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NBA Playoffs: Hot takes from the Conference Semi-Finals and how it relates to the Pistons rebuild

Ok, I was the one who was whining about not having a team to root for to win it all this postseason. Yet, there are some interesting developments even a Pistons fan stubbornly refusing to cheer on any other team has to notice.

1. Injuries have dominated the storyline this postseason

The results of at least two semis – Nets vs. Bucks and Suns vs. Nuggets – can be decided by injuries (the latter, in fact, is already over thanks in no small part to injuries) as Brooklyn suffers the absence of James Harden and now Kyrie Irving and Denver the absence of Jamal Murray and back problems sustained by Michael Porter Jr.