NBA Conference Finals

I've been in Orlando for a conference since Saturday so my time is extremely limited so this will be shorter than I would like.

I am 11-1 so far and am a Daniel Gibson shoulder injury away from being 12-0 because I will forever be convinced that with a healthy Gibson to knock down open shots the Cavs would have beaten the Celtics.

Eastern Conference Finals

Boston Celtics (1) vs. Detroit Pistons (2)

The only reason anybody can pick the Celtics in this series is blind faith. They have been absolutely awful to this point and show no signs of playing well. They went seven against to bad teams and now they expect to beat the Pistons? Not with Ray Allen playing like a corpse and Kevin Garnett still shying away at crunch time. Rasheed Wallace is going to have a huge series as will Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups is going to mop the florr with Rajon Rondo.

Pistons in 6

Western Conference Finals

Los Angeles lakers (1) vs. San Antonio Spurs (3)

Let's just get the fact that Tim Duncan is a bit past his prime (but still the best power forward in the league) and that the Spurs bench is just flat out old out of the way now. The thing they have going for them is Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are matchup nightmares for the Lakers. I think you'll see Kobe on Manu a lot and Derek Fisher rotated off Parker a lot but Fish just can't keep up with him. On the other side I don't know that the Spurs have an answer for Lamar Odom and Bruce Bowen can't guard Kobe like he used to. I also think Duncan may have some problems with Pau Gasol's versatility.

This series will come down to how well the Lakers unsung bench continues to play and whether the Spurs big three can average 70 a game combined. Regardless of the end result I think this is definitely the passing of the torch series and this year is the Spurs last year as the hunted. I have been picking them all year and am not going to stop backing them now. Their Game 7 against the Hornets proved they are still too damn tough to knock off.

Spurs in 7.