Coming into the season, the Nets were hailed as a title favourite, a team with too much raw talent to fail. Now, the starry duo of Durant and Irving must earn one more win just to make the playoffs. DanielRainbird previews the No. 7 vs. 8 play-ins:
Timberwolves by 3.0
The Clippers, led by Tyronn Lue and his Coach of the Year-level of season, won 42 games this season despite Paul George missing most of the year and Kawhi Leonard not taking the floor at all. On the court, Reggie Jackson, Marcus Morris & Co. have found success as a collective, and now some reinforcements are here to take them over the top… well, sort of.
Kawhi Leonard is the last piece of the puzzle for the Clippers to gain full strength for the first time this season, butIf Leonard does return, the Clippers pose a similar threat in the West as the Nets do in the East as a calibre of No. 7 or 8 seed neither top seed would like to face in the first round. Luckily for the Timberwolves, that’s not likely something they’ll need to worry about for the play-in.