It's official the Hawks are that bad!

To all those LeBron haters that still exist out there, you lost your hope for him not going to five straight finals when his team defeated the Chicago Bulls, I get it you have some strange urge to hate greatness, and the odd way a millennial will rise to it. Seriously though, this man is good for basketball, if you truly love this game so much than why are you hating the closest version to a clone of Magic Johnson perhaps one of the most loved NBA players of all time, and I am sure the majority of you're mouths were centimeters from Michael Jordan's hypothetical balls when he was in the league. This a man who rarely implied his team might be partly responsible for their success, and his ego was so big he thought he should quit basketball and try baseball for two years, wait Michael you ain't Bo Jackson, your last name is not Sanders.
Though on the subject of the Hawks, this is exactly why teams have superstars, and don't tell me you consider Jeff Teague one, for you would be dead wrong, Kyle Korver not even close, and Al Horford is one of those Power Forwards forced to be a Center due to a lack of size in the NBA these days. Atl has completely abandoned what got them the number one seed in the East through an excellent regular season, seems like they are using isolation plays more than the Cav's, remember when the Hawks were known for their ball movement, yeah me neither I didn't watch them outside of SportsCenter which they were barely on because they're boring to watch.
Credit does have to go to the Cavaliers though, their defense has jumped to another level in the playoffs, and they have frustrated an Atlanta team without a true leader and one of those coaches that would be a genius if he got lucky and had a superstar or two on his team, but since he's coaching the Hawks he seems sub-par. Now the Cavs seem poised to sweep the Hawks and get some rest before the Finals, the next man up philosophy seems to be working, even so to the point that LeBron grabbed the bench with only one rebound needed for a triple double towards the end of game two.
Even with Kyrie Irving in a suit on the sideline trying to heal up from injuries on both knees, LeBron used his leadership to keep the team well directed and focused, and we know that at this point people in Cleveland are starting to feel some serious excitement for a long awaited championship. So we shall see if LeBron and company have the killer instinct and step on the feathered necks of the Hawks on Sunday evening, and on that note Panda out!!!

LeBron fight's through poor night to hit revenge game winner!

This Cleveland vs Chicago 2nd round matchup has lived up to expectations, we've seen two buzzer beaters in the last two games, seen total domination in the first two games of the series though by two different teams in each. Now we await game five only a little over an hour off, we now know that due to stats in the playoffs LeBron is more clutch than Jordan, though these are simply stats but as they say numbers never lie. This game five is certainly the deciding game, though more so for the Cav's, still it is going to take winning two games in a row to win the series for the team that loses tonight, it is the game I feel that will truly define this series, though if you believe in miracles it might be just some media hooplah, though that is all for those without conventional sports wisdom.
You never know as it will be a home game for Cleveland, but both LeBron and Kyrie have some ankle issues and we have no idea how truly healthy they both are, also Pau is somewhat questionable as far as health goes, and if you watched game four you know both teams seem a bit exhausted after so much physical play down low.
In the end, this is the series we wanted and for once in my life I'd hate to have the job in Vegas of picking the odds on this one, for this particular Panda it's a coin flip, and you'd have to be clairvoyant to be able to pick this one correctly.
This all withstanding LeBron and Uncle Drew are still on one side of this show down and I am not too sure if D Rose will have enough to dethrone the king at home, and on that note Panda out!!!

Cav's flip the script in game 2

LeBron reestablishes the head band and it makes the team effort all part of his brilliant plan, or was it? Seems like the King was psyching the bulls out a bit with his return to the head band, though who are we to really judge as it actually worked, though it was a bit of a baseball move if we can imagine it has anything to do with superstition. All we do know is that it was all Cav's on Wednesday night, the Bulls tried to fight back but it just did not seem like the same team that we saw in game one. All we do know is that now the Cleveland Cavaliers are shooting well from behind the arc at 12-26 or 46.2%, as their opponent shot only 31.8% from downtown. What can we expect from this series that we have been waiting all year for, who can tell, it all comes down to how each team plays in the first quarter if the first two games of this all tied up series have anything to say about it all. So let us raise some glasses to see if LeBron and company can steal one in Chicago, or will it be D. Rose showing Uncle Drew how it is done in Chi town, we shall certainly see, though if I was placing bets I would say the Cleveland Cavaliers seem warmed up and it would seem they will at least leave Chicago with a 2-2 series heading back to Cleveland. These teams seem ready to go to blows for 7 games, though it is hard to tell at this point, and on that note Panda out!!!

Game 7 lives up to hype!

This game 7 felt nothing like a first round playoff matchup it is certainly a shame that one of these two teams had to go home, but with a last second shot by CP3 the Clippers advance to the next round and the Spurs get eliminated from the playoffs. On the same day as the fight of the century as they say, and the Kentucky Derby, was possibly the better sports matchup in a game seven in the first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs. Blake Griffin got himself a triple double, with 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists, CP3 had 27 points, and shot 5\6 from 3 point range, making his presence known through a hamstring injury, the Clippers dealt with the defending champs with precision, and without fear. This game was the one thing to watch Saturday evening in sports that seems more about the love of the game, while the horse races of both types had nothing to do with love or humanity and mostly only money and hype, thank you NBA for showing a bit of soul on an evening where the heart and soul in sports has been lost in commercial ideology. We now can discuss whether or not the Spurs who seem they can bring everyone back but the question of age is always surrounding this team, and who really knows until the beginning of next season to see if these aging superstars will return for one more run. Though the more important question to ask is who will win the Clippers Rockets series that is now to come, for this panda I believe if you can cut down the defending champs I do believe you can take down the other great team from Texas in the Houston Rockets. It should be another great series and we shall see how everything develops with the CP3 injury, this will be a fight no doubt, and hopefully we can see some of the beauty of this first round matchup, though every series will be it's own beast. Though I've got Clippers in 7, and on that note Panda out!!!