The NBA Playoffs are Almost Here

Only a couple more games before the NBA Playoffs kicks off.

Before another post-season madness takes place, we see both Staples Center teams in Los Angeles making it, the Detroit Pistons came away with the overall home court advantage all throughout the playoffs and Allen Iverson making an abrupt exit.

The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.

The division winner with the best record in each conference is seeded no.1, the other division winners are seeded no.2 and no.3 and the remaining five teams are seeded nos.4 to 8 according to their won-lost records.

The discrepancy with this NBA ruling is very well exposed this year as the Dallas Mavericks, only a half-game behind top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Western Conference, will be seeded fourth since they failed to win the division crown to those aforementioned Spurs.

The playoffs are set... Almost. Here are just some of the match-ups that will likely tango for that coveted NBA Championship.

In the NBA Eastern Conference, we see the Detroit Pistons likely to face the Chicago Bulls. Luckily for the Pistons, the Bulls won't have no.23 with them as no.7, Ben Gordon, is taking over where Jordan left off.

In the Western side of things, the defending NBA Champions, San Antonio Spurs, will be facing a Sacramento Kings team on the rise. Since landing Ron Artest from a trade with the Pacers, the Kings evolved from the run-and-gun offense popularized by ex-King Jason Williams, to a defensive minded team.

If Ron Artest can keep up with Manu Ginobili then we could very well see these Kings pull away with the biggest upset of the year.

Last but not the least, the New Jersey Nets, led by the nucleus of Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd, will go up against the revamped Indiana Pacers, minus Reggie Miller.

This might just be the best best-of-seven series in the first round and it will surely test the mettle of the red-hot Nets before their eventual face-off with the Miami Heat.

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