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Rockets and Spurs Are on a Collision Course

Last night was the opening night of the 2007-2008 NBA season. My Houston Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 95-93, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trailblazers 106-97. You know what this means, don’t you? Both the Rockets and the Spurs are on pace to go 82-0 and eventually meet in the Western Conference Finals. It’s only a matter of time, now.

I’m waiting to see which team is going to be the biggest disappointment this season. Maybe I’m a pessimistic person in this regard, but I get a bigger kick out of seeing who flops than what surprise teams comes form nowhere to make the playoffs. Who’s poised for a flop? The Mavericks, I think. Maybe flop is too strong a word in this case, but I think the Mavs will under-perform in the sense that the won’t be a top three seed in the playoffs. I see the Spurs, Suns, and Jazz being one, two, three in some order come playoff time.

And what about the East? Who knows? Who cares, really? I’m pretty confident the Cavaliers won’t be back in the NBA Finals this year, but I have no idea who will be. I’ll go with the chic pick and say New Jersey. But it won’t matter, because whoever makes it out of the 82-0 Rockets versus 82-0 Spurs Western Conference Finals will waltz to the championship.