Are you ready? The Eastern Conference Finals are set, and we are all shocked about who is involved.
After a close game earlier today, a shocking candidate that nobody expected, and who everybody was questioning, came up big.
That's right, the Boston Celtics beat out the Cleveland Cavaliers to dance with the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals.
SHOCKING!!!
Okay, so maybe everybody saw this coming, and it just took a little longer than expected to come to fruition, but at least we have a good matchup that is sure to have some fireworks.
So why is each team be headed to the Finals?
Boston Celtics
The Celtics have been the top team not only for the East, but for the entire NBA, all season long. After some big offseason moves, they turned out a lot better than the Detroit Tigers have after their big-name acquisitions.
Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen gelled perfectly through the regular season—and it all culminated with the best record in the NBA and home-court advantage.
They needed that home-court advantage too, going 14-0 at home and 0-12 on the road.
But are they ready for the Pistons and the NBA Finals?
Detroit Pistons
The Pistons are the NBA's version of the older guy who is still pretty good at what he did, but has most of his better years behind him.
They were great for the last few years, but they are putting on some age and are starting to have problems that they didn't have before.
However, the fact that they have been there before may turn out to be the reason that they could go on to the NBA Finals. They have been in this situation several times, with largely the same group of people, while the Celtics are in their first year with this roster and not as used to each other like the Pistons are.
But do they have enough left in the tank for one more Finals run?
My Prediction
I think that the Celtics will take the cake, solely for the reason that they have battle-tested in this playoffs more than the Pistons.
They gained so much experience and were put through a ton of hardships in the first two rounds of playoffs.
The first series against the Hawks was especially surprising, and the series against the Cavs really threw them off, because everybody thought they were ready for underdogs.
The Celtics should be hungry to show that they can win on the road before the Finals, and a convincing win here would show their Western Conference foe that they are a force to be reckoned with.
However, the veteran leadership of the Pistons could overcome the newly given chemistry that the Celtics have created.
All of our questions are going to be answered over the next four to seven games, and I know that I'm looking forward to it.
I'm Joe W.
Information for this article was found on NBA.com
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Chris Schmidbauer about 1 year ago
The issue in this series is going to be if either team can steal a game on the road. Cleveland played good defense in their wins and poor in their losses, and let's be honest Detroit is a better defensive team. Mind you the Pistons are one of the only teams to snag a road victory in the last round. Boston is going to need Ray Allen to wake up from his slump. He struggled during the Cavs series. Detroits worry is how bad is Chauncey Billups hamstring. Either way it will be a battle, but if Ray Allen struggles again I think Detroit could get this series. But a good assessment Joe.
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Kelvin McJunkins about 1 year ago
Watching Detroit and Boston this week should be very interesting to watch. To me Detroit needs to get Chauncey Billips if they want to be a stronger team in the back court to begin the Eastern Conference Playoffs against a driven and very talented Boston Celtics team. Boston will need Ray Allen to wake up out of the slump he has been in. I truly believe that if the old Ray Allen shows up with his quick release knocking down three's creating seperation from Detroit on the score board, Boston can give Detroit fits along with the aggression supplied by Kevin Garnett night in and night out with his defense and his offense. Boston will have to get Ray Allen some good looks, because it want be easy with players like Tayshaun Prince who can guard the best player on the perimiter. My next question would be then who would gaurd Paul Pierce. Rip Hamiliton is a good player on the offensive end , but to guard a bigger and stronger Paul Pierce would not be a good idea. My guest is that Tayshuan would have to guard Paul and Rip Hamilton to guard Ray Allen. Detroit will also give Boston some match-up problems as well like Rondo having to guard a bigger and stronger Chauncey Billips if he can quickly return for the start of the Eastern Conference Finals. By the end of this week alot of questions will be answered on who has the bigger advantage.
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Andrew Okner about 1 year ago
It will be definatly hard for the Detroit Pistions to burst through if Chauncey Billips is not back by the time for the Celtics. The Pistions have to try to win games on the road, because the Celtics can't seem to win a single game on the road. The Celtics are right now having a lot of momentom comming off of Paul Pierce's 41 point performance against the Cavs. Right now the playoffs is a matter of one win on the road, because nobody can win one playoff game(besids the Pistions). Even though the Celtics are undefieted on the road if they loose one game at home they cant win a game on the road. At the end of all the fighting of these two teams, one of them will pull out on top, and go to the NBA finalls!!!
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Ed Wyant about 1 year ago
Andrew is a stupid person he doesnt no anything
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chilli cheesedog about 1 year ago
It has been a rough start for both teams. But it seems that Ray Allen found his grouve last night going for 29 points. Now the Celtis have to get a few more wins, but still make it interesting for the people.
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chilli cheesedog about 1 year ago
It has been a rough start for both teams. But it seems that Ray Allen found his grouve last night going for 29 points. Now the Celtis have to get a few more wins, but still make it interesting for the people.
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