Recently, NBA 2K25 simulated playoff predictions were dropped for the first round of the Western Conference and let’s just say…things are heating up. The official NBA 2K account tweeted the results, along with a fiendishly-looking graphic of predicted matchups and outcomes. But the sad part- nothing concrete was shared aside from the said image, leaving the fans in wildest speculations as to how the virtual games might have played out.

It stated: “How do you think these matchups will go?” And honestly? That tweet sent the basketball gaming community into a frenzy. The image showed the usual suspects: Lakers, Warriors, Nuggets, and Suns, but with a few twists to their seedings. So people were going back to double-check the standings for the NBA.

Normally these sorts of simulations garner hot takes and debate, with the occasional “2K is rigged” conspiracy thrown in. Yet oddly…this time? Crickets. As of this writing, the tweet has no replies, which is pretty strange for something that would ordinarily have the fastest of responses.

Perhaps so many out there were busy getting into their own 2K25 franchises to see if they could match the results-or completely turn them on their heads.

So what exactly unfolded in the simulation? Well, not to let too much out (it is, after all, just a video-game prediction), but where the West is concerned, you can basically say a bloodbath.

Tight matchups, chaotic seeding, and at least one shocking upset that will give real-life analysts a modicum of dissatisfaction with their brackets.

But it is the dead silence that is most interesting. Indeed, NBA 2K tweets usually get clobbered, praised, or roasted within seconds of posting, but this one slipped through unnoticed. It could be that the playoffs feel too distant for anyone to really care about what NBA 2K thinks of west playoff match-up predictions.

Either way, that silence was a rare and unusual occurrence in this otherwise talkative community.

For now, we will wait to see just how unbelievably accurate or completely out-of-their-minds-2K is with its simulation. And hey, if you disagree with the results, get into Franchise mode and prove them wrong.

So, who do you have winning the Western Conference? (Spoiler alert: Probably not whoever 2K says.)