NBA Playoffs

This year’s NBA Playoffs seem eerily familiar to last year’s playoffs. The Warriors and Cavs swept with no problem, and there were no other sweeps. In reality, there is only one team on each side of the country that can compete with these powerhouses.

The biggest threat to the Warriors is the Spurs. With a healthy Kahwi Leonard, they’ve proved to be very lethal. As we saw in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs can put up points. However, even with defensive specialist Danny Green, the Warriors offense proved to be too much of a match for the aging Spurs. One bright spot for the Spurs has been Patty Mills. After Tony Parker’s injury, he had to take the role of starting point guard. Before these playoffs, he had only started 18 games! He has only started three games so far, but he will likely start much more.

In the Eastern Conference, the biggest threat to the Cavaliers is the Celtics. In Game 7 against the Wizards, we say how young and talented the Celtics are. Kelly Olynyk, 26, and Isiah Thomas, 28, combined for 55 points, or 5 more points than the entire Wizards team scored in the second half! The main issue for the Celtics is that they cannot keep up with the Cavaliers in star power. In reality, no one can except the Warriors. With a starting 5 of Kyrie Irving, JR Smith, LeBron James, Kevin Love, and Tristan Thompson, they are practically unstoppable.

Even though the Spurs and Celtics are great teams, it would be very unlikely for either team to win the series. Most likely, we’ll end up with the same matchup as last year – The Cleveland Cavaliers versus the Golden State Warriors.