2008 NBA Playoffs. He finished the regular season

This morning the regular season is over and we are officially in playoff time. Now I do. Who goes home to fail. 82 games that may not serve for nothing if you enter a slut (and if you tell it to the Mavericks last year).

Yesterday we discussed and first-round pairings in the Eastern Conference. The West was wide open and we had to wait until today to find crossings. Well, now we have them, and the sea are interesting. 8 teams separated by 7 wins. All with 50 wins under his belt! This really is competitive. Here anything can happen and everyone knows it. The court advantage will be decisive in more than one crossing. The pairings are:

LA Lakers (1) - Denver Nuggets (8)
Utah Jazz (4) - Houston Rockets (5)

San Antonio Spurs (3) - Phoenix Suns (6)
New Orleans Hornets (2) - Dallas Mavericks (7)

Giblets crosses. What games ahead. Lakers will play against the Nuggets, who come crecidísimos going up in the standings to be with the best. However, rely heavily on Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, players capable of the best and the worst. Los Angeles Lakers are a stronger team, and the proof is that they have won three regular-season clashes.

Houston Rockets with McGrady fireproof lone leader of the team following the injury of Yao Ming, will try to pass the Utah Jazz, which failed last year. Utah Ja zz already proven to be a very solid that can beat anyone . Houston Rockets won 22 straight games, and while being below in the standings, have one more win (55).

Phoenix Suns against San Antonio Spurs. For me are more interesting are the series, recalling what happened last year. Remember to Bruce Bowen on the table stamping referees Steve Nash, Canadian or own a bloody nose could be. Here is accumulated rancor. The Spurs remain the same block as the Suns have to Shaquille O'Neal to dominate as only she wants to be sheriff can do that. Is this finally the year of the Suns? Will they pass the Spurs to make war and have been doing for over five years? The regular season games ended with a record of 3-1 in favor of Phoenix.

And the last match, not least, unites us to New Orleans with the Dallas Mavericks. Dirk Nowitzki is again the German blondie that can get every team has won two matches each other. Therefore, these series are very open and anything can happen. Dallas will not want to make fools like last year against the Warriors and New Orleans does not want to miss the opportunity to make history.

That's the situation in the Western Conference. Incidentally, Navarro threw up last night in search of shoes 7 triple to break the record of Kittles. He scored 4 of 14 attempts and will not go down in history as the rookie who has pocketed more than triple. J ason Kidd got his triple-double number 100 (27 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds) and Jason Richardson scored his triple number 243 from the season, the third best mark in the NBA history.

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