So everything finally got settled last night around 11 pm...or about 915 since the Spurs had a 24 point lead on the Jazz at the half, and Derron Williams didn't even come out of the locker room...but none-the-less, we have our matchups. And the first round in the West is absolutely a joke. The Spurs and the Suns play in the freaking first round...that seems fair huh? The Mavs got rewarded for having a "mediocre" season, and the Yao less Rockets only hope is to win a game at home. To prove my point...I am going to select 4 random years in the past ten, and take a look at the 3-6 first round matchup.
Starting with this year
Spurs (56 wins) v. Suns (55 wins)
2007
Spurs (58 wins) v. Nuggets (45 wins)
2003
Dallas (60 wins) v. Blazers (50 wins)
2000
Utah (55 wins) v. Wolves (50 wins)
The point is simply that this year in the West has been so tough, that these 2 incredibly great teams have to play each other in the first round...how in the world do you pick that series? Shouldn't that basically be the Western Conference Championship? At least the Semi-Finals right? It is going to be fun, and going to be bitterly physical, and you should expect to see some hard fouls going on on each side. Sucks to be the official of this series.
And here is an interesting point about this year...look at the East 1 v. 8 matchup versus the West 1 v. 8 matchup
East
Celtics (66 wins) v. Hawks (37 wins)--That is a TWENTY-NINE game difference
West
Lakers (57 wins) v. Nuggets (50 wins)
Just notice, there is even a 13 game difference between the two 8 seeds...There is a bigger difference between the 2 8 seeds than there is between the 1 and the 8 seed in the West. That seems really really fair.
Picks coming up very shortly.
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