Coming out of the East is a blessing in desguise, well not so much desguise because everyone knows it's a weak conference where the West's 8th team would be a third seed. Boston will probably sweep and their second round opponent will be the Cavs which while not a pushover it's really unlikely that Lebronze catches enuff fire to make it interesting. So the only series where they'll be tested is the ECF.
In the West a team like the Lakers have to go through Utah in the second round and probably either Phoenix or San Antonio in the WCF. |