Conference Finals Predictions

1^st 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