The Sixers and Miami Heat will compete to face the second-seeded New York Knicks in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The loser will face the winner of Bulls vs. Hawks in a second play-in game - So Jimmy Butler goes back to Philly here if you remember he actually played for the Sixers for awhile, and they decided to move on from him and deal him to the Heat, which he probably carries a chip on his shoulder for that - But remember, Erik Spoelstra is one of the best coachesin the NBA if not the best - Last season, the Heat went from a team that suffered an opening-round play-in loss to representing the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals - So I like Miami's experience, Embiid listed questionable but he's gonna play - Philly has actually won the last 2 H2H, Miami with some revenge too - Total is extremely low also...because the Heat play great defense, Miami #3 in the league in ppg allowed - Like the Heat here to be an active dog