SportsLine's model simulated Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Tuesday's Western Conference Play-In Tournament matchup

Boston is led by the star duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but also has several players capable of 30-plus-point outings like Derrick White and Kristaps Porziņģis. It's hard to argue that there is a team deeper than the Celtics this year.

The season before that, No. 2 Boston faced No. 8 Miami in the East, and No. 1 Denver faced the No. 7 Los Angeles Lakers in the West. In fact, the 1-seed in both conferences combined has only made the conference finals four times, dating back to 2020 (2024 Boston, 2023 Denver, 2022 Miami, 2020 Los Angeles Lakers).