’Brien of 2003, 2005 and 2007, which added to those of 1999 and 2014 make those from Texas the fifth most winning team.
The four rings in total of the trio Tim Duncan-Tony Parker-Emanuel Ginobili was matched by Stephen Curry-Klay Thompson-Draymond Green, who got the fourth with Golden State Warriors to consecrate this year.
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