This should be good. The Eastern Conference Finals yields a match up that sees Lebron James’ Cavaliers take on the very team oriented Atlanta Hawks. The last time the Hawks won the championship they were not even in Atlanta. They have never even played in a round this far since the league split into the east and west conferences.
Things seem to have hit an all time low for the Los Angeles Clippers as they were a quarter or two away from playing in their first conference finals as a franchise. The feeling of losing a game six to the Rockets after being up by so much late in the game was bad. But then to go into Houston for the game seven and not even have a lead throughout the whole game makes it feel so much worse. They only managed to tie it on their first shot and then it was all downhill from there. They controlled their own fate and could not take get to that elusive conference final. So with that loss the Western Conference final match up is set. The Golden State Warriors take on the newly rejuvenated Houston Rockets.
Western Conference
The western conference with the exception of the Spurs and Clippers series, compiled a bunch of one-sided match ups. Three out of the four losing teams in the conference only managed to win a single game in their respective series. This does not really provide good basketball; fans want to see competition and excitement. A measly four or five game series does not provide competition and excitement. Usually a series that has a team dominating it won’t attract too much attention but the Warriors sweep of the Pelicans actually had some people buzzing.