East1. Detroit (53-29)2. Cleveland (50-32)3. Toronto (Atlantic) (47-35)4. Miami (SouthEast) (44-38)5. Chicago (49-33)6. New Jersey (41-41)7. Washington (41-41) (New Jersey won tie braker)8. Orlando (40-42)Matchups(1) Detroit vs. (8) Orlando(2) Cleveland vs. (7) Washington(3) Toronto vs. (6) New Jersey(4) Miami vs. (5) ChicagoWest1. Dallas (67-15)2. Phoenix (Pacific) (61-21)3. San Antonio (58-24)4. Utah (North West) (51-31)5. Houston (52-30)6. Denver (45-37)7. L.A Lakers (42-40)8. Golden State (42-40) (Lakers won tie braker)Matchups(1) Dallas vs. (8) Golden State(2) Phoenix vs. (7) L.A Lakers(3) San Antonio vs. (6) Denver(4) Utah vs. (5) Houstonwow..who ever would have thought at the beginning of the year?? The East really got shaken up in one night.
The playoffs look very exciting this year...can't wait. Is their any specific date yet on when the first game will be? I heard something like Sunday?
I would not have thought Toronto would be at #3, but I couldn't be happier! I've been waiting for teams like the Raptors to step up and become contenders.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Apr 18 2007, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The playoffs look very exciting this year...can't wait. Is their any specific date yet on when the first game will be? I heard something like Sunday?</div>Saturday afternoon on ABC
Those are some very intriguing match-ups right there... in the East you have Vince Carter facing his old team in the first round (I hope Toronto knocks his ass out), Miami playing Chicago, and if the Wizards were healthy we would have seen a rematch from last year's semi-finals.In the West, Denver/SA is going to be interesting just because I want to see how much of a fight Denver will put up before going home. Dallas/GS is another intriguing match-up with Nellie coaching against his former team, and also because of the "success" Golden State has had against Dallas this year. PHX/LA... we all know about that one.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (808NOHornetsfan @ Apr 18 2007, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Saturday afternoon on ABC</div>is it a tripleheader? hopefully Lakers-Suns will be on Saturday..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brando @ Apr 19 2007, 12:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it a tripleheader? hopefully Lakers-Suns will be on Saturday..</div>I'm pretty sure there are four games on Saturday, and then four more on Sunday... then it'll be two a night on during the week.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMo763 @ Apr 19 2007, 01:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm pretty sure there are four games on Saturday, and then four more on Sunday... then it'll be two a night on during the week.</div>If it is four games on Saturday and ABC has a triple header, the last one would be the Raptor New Jersey one on Canadian TV.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brando @ Apr 18 2007, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>is it a tripleheader? hopefully Lakers-Suns will be on Saturday..</div>I think the Lakers/Suns game will be on Sunday. Typically you would want your most attractive game that you can offer on Sunday and IMO this series will be the most watched of them all.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Diawsome @ Apr 18 2007, 10:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think the Lakers/Suns game will be on Sunday. Typically you would want your most attractive game that you can offer on Sunday and IMO this series will be the most watched of them all.</div>yeah I agree with the rivalry building up and probably Heat-Bulls will as well both rematches from last years first round.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brando @ Apr 19 2007, 01:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yeah I agree with the rivalry building up and probably Heat-Bulls will as well</div>I think the New Jersey and Toronto rivalry shoud be interesting. :winkglasses: Not just because I'm a fan though, seriously, I thought the wiz would have given us a boring series.
Raptors/Nets, Bulls/Heat, Pistons/Magic, and Rockets/Jazz play on Saturday in that order, the other games will be on sunday. Raptors/Nets and Bulls/Heat will both be on abc while the last two are on ESPN and for sunday I'm going to take a guess that Cavs/Wizards game will be on ABC 1st followed by a triple header on TNT with the other 3 west series.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Apr 18 2007, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think the New Jersey and Toronto rivalry shoud be interesting. :winkglasses: Not just because I'm a fan though, seriously, I thought the wiz would have given us a boring series.</div>lol I totally forgot about that series Vince will probably be in the same postion as Kobe when Vince goes to Toronto and Kobe goes to Phoenix ever thought about that
<span style="font-family:Arial">Congrats to the Golden State Warriors for ending their league long playoff drought. They deserved it, I will be rooting for them.</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Apr 18 2007, 11:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Arial">Congrats to the Golden State Warriors for ending their league long playoff drought. They deserved it, I will be rooting for them.</span></div>yeah, one of the better cinderella stories in a while. Everybody counted them out before the season, everybody counted them out before the trade, everybody counted them out after the trade when they lost a couple in a row, everybody counted them out when they were 26-35, but they pulled things together and put together a miraculous post season run, facing the hardest schedule in the league over their last 21 games (opponents had a 55.5% winning percentage, highest in the league in that span) and still going 16-5 in that span, massacring 5 out of the top 6 teams in the league by huge margins, and even conquering their road problems, winning more road games in the last quarter of the season than in the previous three quarters of the season. Now they face the Mavericks as one of the most hyped eighth seeds in years, and nobody will be taken by surprise any more. But will it matter? We shall see.
Lakers/Suns I think will be the most fun. (7 games I think)Miami/Bulls should be great also. (7 games I think)Denver/Spurs (7 games I think)Nets/Raps (Carter going back to Tornato I think Nets can actually sweep Raps)Jazz/Rockets will be great to watch (Rockets in 7 they got 5 seat Rockets, but better record I think so Rockets have home court looks like)Warriors congrats on getting to the playoffs Nelson is a good coach. And Baron should get more respect this season.I also think Magic can put up a harder fight against DET then SOME MIGHT THINK. (But of course I don't think Magic have enough to beat DET.)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ Apr 19 2007, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lakers/Suns I think will be the most fun. (7 games I think)Miami/Bulls should be great also. (7 games I think)Denver/Spurs (7 games I think)Nets/Raps (Carter going back to Tornato I think Nets can actually sweep Raps)Jazz/Rockets will be great to watch (Rockets in 7 they got 5 seat Rockets, but better record I think so Rockets have home court looks like)Warriors congrats on getting to the playoffs Nelson is a good coach. And Baron should get more respect this season.I also think Magic can put up a harder fight against DET then SOME MIGHT THINK. (But of course I don't think Magic have enough to beat DET.)</div>Wow sounds like you think all the series' are going 7.My predictionsPHX in 6houston in 5dallas in 7SA in 6Eastpistons in 4Cavs in 4Raps in 6Bulls in 7
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clangus @ Apr 19 2007, 03:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow sounds like you think all the series' are going 7.My predictionsPHX in 6houston in 5dallas in 7SA in 6Eastpistons in 4Cavs in 4Raps in 6Bulls in 7</div>LOL all I said 4 I think going 7 games, and it's true a few of those will be really tough, and hard fought.
