Playoffs are Awesome

At first glance the first round of the NBA playoffs looked as if they would have fairly predictable outcomes. And that may still happen. But it is looking less likely. In the West, you could have upsets in every series. SA is up 2-1 over Dallas (I've got great seats to tonight's game), Portland has tied up the series with Phoenix 2-2 with the surprise return of Brandon Roy, and Utah is up on Denver 2-1. Most importantly, OKC slaughtered the Lakers last night by about 2000 points to even that series 2-2. OKC looks inspired, LA looks tired. The East isn't quite as exciting (as usual). Great stuff!


ABOVE: So far, Kevin Durant has been the best player of the Lakers-Thunder series, not Kobe Bryant