This is a basketball fan’s favorite time of the year. With the end of the National Basketball Association regular season quickly approaching and the start of the playoffs right around the corner, as a fan, there is no greater feeling. It’s like I’m a little kid in a candy store. Basketball games every night. The top eight teams from both conferences. The playoffs is where legends are born and stars are made. Who will be next? Each series is a seven game format which means that there is plenty of basketball unlike a college tournament where you only have to beat your opponent once.
Kobe Bryant is scheduled to play his final game this week which will complete his hall of fame career. He was literally the next best thing to his airness, Michael Jordan. We were all blessed to witness a career that consisted of 5 rings, 18X all-star, 2X finals MVP, 4X all-star MVP, MVP of the league, four 60 point games, an 81 point game, 4 straight 50+ point games, 62 points in 3 quarters, has a 40 point game against every team in the NBA and has played thru 2 generations of the NBA. Would there ever be another Kobe? All we can do is hope that there would be. “He was my Michael Jordan”- Kevin Durant
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Can LeBron James get Cavs out of an Eastern Conference that is more experience than the previous years? With LeBron dominance over the Eastern Conference for the last 8 years, some have joked about the East changing its name to “LeEast”. For six years straight, LeBron has took his team to the Eastern conference championship and finals.1 Two times with the Cleveland Cavaliers and four times with the Miami Heat. Would he be able to continue his dominance play and lead this Cavs team back to the finals?
All basketball fans around the world wait for this very moment. The wait is over! The NBA playoffs are finally here.
1Paine, N. (may 18, 2015). LeBron dominates the Eastern conference. Retrieved from http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/lebron-dominates-the-conference-finals/
Martin, J. (april 14, 2016). Kobe goes out in style with 60 points. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/13/sport/kobe-bryant-final-game/index.html
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