NBA Playoffs

There was only one team to upset their seeded foe and that was the Houston Rockets. They beat the one team I thought would give the Lakers trouble. What happens in Game 1 in LA vs. the Rockets…. BAM. That’s what. The Lakers either just took the Rockets too lightly or the Rockets figured them out defensively by the first half. They kept the Lakers down to 92 pts. They need to start scoring three digit games 80-90% of the time, like nearly all the time. Playing the West is a shootout. Lakers are not getting the shots. The Rockets are and that’s the difference. Rockets were 7 point dogs and covered that by 8. Let’s just say this The Los Angeles Lakers had better beat the Rockets tonight by 7 or more like double digits or this “Great” Lakers team maybe be wondering “what the …. went wrong”?

Dallas took care of the Spurs in humiliating style. Then were obvious dogs under the Nuggs but to beat them the first two games in tight spots like champs play when they have to well, the Nuggets look Just plain solid gold. The total points thus far is 200-226 Denver. That’s a big 26 point gap in just two games. This is smelling a little bit like a blow out.

Talk about blowouts well look no further than Cavs over Hawks. This is getting ugly. After the Cavs destroyed the Pistons by more than 10 points in the ruthless sweep they are on the verge of doing precisely the same thing. It’s a given, the Cavaliers are going through the motions of greatness till they face the leaders of the West in 2 weeks. That either being the Lakers or Nuggets.

Had the Celtics came to play in the first half instead of celebrating their win over Bulls they wouldn’t have been in such deep trouble. The second half was clearly the old Celtics that we used to see from the regular season. They were able to get multiple stops in the second half. I do not know how Dwight Howard usually plays, but last night was his 80% performance the Celtics are not going to beat the Magic. Had Rondo not given up some easy turnovers and played a solid game all game, the Magic may not be up 1-0. Tonight’s game is huge for Celts.

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