<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Mar 31 2007, 12:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well when you bring in a scorer from Free Agency who will do alot of your teams scoring and he gets injured instantly along with a few other key players then thats what happens.Here are updated playoff standings.East:1. Detroit2. Cleveland3. Toronto4. Miami5. Chicago6. Washington7. Orlando8. New Jersey(Chicago and Cleveland could switch places as soon as tommorow)</div>1st RoundDetroit and New Jersey, 4-2 DETCleveland and Orlando, 4-1 CLEToronto and Washington, 4-2 WASMiami and Chicago, 4-3 MIAThe seeds probably won't end like that (the playoff positioning in the East changes almost every day), but if it did, those are my predictions.
Eastern ConferenceFIRST ROUNDPISTONS VS. NETS - PISTONS WINS 4-1CAVS VS. MAGICS - CAVS WINS 4-2RAPTORS VS. WIZARDS - WIZARDS WINS 4-2HEAT VS. BULLS - HEAT WINS 4-3SECOND ROUNDPISTONS VS. HEAT - HEAT WINS 4-3CAVS VS. WIZARDS - CAVS WINS 4-3ECFHEAT VS. CAVS - HEAT WINS 4-3Western ConferenceFIRST ROUNDDALLAS VS. GSW - MAVS WIN 4-3SPURS VS. NUGGETS - SPURS WIN 4-1SUNS VS. LAKERS - SUNS WIN 4-3ROCKETS VS. JAZZ - ROCKETS WIN 4-3SECOND ROUNDMAVS VS. ROCKETS - MAVS WIN 4-2SPURS VS. SUNS - SPURS WIN 4-2WCF SPURS VS. MAVS - SPURS WIN 4-3NBA FINALSHEAT VS. SPURS - SPURS WIN 4-2
You have the Heat make it to the finals. I disagree with this greatly. The Heat have played inspired basketball since Wade went down but they will need him at 100% for the playoffs. There is a chance that he does not return in time for the playoffs, I believe that there is no time table set for his return as of now. Without Wade the Heat could not have accomplished the amazing tasks that they did in last years playoffs and with continually changing go to guys it will create many problems for Miami. Even if Wade returns he will not be at 100% or be at the NBA pace by the time the playoffs start. Last year there was no assurance that Miami would even get past the Bulls in the ifrst round. With all these struggles for the Heat I can not see them reaching the finals.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Mar 31 2007, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You have the Heat make it to the finals. I disagree with this greatly. The Heat have played inspired basketball since Wade went down but they will need him at 100% for the playoffs. There is a chance that he does not return in time for the playoffs, I believe that there is no time table set for his return as of now. Without Wade the Heat could not have accomplished the amazing tasks that they did in last years playoffs and with continually changing go to guys it will create many problems for Miami. Even if Wade returns he will not be at 100% or be at the NBA pace by the time the playoffs start. Last year there was no assurance that Miami would even get past the Bulls in the ifrst round. With all these struggles for the Heat I can not see them reaching the finals.</div>I kind of agree but as a fan I have to think the Heat will get to the finals, nobody thought the Heat could get to the finals last year and they did. It might be a little more unrealistic this year but hey you never know. a lot of things can happen from now till APril 21st and beyond.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dmoney @ Apr 1 2007, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I kind of agree but as a fan I have to think the Heat will get to the finals, nobody thought the Heat could get to the finals last year and they did. It might be a little more unrealistic this year but hey you never know. a lot of things can happen from now till APril 21st and beyond.</div>If the Heat start out as 6th seed, which they probabely will get 4th now that Caron is out, they have no chance of getting to the finals playing three straight tough series. If Dwayne Wade is not at 100%, they have no way of closing out games, we saw that today with Antoine Wakler.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Apr 1 2007, 07:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If the Heat start out as 6th seed, which they probabely will get 4th now that Caron is out, they have no chance of getting to the finals playing three straight tough series. If Dwayne Wade is not at 100%, they have no way of closing out games, we saw that today with Antoine Wakler.</div>What happened to Caron?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dmoney @ Apr 1 2007, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What happened to Caron?</div>He broke his hand in the third quarter today, he's out for the year. :ranting:
Going to do my picks since it's getting close and you can pretty much guess the important match-ups.Dallas over Clipps in 5Suns over Nuggs in 5Spurs over Lakers in 5Houston over Utah in 7Dallas over Houston in 6Whoever has homecourt wins Suns-Spurs in 7 because I don't see either losing at home in Game 7Phoenix over Dallas in 7Homer? Maybe...but we'll seeIf SA then Dallas in 7Detroit over Orlando in 5Chi or Cleveland over Jersey in 6Toronto over Washington in 7Miami over Chicago or Cleveland in 6 if healthy, 7 if almost healthy, but lose in 7 if Wade misses more than a game or Shaq gets injured for a bit.Detroit over Miami in 7Chi or Cleveland over Toronto in 6Detroit over Chicago in 7 over Cleveland in 6Finals: Phoenix in 7, but it'll take some luck to get through 3 7-games series. Last year they had some luck and amazing finishes so hopefully they can get a couple lucky bounces here and there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DTP @ Mar 26 2007, 05:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They can upset San Antonio but won't.</div>I said they can, but probably won't I was just saying it is possible. Not like it is not possible. They really will give them trouble that series be 6-7 games Spurs, or Suns.And Dmoney Spurs can control tempo for 1 game 2 games, but they might get tired if Denver is on fire scoring cause having to score as much as Denver for 6-7 games and it probably go that cause Denver won't roll over and play dead.
