

THE WEST:


With the Utah Jazz and being swept in 4 games by the Los Angeles Lakers, and the San Antonio Spurs receiving the same courtesy via the Phoenix Suns, we will now see who the better team in the western conference is in the conference finals. I personallythink that the Suns are better defensively, but can they stop the barrage of big men in the middle that plagued the Jazz so badly with Pao Gasol and Andrew Bynum. The Suns do have a stronger man in the middle than the Jazz in Amare Stoudemire, but can he handle big man the double-team? Steve Nash creates a huge mismatch for L.A. however, there is just no way that Derrick Fisher can guard him, he had the same problem with Deron Williams of the Jazz. I think overall it will come down to someone on the Suns roster being able to shut down Kobe Bryant (if that’s possible). It should be a pretty good series, and I like Phoenix in 6 games.
THE EAST:


The Orlando Magic handed the Atlanta Hawks a record breaking ass-whooping which also lead to a 4 game sweep. The Magic’s points totals in all 4 games averaged 25 points per game higher than Atlanta PER GAME! Now, that is either a pathetic showing by a decent Hawks team, or the Magic are unstoppable. I think it’s actually a little of both to be honest. Dwight Howard of the Magic is a veritable one man team right now, and I’m not sure anyone in the NBA can stop his reign.
In the other series back east, you have the Cleveland Cavaliers battling it out against the Boston Celtics in a series tied at 2 games apiece. Lebron James was the favorite to win the MVP this year (which he did), and I think a lot of people thought that perhaps he would be a finals MVP also. That remains to be seen at this point, especially if the Cav’s can’t manage to beat the Celtics in this series. Are Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce still too dominant to beat, or are they too old to compete? Regardless of who wins this series, I don’t think either really has a chance against Orlando in the conference finals, especially since the Magic will be nicely rested after their sweep of Atlanta. Should be pretty interesting to see the remainder of the playoffs.
-Lazy Idiot-
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