absurd hypothetical: 2 games left in the season. LAL vs. Cleveland and Milwaukee vs. Chicago. Both have high stakes playoff implications. Both are at the same time on the same day. Your remote controller has stopped working. Which game do you pick?
I picked Milwaukee vs. Chicago without hesitation. I think the Lakers' superior talent would be enough to overwhelm the Cavs' weak supporting cast and lessen the relevance of the individual Kobe-Lebron matchup. They probably would only see each other in the 4th quarter anyways, as is the norm with wing players. I can't wait to see Milwaukee and Chicago. They have to guard each other too.
I also picked bucks vs Bulls. Tired of the same old match ups and the hype ups by ESPN. I would love to see Jennings square off against Rose. It would really be an interesting match up.
they already met once and it was kind of a letdown. rose is still hampered by his injury and he's not the same player i saw last year. hopefully, he'll get up to speed soon. however, i have noticed rose has definitely improved his midrange jumper.
As fun as a Rose/Jennings matchup would be to watch, the "playoff implications" of the Bucks & Bulls is not enough to keep me from watching a western conference team with a legit shot of winning it all. If it were just a game, I'd pick the former...but with the importance added I'm forced to pick the more important teams...
I think anyone that picked Bucks-Bulls is just lying to themselves. Yes, Jennings scored 55 points yesterday, and on the heels of that everyone thinks the Bucks are fun to watch. I don't. Lakers-Cavs, and it's not even close. What exactly interest you about the Bucks or Bulls? Both teams are boring to me. Hell, Rose is playing like CRAP this year and people are picking Jennings v. Rose over LeBron-Kobe? Ridiculous. Kings-Thunder would be the two teams that I'd have to think about watching over Lakers-Cavs.
I'd take MIL-CHI over LAL-CLE for these reasons: I would have seen enough of Cleveland and Lakers through out the season to NOT want to watch them again Hopefully Redd is fit and firing again (love watching a fellow lefty ) Being an Aussie like seeing other Aussies (such as Bogut play) By the last game of the season, Jennings would hopefully have gotten over hte "Rookie Wall" and Rose will be back to full speed which should provide a compelling matchup I don't want to see a game, where come the last 5 minutes of the game it will be Kobe iso, then Lebron iso, then Kobe iso, then Lebron iso etc. etc. There's probably more reasons, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
