As for the Nuggets, they suck. They shouldn’t even be in the playoffs and if they hadn’t won a division they’d have been in a battle for 8th and on the losing end of a tiebreaker with Sacramento. They’ve been inconsistent throughout the season and if Kenyon Martin doesn’t stay healthy the Clips are going to be all over them.
Hey the Clips aren’t the best team in LA by chance
Prediction – Clippers in five (I believe!!!).
(2) Phoenix vs. (7) LA Lakers
Kid Canada and Mike D’Antoni have done a fantastic job with this team. Way back in September I was in a bar with a friend just after Amare Stoudemire went down for the season. He didn’t believe me when I said the Suns would run and gun their way to the playoffs. Scoring an average of 108 points a game I wasn’t wrong.
As a longtime Laker fan it’s been hard for me to see Kobe destroy my team. 81 points in a game is nice but pass the ball. The Lakers don’t have much depth and have been relying on Kobe scoring 40 a game to get them through. As much as it pains me Chris Mihm isn’t Shaq and Phil Jackson can only work magic if there’s some talent to work with.
Prediction - Phoenix in six, but Kobe goes for 50 in at least one game.
All in all this looks like it’ll be a good year for some NBA playoff action with some possible surprises.
Article comments
1 - RJ Elliott
Pistons in 4 or 5
Cavs in 7
Heat in 6
Nets in 5 or 6
Spurs in 5 or 6
Mavs in 5
Clippers in 6
Suns in 5 or 6
2 - Matthew T. Sussman
Wow, the Bulls. Hey, can't argue with how they finished.
3 - djfreq
I just don't think that the Heat are as good as they should be.
4 - RJ Elliott
Heat up 2-0, without Udonis Haslem...
Indy up 1-0 on the Nets...
Pistons up 1-0 on the Bucks...
Cavs up 1-0 on the Wiz...
Mavs, Spurs, Clippers, and Suns all up 1-0...
5 - Dj freq
Ok ok so the Bulls are getting spanked.. I still think the Nets are going to pull it out. Kidd had a shity day (2-11) and Carter wasn't doing so well either (12-31)
I've only gotten to watch the Lakers/Suns game and I think it's going to be a good series.. Look for Kobe to try to do it all by himself in the next game.
6 - RJ Elliott
Nets 1, Indy 1...
Spurs up 2-0, in OT...
7 - RJ Elliott
Indy up 2-1, Bulls win one, but still down 2-1...
8 - RJ Elliott
Oh, and the Lakers now tied with the Suns, 1-1...
9 - RJ Elliott
Pistons up 2-1 over the Bucks...
Nets and Indy tied 2-2...
Miami up 2-1 over the Bulls...
Cavs up 2-1 over the Wiz...
Spurs up 2-1 over Sacramento...
Lakers and Clippers both up 2-1...
Dallas is the only team up 3-0...
10 - dj freq
i'm surprised that the Kings are doing as well as they are those games have been close.. I can't help but wonder what the Lakers would have been like had Kobe learned to pass earlier in the season.
11 - RJ Elliott
Pistons up 2-1...
Heat tied with the Bulls 2-2...
Cavs up 2-1...
Nets and Indy tied 2-2...
Spurs up 2-1 over the Kings...
LAKERS UP 3-1 OVER THE SUNS!!!
Clippers up 3-1 over Denver...
Dallas up 3-0...
12 - Jimmy
Dude....Lakers man. and how is kobe destroying the team? Yes, the loss of shaq was a great one and those shoes are hard to fill. but look at him now, hes not playin as well as he used to and he cant turn on his game whenever he wants to anymore and the end result? heat and bulls are tied up at 2 apiece. Kobe has just had to step up his points. Look at how the other players have stepped up in them as well. Smush Parker? Lamar Odom? even Luke Walton? Luke Walton's and Lamar Odom's hustle and quick feet and hands have allowed the Lakers to get a 3-1 lead over the Suns and I truly believe they have what it takes todo well in these playoffs. As for Kobe's 81 point game, that was truly beautiful. Yes many poeple talk about how he got like 2 assists, but why not shoot when you have the hot hand? As post conference interview junk videos show, his teammates realized that this was a special night for Kobe so they tried to feed him the ball as much as possible, and why not? 81 pts? and Kobe is only averaging now about 25 pts in these playoffs because these other players stepped up in their points. Kobe steps up when he needs to. As much as people will argue it, hes really not that much of a ballhog.
and now that i read it over, this makes no sense at all haha i was typing whatever came to mind
13 - RJ Elliott
Pistons advance, Clippers advance, Dallas advances...
14 - RJ Elliott
2nd round -
Pistons-Cavs
Heat-Nets
Dallas-?
Clippers-?
15 - RJ Elliott
Dallas-Spurs - THE BATTLE FOR TEXAS!
16 - djfreq
wow the suns beat the lakers like a red headed stepchild. too bad we won't have the battle for los angles. i could already hear the RAGE AGAINT THE MACHINE playing in thebackground
17 - RJ Elliott
Pistons up 2-0...
Dallas and the Spurs tied 1-1...
The Nets whipped the Heat in Game One...
Suns up 1-0...