San Antonio is going to crush them. In 5 games. They have a fantastic starting lineup, and the best bench. Bowen can handle Artest, and Ginobili will turn it up in the playoffs, even though I am afraid of saying that.
I like Sacramento, I had them as one of my dangerous teams that I wouldnt want to play if I were a Western Conference team. They have a solid group of players and the addition of Artest improved them alot, but in the end, the experience of the Spurs should overcome in this series. If Duncan is 100%, this one could be over quickly, if not, the Kings could hang around and maybe scare the Spurs a little bit..
Spurs in 6.The experience and toughness of the spurs will come through in the end. Their bench is the best in the league and that will be a key to their success.
i think SA is going to win but sacramento is going to be tough. this isn't like the other 1st vs. 8th seed. sacramento is a dangerous team that improved drastically since the arrival of artest. they actually play defense now and their scoring went up too. this could go 6 or 7 games in my opinion.
This is a matchup nightmare for San Antonio. Duncan will be forced to guard the perimeter since both Miller and Kenny Thomas can hit outside shots. I could see this going 7 but I predict spurs in 6.
This series may turn out to be an upset. Since the Kings got Artest they have been amazing. They have a great starting line-up and a very good 6th man. This will be the most exciting series in my opinion. Especially the Manu-Artest match-up.
Come on guys, Artest already predicted the series here and is saying the Kings will upset the reigning champs. How can we not believe this guy?? He speaks the truth. Ok as we all know, the Kings are just plain over matched in this series. No Matter what kind of hereoics Artest comes up with to try to take the series, they wont. They will be lucky to win 2 games max. This is all considering Tim Duncan or Tony Parker dont come up injured, then i'd have to re-think this series over.
The Kings, Clippers, and Mavs are the only teams in the west that could upset San Antonio. Everyone else is overmatched.
Spurs in 6. This is probably one of the hardest series's to predict. It could go either way all depending on how your team plays that game.
Spurs in 5, with the Kings winning an OT game at home. This is the world champion Spurs with the deepest bench in the NBA we're talking about.
This series could get interesting, this is a different Kings team and their record after acquiring Artest has been great. If Kings had Artest at the beginning, they would definately not be the 8th seed, so the Spurs are actually playing a better seed then expected. Add in Kings play Spurs pretty well, I see this going 6 or 7 games. I think Spurs win out but I'm pulling for Kings.
Spurs are winning by 34 at the half, but that's fine. The Spurs will not have another game like this again in this series. They aren't that good of an offensive team to score this much everytime and the Kings had improved their defense since getting Artest so the future games in this series will be closer. The Spurs have been perfect today so far. No one is missing anything...
The spurs are unbeatable. This could be the most dominating playoff performance by the spurs this year. I don't see anyone beating them. This years team is better than last years. Scary.
I expect the Spurs to make the Finals and if they get there to win it, but this game makes them look better than they really are. They might not have another offensive game like this in the whole postseason.
lol, nah. I don't think so. They aren't that much ahead of other teams but since Kurt might not be back soon enough I got to say the Suns won't have a chance. Come on mavs, be a homer. Nowitzki's gonna own the Spurs man! The Kings with the mini-run right now. I still think they have a chance to win this or take it the distance. They have a good coach and some good players. They won't just lay down and die. They will fight for this series. The Spurs have already played their best game of the playoffs and if the Kings can make it closer near the end it will give them some confidence for the rest of the series.
