Amazing

The NBA just released (27 minutes ago) these new "Amazing" videos highlighting yesteryear's playoff moments. I'm sure you'll eventually be sick of them but here is the first look:

Love is in The Air

Phew! Round 1 is officially over with the Hawks stomping the crap out of the Heat. This is a good result, being that I picked the Hawks to advance in the renowned Nextian Playoff Bracket Challenge of Predicting Next. So I will be checking NBA.com daily to see when they release the 7 well played games of Hawks/Heat series on DVD. I'll let you know when it's available.

Round 1 taught us about the power of Love. When Yao takes little Aaron Brooks under his enormous wing the curse of T-Mac is finally erased. When you're getting killed in a closeout game it's a good idea to kiss your opponent on the head as to say "good luck in the next round, Hedo". Denver officially loves their hometown boy Chauncey. Cuban has convinced himself to love old man Kidd and used the power of love to beat the old men Spurs (wait, do you possibly need an old man to beat a team of old men?). The Lakers and Cavs taught us nothing about Love, in case you hoping for comments about the 1-8 match ups.

And as we take a 63 second break to ponder all that was Round 1, we are not given much time to prepare for the Round 2 kickoff between The Mavs and Nuggets. As a Nextian this kind of sucks. We are bred to predict what is Next so trying to figure out the narrative of Round 2 during a few shitty commercials is challenging. But as the Leader of the Nextians, I will make an attempt: I am hoping and praying for a round full of vicious Anger. Yeah, let's get it on, we've got to get it on, no choice but to get it on.

Playoff Bracket Update; The Spurs Fall

In honor of D-How getting bent over and suspended for Game 6 vs. Philly......here's a Nextian Bracket Update:

The idea of someone perfectly predicting the entire NBA Playoffs has been destroyed. While 4 Nextians had the foresight and gall to call the 6th Ranked Mavs over the 3rd Ranked Spurs, nobody went so far or was so bold to say that the Mavs would take those old, injured assholes down in 5 games. Toomie and Matt aced the Lakers and Cavs and have one lowly minus point for picking the Mavs series to end 4-2. Congratulations, bitches. Now if only the 76ers can win the next two games and beat the Magic, Straino can get his ass back in this thang:

14 Points: Toomie, Matt
13 Points: Ryan, Scott Snider
11 Points: Pablo
10 Points: Nate, Cam
9 Points: Bilbo, Fed, Nikki, Todd BK
8 Points: Straino

Nextians Playoff Challenge of Next: Rankings

Hello Nextians and Friends. The playoffs are off to a super sweet start and sure have been exciting. Rondo v Rose is going to be an awesome rivalry for years to come. The Denver Nuggets now know how to play some pretty kick ass defense. The Spurs are super old even though Parker is amazing. So many things we have learned and we're not even close to finishing the 40 games in 40 nights!

With the Cavs sweeping the Pistons yesterday a points update is due. Now 13/13 people smartly picked the Cavs to beat the Pistons in either a 4-0 sweep or a 4-1 "too much respect for the old assed Pistons". Therefore we currently have a giant tie for 1st and another huge tie for 9th:

4-0 Cavs = 5 full points:
Ryan, Matt, Nate, BK, Scott Snider, Toomie, Tullis, Cam (me)

4-1 Cavs = 4 points (5 for the correct 1st round pick, minus one for the incorrect choice):
Nikki, Bilbo, Fed, Straino, Pablo

More to come later this week as all 1st round matchups will be complete.

NBA Playoff Commentary

NBA TV should hire these guys for post-game analysis. They're spot on. Cheerio: