NBA Playoffs 2010,East

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No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Chicago Bulls

There is only one way to look at this seriesyouth NBA jersey: With the Cavs widely expected to run to the NBA Finals, some poor team had to be the sacrificial lamb of Cleveland's first-round demolition. The Bulls put forth a valiant effort to slip into the playoffs, taking advantage of Toronto's loss of Chris Bosh to leapfrog the Raptors in the standings. But Cleveland has won 20 more games than Chicago hasNBA jersey, and while the Bulls have some good years ahead of them, this season ends right here. The Cavs are way too good for the Bulls to keep up with them: LeBron, Antawn, Mo, Shaq ... need I go on? For Cleveland, it's Finals or bust this year, and the Cavs will not be stopped in the first roundcheap NBA jerseys. Cleveland wins, 4-1.

No. 2 Orlando Magic vs. No. 7 Charlotte Bobcats

I'm going to be honest: I did not like the Magic before the season began. Then the season started, and I continued to dislike them. But they have turned up the heat lately, and they are starting to look like the Finals team of last year. Their defense has been stellar, led by Dwight Howard's 2.8 blocks per game this season. Vince Carter has finally heated up, and so have their other shooters. The Bobcats have surprised some folkscheap NBA jersey, as Stephen Jackson has turned up the scoring and Gerald Wallace has had a breakout season. But despite the promising Charlotte lineup, the Magic have demolished their foes since the All-Star break, ending with a record just two games shy of Cleveland's league-high mark (that's a better record than any of the West teams). Orlando is a scary team this year; if its defense holds and its shooting gets hot, this team can't be stopped. Even if both of those factors were absent, Orlando would still beat the Bobcats. Orlando wins, 4-1.

No. 3 Atlanta vs. No. 6 Milwaukee

I love the Hawks this year. They have an extremely balanced lineup and have proved to be an Eastern Conference threatwholesale NBA jerseys. The Bucks have also surprised some people this year, but their best player this season was Andrew Bogut, and he is out with an injury. With him, I think the Bucks had a shot at pushing this to six or seven games, but without him, John Salmons would have to score 40 points a night to give the Bucks a chance. Atlanta has a star scorer in Joe Johnson, a freak of nature in Josh Smith, a steady big man in Al Horford and the X-factor off the bench, Jamal Crawford. The Bucks have Salmons and rookie Brandon Jennings, whose field goal percentage makes me cringe at his inconsistency. The Hawks shouldn't have any trouble getting rid of the Bucks. Atlanta wins, 4-2.

No. 4 Boston Celtics vs. No. 5 Miami Heat

This is the most intriguing series of the first round in the East. This year, the concerns about the Celtics' age have come to fruition, as Boston stumbled to the No. 4 seed. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are still great players, but this year, each of them have seen their average points and rebounds decrease. Rajon Rondo has kept that team alive with his electric passing and his feisty defense. Enter the Heat, led by the superhuman Dwyane Wade and his mediocre supporting cast. This series certainly has the most potential for upset, but in the end, the Celtics have too much for the one-man show that Miami puts on. Even when it's not a one-man show, Boston still finds a way. Consider the regular season matchups this year. On Jan. 6, Wade put up 44 on the Celts, but the Celtics won, even with Garnett out with an injury. On Feb. 3, six Heat players scored in double-figures, led by Wade's 30 points, but the Celts won again, even with Pierce on the sidelines with an injury. The Heat simply don't have enough to compete with the Celtics, but Boston will be in trouble when it meets a team that does. Boston wins, 4-2.

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I’m not a fan of Ron Wilson. I’m also not a fan of seeing people un justly crucified.
Many fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs would like to see Ron Wilson ridden out of Toronto tied to a rocket sled, and I just don’t think he’s been given ample opportunity yet.nfl jerseys
If he had been coaching, say….the Vancouver Canucks, and not made the playoffs for a couple of years, or the Detroit Red Wings or the Pittsburgh Penguins…well you get the point.
I could see the fans of said city wanting to crucify him because, after all, he has the talent he needs and still can’t win.
The fact of the matter is, he just hasn’t had anything close in Toronto. The Leafs are getting there, but they still aren’t close.NHL jerseys
No disrespect to Mr. Kessel who I think has all the makings of the Leafs’ first 50-goal scorer since Dave Andreychuk did it during the 1993-94 season, but he isn’t a star just yet and every Stanley Cup winning team needs one.
If Kessel continues to improve and fulfils his star potential, Kadri manages to live up to the pressure that we’ve all put on him and Burke can manage to put in place one or two more solid pieces, then the team will be complete and fans can start railing on Wilson’s miss givings all they want but I don’t care who you are you can’t make an ice cream cake out of mud.
When he arrived, he came to a team in complete disarray. It had no leadership, no direction and no identity, whose leading scorer was supposed to be Jason Blake.
Those things aren’t all his fault, but they had been brewing for some time.
Last year was, in my opinion, the first real start to a new era for the Leafs, Burke came in and tried to establish a new, tougher kind of team, but quickly found he just didn’t have the right mix of guys.jordan shoes
The start last year couldn’t possibly have been all Wilson’s fault. He can’t ask his players to lay across the goal crease to try and keep the puck out of the net. It would be similar to ask a young team to skate up ice and take a chance to make a play and score a goal when all they are thinking about is whether or not their goalie will be able to stop a shot if they don’t make it back in time.
Once Giggy got there and provided some depth in net, the team in front of him gained confidence and started to play well. Had Giggy been there at the start of the year, the Leafs would probably made a pretty good run at the postseason.
In spite of the fact that people will say “well, he hasn’t really won anything”, in his 16 years as a head coach in the NHL, he has brought his teams to the playoffs eight times. That’s half as many as Paul Maurices’ four.louboutin shoes
I think, really think, this will be the first real chance he’s had to ice a competetive team in Toronto. Keep in mind, as well, they are a really young team that still needs to grow together some, but there is probably no reason for them to not make the playoffs.
If the Toronto Maple Leafs make the postseason in Ron Wilson’s third year as head coach, then I would say he’s been a success given the mess he walked into.ed hardy clothing
I don’t know if he can get the Leafs to the Stanley Cup Finals, but I know this: if you give him a good team, he has a chance.

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Since NFL training camps kicked off last week, the biggest news has been the constant injuries to the many stars the league has today. wholesale NFL jerseys
From Desean Jackson, Jared Gaither, and Percy Harvin, to Domonique Foxworth missing the entire 2010 season with an ACL tear, the injury bug is making its way around the league.louboutin shoes
Today, it is no different. In Broncos camp, both of their top running backs, Knowshon Moreno and Correll Buckhalter exited camp with different injuries. Though Buckhalter’s injury is numbness in the back and doesn’t seem to be too serious, we can’t say the same thing about Moreno.
Knowshon injured his hamstring in camp, and was carted off the field. Unfortunately for him, according to one Broncos Insider, it is serious.ed hardy clothing
Lindsay Jones via twitter: “Moreno’s hamstring injury appears “serious,” per NFL source.” The news comes after an MRI was taken with the medical staff.
Moreno was expected to improve on his rookie campaign, and became one of the biggest playmakers on this Broncos team. Hopefully he will be ready for the upcoming regular season, which is only six weeks away. jordan shoes