Any basketball fans on here?

[Tim]

After seeing LeBron's highlights vs the Knicks I'd say there's almost no way they can be stopped. He just wants it so bad. As much as I hate him, I think he's going to reach that Jordan-level of intensity and start taking playoff and Finals MVP trophies like they're candy from a baby. He's just too good.

On the other hand, Kevin Durant just made me love the Thunder even more. Drained an amazing 2-pointer with seconds to play. Mavs looked like they were going to take it away from them about 5 times, but the Thunder just kept coming back. They've got the most balanced team in the whole league with Ibaka and Harden playing almost as well as Durant and Westbrook right now, and Kendrick Perkins is no slouch either.

Thanks for the kind words about my writing. I love writing when I get in the mood, but I don't think my sports writing is that good; it's incredibly derivative of Bill Simmons, who has the exact style I love. Perfect amount of passion mixed with humour, references and a great knowledge of whatever he talks about. And he has that ability to ramble and go off on tangents without it ever getting boring, which is what I try to do but usually fail at. That's why I had to point out that I didn't read his column until after I made my predictions, because I knew that he and I would say similar things and in a similar way.

I was already wrong about Orlando too. They're lucky Glen Davis just loves the spotlight, because they wouldn't have won without him. Still think Pacers are going to take the series, unless of course the Basketball Gods hate Orlando so much they decide to let them win the first round and get all their hopes up about it inspiring Howard to stay.