April 12, 2010
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It seems only GodFather remains the you-name-it-series that the second episode is better than the first.
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<On NBA>
The only thing matters in the regular season is which animal i.e. Bulls or Raptors will face Cavs in the first round of Eastern conference playoff.
Given that (1) I love Bulls’ Derrick Rose than the total of Raptors’ raster and (2) Bulls is more likely to win ONE game, I will pick Bulls over Raptors. Each team has two games left, and Bulls will get into the last spot in playoff if by either winning both or winning once but Raptors lose once.
The opponents for Raptors : two lottery-bound teams, Detroit and New York; Bulls : two playoff-bound teams, Boston and Charlotte. On the surface, Raptors have higher chance.
I hope Boston, likely opponent for Cavs in the second round, will deliberately lose to Bulls.
The worst, which is really the worst, case is Cavs vs Raptors… um… Don’t waste any body’s time, 4:0; Lebron James scores 40 in each of the game. The old Boston team – let’s admit this, Allen, Garnett AND Pierce are old like the grandfathers – cannot take LBJ.
The road for Magic is not easy : first Charlotte, the second best defensive team in the League and then Atlanta or to a less probable Miami in the second round (last year Atlanta won Wade’s Miami very easily). But you might not realize that the depth of Magic’s roster : its backup is wore-out Jason William, JJ Redick, Marcin Gortat, M. Pietrus, Ryan Anderson and Brandon Bass.
Prepared for a tear-out Magic against the Cavs. LBJ will cruise over Magic, taking last year’s revenge. Cavs.
On Western Conference, my beloved Suns cannot take Jazz. I don’t want to admit, but this is a fact. Don’t trust the statistics, the weakness of Sun’s rebound is much worse than you can imagine.
As the standings for Western teams is yet finalized – position 3-5 and 6-8. Let me write on the Western Conference more later.
Oh by the way, if
(A) you turn out to own a Eastern Conference team,
(B) find yourself in a conference with such teams as New York (28 wins), Phille (27), Detroit (26), Washington (25) and New Jersey (12; it became a winning team recently, winning 5 out of last 10),
(C) but still cannot secure a playoff position -
Oh yes, this is what your franchise player Danny Granger (Indiana), AI (Phille), and Bosh (Raptors) can give you.
