Game Six

We got some crucial game six's on this beautiful Thursday; the games consist of Dallas at San Antonio and Phoenix at Portland.

Phoenix at Portland (3-2 PHX): I previously believed that Phoenix would not have much trouble with the ailing Trailblazers, and that the series would end in five games. Well now we are at game six of this series, and I am going to pick Phoenix again to win the series tonight. I really do like the fight Portland has given, there is no doubt they are the team affected by injuries the most. Even with Brandon Roy "attempting" to play I still give the edge to PHX tonight on the road.

Dallas at San Antonio (3-2 SA): Man oh man I hate the Spurs. I am sick of them year in a and year out succeeding in the playoffs. What looks like San Antonio's actual last chance has them playing very well, with a chance to knock out highly touted Dallas. I thought Dallas would win this series in five or six, but they go onto the road tonight looking to extend their season another game. They are on the brink of elimination, and although the Spurs who have great Post Season success; I feel Dallas will win tonight's game and put this series to every important game seven.

Thus far...

Well hello everyone... again. Im not here to tell you (once again) that I will continue to regularly post; Ill prove it to you.. soon. Ha but seriously this Summer there will be NBA finals/MLB baseball coverage daily.

My take on everything thus far (game 3's):

Bulls- Cavaliers (2-1 cavs): Well well the one/eight matchup in the Eastern Conference. As most people know making the playoffs in the Eastern Conference is not exactly "Rocket Science". As a Chicago native and lifelong fan I will be the first to admit the Bulls probably did not deserve to be in the playoffs, but we made it so im not complaining.

Anyway.. what we have learned from this series..

1. Lebron is ridiculous

2. Derrick Rose. True life: I cant make important free throws

3. Joakim Noah= Dumbest/entertaining/hardest working player in the playoffs

4. Cavs win series in 5

Lebron is unreal, the man has defenders draped on him and he continue to hit difficult shots. Now the Bulls don't really have the "ideal" matchup against Lebron (not that anyone in the NBA does), but he is making Bulls defenders look silly. After Abusing James Johnson in game 2; Lebron even makes Kirk Hinrich ( best bulls defender IMO) look silly after draining a three right in his face during crucial parts of the fourth quarter. Derrick Rose in last night's game split a pair of very important free throws, that could have put the game away. Joakim Noah despite his comments, it is hard not to root for a guy that puts as much effort into the game than he does. Noah converting on many successful hustle plays, such as slapping the ball away from Lebron James during the ending minutes of last nights game. Although last night's game three victory I still look for the Cavs to take this series in five games.

LA Lakers vs OKC Thunder ( LA 2-1): I am a huge fan of KD. Been a big supporter of him since his first year in the league, and have been rooting on OKC in this series. Realistically I said OKC would take game three, possibly game four, but loose the series in five or six games. After watching three games I would say I am right on and still feel the same way. Watching the Lakers play they are the complete deal. Kobe- enough said, Derrick Fisher- guy does not miss shots, Ron Artest- great defender, great energy, needs to stay hot with three pointers for Lakers to repeat, Andrew Bynum- Lakers love having him back, and Pau Gasol- I really do not like Pau but his finesse way of playing the big man spot is pretty. As much as OKC will throw at them Lakers will advance.

Phoenix vs Portland (PHO 2-1): I like Phoenix alot, they score a ton of points and are playing there best basketball at the right time. Playing the young and injured Trailblazers I felt the Suns could sweep the Blazers. To my surprise the Suns dropped the series opener to the Blazers. Since then it has been all business with Phoenix taking the next to games without a doubt. I think this series will end in five games.

The Eve of a Great Day

Even though the start of the Major League Baseball started tonight... the rest of the teams head into action tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a special day; the start of the 162 game marathon. The beauty in a day like tomorrow is every team is in 1st place. It doesn't matter if you were in the cellar of your division, worst pitching team in the league, best pitching team in the league, hell it doesn't even matter if your the Yankees. Every team that steps onto the baseball diamond tomorrow will have the same record. That's gotta give some confidence to those teams that barley crept over 60 wins last year...

Now obviously there are better teams than others in baseball.. those teams will win there 85+ games a year (in some leagues... 90+ in others). Lots of these teams made it to the post season and all but one failed to win the ever prestigious "World Series Champion" title. These teams come into opening day feeling optimistic (most should... statistics are on their side) they feel as if they are entitled to another good season.

Then there is that "other" bunch of teams. This is what is exciting about the MLB. The bunch of teams that won anywhere from 65-83 games last year. Teams that may have just been missing that "one thing" to take them to the next level, teams that suffered from multiple injuries, teams that needed to make that minor off season adjustment to take you to the next level, exc. Most of these teams will emerge out of "nowhere" to the casual MLB fan, but to that team's die hard fan this the kind of season they have been expecting. This is the team that will take the the lead by storm and shock the rest of the division. This is the kind of team that can mess with one of those better teams on any given day. This is the beauty in baseball like most sports. Any given day anyone can take anyone down.

Now If you didn't know I am a Whitesox fan, have been my whole life. I know that everyone on the North Side of Chicago (Cubs) always says " There is always next year.." Well tomorrow is the start of next year..