Who To Root For - 2021 NBA Playoffs

If your NBA team is out, it's nice to have a team to root for.  Below are the teams ranked by the thing that matters to this blog: the number of Iowa Connections.  TLDR Go Utah and Denver!  Boo most of the Eastern Conference!

Iowa Playoff Connections

2 - Denver :         Monte Morris (ISU), Ryan Bowen (Iowa)

2 - Utah :             Georges Niang (ISU), Matt Thomas (ISU)

1 - Portland :           Terry Stotts (Cedar Falls)

1 - Brooklyn :          Tyler Cook (Iowa)

1 - LA Lakers :     Talen Horton-Tucker (ISU)

1 - Phoenix :     Abdel Nader (ISU)

0 - Boston

0 - Atlanta

0 - Milwaukee

0 - Miami

0 - New York

0 - Washington

0 - Philadelphia

0 - LA Clippers

0 - Dallas

0 - Memphis

Playoff Results (11-3)

Let's see how the blog's rooting interests did.  (Ties go to the blog, that's the rules)

1st Round (8-0)

0 Philadelphia vs 0 WashingtonWinner!

0 Atlanta vs 0 New YorkWinner!

0 Milwaukee vs 0 MiamiWinner!

1 Brooklyn vs 0 BostonWinner!

2 Utah vs 0 MemphisWinner!

1 Phoenix vs 1 LA Lakers Winner!

2 Denver vs 1 PortlandWinner!

0 LA Clippers vs 0 DallasWinner!

2nd Round (1-3)

0 Philadelphia vs 0 Atlanta Winner!

1 Brooklyn vs 0 Milwaukee

2 Utah vs 0 LA Clippers

2 Denver vs 1 Phoenix

Conference Championships (2-0)

0 Milwaukee vs 0 Atlanta Winner!

1 Phoenix vs 0 LA Clippers Winner!

NBA Championship (0-0)

1 Phoenix vs 0 Milwaukee