The NBA playoffs are approaching as the season ends. With some unexpected turnouts due to statistics, upsets in matches, and overall highly-rated regular season games. Players like Victor Wembanyama have become incredibly famous under the spotlight of the season games with his actions, with over a billion searches and streams on videos related to him. Fan favorites from prior seasons, like Lebron James and Stephen Curry, are still playing with James in year 21 and Curry in year 15. The teams with bad records have broken records with losing streaks, with the Detroit Pistons going on a historical losing streak of 28 games straight. The views are at an all-time high, and the season is closing out, with each team having about 22 to 23 games left to play before the final placements before the playoffs are made. With the end of the season comes predictions. Picture of Jack Pallas:
Jack Pallas, a Los Angeles Lakers fan, has “predicted the Lakers to win the championship.” “With Lebron, AD (Anthony Davis), and AR15 (Austin Reaves), with Rui Hachimura coming off the bench, and the coach (Darvin Ham) finally done playing favorites, I’d say we have a fighting chance.” His favorite team was “obviously the Lakers.”
Bri’on Grimes, a Los Angeles Lakers fan, has predicted: “The Nuggets will win again.” “Jamal Murray is a great player, along with Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon.” His favorite team is “Lebron, my glorious king could never fail me, whatever team Lebron goes to, I’m a fan of.” Picture of interviewed person:
Micheal Minton, a Timberwolves fan, has predicted “the Heat to win the playoffs.” “They have a better lineup than last year, with all of the players who helped to sweep the Celtics in last year’s conference finals.” His favorite team is “the Lakers or the Bulls with Micheal Jordan.” Picture of interviewed person:
Bucks, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, and New Orleans Pelicans. These are fan favorites with favorite players sprinkled around the top 10 teams. With the season-ending, we have the playoffs to look forward to. The Finals first started back in 1947, with it following every year afterward. Jack Pallas had “no idea the Finals have been going on since before 1950.” Last year’s Finals winner was the Nuggets after almost sweeping (a basketball term meaning beating the other team in a series 4-0). They faced the Miami Heat, who beat the Celtics, to go on to face the Nuggets, who beat the favored Lakers 4-0. Jokic won Finals MVP, averaging over 25 points per game, nine assists, and ten rebounds. Teams like the Mavericks are more favored to get into the playoff brackets because their injuries from last year have been resolved. The Mavericks would not make it without both stars, as was proven in the previous year. Fans of all teams will anticipate the final 22 games, except for fans of the Wizards and Pistons. They are neck and neck for the worst record in NBA history. Both have less than 15 wins while having played almost 60 games. The fans of these teams are in dismay, as shown by comments on social media platforms anytime they post.
