This year, the NBA has promised "amazing" in its playoff promos, and I have to admit, for once, the NBA is delivering on that boast.
Of course, most eyes around these parts are fixated on the Boston Celtics, and rightfully so. With Kevin Garnett out and Paul Pierce suddenly looking very old, the C's are no longer the dominant force they were at this time last year, or even earlier this season. While that can be maddening for Celtics fans, it has made for more entertaining games and series, so far.
The seven-game first-round set with the Bulls featured seven overtime periods and more "holy crap" shots and moments than the NBA playoffs have seen in a long time.
While I'm not a Celtics fan, I am a Ray Allen fan (I still resent my home-state Milwaukee Bucks for trading him to Seattle for half a season of Gary Payton in 2003, the dumbest trade the Bucks have made in my lifetime) and it's been fun to see him shoot the lights out.
But other series have been nearly as entertaining. Hate him or love him, one must be impressed with what LeBron James is doing with the Cavs. They look unbeatable, and so far this postseason, they have been.
Out west, it's hard to ignore Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, especially when they lost at home to the Rockets in Game 1 of the conference semifinals. Now tied at one game all, that series will continue to get interesting. And honestly, who saw the Denver Nuggets coming this season?
Let them serve as a lesson to all NBA teams: When you have Chauncey Billups, do not trade him. This is a lesson the Celtics and Pistons learned the hard way.
Let's hope the amazement of these NBA playoffs continues.
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A much better effort by the Celtics last night. Our news editor, Harvey Peters, however, insisted that he hasn't seen Paul Pierce stand out in the playoffs.
How he can make such a statement, I don't know. So he only scored three points last night. They won by almost 20. Who cares who scores, when you win?
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