I'm thinking the Clips. It's not the best matchup and Chris Paul scares me, but Vinny Del Negro is by far the worst coach of these six teams.
OKC, Dallas and LAC are my top3, but not sure which to put first. OKC: We have beaten them twice and seem to match up with them well. But their offense is scary when its working (which is most of the time) and Durant just cant be stopped (perhaps slowed a bit though). Dallas: This would seemingly be my logical pick given their problems this season. Losing their best inside defensive presence to the Knicks in the off season and their aging players slowing down. Yet, they seem to have our number more times than not. LAC: This seems a very emotional and developing team and it all depends where they are at come playoff time. If they are clicking on all cylinders, I think id prefer Dallas or OKC. If they are in a funk and their chemistry is teetering, then this is who I want to face.
I am very surprised so many people have picked the Lakers. I don't want to see Bynum/Gasol in a playoff series with kobe being...kobe, always killing the rockets. I'd MUCH rather play the Clippers first, and if not them...then realistically I'd rather play the Spurs instead of OKC...OKC just has too much fire power with Durant, Westbrook, Harden
I want the Spurs. I think we match up well with them, not to mention we can counter act their best player, Tony Parker, with our deadly point guard combo of Dragic and Lowry.
I agree with you regarding LAL. On a similar note, if Zach is up to speed, I dont want to see Memphis either. Teams with powerful 4 & 5 tandems usually can beat us in a long series.
I'd rather play the Clips. When its crunch time in the 4th quarter, all we have do is foul blake or deandre. they are pretty bad at FTs, besides CP3 and foye. Don't know why people want to play LAL the first round... they got around 40 FTA last time we played them, they could probably get that same amount every game against us in a series -__-
The Lakers should be the last time we want to play. Noone can guard Bynum or Gasol. We should aim for the Thunder or the Clips. I think we can actually beat the Thunder, but the Clippers have Chris "flop" Paul and Blake Griffin, both who will cry for fouls on every possession. Even though I think we're a better team than the Clippers the refs are just too much too handle.
I say Spurs or LA, Why anybody would wanna face OKC is beyond me...we beat them twice but they also beat us twice. The first we beat them was by 1 point at home, and the second at OKC we came back from like 10 with 3 minutes left....we wont get those kind of wins in the playoffs OKC is still the team that beat teams like memphis only to lose to the champs in the Mavs...I'm not saying we can't do it but it will be a lot harder then facing the likes of Spurs, LAC, or memphis. We matched up with spurs pretty well at the start of the season and played them well with the addition of Camby it can only be better...they are getting old and if the ref don't let Parker carry the ball to france and back we should win out with a younger talented team just my opinion though...I know the spurs are playing good now but the playoffs are a whole different beast. And the clippers are basically young and inexpirienced they have they talent though just like OKC last year can we beat them? I don't know I think we got more of a shot to beat the clips then OKC though... Again with the LAL, we play them so well but we never make it over the hump until Bynum is ejected and I just don't see that happening 4 games out of a series our centers will have to be beast this entire post season if we're gonna beat anybody...
I don't know why people are scared of SA. Last years team did the same thing then got burnt out in the playoffs, same thing is gonna happen this year so that's who I want to play! Although theyll get all the calls all series long, I still think we could beat them in 6
I do not care who we face in the first round. I just want the 4th seed. If we somehow manage to move up to the 4th seed it will mean we were one of the hottest team finishing the season and bring on the competition. San Antonio is absolutely playing the best basketball in the West and most would want to avoid them but not me. I think SA is made for the season. Their experience and familiarity with each other bodes well for a crazy condensed season but come playoff time other teams will catch up. So bring on whoever. We have to beat them all to win the championship.
