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2024 NBA playoffs: One strength and one potentially fatal flaw for each remaining team

Can the New York Knicks, the NBA's most dominant rebounding team, overcome their exhausted and short playoff rotation? Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

And we're on to the conference semifinals! The dust has settled on a wild first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs, and eight teams remain in the hunt for the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Can the Celtics withstand a series without Kristaps Porzingis? Will the Knicks' relentless work on the glass drive them toward their first title since 1973? How will the Wolves overcome clunky late-game offense? So many questions.

To answer them, we've identified each team's biggest strength -- something that could put it into the conference finals -- and a potentially fatal flaw that could derail its season.