Potential Playoff Matchups

Its not even close really. The main strength of our team defensively are the wings. We can throw the long Batum and the stronger Wallace and Durant, who has incredible pressure to score. We can also throw Wes, Batum and Miller at Westbrook, so that won’t be easy for him. OKC is too reliant on Westbrook and Durant for their offense, and I think that ultimately does them in. Perkins, Sefolosha and Ibaka are not good scoring threats at this point. Our bench also pretty much destroys their second unit, where the only scary guy in Harden. And he could be a problem, but he’s also streaky.

In essence, strong defensive wing play matches up against Durant, and to a lesser extent Westbrook. This OKC team IMO is one or two veterans away, and more playoff experience away from contending. They are still incredibly young. We can beat these guys.

Although we’ve played SA tough over the past few games, they present more of a problem. They have more outside shooters who can drain threes, so they spread the offense much better than OKC. Dujuan Blair is a handful inside and our post defenders have trouble against power interior players. Ginobelli is a threat anywhere on the floor, and their bench is pretty deep.

and either the Lakers or the Mavs (or Grizzlies) in the second round.

If we get reallly lucky the Lakers move up to 2nd seed and the Mavs drop to 3rd. There is the chance the Mavs could get upset by a team like the Grizzlies too.

WCF would be either Lakers or Spurs if we ever get that far. Finals would be Bulls or Celtics.

Lakers and Bulls are our two worst match-ups throughout all of it.

Note: There is a chance that things fall perfectly if we get on a roll and we end up facing OKC, Grizzlies and Spurs for the WC and Celtics for the Finals. It’s actually not as far fetched as you would think.

Play San Antonio is really the best match-up for us, i dont see how OKC is. OKC has more depth in the post. A Point Guard that we can’t gaurd, oh and a style that would be harder for the blazers to contain. OKC seems to have more run-outs and fast break points, and puts more pressure for on ball defense while San Antonio plays team defense, and a more half court style of play, like the Blazers.

We catch OKC for 4th, and beat them in the first round (if we have home court, in 5, if not, in 6). Spurs limp by the 8 seed, and we take them down (in 6). Meanwhile the Fakers have to play Denver, and the altitude tires them out, and Dallas takes them out in the next series. We then win our third straight 6-game series, beating the Mavs, and going undefeated at the RG…

In the East, the Heatles can’t get by the Knicks, followed by the Bulls (may even lose the Knicks), and the Celtics come out of the East….

Then, my Blazers and playing my Celtics, and I’m good… (I’ll even go Blazers in 6, for the record, tho…)