The regular-season slog is over — NBA fans rejoice; the playoffs are here!
The action gets started today with a quadruple-header featuring some of the game's biggest stars and most intriguing first-round subplots — How healthy is Joel Embiid? Do the Lakers have any hope against the Nuggets? — making it the perfect time for new bettors to get involved.
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Get your popcorn, and probably think about something for dinner, too. The NBA playoffs kick off with the customary Saturday quadruple-header; 10 hours of the best basketball on Earth (sorry, March Madness stans).
Kicking things off with the matinee are the Magic and Cavaliers in the East's 4-5 matchup. The precocious Magic are looking to test just how high they can stretch their ceiling, while the star-laden Cavs — having hand-picked this matchup with a hilarious tank job on the season's final day — are banking on a series win to save the franchise from turmoil.
Then we'll shift out West, where the defense-first Timberwolves host the offense-forward Suns in an interesting contrast of styles that is sure to leave one franchise severely disappointed with a first-round exit. Minnesota has Karl-Anthony Towns again, but questions about how healthy he is, and how effective he'll be in the playoffs, linger.
The coast-hopping continues for the early evening, with the Knicks hosting the resurgent 76ers and Joel Embiid, in what should be one of the more compelling matchups, now that Philly's MVP-calibre behemoth can wreak havoc on both ends again.
And the nightcap sees the defending champion Nuggets running back last year's Western Conference Finals, taking on the Lakers after they escaped the play-in bracket unscathed. Many saw winning the 7-8 game as a death sentence for L.A.; can they prove the masses wrong again in April this year?
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