Unfortunately, I expected more from Miami but to be honest, I really did have a feeling that Chicago could get rid of them much easier that I predicted. I wouldn't have ever predicted a sweep against Wade and Shaq but five or six games wouldn't have surprised me. Their strengths are exactly what Miami's weaknesses are. They are going to beat Detroit too.

Two Jazz wins Andre K. scores a total of 5 points. Defensively he helps. They got Boozer, Okur (needs to hit that outside shot), and Williams. Harpring is just icing. Andre just needs to stay out of the way offensively. He has zero confidence right now. Boozer is so much more athletic and stronger than HOuston bigmen inside. Poor Yao looks lost trying to cover him. Back to Houston. If Utah is to win this away game, Williams is gonna have to come up big.

Oh, the begining of the end. Spurs in 5.

Ok then Whorstman, I get to brag:

ONe last little tidbit with a different Nuggets team in the 1st series game. Denver was 17 out of 18 to finish the season. They beat the Spurs in San Antonio the first game of the series. People loaded on board like rats. Hope it happens again. The series was a sweep after that first loss. I love these type of betting scenarios after the first game goes bad.

Denver will be better next year. They played much harder than ever before. Iverson has brought more toughness to the team. But you could see after the 1st loss in Denver, he knew they were not going to do it this year. It will be interesting to see if Karl can make this team work. They are more athletically talented than the Spurs and it is not even close.

The D is the deal. The Dallas/Golden State series may be fun, but I love the help D that good TEAMS play.

Last little note. The Spurs are so old. They must make some significant trades in the next year or they will end up in a Knick's situation. Seriously, I cannot believe the Knicks actually gave Isiah that contract... utterly mind-blowing.

Don't you realize it takes a special kind of person to create the disgrace that is the Knicks? The Spurs may flounder a bit as they age but they will never be the diaster that Dolan/Isiah have made.

nba - scavs , et al - rd 2 bulls vs pistons
 

I smell good value here

Bulls are +145 for the series

I know thye can do it

What do you think?

I want to see Mark Cuban throw a baby fit tonight. Undeserving billionaire dotcom boom sh.ithead. Nerds shouldn't own basketball teams.

Yes, matter of fact, I think they do it in 6. They have already won at Detroit and Detroit tried to get all thug on us and we just beat them by 30 instead of 20. Skiles has this team in tip top form right now, NO ONE, NO ONE will out hustle us, I would say we give up the LEAST open shots in the NBA. Henrich is garbage but Gordon/Deng/Thomas is a serious centerpiece to this team.

You just had to know that Deng was going to explode because he is seeing dollar signs. That being said, he does work extremely hard, and the guy knows his game, and focuses on that part of it, dude straight up drains jump shots

Pillow I am supposed to hate the Mavericks and I hope they lose, but Cuban has been a great owner in the NBA. He is spoiled, he does throw fits, he does want to be a player, but at least he has done his very best to produce a quality team. Stern should love that a guy like this got to own an NBA team.

Scavs this guy is amazing. He could run 3 marathons in 3 days. He may be the most fit athlete in the NBA and he is so tough. Trade him to the Spurs please... The Bulls have an incredible group of guards... Such a solid group that play hard together. The deepest team in the NBA at guard. The turnaround this team has made is amazing despite what happens with Detroit.

I would say the Spurs give the least amount of open shots in the NBA because they play the best help D in the league. And of course this is totally objective as I have no interest in them.

No time for specifics here.

East
Chicago over Detroit in six but could be five. They will dominate.
Cleveland over NJ in six.

West
Golden St. over Houston or Utah in five (pending Davis' health). They can win without him though but it would take seven.
Phoenix over San Antonio in six.

I'll wager on this one also, just like Denver.