If the betting odds are any indication, there could be a record number of series upsets in the 2021 Playoffs. Between teams like the Lakers and Warriors, perennial championship contenders, having to play their way into the postseason and teams like the Jazz, who haven't advanced past the conference semifinals in over a decade, and the Suns, a team that qualified for the postseason this year for the first time in 10 seasons, getting the top seeds, the number of predictions that have the worse seed advancing seems to be at an all-time high. Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortened season, the quick turnaround from the "bubble" playoffs, the effect of fans being in some arenas and not in others and poorly-time injuries to key players seems to have left a lot of people wondering if teams are really as good or bad as their regular season records, and the playoff picks seemed to reflect that skepticism.
Predictions For Trail Blazers (3) vs. Nuggets (6) Split Down The Middle
