Posts Tagged ‘Western Conference’

That we’re saved from yet another San Antonio Spurs appearance in the NBA Finals but the Lakers’ mammoth comeback in game one of the Western Conference finals is a giant leap in the right direction. Like usual, Kobe was the man, carrying Los Angeles to the 89-85 dubbya but, as has become the norm [...]

The Lakers saving us from an NBA Finals that would be duller than a weekend in Salt Lake and uglier than Katherine Harris without makeup — incredibly enough, I’m certain she’s even more hideous when not covered in CVS cosmetics than with — since Los Angeles is trailing San Antonio 68-61 with a bit more [...]

Like a case of herpes, the San Antonio Spurs just won’t go away. Somehow, it seemed like this just might be the season that hoops fans would be spared from watching this whiny, duller than a bowling ball, group of cheap shot artists play deep into the playoffs. After all, the upstart N’awlins Hornets spanked them in the first two games of their Western Conference series, as the Spurs seemed to have no answer for Chris Paul and David West and Tyson Chandler were holding it down inside.

Unfortunately, youth was not served and San Antonio fought back to knot the series before winning game seven 91-82 to advance to face Kobe & Co. in the Western Conference Finals.

Considering that 8 of the wins in the 13-game streak have come against teams with losing records, this seems like a case of a bully taking it on the league’s bottom-feeders like Miami, Milwaukee, Indiana, and Chicago. Not exactly the stuff NBA title contenders are made of is it?

There are exactly six title contenders. San Antonio, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles and Phoenix. Houston was never in the mix.

It sucks for Yao and the Rockets that he’s done for the season but their season was going to end once the first round of the playoffs finished anyway. What’s the difference between it coming to a close now or in a couple months?