I think both teams will bring it tonight in Denver, hopefully. As the certified #1 Nuggets fan of Substack, I will be talking trash in the Substack sports chat tonight. My prediction is that the Boston doesn't make the finals and the Nuggets repeat...but if they do meet in the finals, I think it is a 7 game series and Tatum misses a final shot in overtime...nuggs in 7 by 1 point.
Dean Oliver made an excellent point in his prediction -- the Nuggets have looked fine so far in the regular season without Bruce Brown, but I have a feeling that in a tight playoff series they're going to end up missing him. They have a couple of guys on their bench with potential, but to this point no one's really stepped up to fill that void and having someone like Peyton Watson or Christian Braun do it in the playoffs against a team like Boston is a mighty big ask.
So the final tally is:
Boston: 5 votes
Denver: 8 votes
A solid split!
I think both teams will bring it tonight in Denver, hopefully. As the certified #1 Nuggets fan of Substack, I will be talking trash in the Substack sports chat tonight. My prediction is that the Boston doesn't make the finals and the Nuggets repeat...but if they do meet in the finals, I think it is a 7 game series and Tatum misses a final shot in overtime...nuggs in 7 by 1 point.
Dean Oliver made an excellent point in his prediction -- the Nuggets have looked fine so far in the regular season without Bruce Brown, but I have a feeling that in a tight playoff series they're going to end up missing him. They have a couple of guys on their bench with potential, but to this point no one's really stepped up to fill that void and having someone like Peyton Watson or Christian Braun do it in the playoffs against a team like Boston is a mighty big ask.
Jayson Tatum is not in the same tier as Kawhi and Giannis lol