Doc beats Pop in game one

The series to watch in the first round is of course the Clippers against the Spurs, or the ever salivated over Doc Rivers versus Greg Popovich matchup. The defending champs against an upstart team that seems to have a touch of maturity this year, enough so that the Clippers are the 3 seed in the west in this year's NBA playoffs, sure they only did what they should defending home court, but the Spurs are a difficult beast to take apart as they were able to do in game one. We all know this series is far from over, though taking that first step to show a bit of the age in this crumbling empire that is the San Antonio Spurs is how you can slowly wear them down and possibly win the series. This series is what most think should be the coaching duel that we should see in the Western Conference Finals, though we are fortunate enough to see it battled out in the first round of these playoffs. The only player that really can be the X factor as they say in this series is Blake Griffin, as he goes so do the Clippers and tonight it was a champions performance, though all is to be seen in the next few games, Pop is the master at altering his game plan from game to game throughout a series. All the same we cannot lose sight of the fact that Doc Rivers is also an elite coach with almost flawless results in the postseason, if this series does not go to seven games I personally would be shocked and it could end up being more exciting than this year's NBA Finals matchup. We all know what to expect, expect the unexpected, though all we as fans can do is watch the art and magic happen, and on that note Panda out!