NBA Play-in tournament here! The fun begins on Tuesday evening with Magic-Hawks and Warriors-Grizzlies, and the winners go to the NBA playoffs as seeds No. 7 in the east and west, respectively. On Friday, the losers will play again for the chance to earn the seeds of their conference No. 8.
Meanwhile, in the match on Wednesday will be presented bulls-hits and Kings-Mavs in single-elimination games. The winners are moving on Friday, the losers go home. How will it play? Our NBA writers break matches and make their forecasts.
Hawks against magic: who wins?
Ben Rorbach: They divided the magic of their series of the season, but Orlando 2-1, when Paolo Banchera and Franz Wagner oppose Atlanta. Future All-STARS (if they remained healthy) gain an average of 61 points, 16 rebounds and nine programs opposite the hawks, whose defender of the year, candidate of the year, Dyson Daniels, can only try to stop one of them.
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Dan Titus: Hawks. The speed, depth and reproduction of Atlanta make them dangerous losers. With a 3-1 record and Trae Young, gaining an average of 27 points and 9 programs for the game in these competitions, they are checked in the battle. Meanwhile, magic plays too slowly and depends excessively on Banchero and Wagner to cause a crime. In this clash, give me hawks as a road dog.
Morten Stig Jensen: I tilt the hawks. They have more offensive firepower and a real leading guard who can dictate actions. Do we trust Banchero and Wagner to do this during a 48-minute game, especially without Jalen Suggs to work as a third initiator? Richer’s wagging can be in one damn game. The wing of 6 feet 9 jumped out 35+ twice from March 30, and since Atlanta plays freely, there is a chance that he can find an early and consistent crime.
Tom Habertstro: Magic with these edges, give me a team with the advantage of a home court. This can be dictated by the way the judges control the game. The ultra -Physical brand of basketball magic can be an advantage in the winner. Let’s see what type of whistle the Trae Young and Paolo Banchero will fall into Orlando.
Grislis against warriors: who wins?
Titus: Warriors. Memphis 11-30 on the road and without victories in California (0-8) this season. I do not trust the newly gained commitment to Grizzlies to get more strokes in actions, because it is played by power by Golden STAT in defense: Paint protection. Despite the recent DUBS and injuries in the late game, they have an advantage in the coach with the playoffs Jimmy, Stef Curry and a strong act to do it.
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Jensen: Warriors. Jimmy Butler was an excellent addition to the team, which allowed him to stagger him and Stephen Curry in relation to the responsibilities of handling the ball and shot. Grisli, well, in general, strange. They are contradictory, their insult became stagnant this season, and although I do not close the door to victory in the memphise, it seems that everything should go straight to them. These are not big chances.
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Haberstroh: Warriors. In order to bend the most acute protection of the NBA since the acquisition of Jimmy Butler and must prevail on Grisli, trying to find their identity in the era after Taylor Jenkins. GREZZ has a 4-9 record on the road against the top 10 defense. I will take Stef, Dradimond and Jimmy in this.
Rorbach: Warriors. Do not think about it. It may be tempting to choose Grisli Jah Marant, but they could not defeat the teams or win on the road for some time. They have a new coach whose first post -zone task will be to stop both Stephena Curry and Jimmy Butler, the two greatest winners of their generation, in the mandatory game. Good luck.
Heat vs. Bulls: Who wins?
Jensen: I am inclined to ask who is worried? Both teams are around the middle, as far as you can be, and none of them pose a real threat to Cleveland. At the same time, we all love entertainment, and for this reason we must hope for bulls who play in a rapidly changing brand of the ball up and down, which could have fun. Miami 28th place at a pace, and his style of play is ghostly boring. But while one thing can be hoped for bulls, given the potential of a funny, energetic match of the first round against CAVS-in the expectation of Chicago, two games-logic dictates heat on a stronger earth to take it.
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Haberstroh: Heat. Can they put a banner if they are three peat in the Play-in tournament? Hey, if Pat Riley retired Micheik Michael Jordan in the Miami Arena, everything can happen. The impulse is on the side of Miami, since the heat was quietly good over the past few weeks, having won eight of its last 12. I see how Davion Mitchell puts clamps on Kobi White.
Rorbach: Chicago bulls are no longer only within a month. The bulls were the second best team in the east for Boston Celtics since March 6, the owners of the TOP-10 outfits both in attack and in defense. They run like hell, and Josh Giddi played like a star in this interval. They are trying. Hard. This is their difference. And I’m not sure that Miami is in the same boat. Do not blame the heat if they send it. Jimmy Butler took a lot of them.
Titus: Heat. The bulls won 13 of their last 16 and covered Miami with a score of 3-0 in the season of the season. However, I support the experience of the heat. Miami’s pure report on the pure injury will allow warmth to fall into their physical style of play, violating the fast pace of bulls, guided by Giddi and White. The defensive efforts of Andrew Wiggins, Bama Adebayo, Kel -Wayra and Davion Mitchell will become a decisive factor to advance heat forward.
Mavs vs. Kings: Who wins?
Haberstroh: MAVS. If Anthony Davis is healthy, I’m coming with this guy. He has a massive chip on his shoulder after Nico Harrison put him in position to absorb the entire coating surrounding Luke Donchich. By basketball, I’m still worried about the ability of kings to protect the rim from elite Big.
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Titus: Kings MAVS 6-3 with Anthony Davis in the composition. Nevertheless, their lack of offensive firepower leaves them ahead of them. MAVS are dead in the latter and 3S attempts with a wide margin in the last 15 games. And shocking, the kings were in the top -10 in the smallest number of points made in the paint for this gap. Kings boast sufficient options for enrolling on the wing and tools to “light the beam” and ensure the victory over Dallas’s exhausted team. Just do not expect too much protection in this game.
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Jensen: Hide your eyes, children. Maucheiki will commit a crime through Naji Marshall instead of a specific security guard All-Nba, who will remain nameless. Look, everything is bad in Dallas, and there is no cohesion on the floor. In Sacramento, everything is not much better, but the kings have Zak Lavin, which, as we know, can take more than 40 more than night. The shooting guard has the most effective year in his career, and since Domantas Sabonis puts him vile screens, I bow the kings in this. The basketball gods would not dare to give us individuals play -off, right?
Rorbach: Kings were the season from hell for Mavericks. They exchanged Luke Donchich, and their fans will not cease to remind them of what a mistake was, loudly calls for the dismissal of General Director Niko Harrison. Kirie Irving’s injury did not help. Anthony Davis is the best player in this game, but not if he already has vacation plans. And who could blame him? Meanwhile, Sacramento would be happy to be a play -off team, given the history of the franchise.
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Bonus: Make one bold prediction for the tournament.
Haberstroh: Maucheiki defeated Grizzlies to take the last place and set the match -Rarensch against the thunder of Oklahom -City. Without Cyrian Irving, I think that this time it is filled in favor of OKC, but MAVS will first release the cleansing with two games to obtain privilege to obtain the OKC absorption.
Titus: Danison Daniels beats Kent Basemor’s record about five interceptions in the game.
Jensen: Ja Morat Dunks on Kevon Looney so much that he was immediately chosen, because Steve Kerr wants to make sure that his center had not thrown basketball right there and then.
Rorbach: Ja Morant is medieval and represents the new Trebuchet celebration. Maucheiki play as Harrison’s work is on the line and loses to 30. Giddi registers a triple double, only statistics are not taken into account, so we can wonder if this has ever happened. And Banchero falls 40 on Atlanta.
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