Straztheman
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I have the Pistons winning it all what about you?
Samphin said:Pistons are a good bet. I will take them and for my longshot pick...my Lakers.
/No way the Heat will beat the Pistons. Wade is overrated, Shaq is old, and who cares about the other people because they stink. HEAT SUCK305TillIDie said:i have the heat vs spurs in the finals the heat finally pasts the pistons... sa might win..but i think my heat can beat them..i believe in the heat..GO HEAT
phunwin said:Detroit looks really strong, and will have home court throughout, which easily could have made the difference last year. It's hard not to pick them right now. Certainly, it's foolish to pick anyone to beat them in the East playoffs. Who's going to go to Detroit and win a game 7, in front of the loudest fans in the league, against a team that's lost 3 games at home all year?
Miami is hitting the skids at the wrong time and suddenly that 2nd round matchup against NJ looks more like a toss-up than the walkover it originally looked to be. The Heat look too beat-up right now. If they get by NJ, they'll be spent by the conference finals.
Cleveland's getting hot, but I think they're a year away from a strong run. The rest of the East can be utterly dismissed.
In the West, the Spurs don't look great...but somehow they're 59-18. I just don't think they want it badly enough, though. Maybe it's because Duncan's been playing hurt all year, or because their vaunted bench turned out to be horribly overrated, but they just don't have the look of a champ this year.
Dallas is still Dallas, which should mean they'll gag against the Spurs or Suns. But I don't like the Suns, and I'm not wild about the Spurs, even though it's suicidal to count out the defending champs.
Phoenix killed their season by rushing Stoudemire back. If they'd held him out until the playoffs, he might have been healed enough to be useful.
Denver's got a great draw; they get the 3 seed and thus miss the Texas Twosome until the conference finals. I like the odds on a Carmelo Anthony Playoff Rampage better than a LeBron James Playoff Rampage for that reason alone.
In the end, I'll take Detroit beating Dallas in 7.