The blasketball channels have been quiet lately; I presume this is because everyone is so excited about the playoffs that they cannot stop jumping up and down long enough to write in a silly old blog.
The Cavs are HAWT. Seven straight - against good teams AND bad! I was genuinely concerned after the huge victories over Toronto, Houston, and Detroit that they could blow it against inferior competition, which is so their style. But no. Now they have a short stretch of difficult games coming up, namely the Jazz and the Mavs. These are home games, though, which gives me some confidence that they might win one. That would be fine. The Pistons are bound to lose at least once, if not three times, against the quartet of Western juggernauts coming up.
The quest for parity between the East and West has seen real progress lately. The Cavs, Bulls, and Pistons have emerged as the frontrunners, and all now have 40 wins. Of course, there's no chance of any of them catching or even getting close to the Mavs or Suns, but they now have comparable records to the Rockets and are not far behind the Jazz. Even the Spurs, winners of 13 straight, have only five more wins than the Pistons. Good "stuff"!
The bottom of the playoff picture remains ugly. The Knicks, Magic, and Nets are jockeying for the 7 and 8 spots in the east. That's three teams who are poised to win about 37 games, and two of them will make the playoffs. The situation isn't much better in the West, where Golden State and (my least favorite team in the NBA) Denver will likely get in. I'm definitely pulling for GS after a) they traded their team to Indy in exchange for Indy's team and b) they beat the Mavericks (?!), their likely first-round foes.
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