Playoff Predictions: 2nd Round

EASTERN CONFERENCE

magic - celtics
the celtics are still without the services of garnett ... and we saw how much that means in their series against chicago ... they barely made it out of there alive ... but give them credit for doing so ... nonetheless they have to be exhausted from that series ... and with no bench to pick up the slack ... i have to pick orlando in this one ... of course orlando did not do that well in the first round either ... they showed an uncanny ability to build big leads and then allow the other team to come back in the fourth quarter so ... but still i'm picking orlando ... the defending champs will fall in this one ...

cavs - hawks
the cavs swept detroit like they were memphis or something ... i expect the hawks to meet the same fate ... lebron just won the mvp and he will show everyone that he deserves it in this series ...

WESTERN CONFERENCE

nuggets - mavs
the nuggets are on a real roll ...i think they will run all over the mavs ... i don't expect another 58 point win like they did against the hornets but still ... nuggets will easily win it ...

rockets - lakers
the lakers are everyone's favorite to win the west ... some people even picked them to be the champions ... but i believe houston is capable of pulling off the upset ... however ... i have to respect kobe ... i can't pick the rockets when the other team has kobe ... the guy is just that good ... so i'm picking the lakers in this one ...