Winners and losers of the second round of the NBA Playoffs
Heading into this Orlando restart, some people were worried that a neutral stadium with no fans would drastically change the playoff outcomes. Well, this is exactly what people were scared of happening, but it doesn’t look like it’s the empty arena’s fault.
The Miami Heat shocked the basketball world, beating the Milwaukee Bucks and acted like it was supposed to happen the whole time. Then, if one comeback from down 3-1 wasn’t enough, the Nuggets became the first team to come back from the deficit twice in the same playoffs.
If you’re a Clippers fan and haven’t been on Twitter yet, I’d probably recommend you stay away for a few days and wait for it all to cool down.
It hasn’t all been upsets as the Los Angeles Lakers took care of business against the Houston Rockets, proving that while small-ball is the vogue, it’s hard to overcome LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Also, the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors went to seven games and it might’ve featured the greatest playoff game of all time in Game 6.
So yeah, whether you want to blame everything that has happened on the circumstance, go ahead. I’d prefer to say this is the NBA doing what it does best and entertaining the hell out of us all.
Let’s get into my biggest winners and losers of the second round of the playoffs.