Of his years of stay with the Mavericks, we did not see him play the way he is expected, he got a high salary so the Mavericks could move him to acquire another star player, they've seen enough for him, I'm not saying KP is a terrible player, he maybe does not fit with the system of the Mavericks.

You'll never know the outcome, in-game 1 when Harden does not finish the game due to injury, everyone is jumping on the Bucks to win, but they were wrong, instead, it was the Nets who really dominate the Bucks in that game. Giannis still played his best, but in terms of weapons, the Nets have the better offensive unit as we saw in game 2.

I can't also predict correctly what will happen in game 2, but it should still be a win by the Nets since they are at home, had the momentum and they have already adjusted knowing Harden is out.

The Nets have been practicing this all season long, they are playing with 2 stars only when one is down and they are still winning. Now that they are in the playoffs, there is a sense of urgency and they need to assure they will win both home games before going to Milwaukee for games 3 and 4, and probably at least snatch one win.

Although if harden is there they have bigger chance to win the game but Nets already used to play even if they are lacking of stars and Kyrie as well Durant can score 40 pts in a game so there's no need to worry about since for sure they will do their best to win this game before they go on the Bucks homecourt for 2 consecutive games.

At least we have now seen the result of the KP + Doncic tandem and the Dallas Mavericks won't now have a hard time deciding if they will consider trading KP in the future. Since Game 1, KP is not showing any aggressiveness or comfortability.

"Porzingis has not been particularly quiet about his displeasure with the Mavericks offensive system, making public comments about ball movement on a number of occasions. " LINK

I hope that isn't true. Because of that, it cost them a game (although it's not a joke dealing with the Los Angeles Clippers). Luka might be a ball hog but that was effective. There should be one who will adjust. If Doncic is somehow hot then give him the role to decide about their gameplay. What's worst is,  Mark Cuban has previously admitted Doncic and Porzingis are not friends off the floor. While Doncic is giving his best, there is one of his teammates, that expected to explode and help the team but doing some unusual behavior.

I think they just keep the way they played with game 1 where they give the Bucks a pain in the ass. as you can see right now the game is all going to the Nets as they already left Bucks with 17 points at the end of the first quarter. Let's see if they can steal the show at the end of the game but right I'm currently doubting that since KD is playing like he was in GSW.

as of now: Bucks 33 Nets 57
                2nd Quarter

This game is hard to watch. The Bucks were considered a premier team a year or two ago. The Nets are just that much better than everyone else. I don’t think we’ll see many good games going forward. Maybe the Lakers will pick up Lillard in the off-season and next year we’ll have a shot at a competitive finals. Once Harden comes back, I think they won’t even have to play very hard to win.

The nets have an all-star team, not only they have griffin but a solid bench, while the bucks are good, bucks can't match kyrie, and griffin at the center, I have a feeling the griffin intentionally play dumb in his last team to be a wave, because he knows other teams will pursue him if the bucks will go down 3-0 in the series and harden is good to play it is over for the bucks, and another disappointment for the greek freak.

Suns won it with a blowout game at 4th quarter. CP3 doesn't have a problem with his shoulder injury anymore and he is doing great with outside shots.
Nuggets will surely have a problem with their defensive strategy. They keep on leaving outside shots from Jae Crowder and Mikal Bridges.
They need speed and if ever they will change their strategy, I'll keep the man to man defense rather than a zone.
If a switch is unavoidable then trust your team mate to keep him in front. I didn't see that. It's only Campazzo that made pure effort defending and he's exhausted.