2009 NBA Playoffs, pairings

The 2009 NBA playoffs will begin this Saturday, after last night concluded the last games of the regular season, with many things to take into account, as that Rudy Fernandez and Jose Calderon reached record highs of two NBA.

The pairings for the playoffs for the title are:

LA Lakers (1) - Utah Jazz (8)
Portland Trail Blazers (4) - Houston Rockets (5)

Denver Nuggets (2) - New Orleans Hornets (7)
San Antonio Spurs (3) - Dallas Mavericks (6)

Cleveland Cavaliers (1) - Detroit Pistons (8)
Atlanta Hawks (4) - Miami Heat (5)

Boston Celtics (2) - Chicago Bulls (7)
Orlando Magic (3) - Philadelphia Sixers (6)

As always, the rounds are seven parties with 2-2-1-1-1 system, court advantage for the best qualifying team in the regular season, and the pairings are sorted to see who will play whom in the later rounds .

As we know the timing of the joint Spanish we will disclose it.

In addition, Rudy Fernandez became the rookie has made more triples in a season with 169, beating Kerry Kittles to 168. Last year, Juan Carlos Navarro stayed near a record.

And Jose Manuel Calderon has become the best player in free throw percentage in a season was achieved with 98% accuracy (151 of 154), beating Calvin Murphy who got 95% in the 1980-81 season.

This season the NBA has spoken Spanish on all four sides. And who knows if we will not see Pau Gasol get a championship ring.

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