The Playoffs are officially here, and boy are they coming out with a bang. It was a terrific first two days of the playoffs this weekend for the NBA. There were so many close games and great finishes that made the games must see television. There were so many good games and great finishes that I thought for a second that “March madness” had come to April.
To start the 1-seeded Chicago Bulls were losing for the entire game against the 8-seeded Indiana Pacers, but somehow came back to win the game in the final minutes. Derrick Rose showed everyone why is the MVP, with his 39 point performance that carried the Bulls to the finish line.
Then there was the Miami Heat vs. Philadelphia 76ers game that also came down to the wire. The Heat were up by 16 points at one point in the game, and let the 76ers crawl back in the game. Though the Heat did end up getting the win thanks to Dwayne Wade who finished the game very well for the Heat.
There were two huge upsets this weekend by both the 8-seed and the 7-seed in the West. The Memphis Grizzlies beat the 1-seeded San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Hornet beat the 2-seeded Lakers, to make NBA history becoming the first 7 and 8 seeded teams to both win game one in the same conference. Both games were close and came down to the wire, and both were equally surprising.
There were two other close games, on between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks and the other between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets. While both games came down to the wire and the last shot. Both of the teams that were suppose to win won, as the Celtics and the Thunder both won their first games.
The first games of the playoffs were great; I hope the rest of the playoffs are as riveting and entertaining as these were.
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