The Bucks are the healthiest team left in the playoffs and will take advantage of the upstart Hawks. That being said, the Clippers are too talented and play defense too well to let these Suns beat them, despite their declining health. In the end, fatigue and injuries might be the things deciding these series. That being said, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is miserable at the free throw line and the Bucks really only had to beat Kevin Durant and an essentially one-legged James Harden. They continued shooting and playing decent defense to push the series to seven games, however, culminating in an OT win for the ages. They looked dead in the water after falling down 0-2 to the Brooklyn Nets. The Milwaukee Bucks are probably the hardest team to suss out. Trae Young continues to transform into an offensive superstar on the NBA’s biggest stage, while the role players prove this team is actually fairly complete. In the East, the Hawks just finished a seven game series in which they benefitted from Ben Simmons almost inexplicable amount of shooting regression. Meanwhile, Chris Paul continues his revenge tour, proving he was the rightful MVP for taking this team to a level that almost no one saw coming. That did not prove to be a problem in Games 5 and 6 against the Jazz, but NBA fans should not lean on the entire team shooting the lights out of the building from distance in every game. Now, Los Angeles is without the best player in the playoffs, Kawhi Leonard, indefinitely. This includes the defending champion Lakers and 2021 MVP-led Nuggets. Phoenix, on the other hand, has blown through their competition. The Dallas Mavericks, carried completely by one player, Luka Doncic, took the veteran-laden Clippers to seven games. The Clippers have been a very sleepy team. Compiled here are the TGH staff’s predictions for the teams that will be duking it out in the NBA Finals. The 2021 Eastern and Western Conference Finals have begun, so it is time to make some predictions as to who will represent their conferences in the NBA Finals.
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