2022-23 KTR Playoffs

[Laimbeer40]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#8 Milwaukee at #1 New York, 6-3 (Bucks didn't have Giannis. He wouldn't have made a difference. This was a blowout as expected)
#7 Cleveland at #2 Brooklyn, 5-4 (Wow, didn't see this one coming. Cavs got the shooting % and TO's but then stole the defensive stats too)
#6 Charlotte at #3 Miami, 5.5-3.5 (Hornets were 1 BLK and 2 STL from pulling off the upset. They have a bright future ahead)
#5 Philadelphia at #4 Boston, 5-4 (This one could have gone either way but FVV and Harden did the heavy lifting for BOS)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

#8 Utah at #1 Houston, 8-1 (There were a lot of blowouts expected in the West. This one held true to form)
#7 LA Clippers at #2 San Antonio, 6-3 (Spurs are nasty and dominated most of the counting stats)
#6 Minnesota at #3 New Orleans, 8-1 (This result will do nothing to get the bad taste out of JMAC's mouth. Luka laid an egg)
#5 Portland at #4 Phoenix, 7-2 (Mikal Bridges might have been worth that expensive extension after all!)

2ND ROUND

#4 Boston at #1 New York, 7.5-1.5 (Knicks with a whopping 40-27 advantage in games played was insurmountable)
#7 Cleveland at #3 Miami, 5-4 (This was as lopsided as a 5-4 game could be. Cavs had no shot to steal another category. Not a bad run after losing Zion)

#4 Phoenix at #1 Houston, 6.5-2.5 (Suns were game but Rockets pulled away over the weekend thanks to a big showing from Devin Booker)
#3 New Orleans at #2 San Antonio, 9-0 (Wow, you almost never see the clean 9-0 sweep. Spurs go about 13 deep so get a lot of quality starts)

CONFERENCE FINALS

#3 Miami at #1 New York, 8-1 (No surprise as Knicks were so deep. Jaylen Brown and Julius Randle led the charge for NY)

#2 San Antonio at #1 Houston, 8-1 (HOU had a 5-4 lead on Saturday. Spurs blew them out on Sunday. Spurs just too deep)

FINALS

#2 San Antonio at #1 New York, 6-3 (The two deepest teams in the league BATTLED here. This was decided by 3 3PM, .001 FT%, 2 BLK and 1 TO. Great game)

Finals MVP: Jamal Murray, NYK

[Slou]

The East is so bad. How in world did I get to the 5 seed

[Laimbeer40]

The inaugural season of KTR of course was halted by COVID.

-Knicks played in the 1st ever KTR Finals where they came up short. They are hoping to make it all the way this time.
-All of the other teams have not reached a Conference Final.
-NYK, HOU and SAS are all extremely deep. MIA is the up and comer but has to be considered the underdog with a myriad of injuries.

Congrats to all that made it this far.

[tomviolence]

Good luck to all, much like LOTR2, just surprised and glad to have made it this far!

[Laimbeer40]

Payouts

NYK - 300
SAS - 170
HOU - 125
MIA - 95
PHX - 70
BOS - 50
CLE - 50
NOP - 50
SAC, BRK, PHI, CHA, MIL, POR, MIN, LAC, UTA - 20 ea.

[Slou]

You can roll my $20

[JMAC]

Roll my 20 as well

[Jbcoffey]

Roll the $20 into next years fee

[tomviolence]

can also roll my fee. thanks for another great year Laim!

[krish]

Thank you guys for a fun year and congratulations to NYC for the championship. Roll my 20$ into next year's fee aswell.