With just a couple of games left in the regular season, the line-up for the playoffs is now almost complete. It’s on to the playoffs, sports fans, time to stock up on your favorite beer and popcorn. We are days away from jumpball.
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With just a couple of games left in the regular season, the line-up for the playoffs is now almost complete. It’s on to the playoffs, sports fans, time to stock up on your favorite beer and popcorn. We are days away from jumpball.
Who moves up to the next round? Who goes deep into the postseason wars? Compare your picks with mine. You willing to bet your mother-in-law on this? 🙂
The sudden-death winner-take-all format for the finals favors the Lakers. The format takes away the stamina requirement that is a great advantage in a long best-of-seven series. Luck has also played a big role in this abbreviated competition, in that the West’s big guns were all minus some key personnel in their rosters.
This NBA playoffs has by far exceeded expectations with its surprising twists and turns, its upset wins and sorry losses. Each series has been as exciting and as unpredictable as the weather out there. Each team has a great chance to win. But each win will have to be earned the hard way. Each move in each game will have to be studied ever so seriously. Like a chess match, these 2 series will be determined by whoever reacts fast enough against the offensive and defensive ploys of the other.
This year’s playoff has been a total blast. Betting odds have gone awry, top teams have been disrespected. As the Chinese saying goes: we live in interesting times. Indeed, in this season’s basketball wars, it is moment-to-moment for all the surviving teams; with health, team chemistry and coaching creativity now playing major roles in the crucial days ahead.
These last 20 or so games for the LA Lakers will be very important for Lebron James. This could determine whether he still gets a chance for another crown, which could be his last, considering his age and the consequent injuries he has had to deal with during these last few seasons.