Western Conference Q&A’s: Lakers To Three-Peat? Durant Conference Finals Bound?

October 9th, 2010 by Brandon Ribak Leave a reply »
The 2010-11 season is just 17 days, 6 hours, and 54 minutes away, but who’s counting?



With the season approaching faster than it took LeBron to make his “decision” this offseason, NBA Primetime presents the second part of a two-part series of Q and A’s, Western Conference style.

Can Kevin Durant lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Western Conference Finals?

Last season the Thunder exceeded expectations, finishing the regular season with a 50-32 record, good enough for the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

After an intense battle against the Los Angeles Lakers (which would’ve went to a final Game Seven if LA’s Pau Gasol failed to make a last second tip-in) ,Oklahoma City’s run ended as quickly as it began.

During that first round series, the Thunder, led by scoring champion Kevin Durant, officially emerged as a uprising threat in the Western Conference.

Unless the Thunder finish as the fourth, fifth, or eighth seed during the upcoming season (NBA Primetime predicts them to end the season as the two seed), in which they would face ...

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