It is no coincidense that the Lakers are in the top 4 dream finals matches. We WANT to see the Lakers in the Finals. NBA fans either love them or hate them. And hate them so much that they don’t care who they play as long as they lose. But they might be disappointed this year.
1. Lakers vs Celtics – Being a die hard Laker fan, there is no greater a finals match up. The Lakers and Celtics own 31 of 62 NBA Championship titles, making them the most storied rivalry in all of basketball. It would be a great rematch of last years NBA finals with the Lakers a more complete team than last years.
2. Lakers vs Cavs – Also known as Kobe vs Lebron. The two superstars could actually leave their supporting casts at home and basketball fans would dial in to watch a best of seven one on one match up between the two superstars.
3. Lakers vs Heat – D Wade vs Kobe. Not as great as Kobe vs LeBron but Wade and Kobe actually match up against each other more often then Lebron and Kobe. Wade is the current top NBA scorer in the League and Kobe can light it up on any given night. I’d predict a couple 50 point games from each of them in this very unlikely Finals match up.
4. Lakers vs Magic – The most intriguing matchup would have been the battle of the young centers, Andrew Bynum and Dwight Howard. Unfotunately it may not play out even if these two teams make it to the finals becuase of the injury that Bynum suffered in January. Also with Jameer Nelson out for the season, the Magic don’t have the complete game plan to compete on the main stage as they did earlier in the season.
Final Match Ups we don’t want to see.
There are a couple of finals match ups that we definitely don’t want to see.
1. Cavs vs Spurs – The rematch of the Finals series from a couple of years could put us all to sleep. Spurs are too old now and LeBron would get his revenge for the embarassment of his first Finals stage when he was swept by the Spurs. I’m sure there would be some monster dunks by LeBron on Duncan’s dome.
2. Spurs vs anyone – Let’s face it… we don’t want to watch the Spurs in the finals playing anyone. The Spurs were a great team. But with Duncan starting to show some wear and tear and Ginobli still not fully recovered from his ankle surgery, they don’t have it any more to challenge the likes of the Cavs or Boston. They are the dark horse to win the Western Division Championship but there is no way they can win the championship.
3. Cavs vs Mavs – Really… Yeah, the only reason why I put this here is because it would drive me insane to hear “the CAVS vs the MAVS” and “CAVS MAVS Series”! No other reason. This series would suck.
