Detroit does not have to endure either of these daunting tasks. The two teams will probably meet in the Eastern Conference Finals, but it will be the Palace that hosts a potential Game Seven.
4. The Suns will still not find a way to beat the Spurs.
Plain and simple, Phoenix does not match up well with San Antonio. There is no one to defend Tim Duncan, and the Spurs do an excellent job of keeping Steve Nash out of the paint where he's so dangerous.
Even last night without Tony Parker, the Spurs still managed to win in Phoenix with Jacque Vaughn at point guard.
Add to that, while the Suns are 19-2 against the East this year, they're just 14-12 against the West. If the Suns want any shot of finally getting to the finals, they need to step it up against their own conference.
With Damon Stoudamire arriving in the upcoming days and Parker returning to the lineup after the All-Star break, the Spurs will once again dominate the Suns. San Antonio always has a pretty average first half and then turns on the gas after the break.
Let's see if they can do it again.
5. The Eastern Conference playoff picture will have been Uggggglyyyy.
Right now the final two spots in the East belong to the Atlanta Hawks and New Jersey Nets, who are six and seven games under .500, respectively. With Jason Kidd possibly on the way out of New Jersey, the Nets might be looking to rebuild and get a lottery pick.
Atlanta, on the other hand, might be looking to acquire a point guard to try and make a playoff run for the first time in years. Aside from New York and Miami, every other team in the East is no more than 2.5 games back of the Nets for that final playoff spot, so whichever team is the hottest at the end of the season will probably claim the eighth seed.
Finals Prediction (based solely on what we've seen in the first half of the season and disregarding history):
Dallas Mavericks over Detroit Pistons in six games
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