The #1 and #2 Least seeds took care of business on their game 3s and are now one win away from advancing to the second round. First off, the top seeded Bulls withstood an inspired perfomance by the hosting Pacers who fought tooth and nail trying to avoid being down 3-0. The game had classic playoff atmosphere and even got chippy at times. The Pacers did what they set out to do, slow Derrick Rose, but true to contending teams, someone else stepped it up. Luol Deng was gooe with 21 pts, 6 rbs, and 6 dimes and sharp shooter Kyle Korver keyed in 10 of his 12 points in an exciting 4th quarter. Da Bulls are for real.
Elsewhere in Philly, the Miami cHeat, erased an early 9-0 defecit and took control of the series even with the Miami Thrice compiling 75% of the cHeat's total. The Sixers' bench almost had as many points (23-25) as the rest of the Miami cHeat. What killed them was giving away 50 rebounds! Are you kidding me? You can't win in the playoffs if you don't control the boards, it's that simple. Also, the zebras continue to protect King Crab and Kid Flash, both had more free throws than the whole Sixer team combined, ridiculous.
The only west match up saw the Mavericks go to Portland and fought hard but still came out short to the Blazers. Both had some nice unexpected performances from the bench, Jason Terry led the Mavs with 29 on 10/13 shooting, and Brandon Roy also came up from the bench and chipped in 16 points on 6/10 shooting. Both had great team efforts and it could have easily gone either way. This year's playoff matchup are just awesome.
Later tonight...
The playoffs return to Madison Square Garden for the first time since 2004. Unknow if Chauncey and Amare will be availabe, if they're not, might as well just write in another W to the Leprechauns. Melo scoring barrage is simply not enough to compete against the Least Champion 2 out of the last 3 years. Even with Amare and Chauncey is not guranteed they will score their first win, but it sure gives them a chance. Knicks win.
Superman and friends travel to Atlanta and will try to reclaim home court advantage. This series is so hard to predict, you never know who is going to be mediocre any particular night. Sure Atlanta is playing at home, but they really have not been that dominant, especially against a winning team. Still I like their chances, Hawks take the lead.
and finally, the Champs. Don't know how much New Orleans have left in the tank after all the energy they have used the first two games. I expect the same rowdy fans eager to see their team in the playoffs, but if the Spaniard can finally get into playoff mode, the Champs should crush any hope the Hornets may still be clinging to. As good as the Hornets may feel, think about this, they still haven't faced the real Pau, and even with Kobe struggling in game 2, the Lakers pulled out a victory. You know Mamba is not gonna have back to back debacles. Lakers win, regain homecourt, will not be easy though.
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