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Word broke this morning that Heat forward Chris Bosh has flown home to Miami from New York, where his Heat are preparing for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Knicks, to be present with his wife for the impending birth of their baby boy. I applaud him for it.
Sometimes an image really is worth a thousand words. The image in this post of an injured Derrick Rose, may be worth, oh, about 94.8 million words; and it sums up how Bulls fans are feeling today about as well as any image could.
NBA rules make it so a fifth seed with a better record than the fourth seed get homecourt advantage, and as the Hawks own a one game lead over the Celtics, they get to open in Atlanta.
The Lakers held off the Clippers to win the Pacific Division to secure the third seed in the West. They must now focus their attention to Denver, who are looking to avoid another first round exit in the playoffs in the post-Carmelo era.
The Clippers came into the season as one of the most hyped teams in the league, but the Grizzlies are looking to get back to the second round, where they took the Thunder to seven games last season.
The San Antonio Spurs are the top seed in the Western Conference for the second season in a row, but they hope for better results this time around.
The defending champion Mavericks take on the team that they beat in last year’s Western Conference Finals, the Thunder, in this year’s first round.
It looks like the beginning of the post-Howard era in Orlando, which does not bode well for the Magic in their series against the third-seeded Pacers.
Year two of the “Big Three” project in Miami is currently in progress, and patience is growing short in Miami. If they do not win a title this year, a roster overhaul may take place.
The first game of the 2012 NBA playoffs will feature the team with the best record in the East, the Bulls, against a team who just hung on to reach the playoffs, the 76ers. Derrick Rose is healthy, and that should make for a short playoff run for Philadelphia.
Playoff games every night of the week for weeks can be compelling, and for many years it worked out well, but times have changed and a quicker format seems appropriate now.
The NBA Finals have arrived. With a rematch of the 2006 Finals upon us, what can we expect? Will LeBron get his first ring or will it be Dirk? Devon’s got the TV schedule, complete analysis of the factors that will determine the series, and his prediction.
Except for very rare exceptions, young players don’t lead their teams to NBA titles. Yet NBA fans seem to forget this on an annual basis, and we end up expecting more out of young players than we should. It’s time to cut these great young players some slack.
Lauren Camplin has used countless amounts of energy trying to explain why people shouldn’t give up on the NBA. The league has lost its luster for many, and if Miami wins the championship this year it will only hurt the league more.
After losing the Eastern Conference Finals, the Chicago Bulls now must ask themselves what they must do this off-season to improve for next year. Devon’s got the answers.
