I think I gave both the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks a little too much credit to start both of these series as I thought both would end up running these series pretty easily. Ja Morant certainly had something else to say about that. That guy reminds me of Derrick Rose in his prime, and as a Chicago Bulls fan that makes me pretty sad lol.

Celtics and Grizzlies both did an impressive job by beating Bucks and Warriors last night. Both series are 1-1 now. And I'm really sad about not being able to watch the Grizzlies - Warriors match. I was able to watch the recap at least and I loved the competition level in that. Morant must have been the MVP of the game for sure. Such performance should be appreciated by everyone for sure. He is a very special and important player for Grizzlies now. And if they reach next stage, he will have a big contribution in that.

Poll Question:   Miami Heat vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Miami Heat - 5 (62.5%)
Philadelphia 76ers - 3 (37.5%)
Total Voters: 8

Changing poll to other match-ups.

Phoenix or Dallas?

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It looks like both Boston - Milwaukee and Memphis - Golden State series will be long as expected. We can clearly see Tatum and Morant effect for winning teams.
Bucks and Warriors stole one game in away but they have to defend their home court advantage now for two games.

There's no surprise about that because without Embiid, the Sixers will surely fall without their big man who's the alpha of their team. Who will play at the center effectively and at the same time brings a competitive offense without him.

Embiid is already ruled out for the first 2 games of the series and yes there is still no timetable for his return but the Sixers are hoping that he could play again on the game 3.

Zion Williamson came out today and said he was cleared to play and could have suited up in the Pelicans last game. He said his plan was to wait until game 7 to return so he could help them get to the next round and surprise everyone. Seems like a pretty juvenile plan that didn’t work out for him. Not to mention his teammates have to be pissed off that he could have helped them in game 6, but wanted to come back in dramatic fashion to be the hero that got them to the next round. Hopefully he can stay healthy this off-season so we can see him play again. He was exciting to watch, but I don’t think his career will be a long one.

It looks like that Boston Celtics aren't going to give up against Milwaukee Bucks easily. They won the second match last night and made the score of the series 1-1. I'm still going to be favouring Milwaukee Bucks to beat their opponent in this series. The Giannis factor is of big importance for them. He has carried his team superbly so far. And unless he is injured, they would go on strongly. But Boston Celtics can at least compete well with them here.

Ja was simply amazing in this game, for sure he doesn't want his team to be down 0-2 and going on the road with that huge deficit. Draymond is also out in the first half as he need stitches onto his face and then GP injuries that will surely affect the defensive rotation of the Warriors. And then coupled with Klay having a bad shooting night. So it's 1-1 now and this series just get more interesting.

If the injuries keep coming I think it's a looming stuff for a career to end, we can't blame him for that but he should work out on it since he's still at a young age. He's likely still battling in his youth to come up with that juvenile plan, he should have pushed through if he has the sense of helping his team, not his fault I guess if the physicians who's on him tells it's not yet time, but he knows more of his body than anybody else.

The Bucks performed very poorly in this match as Giannis only scored 2 out of 12 shots in the first half, and the Bucks' defense was also ineffective because they allowed Brown to score 25 points in the first half, including 17 points in the first quarter. It seems to me these moments were the main reason why the Bucks lost this game. To be honest, I think the Celtics will be able to win this series if they find a way to stop Giannis in the upcoming games.

I really doubt that GP2 would be the decision maker for this series. I mean he is not a bad player at all, I do not deny that but I really doubt that a team like Warriors were looking at GP2 to win a whole series. They will have a bit of a hard time stopping Ja Morant that is for sure but not like he stopped him before this game neither, he kept him at 34 points, that's not really keeping at all.

They just need to do a bit of defensive adjustments and they will be doing fine. That is of course what I believe will happen. Maybe they will lose and Ja will send them home, who knows? I just do not think that it will be because of GP2 and will be some other reason.