NBA Playoffs 2015: Previews, Predictions for Sunday’s 1st-Round Matchups

April 18th, 2015 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

The 2015 NBA playoffs have already seen one overtime game and a 35-point performance from Anthony Davis—albeit in a losing effort. This year's postseason is shaping up to be something special.

The first round continues Sunday, with a total of four games scheduled. Although two of the games look somewhat uneven on paper, the second half of the day should more than make up for that.

Here's a quick look at the quartet of matchups.



 

Game 1 Previews

No. 7 Boston Celtics at No. 2 Cleveland Cavaliers



It's hard to talk about the Boston Celtics without being somewhat patronizing. They've done so well to make the playoffs, but it seems highly improbable that they can upset the Cleveland Cavaliers without one of Kevin Love, LeBron James or Kyrie Irving getting injured.

The Celtics took two games off Cleveland on April 10 and 12. However, Irving was missing in the first, and all of the members of the Cavs' Big Three were absent in the second. You can't necessarily use those two Boston wins as a bar ...

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