How ‘Bout Those Eastern Conference Playoffs
Unlike the West, the Eastern Conference playoffs have a chance to be pleasantly surprising (thank you, low expectations).
The other reason the Eastern Conference playoffs will be good? The Washington Wizards. They meet the Cavs in the playoffs for the 3rd straight year and that first round series will be the best in the NBA not involving the Spurs and Suns. The Wizards want to beat the Cavs. Badly. Meanwhile, David Stern wants the Cavs to win. Badly.
Should the Wizards prevail (and I think they will), they’ll take on the Celtics (who will be coming off a closer than expected series against a very athletic Hawks team). Right now handing the Eastern Conference to the Celtics is all the rage, but the Wizards will beat them. (I’d like to be higher on the Celtics, but every time I turn on my TV they’re being pummeled by a short-handed Wizards team.)
For the first time in years all eight Eastern Conference playoff teams have potential. The Hawks are young and athletic. The Sixers might be playing the best basketball in the NBA. The Raptors could have won ten more games if they weren’t playing for the #6 seed. Put everything together and you’ve got the best Eastern Conference playoffs in ages.
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