Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. Neil, Kyle and Chris are previewing the NBA playoffs in a special two-for-one edition of the podcast. On Friday’s show (April 13, 2018), they break down the first-round matchups in the Eastern Conference, where the Toronto Raptors are embarking on their journey as the No. 1 seed while the Cleveland Cavaliers are the betting favorites. (For The Lab’s discussion of the Western Conference, check out the April 12 show.)
Here are links to what the podcast discussed this week:
- Keep an eye on FiveThirtyEight’s 2017-18 NBA predictions, updated after every game.
- Neil wrote a preview of the playoffs’ sleepers, favorites and best first-round matchups.