NBA Playoffs

That's that Ohhhh Whee! The NBA Playoffs are underway and I have neglected the L recently. I still don't have much to say as I'm not a 'sports writer'. But I'm not too upset about that cuz most of them are fat slobs or come off as petulant little girls (Ed. Note: Except Gammons, Peter; Cope, Myron). Here's my break down:

1. We here at DylanCorp effed Houston in the A when I wrote about the impressiveness of their win streak. Sorry T-Mac that you won't get out of the first round again. No - no, over here Tracy. To your left.
2. There is no ceiling for the Detroit Pistons this post season. They might come out in Game 2 and promptly rip off 12 straight wins en route to the NBA Finals. They might come out and lose in 4 or 7. And if they lose to this 6ers squad, the post series press conference could be amazing. I mean, Mr. BothTeamsPlayedHard is fully involved here. He blew a bunny to win. He entered Philly's huddle down 2 with 0:11 to play. Plus there's the interesting sidebar of Flip Saunder's future. Did you HEAR the boo's at the Palace at the end of game 1? This is the place that gave us the Malice in the Palace not even 4 years ago. And that was in a Nov game vs. a clearly superior Pacers squad. What would happen if they lose in 7 to a wildly underrated 76ers squad. Moe Cheeks for President. Yes he can!
3. The West could get wild and wacky. Can PHX bounce back from just screwing the pooch in game 1? Does Dallas have an answer for NO? Why didn't Dirk get testy when XMan David West put his hands in Dirk's face? Can ANYONE in this league stop the 3 headed monster that is the LA Lakers? San Antone is the only one I can see doing it 4 times in two weeks from the WC. I think the East Conf champ might could if Det or Bos make it out. (Ed's Note: Disregard Det if they don't beat Phi before game 7.)
4. The East is interesting if Bos/Det can sleepwalk through the playoffs relatively unscathed. I know the Pistons lost once, but they and Boston still have the best chance to match up with the West squads. I say this because these two seem to have the best ability to control the tempo of the game and the most firepower to counter whomever reps the West. And I say relatively unscathed because the West bracket is going to be a war. You're nuts if you think that PHX, Den and Dal are getting swept. And that's just the first round. Imagine LA/Utah or SA/NO in the second round. Yea--battle. Look at how teams that waged wars did in the NCAA tourney. And that was in one and dones. This is a system built to deny major upsets and crown the BEST basketball team in the world. Remember, before GS beat Dal, the last no. 8 to beat a 1 was Deke's Nuggets vs Seattle.
5. Orlando is a big XFactor here. They're young, but there's no reason they can't make big noise in the next 3-4 weeks. LeBron went to the Finals with less help than Danny Manning's Jayhawks. D-Ho, Jameer, Hedo & Rashard is fairly formidable. At least as a second tier team, following up the Boston 3 Party and Detroit's lineup.