The 2023-2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) season kicks off today (Feb. 25).
Once again, the season is expected to be unpredictable with no clear favorites.
With the start of the season just around the corner, 현금홀덤사이트 American media outlets are analyzing the strength of each team and predicting which team will emerge as the ultimate winner.
On March 23, NBC Sports predicted that the Boston Celtics would win the championship.
After defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals series, NBC Sports predicted that the Celtics would defeat the defending champion Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals series and then beat the Phoenix Suns in a best-of-five series to come out on top.
The Celtics fell just short of a championship in the 2021-2022 season, losing to the Golden State Warriors in the Finals in four games, and were swept by the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals series in four games in the 2022-2023 season.
In the East, NBC Sports pointed out that Milwaukee has the best duo in the league (Lillard and Yannis Adetokunbo), but Boston has a deeper and more balanced squad (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Celtics).
As for the West, he explained that Phoenix’s strength with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal is more than enough to beat Denver and advance to the Finals series.