The Giant Killers

The Giant Killers

If there is one good thing I like about this year's NBA Playoffs, it's the lack of predictability. Okay, Miami toyed with New Jersey and allowed the triumvirate of Kidd, Jefferson and Carter to claim one win before they sent them home weeping.
The other teams, especially the heavy favorites, are not as fortunate as the Miami Heat. Dallas nearly sent the defending champions, the San Antonio Spurs, to an early vacation with Tony Parker and his very pretty accessory, Eva Longoria (did I spell her name right?) spending more time that they want all by themselves, before they showed some signs of life by racking their second win in five games. But Dallas won't allow the Spurs to win again. And this is where the fun will begin. Watching one team battle for survival while another for supremacy and a chance to prove its mettle against the Miami Heat which should be renamed the Miami Hulks based on the ponderous bodies of its players. The match-up that I hate the most is between the Pistons and Cavaliers. True, the Pistons is my favorite team, but judging by the way they are playing against James and the fiesty Cavaliers, it is possible that Chauncey Billups and Company will watch the NBA Finals from their homes.
And as dessert, the Phoenix Suns and the L.A. Clippers are at each other's throats in the only even match-up in the semifinals. Now that's basketball!!!!

-Prospero Pulma Jr.