[LearnedfromTV]

Mavs in 5, Pistons in 7

Kenny Smith nailed the West - Mavs can out-Suns the Suns if they want to, but they don't need to. Dirk is going to toy with them. Spurs-Suns might have been a series. Mavs-Clippers might have been a series. This one is already over.

Pistons still have a psychological edge on Miami but after the Cavs series they really need to take Game 1 to maintain it. I think they do, in particular I think Rasheed has a big game now that the guarantee pressure is off his shoulders (you could practially see the wheels turning through the sunspot when he bricked the free throws at the end of Game 6 and then bricked the whole game in Game 7). If it's 3-1 after 4, Pistons in 5, if it's 2-2 after 4, Pistons in 7. I don't see them getting game 6 in Miami.

I kind of hope it goes 7. I went to Game 7 on Sunday and it was awesome. Not a great game, but a great atmosphere and a really fun second half. Game 7 is the only game I might be able to get to in the Miami series.