Trying to make a call sooner this year on what I see will be the outcome of the playoffs.
Given that a lot of teams are still hovering around the 7-8-9 position, the team names might change, but i really dont see any of those teams making a championship run.
Eastern Division -
East has the lopsided set of rankings, where the no.8 position has a 44.7% win percentage as against the more balanced western division, where the equivalent has a win rate of 60%. Says a lot about the quality of teams in the west.
Nevertheless -
Round 1:
Miami - Atlanta : 4-0 win for Miami
Indiana - Charlotte : 4-1 win for Indiana
Toronto - Washington : 4-2 win for Toronto (this will be an interesting series with two high flying point guards)
Chicago - Brooklyn: 4-3 win for Chicago (expect a total slug fest here, both teams play hard. Expect a few T's in this series)
Round 2:
Miami-Chicago : 4-2 win for Miami (recap of the series last year....famed rivalry will motivate Noah to have a go at the Heat team)
Indiana - Toronto : 4-2 win for Indiana
Conference Final :
Miami - Indiana : 4-3 win for Miami (this is a recap of the last year, but i still give the edge to Miami given that Lebron continues to dominate the game)
Western Division -
Most of the teams I have liked to follow in the past have been from this division and it still continues to be a formidable bunch of teams.Really hoped Minnesota to do much better, but Kevin Love alone cannot get it done. Coming back to the playoffs
Round 1 :
San Antonio-Phoenix : 4-0 win for San Antonio (clinical play by Spurs)
OKC - Dallas : 4-1 win for OKC
Clippers - Golden State : 4-3 win for Clips (this will be a hard fought series, but I give the edge to Blake Griffin and Doc rivers)
Houston - Portland : 4-3 win for Portland ( this series can go either way and a lot will depend on the health of Dwight Howard. The blazers started the season very well and have it in them to get past the rockets)
Round 2:
San Antonio - Portland : 4-2 win for San Antonio (the blazers will grind it out and may even push it to a 7 game series)
OKC - Clippers : 4-2 win for OKC (Clips cant stop Durant who is back to being unstoppable)
Conference finals :
San Antonio - OKC : 4-3 win for San Antonio (OKC will make the spurs work very hard with their athleticism. It will boil down to the SA defense and Kawhi Leonard guarding KD. This is a rematch of the conference finals two years ago, except that OKC still had Harden with them then)
NBA Finals :
San Antonio - Miami - Rematch of the 2013 series. This can again go either way as it did the last year. San Antonio had almost won game 6 and the championship, but then such is the beauty of the game. Ray Allen got a lucky pass and then the rest is history.
I cant make a prediction on the finals, but I truly want San Antonio to win this series because they have it in them. Popovich and the trio deserve another crown and I will only cheer for them.
Given that a lot of teams are still hovering around the 7-8-9 position, the team names might change, but i really dont see any of those teams making a championship run.
Eastern Division -
East has the lopsided set of rankings, where the no.8 position has a 44.7% win percentage as against the more balanced western division, where the equivalent has a win rate of 60%. Says a lot about the quality of teams in the west.
Nevertheless -
Round 1:
Miami - Atlanta : 4-0 win for Miami
Indiana - Charlotte : 4-1 win for Indiana
Toronto - Washington : 4-2 win for Toronto (this will be an interesting series with two high flying point guards)
Chicago - Brooklyn: 4-3 win for Chicago (expect a total slug fest here, both teams play hard. Expect a few T's in this series)
Round 2:
Miami-Chicago : 4-2 win for Miami (recap of the series last year....famed rivalry will motivate Noah to have a go at the Heat team)
Indiana - Toronto : 4-2 win for Indiana
Conference Final :
Miami - Indiana : 4-3 win for Miami (this is a recap of the last year, but i still give the edge to Miami given that Lebron continues to dominate the game)
Western Division -
Most of the teams I have liked to follow in the past have been from this division and it still continues to be a formidable bunch of teams.Really hoped Minnesota to do much better, but Kevin Love alone cannot get it done. Coming back to the playoffs
Round 1 :
San Antonio-Phoenix : 4-0 win for San Antonio (clinical play by Spurs)
OKC - Dallas : 4-1 win for OKC
Clippers - Golden State : 4-3 win for Clips (this will be a hard fought series, but I give the edge to Blake Griffin and Doc rivers)
Houston - Portland : 4-3 win for Portland ( this series can go either way and a lot will depend on the health of Dwight Howard. The blazers started the season very well and have it in them to get past the rockets)
Round 2:
San Antonio - Portland : 4-2 win for San Antonio (the blazers will grind it out and may even push it to a 7 game series)
OKC - Clippers : 4-2 win for OKC (Clips cant stop Durant who is back to being unstoppable)
Conference finals :
San Antonio - OKC : 4-3 win for San Antonio (OKC will make the spurs work very hard with their athleticism. It will boil down to the SA defense and Kawhi Leonard guarding KD. This is a rematch of the conference finals two years ago, except that OKC still had Harden with them then)
NBA Finals :
San Antonio - Miami - Rematch of the 2013 series. This can again go either way as it did the last year. San Antonio had almost won game 6 and the championship, but then such is the beauty of the game. Ray Allen got a lucky pass and then the rest is history.
I cant make a prediction on the finals, but I truly want San Antonio to win this series because they have it in them. Popovich and the trio deserve another crown and I will only cheer for them.
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