Five Dream First-Round Matchups for the 2024 NBA Playoffs:
Stylistic clashes. Narrative bouts. Burgeoning rivalries and familiar foes. As the standings twist and ...
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Potential first-round duels in the 2024 NBA playoffsFive writers outline possible opening-round series as the standings remain unsettled three weeks before the postseason begins.
Key FactsMar 26, 2024 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Howard Beck wants the Los Angeles Lakers to face the Oklahoma City Thunder, contrasting LeBron James’s experience with the young Thunder roster.
- Rob Mahoney views Milwaukee Bucks versus Miami Heat as a series featuring revenge after Milwaukee’s 2023 first-round exit, tensions over the Damian Lillard trade, and a pronounced stylistic clash.
- Seerat Sohi currently favors the New Orleans Pelicans against the Los Angeles Clippers, citing Los Angeles’s 7-7 March record and a defense ranked among the league’s ten weakest.
- Tyler Parker highlights Denver Nuggets versus Dallas Mavericks after Denver won the teams’ first two meetings and Dallas took the third, 107-105, nine days earlier.
If we’re just dreaming up a series, let’s dream one up that really has everything.— Rob Mahoney, describing a potential first-round matchup in The Ringer’s 'Five Dream First-Round Matchups for the 2024 NBA Playoffs' article.
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