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2013/14 NBA Finals Preview
Once again, due to some 2K glitch, the Thunder will have home court in the Finals, despite the 76ers having the Best record in the NBA during the regular season.
Two teams remain after nearly Eight Months of NBA Basketball... Two teams that were very good during the regular Season, and even better during their Post-Season runs...
The Thunder, who finished the regular Season with a 48-34 record, and the #2 Seed in the Western Conference Playoffs took care of Denver in 5 games in Round 1, but went to the Brink of Elimination vs the Kings in the 2nd round and the T'Wolves in the Western Finals... OKC has played 19 games heading into these Finals, so, some are wondering if their endurance will be able to hold up vs a very well rested Philadelphia team...
The Sixers, have pretty much lambasted their way through the Eastern Conference during this historic post-season run... They have won 12 games in a row, Three Consecutive Sweeps and they haven't really been challenged in any of their games to this point... Some will question this team's toughness as they haven't had to deal with much adversity throughout the playoff run so far...
TALE OF THE TAPE
As you can see, there aren't many holes in either of these team's rosters... From top to bottom these are two of the best teams in the NBA... Both teams have legitimate superstars all over the floor, they have experience at key positions and they both have players that have played with each other and know each others' games very well... This is truly a great matchup.
KEY MATCHUP
Jrue Holiday vs Russell Westbrook
Holiday is averaging 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 7.4 assists, and 1.9 steals per game in the 2014 Playoffs... While Russell Westbrook, is probably the Playoffs MVP to this point, averaging 29.9 points, 6 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game... This should be a great matchup at the point guard position all series long...
KEY MATCHUP
Evan Turner vs Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is unquestionably the best scorer in the NBA Today, while Evan Turner is not so quietly becoming a superstar in this league... Turner is going to have his hands full with Durant in this Series... The Sixers will be ok with Durant scoring his usual 25-30 points, but, Turner and the rest of the team has to figure out a way to stop him from going off for one of his epic 40 or 50 point games...
This matchup between the Sixers and the Thunder has all the makings of an NBA Instant Classic, as fans, all we can hope for is a LOOONG Seven Game Series
Stay Tune...
Once again, due to some 2K glitch, the Thunder will have home court in the Finals, despite the 76ers having the Best record in the NBA during the regular season.
Two teams remain after nearly Eight Months of NBA Basketball... Two teams that were very good during the regular Season, and even better during their Post-Season runs...
The Thunder, who finished the regular Season with a 48-34 record, and the #2 Seed in the Western Conference Playoffs took care of Denver in 5 games in Round 1, but went to the Brink of Elimination vs the Kings in the 2nd round and the T'Wolves in the Western Finals... OKC has played 19 games heading into these Finals, so, some are wondering if their endurance will be able to hold up vs a very well rested Philadelphia team...
The Sixers, have pretty much lambasted their way through the Eastern Conference during this historic post-season run... They have won 12 games in a row, Three Consecutive Sweeps and they haven't really been challenged in any of their games to this point... Some will question this team's toughness as they haven't had to deal with much adversity throughout the playoff run so far...
TALE OF THE TAPE
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As you can see, there aren't many holes in either of these team's rosters... From top to bottom these are two of the best teams in the NBA... Both teams have legitimate superstars all over the floor, they have experience at key positions and they both have players that have played with each other and know each others' games very well... This is truly a great matchup.
KEY MATCHUP
Jrue Holiday vs Russell Westbrook
Holiday is averaging 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 7.4 assists, and 1.9 steals per game in the 2014 Playoffs... While Russell Westbrook, is probably the Playoffs MVP to this point, averaging 29.9 points, 6 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game... This should be a great matchup at the point guard position all series long...
KEY MATCHUP
Evan Turner vs Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is unquestionably the best scorer in the NBA Today, while Evan Turner is not so quietly becoming a superstar in this league... Turner is going to have his hands full with Durant in this Series... The Sixers will be ok with Durant scoring his usual 25-30 points, but, Turner and the rest of the team has to figure out a way to stop him from going off for one of his epic 40 or 50 point games...
This matchup between the Sixers and the Thunder has all the makings of an NBA Instant Classic, as fans, all we can hope for is a LOOONG Seven Game Series
Stay Tune...
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