NBA Set For Wild Finish to Season
The Los Angeles Lakers just can't seem to break their losing streak in the NBA, as they've recently lost to the Utah Jazz and the Golden State Warriors. Both teams (Lakers and Jazz) are now just a game apart for the Western Conference's playoff spot.
The Lakers have now lost three straight games, and it seems as if no one except Kobe Bryant has shown any effort. If the Lakers keep it up at this pace, they will not be making the playoffs. They have 11 more games to get it together and proceed to the playoffs; otherwise the Utah Jazz will progress.
Whoever wins between the Lakers or Jazz will face the San Antonio Spurs, and let's be real; neither team stands a chance against San Antonio.
Now enough about the Lakers for now. Let's bring Boston into the topic. The Celtics have been on their longest losing streak since the loss of their point guard, Rajon Rondo. At first, the Celtics were progressing a little better after losing Rondo, but now things have turned for the worst.
Boston is now on a five game losing streak after losing to the Heat, Hornets, Mavericks, Grizzlies, and Knicks. Their chances of landing the Number 4 seed in the conference to get home court advantage are fading away.
The Lakers and Celtics share the longest active NBA losing streaks, and are both under .500. It's getting ugly for both teams. The Celtics have fallen to the No. 7 spot in the East, while the Lakers are down to No. 8 among 15 teams in the Western Conference. Now, even though the Celtics are in the playoffs, they are in 7th place, and they have to make sure they don't trail the Milwaukee Bucks in order to avoid playing the Miami Heat in a first round match up. Neither the Celtics nor the Bucks are beating Miami at all.
Now I want to bring in two teams that have a chance of making it out of the East for the NBA finals. Of course Miami is going to be in this topic, considering the fact that they are the number 1 seed and have a 27-game winning streak, but there is one team that a lot of people haven't been keeping an eye out on, and that is the Indiana Pacers!
This team could possibly be making it out of the East for the finals against the West. The Indiana Pacers hold the Number 2 seed, and they are out for revenge on Miami after last year's humiliation in losing to them.
The East really doesn't have a lot of tough teams besides the Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers, and New York Knicks, which is why the East has a very easy schedule. Now, as for the Western Conference, they have a tough schedule since they have teams like the Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, and the Rockets. I'm pretty sure this season is going to turn a lot of heads.
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