East: Detroit(1) V. (8)Orlando- Detroit In 4 Cleveland(2) V. (7)Washington- Cleveland In 5 Toronto(3) V. (6)New Jersey- Toronto In 6 Miami(4) V. (5)Chicago- Chicago In 6 West: Dallas(1) V. (8)Golden State- Golden State In 6 Phoenix(2) V. (7)Lakers- Phoenix In 5 San Antonio(3) V. (6)Denver San Antonio In 6 And Lastly, Houston(5) V. (4)Utah Houston In 6
East: Pistons 4, Magic 2 Cavaliers 4, Wizards 2 Nets 4, Raptors 3 Heats 4, Bulls 2 West: Warriors 4, Mavericks 3 Lakers 4, Suns 3 Spurs 4, Nuggets 2 Rockets 4, Jazz 1 Yes, two upsets in first round (I don't call Heat over Bull as upset).
Arenas will explode in a few games?? Dude, have you not heard?? Gilbert is out with a knee injury along with Caron Butler. The earliest he can be back is the Finals. The Wizards have no chance and will be lucky to win 1 game without him and Butler.
March Madness: Dallas 4-2 over GS Phoenix 4-1 over LA SA 4-1 over Denver Houston 4-2 over Utah NIT: Detroit 4-0 over Orlando Cleveland 4-0 over Washington Toronto 4-2 over NJ Miami 4-2 over Chicago
WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Golden State (8) Dallas in 5 Phoenix (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) Phoenix in 5 San Antonio (3) vs. Denver (6) San Antonio in 6 Utah (4) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit (1) vs . Orlando (8) Detroit in 4 Cleveland (2) vs. Washington (7) Cleveland in 4 Toronto (3) vs. New Jersey (6) New Jersey in 6 Miami (4) vs. Chicago (5) Chicago in 6
WEST Dallas (1) vs. Golden State (8) Golden State in 6 Phoenix (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) Phoenix in 7 San Antonio (3) vs. Denver (6) San Antonio in 5 Utah (4) vs. Rockets (5) Rockets in 5 EAST Detroit (1) vs . Orlando (8) Detroit in 4 Cleveland (2) vs. Washington (7) Cleveland in 5 Toronto (3) vs. New Jersey (6) New Jersey in 7 Miami (4) vs. Chicago (5) Chicago in 6 ___________
Mavs in 5 Suns in 5 Nuggets in 7 (not really, but I can't pick against them. Money says Spurs in 6) Rockets in 6 (And the series won't be that close) Detroit in 4 Cleveland in 4 New Jersey in 7 Chicago in 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Golden State (8) Dallas in 5 Phoenix (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) Phoenix in 5 San Antonio (3) vs. Denver (6) San Antonio in 5 Utah (4) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit (1) vs . Orlando (8) Detroit in 5 Cleveland (2) vs. Washington (7) Cleveland in 5 Toronto (3) vs. New Jersey (6) Toronto in 7 Miami (4) vs. Chicago (5) Miami in 6
May as well do the rest of the playoffs while I'm at it. Here was my round 1: Round 2: WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 7 Phoenix (2) vs. San Antonio (3) San Antonio in 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit (1) vs. Chicago (5) Chicago in 7 Cleveland (2) vs. Toronto (3) Toronto in 7 Round 3: WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio (3) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 7 EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (5) vs. Toronto (3) Chicago in 7 Finals: Houston (5) vs. Chicago (5) Houston in 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Golden State (8) Dallas in 6 Phoenix (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) Phoenix in 5 San Antonio (3) vs. Denver (6) San Antonio in 7 Utah (4) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit (1) vs . Orlando (8) Detroit in 5 Cleveland (2) vs. Washington (7) Cleveland in 4 Toronto (3) vs. New Jersey (6) Toronto in 7 Miami (4) vs. Chicago (5) Mia in 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas in 6 Phoenix in 7 San Antonio in 4 Houston in 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit in 5 Cleveland in 6 New Jersey in 6 Chicago in 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Golden State (8) Dallas in 5 Phoenix (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) Phoenix in 4 San Antonio (3) vs. Denver (6) San Antonio in 7 Utah (4) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit (1) vs . Orlando (8) Detroit in 4 Cleveland (2) vs. Washington (7) Cleveland in 4 Toronto (3) vs. New Jersey (6) New Jersey in 7 Miami (4) vs. Chicago (5) Miami in 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Golden State (8) Dallas in 5 Phoenix (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) Phoenix in 6 San Antonio (3) vs. Denver (6) San Antonio in 5 Utah (4) vs. Houston (5) Houston in 7 EASTERN CONFERENCE Who cares.
On Rockets-Jazz. I think many fans here are giving Utah way too much respect. Personally, I think them or the Lakers will be the closest things to easy outs in the WC. Even our friedly Nugget fan doesn't see the Jazz having much of a chance. The Jazz are really struggling, have no superstar to give them leadership, and are playing on the road. If the Rockets need more than 6 games to despose of them this is a bad sign for the Rockets. On Phx-Lakers. Phx won the last 3 games of that series last year to advanced 4-3. This year Phx is MUCH stronger (Amare and Thomas back, Barbosa has just further developed) and the Lakers are slightly worse and much more tired. No contest. On Heat-Chi. Chicago has to be going in on a real sour note, lots of pressure on that team. The Heat actually have a deeper roster than last year, with Kapono more productive and adding Eddie Jones. The Bulls actually played the Heat real well last year (shot 40% from 3) while they were loosey goosey and with no pressure, and that was before Wade and the Heat got rolling, and the Bulls still lost in 6. I don't expect the Bulls to play as well, I think Wade/Shaq will play with a lot of pride until Detroit probably wears them out, and I think Wade/Shaq win in 6.
Houston in 6 Dallas in 5 Phoenix in 5 San Antonio in 7(upset alert) EAST Nets in 7 Pistons in 5 Bulls in 6 Cavs in 5
Dallas in 4 Los Angeles in 7 San Antonio in 7 Houston in 7 Detroit in 5 Cleveland in 4 Toronto in 6 Miami in 6
