Okc/Miami

[Swift456]

Ok who you got. Should be a great series. OKC is home with their energetic crowd. Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka, a little Sefalosha and Fisher, with a sprinkle of Dinasour face Perkins.

Miami has Bosh back now, Lebron is looking to get to the rack, OKC has no1 who can stop him, Wade looked like the Ol' Wade in that Game 7 finding his balance in his jumper. Chalmers also giving them solid minutes.

Here's how I look at it ....A little system I used to use,

On a neutral Court....

Starters

Westbrook about 7.5 points better than Chalmers,
Wade about 8.5 points better than Sefalosha.
Lebron about 1.5 points better than Durant.
Bosh about 3.5 points better than Ibaka
Perkins about 1 point better than Joel Anthony.

Harden about 5 points better than Battier..
Fisher about 3 over Norris Cole
James Jones, Mike Miller, Turiaf, about 3 points better than Collison and Nazr Mohammed and ?

So on a neutral court it adds to a dead Even Split with just the players.......

Coaching Scott Brooks +2.5 over Spoelstra.......

Special Points for Okc with Durant, Westbrook Harden 3 points

Lebron, Wade, Bosh....4

So OKC is about a 1.5 point favorite on a neutral Court.

Factor in Home Court and Okc should win this in 7 games....Home Court worth about 3-6 points.

But I'm picking Miami in 6 or 7. Wade, Bosh and Bron are going to need to elevate their game just a little bit more to take this one. Otherwise OKC will win.

But I think we can all agree this series is going more than 5 and is going at least 6 with a very probable chance of going 7


Who will win and why? How do you match these teams up? I think this is one of the better finals in a long time with all the stars aligned here..

[CP]

OKC in 6 because the league's best player has never scored a meaningful basket and crumbles in the playoffs all the time.

Seriously though... This is really a toss up.. I got OKC in 7. I think their home court advantage makes the difference.

[Swift456]

OKC in 6 because the league's best player has never scored a meaningful basket and crumbles in the playoffs all the time.

Seriously though... This is really a toss up.. I got OKC in 7. I think their home court advantage makes the difference.

True, I can just see Wade and Lebron taking it to another level here and winning this thing. I hope to see it.

[CP]

True, I can just see Wade and Lebron taking it to another level here and winning this thing. I hope to see it.

That's the reason why it's a toss up in my eyes. Then you add in Bosh, who's rounding into form and it's a hard series to predict. Basically I see either Miami in 6 or OKC in 7.

[rhythmatic]

I think Miami wins it. KD is gonna have some struggles getting the ball in a good position against LeBron/Battier, and it's going to force Westbrook to create something out of nothing against that aggressive Heat defense. Bosh will draw Ibaka out of the paint, and Perkins is going to have no role in the series since the Heat have no post presence. Harden is the wild card but between LeBron/Wade/Battier there will be plenty of solid wing defenders to go around for the Heat.

Go Thunder.

[Indecline]

Miami in 4.

Look for Westbrook to play terrible and Durant to play awesome but still not be enough.

[X Bones X]

Miami in 4.

Look for Westbrook to play terrible and Durant to play awesome but still not be enough.

Ha hahahahha

I'll give you 600 interwebz if your right

[GAV]

OKC in 3 and a half, since the Heat will lay down for that last half.

[X Bones X]

I think it goes 7 with OKC winning (best Homecourt advantage in the NBA).

Im sure, like last years finals there will be numerous times where Durant (like Dirk) will be left wide open for easy baskets at key times in the game. That will be the difference.

Lebron will average 30-10-5
Durant 33-7-3

Obviously I would like to see the Heat win so we can see half of America eat the big dong...

[R-ILLA]

Miami in 5/6

[H1tStick]

Bones is probably pretty devastated his team lost.

[GiantNFC7]

Bones is probably pretty devastated his team lost.

He just chucked his James jersey across the room.

[H1tStick]

He just chucked his James jersey across the room.

Probably landed in the vicinity of his Wade fathead.

[Indecline]

Lebron may be 0-9 all time in the NBA finals, but let me tell you something brother. Lebron Silvester James aint no ***** and once he wins a Finals game he'll win 20 straight.

[ReDsOxFaN911]

Lebron may be 0-9 all time in the NBA finals, but let me tell you something brother. Lebron Silvester James aint no ***** and once he wins a Finals game he'll win 20 straight.

He's not 0-9 in the finals.