NBA Playoffs: April 22nd, 2008

It's been a pretty good playoffs so far so I decided to post again. With 3 games on the menu today, I feel like we could all hit the bank on 2 of those games. Let me know what you guys think.   DAL vs NOR: NOR -3.5 My pick: Dallas Mavericks   Chris Paul was next to unbelievable & sensational in the 2nd half of game 1. Dare I say MVP performance? However, Dallas has been there before especially Jason Kidd and he was completely embarrassed in game 1 where Chris Paul was yelling "He can't guard me!" right in his face. I look for Jason Kidd to restore his pride back tonight and Dirk to get his 30 pts and tie the series at 1 game a piece. However, I'm staying away from this game because there are so many unknown variables.       TOR vs ORL: ORL -7.5 My pick: Toronto Raptors   Magic blew out the raptors in game 1, actually in 1st qtr. If you look at the box score, outside of the 1st qtr, the game is pretty even (actually in favor of Raptors). There isn't a single person that can handle D12 or two... not even cryptonite will weaken that beast. However, Magic doesn't have one person that can handle Chris Bosh either. During their last match up in Orlando, Bosh lit up Howard for 40+ pts. While I don't look for Bosh to put up the monstrous numbers this time around, I am expecting the all star forward to put up better numbers than Nesterovic in game 2.       PHX vs SAS: SAS -1.5 My pick: Phoenix Suns   San Antonio ... [More]