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NBA Conference Finals preview: What to look forward to in the East and West


The 2024 Jap and Western Convention Finals matchups are set. The highest-seeded Boston Celtics host the sixth-seeded Indiana Pacers to open the Jap Convention Finals on Tuesday evening. 

The No. 3 seed Minnesota Timberwolves defeated final 12 months’s champion, the Denver Nuggets, and can welcome the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday for Sport 1 of the Western Convention Finals.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves will welcome the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday for Sport 1 of the Western Convention Finals. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)

BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS

Kristaps Porziņģis appeared in 57 common season video games in his first 12 months with the Celtics. Nonetheless, his well being continues to be a degree of concern. He suffered an harm in Boston’s first spherical sequence with the Miami Warmth. He missed your entire convention semifinals, however ESPN reported that Porziņģis will doubtless sit out Video games 1 and a couple of of the convention finals.

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The Pacers seem to enter the sequence near full power, however Indiana’s protection will doubtless be the workforce’s largest concern within the convention finals. The Pacers might want to make use of a robust defensive sport plan to attempt to gradual the Celtics’ high-powered offense.

The highest-seeded Boston Celtics will host the sixth-seeded Indiana Pacers to open the Jap Convention Finals on Tuesday evening. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Photos)

BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS

Two-time NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards has taken the league by storm this postseason. The Dallas Mavericks teaching workers might be tasked with discovering a method to comprise Edwards. 

Karl-Anthony Cities, the highest decide of the 2017 NBA Draft, appeared to take a serious step ahead within the convention semifinals. Rudy Gobert lately received his third NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months award, and whereas Gobert’s defensive prowess speaks for itself, the Timberwolves as an entire should cope with the Mavericks’ two-headed monster — Kyric Irving and Luka Doncic.

The ultimate 4 groups are set for the NBA Finals. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)

Whereas the Timberwolves outlasted the Nuggets within the semifinals, the development of the Mavs roster presents a a lot totally different problem.

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WHEN ARE THE CONFERENCE FINALS?

The Eastern Conference Finals begins on Tuesday evening on the TD Backyard in Boston. Sport 2 ideas off on Could 23, earlier than the sequence shifts to Indiana for Sport 3 and 4.

The Timberwolves maintain dwelling court docket within the West and can host Sport 1 on Could 22. Sport 2 is scheduled for Could 24. 

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