NBA Playoff Predictions:OKC Leads Thunderous Pack of Low Seeds out West

As the NBA enters its final week of regular season play, “A whole new level of competition” is around the corner—the playoffs. While the Eastern Conference has a sub-.500 team (Chicago) in the playoffs at 21 and a half games back of first, the West is separated by a miniscule seven games overall. The West is by far the best, through and through. Not only has the depth of the West provided compelling competition night in, night out during the regular season, but it all leads up to the playoffs and the ultimate culmination of the NBA season—the crowning of a new World Champion. But before we can get to a golden trophy and confetti, there are a multitude of magnificent matchups in the West—any one could end in an upset. To note, only two Western playoff t...

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