The East however are up bit more up in the air. Through the two Game ones the Celtics held home court and the Cavs stole it, but the 76ers and the Raptors have the talent to make these series much more entertaining than the Western versions. Each of the four could make a claim for why they might come out on top this round and eventually get to the Finals (to be summarily destroyed by either the Warriors or Rockets).
We asked our writers to give us their takes on how these two match ups will go down and how some of the teams that didn’t make it to the party will fair in the off season.