The playoffs are looming and fans are eager.
This is the time of year where hard work pays off, or realization kicks in that the work wasn't hard enough.
They say that the best team always wins. Granted that, in order to beat four teams four times each, the best team would have to be better than all the teams it plowed through.
But were the eight seeded Knicks really better than the Heat, Hawks and Pacers?
Due to a shortened season, it could not be held for certain if the Knicks would have held a higher seed. If that's the case, could they have been upset by a weaker team?
Every year is different. Although the two No. One seeds are favored to meet, it doesn't always work out that way.
The lowest seeded team to ever win a championship were the sixth-seed Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem in 94-95.
This year is no different, we cannot discount any, and I mean any, team in the playoffs. Two will remain, and one will fall.
Any excuse can be made as for why a team wins; bad calls, injuries, bad decisions by the opposition, etc. It's usually this and that.
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