Beasts of the East begin 2007 NBA Playoffs war
The NBA Eastern Conference is considered the weaker side of NBA basketball.
Yes, the East don't have the Dirk Nowitzkis, the Kobe Bryants or the Yao Mings of the league but what the East has over the West is heart and it showed with the East becoming home of two NBA champions during the last three years.
Now, it's that time of the year when we find out who will represent the NBA Eastern Conference in the 2007 NBA Finals.
The East may be the weaker conference, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the Eastern Conference playoffs won't be as competitive compared to the Western side of basketball.
As expected, the Detroit Pistons once again secured the No.1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers will have the No.2 spot while the Toronto Raptors secured No.3.
The Miami Heat weaseled their way to No.4 despite missing Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade for most of the year.
They will be in a tough first round battle with the young No.5 seeded Chicago Bulls facing them starting April 21.
The New Jersey Nets were able to overtake the Washington Wizards to take No.6.
Washington, missing Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler probably for the rest of the playoffs, dropped to No.7 while the Orlando Magic, after a fast start into the 2006-07 NBA regular season, dropped to the last and final playoff spot in the East.
Who will win the 2007 NBA Championship? Here are some odds from Bodog:
Miami Heat 4/1 (boo!)
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posted by JEFFDSTUFF at 2:03 AM
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The Eastern Conference playoffs are divided into two preliminary rounds followed by the Eastern Conference Finals, with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference champion in the NBA Finals to determine the champion. All playoff series are best-of-seven.
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