Denver Nuggets: 2009-2010 Champs

Playoffs start Sunday night [in our case, April 19, Monday morning] and everyone's excited [well, at least to the guys who follow the happenings around the NBA]. It's not a surprise that most people believe that the Cleveland Cavaliers, spearheaded by the soon-to-be two-in-a-row MVP LeBron James, will win this season's Larry O'Brien Trophy. So why does my bracket illustrate that the Denver Nuggets will win?

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First of all, the bracket here is not what I think will happen, but rather what I want to happen. So, what do I think will happen? What will happen is that the Lakers would face off the Caveliers in the finals. The latter would win the championship.

I like the Lakers, especially Kobe. He's my favorite player of the game. Then why am I going for the Denver Nuggets? It would be nice for the Lakers to win consecutive trophies [like what they did when Shaq was still with them] but wouldn't it be nicer if some team, not really thought by the people of winning the championship, wins the championship? It would already seem like a cliche if the Lakers would win. I mean, they always win. The Denver Nuggets are a great group of guys. Chauncey Billups, Kenyon Martin, JR Smith, Chris Andersen, Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo, and of course, Carmelo Anthony. These people are awesome, and they haven't gotten a ring yet [except for Chauncey Billups, I guess]. They're a really formidable team and I guess they deserve a championship at this time.

Anyway, key matchups:

FIRST ROUND

Celtics VS Heat - I don't know. Maybe I'm just tired of watching the Celtics? The Big Four [Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Rondo] is a huge force, but... argh. It seems like the C's are just chilling out. Maybe they just went on the championship push two years ago and didn't give much of a damn anymore. That's probably what will make the Celtics get eliminated early.

Lakers VS Thunder - The Lakers would have a hard time with the Thunder because of the latter's impenetrable defence. Sefolosha has guarded many superstars, including Kobe. Kobe would be really bothered by this guy's defense. Durant would also deliver so many points like what he did in the regular season. He has the scoring title after all [I think]. The Lakers would still win it though but it will probably take time, like what happened to the Boston VS Chicago series last year.

Mavericks VS Spurs - The Mavs have more key players now with the addition of Stevenson, Haywood and Butler. The Spurs... not much change, but Tim Duncan's stats are down compared to his previous years. Parker's PPG is also down. The two would need to regroup if they'd want to win. Well, the Mavs beat the Spurs in the first round last year, so how hard could it be for them to beat them again? They'd have to watch out for Manu Ginobili though, because he's red hot.

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Lakers VS Nuggets - Because of the Lakers' long battle with the Thunder, their players would be physically and mentally drained. The Nuggets could take advantage of this situation. I presume that the first round would be a breeze for them since the Blazers are unhealthy. [4-1 perhaps?] They faced each other in the conference finals last year and that series would have given the Nuggets valuable lessons. If they apply what they learn, maybe, just maybe, the Nuggets could sneak past Kobe and the Lakers.

Mavericks VS Suns - This matchup would revive the rivalry they had with each other a few years ago. Steve Nash, at the age of 36, is still a great playmaker and scorer. Stoudemire leads the league in points in the paint. And Frye has a sky-high 3-point field goal rating. The Suns should watch out for the Mavs' guards though [Kidd, Terry, Barea, and Beaubois]. And of course, Dirk Nowitzki. The two teams know each other a lot. So this should be an interesting series.

CONFERENCE FINALS

Cavaliers VS Magic - They've met each other at the exact same situation last year and the Magic shocked the world by eliminating top-seeded Caveliers. I know the Magic has been a really excellent team of late but I don't think LeBron and his Cavs would let their opponent to eliminate them again. This time, they have Shaq to face Superman. He may be old, but he's still tough.

NBA FINALS

Nuggets VS Cavaliers - Well, yeah. It's pretty obvious that Cleveland is the better team. LeBron can easily eat the Nuggets up [WTF?] There's a really huge probability that the Cavs would win against the Nuggets, but who knows?

Hmm... That was a looooong post. I feel like a blogger for NBA, like Seikou Smith are something. :))

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On a completely different note, there was a looooong blackout last night. Interesting. I could make that like a symbolism or something. The reason why this blog post is so long is because the blackout last night is so long! [right.] Anyway, it lasted around 8 hours. EIGHT F*CKING HOURS. :| Started at 11PM. I couldn't sleep! But for some reason, I fell asleep at around 3:30AM. I woke up at 7:30AM and I wanted so bad to turn the aircon on and sleep for five more hours... but I didn't. I don't know why.

Anyway, that's it for now. This had been an update on my thoughts.