NBA 2010 Playoff Predictions

If you've been following me on Facebook, you'll know why I've it's been so long since I've last updated this site. I'm writing a lot of articles these days and I want to make them really really good before posting them. This one however, I felt I had to post over the weekend.

It's the 2010 NBA Playoffs! This is the first year though where we had lots of teams affected by last minute season ending injuries to key players. My brother and I were watching Andrew Bogut's fall last week and I'm still cringing and holding on to my elbow... my sweet sweet elbow.

Here are my predictions for this year. Seeing that I had a good year in Fantasy Basketball (will discuss that in another post), I've decided to try my luck predicting the playoffs and see if I have what it takes to be a sports analyst... or an oracle.

10 Random Predictions:

1. Los Angeles will regain its form but will get blown out by Lebron and Shaq in the finals. We will be saturated with Nike's Lebron/Kobe ads.
2. Lebron's minutes per game will be down (compared to his season average) in the series against Chicago. Their playoff really begins next week though Chicago's have begun last week. Weird isn't it?
3. Boston will look good against Miami but will look old when they tangle with Cleveland in the second round.
4. Another season/playoff ending injury from a superstar. I'm guessing... rhymes with "Marnett".
5. The Bucks logo will be in the dictionary next to the word "Massacre".
6. Orlando messes up the 7th game in the Easter Conference Finals by putting up Arn-like stats from three (0-15).
7. The league highlights Lebron's powder poof before tip off. Hundreds of players from inter-barangay summer basketball leagues will mimic this with Johnson's baby powder.
8. The last 2 minutes in game 6 of the Mavs-Spurs series will feature reactions from Eva Longoria. That will be the highlight of the game and the series.
9. Durant goes off in one game with 40+ points.
10. More commercials with Kobe and Lebron puppets. ugh...