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NBA Wednesday - Western Conference Finals Pick

May 21, 2008

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Wednesday night’s NBA contest pits the San Antonio Spurs against the Los Angeles Lakers.  I’m struggling to decide if this is the match up that everyone has been waiting for.  For all of their success, the Spurs are, by perception or reality, a boring team to watch.  It’s not that they don’t have good players, and it’s not that they don’t make exciting plays, it just feels like there is always a grey cloud following them around.  Maybe it’s just me.  The Lakers are nearly the opposite of the Spurs in style, they seem young and fresh and explosive, yet they are unproven.  I don’t know if it’s the match up you’ve been waiting for, but I’ve just convinced myself that the contrasting styles should make for a fun Western Conference Finals series!

San Antonio Spurs @ L.A. Lakers
You can say that I’ve gone and drank the media’s Kool-Aid, but I’ve become a believer in the power of home court in the NBA Playoffs.  It’s been such an overwhelming trend that I can’t justify going against it, especially in these circumstances.  In the two regular season games between the Spurs and the Lakers, one game was played in L.A., the other in San Antonio.  Can you guess the results?  OK, don’t guess, I’ll just tell you.  The Lakers won in L.A. and the Spurs won in San Antonio.  They not only won, but they covered the spread.  L.A. won their game by 21 points, the Spurs by 12.  The Lakers are seven point favorites right now.  I’m not so sure they are going to win by 21 points, but 10+ wouldn’t be out of the question.
Pick:  L.A. Lakers -7

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