NBA Playoff Predictions (first round)

West

Jazz/Lakes

Utah was looking like a top tier team earlier this year, man did that go in the crapper. Yes, Carlos Boozer has been looking like ass. Yes, its possible that over the summer several of the teams most notable stars will be free agents and may split. Yes, the L*kers are the best team in the west, Kobe Bryant blah blah blah, Pau Gasol blah blah blah, Andrew Bynum blah blah blah. See? I could write for ESPN. Anyway, although the Jazz may be running low on team unity they do have some of the best players in the league and are led by Deron Williams who could single handedly deliver them a win at home. The free agency may also work to Utah’s advantage as it will push players to show their stuff. Still though, gotta go with the Lakes.

Lakers in 6

Lets see a few of these eh D-Will?

Hornets/Nuggs

The Billups/CP3 matchup is important, but not as important as national sports writers would lead you to believe. If I were a hornets fan I would be worried about Smith getting on a hot streak. If I were a Nuggets fan I would be worried about Tyson Chandler. The Hornets took the Spurs to seven games last year, and last years Spurs were a much better team than Denver. And CP3 is even more amazing this year.

Hornets in Seven

Mavs/Spurs

Dallas has been looking good lately, but the Spurs are the Spurs. Duncan has been looking weak lately but the playoffs will give him some rest between games. Tony Parker has proved he can carry this team across the finish line. Remember all those games where Poppy pulled the starters early? How stupid does that look in retrospect?

Spurs in 5

Rockets/Blazers

As a fan of good basketball games I was salivating at the prospect of facing the Spurs or the Hornets. Facing the Rockets is a bigger let down than Watchmen was. Good Lord is this a boring team to watch. Get ready for 5 plus games of Battier and Artest beating the crap out of Brandon Roy. The key is home court. Since the last time we played them at home our bench has made large strides, and they play best in Rip City. Yao will be tough though. And will cry like a baby, as always.

Blazers in 7 (they like to keep us in suspense)

   

Pleeeeeease let me out of the first round! Pleeeeeaaaase?

Eastern conference match ups are so boring compared to the West…… Exceeeeeept

Heat/Hawks

This is gonna be good. Wade vs Johnson. The Hawks have my favorite Eastern team to watch for some time now.

Hawks in 7

The rest of the Eastern match ups just aren’t interesting to me. We’ll see if Boston or Orlando can make thousands of Cleavelanders (Cleavelandians?) cry like little girls. Give Lebron an excuse to go to the Knicks.