Nate Duncan and John Hollinger break down the first week of the playoffs, including standout teams, superstar performances, the best and worst coaching jobs, surprising players, and early lessons from the playoff crucible

Who has been the best team of the playoffs so far?

Would we change our overall playoff predictions based on what we’ve seen?

The biggest change to our pre-series predictions after the first week.

Grading the superstars' performances in the early going.

The best prediction we made heading into the playoffs.

The worst prediction we made so far.

The best coaching jobs and the most impressive adjustments of the playoffs so far.

The worst coaching jobs and most questionable adjustments or non-adjustments.

The most surprising/disappointing players of the first week.

The best game of the playoffs to this point.

The worst game we've seen so far.

The best individual performance in a single playoff game.

Who would make the All-Playoffs First Team after one week?

Revisiting our playoff preview categories and early observations.

The playoff crucible: who thrived and who couldn’t hack it?

Which rotation players withstood the pressure?

Which players have turned to ash?

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• Giannis Antetokounmpo
• Defensive Player of the Year
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Thunder-Grizzlies
• Detroit Pistons
• Knicks-Pistons
• Nuggets-Clippers
• Scoring
• Game 3s
• Alijah Arenas

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Nate and John take their unique look at the playoffs, discussing their picks for:

• Most interesting series
• Least interesting series
• Individual player matchup you are most interested in seeing
• Star player with the toughest matchup
• Star player with the easiest matchup
• Best coaching matchup
• Biggest coaching mismatch
• Series with the most variables
• Rotation players most likely to have their roles cut
• Deep rotation players who could emerge
• Most important non-star player who will affect the outcome of a series
• Best playoff defense
• Best playoff offense

Plus, they give their picks for each playoff series winner and NBA champion.

They also discuss Joe Dumars’ hiring in New Orleans and the ax falling for Michael Malone and Calvin Booth in Denver.

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John and Nate go over their awards agreements and disagreements on Executive and Not-Executive of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and All-NBA.

But first, they give their opinions on the NBA’s new European venture and discuss the future of the teams they think won’t make the playoffs. Plus, thoughts on Joe Cronin’s extension and the future of the Blazers.

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• NCAA championship game
• Trivia
• Kevin Durant
• Joe Cronin
• Trivia answer
• Seeds
• Awards
• No. 3 player
• Evan Mobley
• Rankings

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