The smoke has cleared from the first round of the NBA playoffs. Ya boy Dice is coming off a very mediocre showcasing of prognostication skills, only going 4-4 (including 0-2 in my upsets).
I have no excuses but the injuries to Chauncey/Amare really handicapped me on that prediction and Portland was fool's gold I purchased. I let ESPN drug me w/ that bandwagon "LaMarcus Aldridge shouldve been an All Star this, he should be Most Improved Player that"..."Portland is looking hot this, Gerald Wallace that" when deep down I knew they wouldn't really ball without their true All-Star and heart of the team (Brandon Roy) not at 100%.
Memphis? I can't say I was surprised and the only thing that prevented me from picking them from jump was because of the absence of Rudy Gaye. I had no idea Z-Bo would ascend to be "the best PF in the NBA" as anointed by the leagues scoring champ Kevin Durant.
Props to the Hawks as well. They beat the team I had right behind the Heat as the top contender to come out the East. All year the Hawks appeared to play indifferently with no identity, heart, or since or urgency. I guess they were on cruise control until it was playoff time, and they summoned up the embarrassment from last year's p'off exit to catapult them over the favored Magic team.
Now it's prime time. Last prediction it was Dice and the first round...After being "rubbed" the right way, the great sports genie and prophet Dice-A-Damus has officially entered the room. The second round will shape up as follows:
CHICAGO (4-2) / Atlanta LOS ANGELES (4-2)/Dallas
MIAMI (4-1)/ Boston OKC (4-2)/ Memp
*for those of you saying 'Dicey, they've played 1 game in each series, it's too late to make predictions.' Well go to my original predictions and you can see my original Finals pick "LA/Mia" is still intact. This is a part of that journey/plan.
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