re: NBA Playoff Predictions

Boston in 6
Washington in 6
Cleveland in 5
Toronto in 5

I'm not a big fan of Boston's team but they got coach Stevens. Being uber talented with an awesome coach will likely get them to the ECF. Washington is playing great I almost want to say it goes 5. The Hawks are just too hot and cold. They'll win a game or two where they look like a team that should've had a better season. The Cavs will try to put Indy behind them as fast as possible. They do not want to face a stout Toronto squad with tired legs.

GS in 4
Utah! In 7
SA in 6
HOU in 6

GS is the best team in the playoffs. Dame AND CJ would have to combine for 80+ on 50% to win one. Nurkic is the wildcard on whether or not we win one game. The Clippers go as far as the whistles take them. This series will be good, the NBA will try to make it better by keeping it tight. SA could win in five but MEM doesn't like to go easy into the night. They're going to ugly this series and pull out a 85-79 type of win down 3-1 to go to 6. The big OKC HOU series is the biggest draw of the first round. MVP vs MVP runner up. It'll be a tight series however HOU has a two 20 point wins. They win in 6 in OKC. They have too many scoring options to lose this one. Russ will need to put the clamps on Harden not just contesting shots but force him into bad passes and loose crossovers if they want to win. Oh, and Russ will have to actually trust his teammates and shoot better than 25%.