Wide open

We are seeing one of the more exciting NBA playoffs in recent memory. Unlike past playoffs wherein dominant teams go all the way to the NBA Finals, this one is wide open and any of the teams playing in the semifinals have a legitimate shot.  For instance, in the weak Eastern Conference, the Miami Heat went to the Finals four straight years before LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Out in the West, defending champions San Antonio Spurs have been booted out while another perennial contender Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t even make it.

The match-ups have been so close that several of the games have been decided by game-winning baskets in the dying seconds. To underscore the competitiveness, all of the series are at least going to a Game 6 and some all the way to a Game 7.