The other night, at least one thing in the wild West was cleared up.
With their loss to Portland, the Thunder will now play the Lakers in the No. 1-No. 8 matchup in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
Most are predicting the Lakers to win this series fairly easy en route to their third straight conference championship, but am I really that crazy for entertaining thoughts of an upset here?
Kevin Durant, if not already there, is rising into that upper echelon of elite players in just his third year in the league.
With Lebron resting over these last few games to close out the season, he was assured the league scoring title (he is far and away the youngest player to win this award), and even garnered (slight) MVP consideration.
He's evolved into one of those guys that you expect to drop 30 per game and quite frankly I believe that, at least on the offensive end, he is a player that can go toe-to-toe with even a healthy Kobe Bryant come playoff time.
Perhaps the Lakers biggest worry, though, should not be Durant but rather the Thunder's point guard Russell Westbrook.
It's no secret that post-bre ...
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