if the 5th team in the west gets the 2nd seed who do they play RJ?
can the 5th team beat the 7th team?
West is too close to assume the current seedings will hold.
You already know I think GS beats them with relative ease.
I'd like PHX over the Rockets, just because I don't think Rafer and B-Jax are good enough to expose Nash defensively.
They're not beating LAL, SA or Utah. Just not happening.
That leaves NO and Dallas (assuming the Nugs are the team left out). NO series is tough to call. CP3's the best player in that series, but Houston plays much better defense and Adelman's a significantly better coach than Byron Scott.
I do think Houston beats Dallas.
no one wants these guys in the first round.
You could probably make that argument about any team in the West.