after the highly publicized Clippers romp over the Lakers, the Lakers lead OKC by 12 after 3 quarters.
Without Sefolosha, Gerald Green and Jodie Meeks set career highs on OKC. Maybe Thabo is more important than I thought to this team
Westbrook was pretty bad today. 7/23 shooting and 8 turnovers A bunch of missed shots and turnovers down the stretch in the 4th, killing the comeback. Somehow Derek Fisher had a +18 +/-.
Indiana has fallen on hard times. Lost to Golden State, Charlotte, and Houston. Now Dallas is up big on them.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...rcus-aldridge-kevin-love-to-land-lebron-james Cavs going to pursue Aldridge, Love, and James. Good luck Cleveland.
Partially but I am going out on a limb here saying that the Wizards will beat em. Dont get me wrong, I think the Pacers are pretty good, but I think they are going to find themselves in a world of trouble when the playoffs begin.
And we all know most of the East started off very slow, upon my research, my findings included this: Heat: 27-12 -.692 Pacers: 28-14 -.666 Raptors: 28-14 -.666 Bulls: 27-18 -.622 Nets: 25-16 -.609 Wizards: 24-19 -.558 Those are the records of the Eastern teams since December 9, what does it mean? I really have no clue, it does signify though that level of play of the lower teams has improved vastly considering early on most of them were below .500. I firmly believe this Eastern playoff is going to be very competitive this season.
The Bulls got a lot better and are the third best team. I'm not sold on the other teams. Especially not the Wizards. Good news for the Wizards is they'll be the 4-6 seed.
Pacers are not a good road team, realistically its going to take a team to go into Indiana and win one game.
I was reading I think since 2010 the Bulls are like 6-2 or 7-1 at home against Miami in the regular season and 1-5 against Miami at home in the playoffs or some drastic flip. Even with the improved play, the favorites should be MIA/IND and they should be disappointed if they don't reach the ECF. On the West, SA, OKC, LAC, HOU, and POR should have WCF as a realistic goal
The Bulls aren't a threat, I still think the Nets could get into a long series with Miami or Indiana, its a shame they don't have Lopez.
Bulls are a threat. Probably the biggest in the East. I'd say Nets after them. The problem with Chicago is that without Rose, no one seems to be able to create his own shot. They keep running the shot clock all the way down and taking a bad shot or turning it over. Their defense is elite. Indiana, Chicago, and Memphis are great there, and it can cover up some shortcomings on the other end. But Miami and Indiana remain the clear favorites and it would be a surprise if they don't meet in the ECF.
