Anfernee Simons… Portland Trailblazers

It should be a great NBA playoff doubleheader tonight with Miami at Milwaukee in the first game, then Portland at Denver in the late game.

I have both Miami and Portland as my darkhorse picks in the East and West despite both being No. 6 seeds.

Why?

Because both teams have a talented, deep rotation of guards.

Portland won at Denver in Game 1 somewhat easily, while the Heat lost at Milwaukee on a late shot at the end by Kris Middleton.

I thought all four of Portland’s guards played pretty well. Those being Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Norman Powell, and Anfernee Simons. I love the additions of both Norman Powell and Anfernee Simons to Portland’s team.

Its their frontcourt with Portland which needs to hang tough with Jusuf Nurkic, Carmelo Anthony, Robert Covington, and Enes Kanter. I worry about their interior defense, but not their guard play.

Portland already has the road split, if they can win tonight—they would look to be in pretty good shape in this series. I don’t see how Denver will matchup defensively with Portland.

In the first game…it’s pretty simple for the Heat…Jimmy Butler needs to play better. Your stars have to play like stars at this time of the year.

These should be two very interesting games.

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