The Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets will square off tonight in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series to determine who will advance to the second round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Pundits are predicting a high likelihood of a close battle—or outright upset—in three first-round matchups this year: Phoenix Suns-Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference 2-7 seeds, the Milwaukee Bucks-Miami Heat 3-6 series in the East, and Portland-Denver.
But this is Blazer’s Edge. We don’t need no stinkin’ pundits. We’ve got them coming out our ears.