NBA Playoffs are set to get underway Saturday, April 19, with four games, as the 3-6 and 4-5 series in both conferences get going. Here's a look at each series in the first round, along with odds, picks and predictions for how things will play out.

LOS ANGELES — For the NBA romantics out there, for those who see the game as more than X’s and O’s on a white board and Defensive Real Plus-Minus on a spreadsheet, what is not to love about the first-round playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves?