The Matchups for Saturday

Tomorrow the longest playoffs start and I am gonna start by giving you my winners for the NBA first round. The first series to start is between The #8 Indiana Pacers and the top-seeded Chicago Bulls. I got the Bulls in 5 games. The Pacers will struggle to find an adequate defender to stop Derrick Rose and the overall team defense of the Bulls will shut down Danny Granger and the other 4 nobodys on the Pacers. Next up is the # 7 Philadelphia 76ers taking on the Big three of the #2 Miami Heat. The Heat will win in 6. The young players of the 76ers will force this one to 6 through great intensity. But when it comes down to it skill will override intensity and Wade will lead this team the second round. The next matchup will bring us our first 7 game series with the #5 Hawks knocking off the #4 Magic. The way this will happen is through team leadership by Joe Johnson and the shutting down of the Orlando Magic three point shooting game. With this combo the Hawks will march on. The final matchup of the day is out West with the #6 Trailblazers taking on the #3 Mavericks. I got the Trailblazers winning in 5. Portland is just too deep for the Mavs. The only way the Mavs will win is if Dirk scores 60 each game. I will break down the rest of the matchups tomorrow. Quick shout out to Nick Swisher who had a walk-off Sac fly in the Yankees 10th inning win over the Orioles. The Yankees start a three game series with the Rangers at the Stadium tonight with Ivan Nova on the bump. Thanks for reading and I'm Out!