by Lundberg - May 1, 2010 - - Comment Now »
The real playoffs begin today (well, they’ve already begun but they get better now). It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon so I will not write much. Here goes…
Orlando over Milwaukee/Atlanta in five: It doesn’t really matter who wins. The Magic are going to smoke them. The Bucks just aren’t that talented and the Hawks haven’t impressed me by struggling with the Bucks. Milwaukee plays hard but without Andrew Bogut they will be in trouble. Atlanta can’t match up with “Foul On You” (Dwight Howard) either. Orlando basically starts four All Stars; don’t be shocked if they win the whole thing.
Cleveland over Bostin in six: The Celtics have looked a lot better recently. Part of that is because they have played better. Part of that is because the Heat suck. Besides, the Cavs already matched up with the C’s in their prime. Expect Anderson Varejao to wreck a ton of havoc against Boston’s front line. And then there is the guy with the elbow problem. He’ll be dominant.
Los Angeles over Utah in six: The Jazz are good. Real good. But their big guys (Milsap and Boozer) are undersized against the length of Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom. The defending champs move on.
San Antonio over Phoenix in seven: I love the fact that Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Shaq are all still around and all in pursuit of title number five. I’ll take the Spurs and Duncan to get one round closer. But don’t sleep on the Suns. Maybe this is the year it works out for them. Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire and Grant Hill are seriously clicking right now. They’re going to need Robin Lopez to come back to make it happen though.
And for the record, Money Mayweather wins the fight by unanimous decision tonight.
