Every great player: MJ, Kobe, Wilt, Bird, Russell, Magic, etc always needed to take a devastating playoff loss before they learned how to win championships. I feel like this is going to be the rite of passage for Chris Paul, who is unquestionably the best rising star in the NBA. Kobe wants this championship too badly, and I think this is going to be his series to win or lose. This years' version of Kobe is mature enough to not try to do too much like he has in past years. He has too many weapons around him to fail.
Look for the Hornets to be competitive, but there's just going to be too much Kobe for the Hornets in this series. Definitely a promising season for the young Hornets team, though.
Prediction: Lakers 4, Hornets 2
NBA Finals - Lakers v. Celtics
Every NBA fan should now run to the grocery store and stock up on food and drink, because you're not going to want to leave the hour for the week that this series goes on. ABC is also putting a gift basket together for the NBA for single-handedly causing their ratings to break every record.
Kobe v. KG is the marquee matchup in this series. Both players are at a crossroads in their career. Kobe looks to prove that he can win without Shaq, and KG is looking to get out of the infamous "Best Players in NBA History...Not to Win a Championship" group.
To be honest, this series isn't about matchups, because the teams are equally the best in the NBA. They key will not be Kobe, or the Big Three. The key instead will be the play of Rajon Rondo. If he plays well, the Celtics will win. If he does not, the Celtics will not win. Sam Cassell may not see the floor during this series, and I'm happy about that. Being a Celtics fan, I want to see Rondo stake his clame next to Deron Williams and Chris Paul as one of the top young guards in the league.
This series goes to seven games, no question. The Celtics, who had a better record during the regular season, will play at home. The ghosts of the old Boston Garden will be awoken during the seventh game between the L.A. Lakers and the Boston Celtics. Game seven in Boston against the Lakers is too perfect for NBA fans. Whatever way the game goes, there will be no disappointments in this game.
PREDICTION: Celtics 4, Lakers 3.
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