OKC over Houston in 5- Houston will steal a game by making an obscene number of 3 pointers but OKC is far too strong for the Rockets defense to deal with.
SA over the Lakers in 7- SA is banged up, Nash is hurting, Kobe is out. How are the Lakers going to score? Is Tracy McGrady really gonna play? If Dwight Howard ever wants to start to rebuild his reputation this would be a good place to start. But in the end Popovich will piece something together and pull this out.
Denver over Golden State in 6- This could be a wild series. Golden State will likely play some zone to slowdown Denver who is w/o Galanari who was their primary perimeter threat. If Denver's big men can control the boards it will be hard for GS to win 4 games. Bogut might be the key here but who can depend on him? I think GS will be tougher than everyone thinks they will be especially if Curry can have one of those games where he makes impossible shots.
LA Clippers over Memphis in 7- Probably the closest matched series. Del Negro will blow at least one game but Chris Paul is a big X factor that Memphis doesn't really have a match for.
2nd Round
OKC over LA Clips in 6- If the Clippers can get the OKC frontcourt in foul trouble they will win games. If they don't they won't. Still can't figure out what Brooks sees in Fisher who is so far beyond toast its scary but he is still better than Vinny.
Denver over SA in 5- I expect Denver to run the Spurs into the ground. It is too bad Galanari is hurt because I do believe they could give OKC a run.
OKC over Denver in 6- OKC is just more talented and the extra time in between games means that Durant and Westbrook can play virtually all of the game provided they arent in foul trouble.
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