Take a good look at the NBA playoffs landscape.
The West looks loaded, with the top-seeded Nuggets looking highly likely to draw either a dangerous Lakers club or the defending-champion Warriors, who have still never dropped a series before the NBA Finals in their Big Three’s lifespan.
On the flip side out East, you have the Knicks, who are prone to offensive droughts, taking on a hobbled yet experienced Miami group that just took down the title-favorite Bucks in the first round. Opposite that bracket, there’s Philadelphia fending for itself without league MVP Joel Embiid, who was listed as doubtful for Game 2 in the Sixers’ East semifinal series.
