This is how we do it in Texas

Got to go to the Spurs game last week when they closed out the Nuggets. The game was like the series and the season really: methodical at the start, a lull in the middle, a burst down the stretch. In the end, they knocked of the Nuggets in five, just like they should have. Now we're in the second round, just like we're supposed to be.

The only notable thing going forward is the play of Finley and Horry, who apparently did take the regular season off, and for good reason.The game was funny because the crowd was much more subdued than I expected, like they were waiting on the inevitable close out. Right on cue, the only time it really loud was when it became obvious the game was in hand.

So that was the Spurs season, in a nutshell, which is why I haven't written about it much. Even from the diehard's standpoint, it went same old, same old. I can understand why everyone not from San Antonio will be rooting for the Suns in this series.

Anyways, after missing on nearly half my first round predictions — Toronto let me down, man — let's try the second, even though this is party cheating because it's already started:

East
— Chicago over Detroit in 7. (Probably picking with my hopes here, again, like I did with the Raps.)
— Cleveland over New Jersey in 6.

West
— Golden State over Utah in 6.
— San Antonio over Phoenix in 7.