I've written over 2,000 words on the NBA, in the past 24 hours, in five parts. I'm going nuts, so lets knock the rest of this massive preview out stream of consciousness style.
Spurs vs Jazz....The Jazz are a really tough matchup for the Spurs, because of their dominant post players....The Spurs biggest weakness is defending the paint....Utah's biggest strength is scoring in the paint....Utah is also playing really good basketball right now, as is San Antonio...The Spurs have a ton of playoff experience...The Jazz have very little playoff experience...Can the Spurs lose to the 8th seed two years in a row??? I say no...Spurs win this series in 7 hard fought games thanks to Tony Parker and Manu......Lakers vs Nuggets.....The Lakers should dominate this series.....The Nuggets have no one to guard Andrew Bynum....Bynum has turned into a dominant Center this year.....Kobe desperately wants another Title.....Will he share the ball enough with Bynum and Gasol to achieve that???? The Nuggets are fun to watch, as they can really get up and down the court....Ty Lawson is playing lights out for them this season....They do not have enough size to compete with the Lakers in a 7 game series....Expect some close games in this series, but do not expect a long series....Lakers win this series in 5 games....Kobe will not let his team lose in the first round to this Nuggets squad....Atlanta vs Boston.....The winner of this series gets; the Bulls without Derrick Rose, or the 76ers in the next round......That should be all the motivation the big four of Boston need.....They can see the path to the Eastern Conference Finals just got a lot easier with Rose's injury.....Since the All Star Break, the Celtics have the best record in the NBA.....Atlanta will be without Al Horford, who has missed the majority of the season.....Joe Johnson and Josh Smith will have to play extraordinary to defeat this Celtics team.....Boston has too much motivation to lose this series now....Celtics defeat the Hawks in 6 games.....Rondo will lead this team to the next round, as the Hawks have no one to defend him.....Memphis vs LA Clippers.....The Clippers are highly touted, because of the overrated one trick pony Blake Griffin, but in reality they can't hang with this Grizzlies team....Chris Paul is amazing, but even he can't overcome this mis-match of a series....The Grizzlies are the most complete team in the NBA....the have; size, depth, speed, rebounding and great defense on the perimeter and interior.....The Grizz will dominate this series because of there ability to wear CP3 down with Mike Conley and Tony Allen....Blake Griffin will have to learn how to; shoot free throws, develop a post game, make 18-20 foot jumpshots consistently, and play defense if the Clips want to make this a series......Since he has yet to do this in his three years in the NBA, I am reasonably confident that he won't in this series either....Grizzlies in 5...Playoff predictions...Eastern Conference...Bulls over Sixers in 5 games,... Heat over Knicks in 7 games,.... Pacers over Magic in 4 games...Celtics over Hawks in 6 games...Second Round....Celtics over Bulls in 6 games.....Heat over Pacers in 5 games...Eastern Conference Finals...Heat over Celtics in 7 games...Western Conference...Spurs over Jazz in 7 games....Thunder over Mavs in 5 games.....Lakers over Nuggets in 5 games.....Grizzlies over Clippers in 5 games....Second Round....Grizzlies over Spurs in 6 games....Thunder over Lakers in 7 games.....Western Conference Finals....Thunder over Grizzlies in 7 games....NBA Finals....Thunder over Heat in 6 games.....Finals MVP Kevin Durant.....
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