“America, Don’t Be Fooled By East Playoffs”: Charles Barkley Claims Bucks, Celtics, And Sixers Will Result In Boring First Rounds

The postseason is officially underway as the play-in tournament saw the 7 and 8 seeds from the Western and Eastern Conference battle it out for the 7^th seed in their respective conferences. The Atlanta Hawks, with Clint Capela controlling the glass, defeated the Miami Heat to set themselves up for a first round series against the Boston Celtics.

Jimmy Butler, who was incredibly confident in his abilities to win this one game, shot 6-18 from the field in the loss to the Hawks. The Heat will now get one last chance to sneak into the Playoffs as the 8^th seed, facing off against the winner of the game between the Toronto Raptors and the Chicago Bulls.

With just one more matchup yet to be decided in the Eastern Conference, Charles Barkley seems to be a bit turned off by the series that lie ahead. He took to ‘Inside the NBA’ to reveal why.

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Charles Barkley on the Eastern Conference first round series

Charles Barkley bet $1 billion on the Atlanta Hawks to lose against the Miami Heat. The Hawks ended up embarrassing the Heat and if it weren’t for Kyle Lowry turning the clock back with a 6-9 performance from beyond the arc, the Heat would’ve lost by a lot more.

Barkley would then go on to hilariously tell America that they shouldn’t be fooled into watching the Eastern Conference Playoffs. His reasoning behind this was that the Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Boston Celtics are leaps and bounds ahead of their first round matchup.

Barkley tells viewers not to bother watching three of the Eastern Conference first round series on TNT’s pregame show pic.twitter.com/SsxE9w8c3P

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The Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks matchup seems to be the only series that is intriguing to Chuck.

The difference in games back between the 3^rd and the 6^th seed is 9 games and the difference gets even wider when you compare the 2^nd and 7^th seed, which is 16 games. So perhaps Barkley’s view on the East is warranted.

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