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Takeaways from a wild first weekend of NBA playoffs

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The NBA playoffs lived up to the hype through the opening weekend, with some great duels, some upsets, and just as everyone expected a Rui Hachimura explosion.

Here are our takeaways from the first eight games of the NBA playoffs. • Adam Silver forgot to turn injuries off before the NBA playoffs started. • The most devastating of those injuries could be the bruised back of Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The Bucks are saying the right things and talking “next man up,” but if this lingers beyond this first round (assuming the Bucks get out of it) it changes things at the top of the East.

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