Early dark horse favorite to shock the world

[Street Hunger]

Each year there's an NBA team that goes farther in the playoffs than anyone predicted. They may not make the finals but they get to the conference Finals while no one expected them to get past the first or second round.

If you had to guess who do you think might be that dark horse favorite in the East and also in the West

[ILLsmak]

Wolves.

Shocking disappointment: BOSTON.

Edit: ah they already fell to 2nd. I was gonna say they fall to 2nd seed and then get scraped in the first round by like MIL who is finally healthy.

BOOKMARK IT.

-Smak

[k0kakw0rld]

Wolves.

Shocking disappointment: BOSTON.

Edit: ah they already fell to 2nd. I was gonna say they fall to 2nd seed and then get scraped in the first round by like MIL who is finally healthy.

BOOKMARK IT.

-Smak
Both Lillard and Giannis are out lol

[Shaquille O'Neal]

Shock the world is some hyperbole man - with a 45% viewership drop since 2012, no one really is watching the NBA anymore.
No one would care if the Orlando Magic won it all this year. That's my dark horse pick by the way.

[fsvr54]

Hawks

[Lakers Legend#32]

Are the Cavs still considered a dark horse?

[Mask the Embiid]

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[ILLsmak]

Both Lillard and Giannis are out lol

yesyes, that's why they'd be in position to play BOS and why I said "who is finally healthy," meaning at that point, in the playoffs. Sorry for the confusion.

-Smak

[Full Court]

Are the Cavs still considered a dark horse?

Before the season they were....but since they've had the best record since the start of the season, I don't think you can call them a dark horse anymore.

I wouldn't count them out against the Celtics either.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Bucks should be doing better of late, they don't have to play the Celtics anymore.

[Jasper]

Bucks handled Pacers ... Lillard just dimed

[bdonovan]

Knicks in the East. Maybe not a dark horse- but a lot of people are not paying attention to how good they are with KAT and the Suns players.

I'll say Warriors in the West. They're a 50-50 team now. They will figure out their lineup and rotations. They were dominant to start the season. They will get back there, assuming Kerr stops over-optimizing.

[Full Court]

The dark horse in the East is Orlando.

I agree with the Warriors in the West.

[Street Hunger]

Rockets or Grizzlies, maybe

[Neal Romer]

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[White Hammer]

Neal Romer thought OP was asking for his favorite “dark horse-c0ck”