It Begins...

For all intensive purposes the playoffs in the NBA have begun, atleast in the west. I am currently watching the Nuggets and Warriors square off with 8th place on the line. It will be a 3-way limbo for the 7 and 8 spots in the west. It is likely that a team that wins 49, or even 50, will miss the playoffs. My take on it is that Dallas will not advance past the first round if they do make it. Denver and Golden State have a legitimate shot at taking down a top seed(just ask Dallas!). Either way you look at, the time that all basketball fans have been yearning for is upon us. Is the NBA back? That is the question that has lingered for years. With the spectacular play in the west and the looming eastern conference finals match up between Boston and Detroit, it should be a playoffs the like of which we have never seen. Not even when 23 was involved.....