NBA: Playoffs

The NBA playoffs are when the top eight teams of each conference go head to head to get to the finals to go up against the opposite conference team who made it to the finals. The Western Conference has been the better conference of the two for the last couple years. Of the last 10 NBA champions, 6 of the teams have been from the Western Conference. There have been 30 Western Conference team winners and 36 Eastern Conference team winners in NBA history. The teams going to the playoffs this year are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, Indiana Pacers, and the Detroit Pistons for the Eastern Conference. For the Western Conference the teams going to the playoffs are the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trailblazers, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, and the Houston Rockets.

In the finals I think it if going to be the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Western Conference. In the first round for the Western Conference I think the Warriors are going to beat the Rockets, the Clippers are going to beat the Trailblazers, the Thunder are going to beat the Mavericks, and the Spurs are going to beat the Grizzlies. Then in the second round, the Warriors will beat the Clippers in a 4-2 game series, the Thunder are going to beat the Spurs in a 4-3 game series. Then in the Conference finals, the Thunder are going to beat the Warriors in a 4-3 game series.

On the Eastern Conference I think the Cavaliers will be able to get to the finals easily. In the first round the Cavaliers are going to beat the Pistons in a 4-0 game series, the Boston Celtics are going to beat the Hawks in a 4-3 game series, the Miami Heat are going to beat the Hornets in a 4-2 game series, and the Pacers are going to beat the Raptors 4-3. In the second round the Cavaliers will beat the Celtics 4-1 and the Heat will beat the Pacers 4-3. In the Eastern Conference finals, the Cavaliers will beat the Heat in a 4-2 game series. In the finals I think the Cavs will win the first game, lose the second, lose the third, win the fourth game, lose the fifth, and lose the sixth game. Then Kevin Durant will become NBA Finals MVP.