1st Round
Record (6-2)
Conf Semi’s Record (4-0)
Eastern Conference Finals
Indiana Pacers Vs Miami Heat
When the playoffs
began The Indiana Pacers are the only team that I thought would be able to even
compete for The Eastern Conference Title against The Heat and here we are the
two best teams out in The East ready to battle it out. The reason why I think
The Pacers are the only team from The Eastern Conference who can beat them is
not only because of their play in the paint defensively and against the boards,
but they have a deep bench. But their biggest weakness is their turnovers and
that’s the last thing you want to do against The Heat because they will take
advantage and 9 times out of 10 will score off of that turnover. The Heat are a much better team this year
than they were last year when they won the Championship, they have a much
improved bench and added a couple pieces with Ray Allen and Birdman who have
made some big plays when they needed to. Overall I think the deciding factor in this
series will be Dwayne Wade’s overall play because he has been injured all
season and hasn’t played well at all because of it, if he can step it up even
in the smallest capacity they shouldn’t have a problem, but if not this might
be a tough series for The Heat. In my opinion this is going to be the first
decent opponent for The Heat in the playoffs thus far so they might be caught
off guard when the series starts but I have a feeling in the end they will snap
out of it and win what should be a hard fought series. Their experience, Lebron
having another dominant season and The Pacers turnovers will probably come back
to haunt them.
Heat over Pacers 7 games
Western Conference Finals
Memphis Grizzlies Vs San Antonio Spurs
This is going to be
one hell of a matchup! Both of these teams are almost identical to eachother
the only difference is The Grizzlies are a younger team, but as The Spurs have
shown all season long that their age is not a problem. Greg Poppovich is having
one of his greatest seasons of his career as a coach, I believe, and has his
team ready physically and mentally to beat every team they face no matter what
the circumstances are. The Grizzlies have also been quietly dominating all
season and it’s started with their play inside the paint by dominating the
boards and playing great defense. I have a feeling the majority of the games in
this series will be low scoring mostly dominated by the defense. Where I think
The Spurs will have the edge is with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, they are
more reliable in the clutch as opposed to Conley for The Grizzlies, hell even
Tim Duncan and Matt Bonner are just as reliable in the clutch. The fact is The
Spurs are just a deeper more experienced squad and I think that will be to
their advantage in the series.
Spurs over Grizzlies 6 games