NBA Final 4

Very quickly, it does stink what happened in the Phoenix – San Antonio series. I expect a rule change, but there’s not much else to say about it right now. The odds of the San Antonio – Utah conference finals before the playoffs began was very low in my mind. It will be interesting to see how Utah tries to match-up with San Antonio. I think Mehmet Okur has to be on fire for the Jazz to have any real chance and for Deron Williams to not take any nights off.

I can’t even begin to try and predict what could happen in the Detroit-Cleveland series. I’m curious to actually watch Chris Webber in combination with the other guys. As I’ve said all along, and many others can also tell you, the Cavs do not give 100% effort every night, and even when they do, they are very inconsistent. It will be interesting to see how Lebron handles things considering last year’s Pistons-Cavs involved a lot of Lebron taking on 3 defenders at a time.

Looking ahead...
Let’s run through the fun storylines of each of the finals matchups:
Utah-Cleveland – Boozer against the team he betrayed!
Utah-Detroit – Mehmet Okur against the team that chose not to spend money on him!
San Antonio – Cleveland – Coach Mike Brown against his former mentor… plus the Cavs somehow swept the Spurs this year.
San Antonio – Detroit – rematch city…also, the Spurs have a knack for winning in odd years (1999, 2003, 2005).