Which second round series goes the longest?
Who will win?
How will they pull it out in the end?
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Mike Lowry wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 11:16 pm
Which second round series goes the longest?
Who will win?
How will they pull it out in the end?
Rules: 1 point if you give thoughtful answers, which I will award after the timer ends for responses. The timer ends for responses at the moment the corresponding week's Sim is run.
Note: Use approximately 5 sentences as your bare minimum for 1 point. If you write 3 long, complex sentences, you'll still get a point. If you write 5, 3 word sentences, you will not get a point. Don't @ me.
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For me this is an easy call. It's Bulls-Bullets. I think the Bulls have the deeper, better roster, but the Bullets have homecourt and that counts for something. I think the Bulls pull it out in the end as I do believe talent wins out, and I think they'll manage to use their frontcourt depth to grind down Buck Williams and Larry Nance over the course of the series, culminating with one (or both) of them getting into early foul trouble in Game 7, which will allow the Bulls frontcourt to dominate start to finish in Game 7.
These are all good series, but I think the toughest and longest are once again out west.
Blazers vs. Kings
A rematch of last year's semi-finals, the Blazers have to be out for revenge. They got swept 6-0 (there was a re-sim to kick off the semis, and the Kings won the pre-re-sim games, too), and I would be shocked to see that happen again.
Two of the sharpest minds in the sim league game, Wig has surely considered what went wrong and how he might prevent that from happening again. He already repeated a gentlemen's sweep against the Sonics, but I think their postseason fortunes change slightly from there.
Also, thus far, there has been a narrative that the Kings haven't been as good this year, but I think that's a bit of a trolling narrative at best. They had 4 less wins and slightly more than one point less in their point differential. These Kings are here to crush it and don't want anything to stop them.
In the same way the Kings-aren't-as-good narrative has persisted, you could say the same for the Blazers and Warriors (get to that in a minute) as well. The Blazers won 8 less games and had 2 points less in their differential...but they went in to the semis as "the better team" last year.
So how does my sim-math add up to a more competitive series this year? I dunno, it just does. This is a great series that could go 7.
Warriors vs. Lakers
As much as I want to believe I will crush my brother in law outright, a team with Magic Johnson and a supporting cast is nothing you can sneeze at. I'm 2-0 against Magic Johnson's playoff teams, and I fully plan to go 3-0, but last year's Suns just weren't as competitive as the S2 Suns or the S4 Lakers. I will be devastated if my team of Twin Towers team gets beaten by the 4 Point Guard Lakers, but I have to accept that it's possible.
Magic may have 3 MVPs, but he has no victories in the Playoffs over Moses, and squaring off with Moses at PF, I'm sure he plans to get his revenge. If he does, this series definitely goes all 7 games.
Which second round series goes the longest?
Warriors/Lakers. I really wouldn't be surprised to see this series go to 7 games. Might be the two best teams in the west, since the Magic trade, and I'm very much looking forward to it.
Who will win?
I still think the Warriors come away with the series win but it will be a struggle. They have the twin towers down low to dominate the game but the Lakers have Magic at PF to help while also having some great wing players. If either team figures out how to slow down the others bigs, that team will win.
How will they pull it out in the end?
I think Moses proves once again why is he one of the best bigs in the league and puts the Warriors on their back. Also them having home court advantage really helps them. If the series were flipped, then I'd be more nervous for them but this team just does nothing but win at home