NBA 2K22 Predicts NBA Finals Champions
The NBA Playoffs are underway, pitting 16 teams in a head-to-head, best-of-seven tournament to decide who will become the 2022 NBA Champion. In the video game world, 2K Games attempts to predict the NBA Final, usingNBA 2K22 to simulate the entire tournament, much like they did last year with NBA 2K21.
The simulation is generated using the NBA Playoffs mode and entering all teams in their correct position to accurately represent the real-life structure. NBA 2K22 then runs the games through an automated system and plays out each playoff round, determining the winner of each and moving them on to the next round.
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The first round had few surprises, as most of the power-house teams took down their opponents with relative ease. The matchups featuring teams closer in the rankings were nail-biters, especially the Mavericks and Jazz pairing, which went the full seven games despite the absence of NBA 2K22 cover athlete Luka Doncic in games one and two. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the seventh-seed Brooklyn Nets defeating the second-seed Boston Celtics in six games, mostly because the Celtics are off to a 2-0 start in the opening round. The one prediction that is the closest to coming true is the Philadelphia 76ers sweeping the Toronto Raptors, as the series is currently 3-0 in Philadelphia's favor.
In the second round, The Phoenix Suns takedown Doncic and the Mavericks in six games, while the Grizzlies stun the Warriors in six games. The 76ers continued to establish their dominance in the postseason thanks to Ja Morant, who remains one of the best point guards in NBA 2K22, defeating the Miami Heat in five games. The Bucks outlast the Nets in a thrilling seven-game series,
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