2025 NBA playoffs: Eastern Conference first-round takeaways

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The 2025 NBA playoffs are in full swing, and our NBA insiders have you covered for every game in the march to the Finals.

Cade Cunningham and the No. 6 Detroit Pistons are back in their series against the No. 3 New York Knicks after hanging onto a Game 2 win at Madison Square Garden. The matchup now heads back to the Motor City with the Pistons looking to build on their first win in the playoffs since 2008.

Elsewhere in the East, the No. 5 Milwaukee Bucks' Damian Lillard will make his anticipated return for Tuesday's crucial Game 2 matchup against the No. 4 Indiana Pacers. The other two East series -- the No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the No. 8 Miami Heat and the No. 2…