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Right now we've had the very exciting opening games of both the 2011 NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals and we can't wait for the remaining games. Chicago won the Eastern Conference game 103-82. Derrick Rose scored 28 points and Luol Deng subdued LeBron James and so the Chicago Bulls struck first. The Bulls are off to a good start in this series after sweeping the Heat during the regular season. The Chicago Bulls have the NBA coach of the year and the Most Valuable Player. They had the best record in the NBA, an unbeaten regular season over the Miami Heat, but Tom Thibodeau declared his Bulls to be the underdogs. I'm not sure who he convinced, but now his line doesn't seem believable. Despite their record, the Bulls represent more new blood than anyone else in the Finals other than the Thunder, as it has been 13 years since their last title. But the obvious comparisons to come between Derrick Rose and Michael Jordan, and whether a Chicago title would kick off another dynasty, is getting a little tiresome. One thing's sure, no team with the best record in the NBA can be a Cinderella pick. They've been the most efficient defensive team in the playoffs. Defense has been their strength all season long and can carry them into the 2011 Finals.
In the opening game of the Western Conference Finals Nowitzki scored a momentous 48 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder to take the Dallas Mavericks to a decisive 121-112 victory. He only took 15 shots, no 3-pointers, but scored on all but three of his shots. He set a league record by making all 24 of his free throws. Kevin Durant scored a very respectable 40 points, but it simply wasn't enough. The Mavericks became the first team to beat the Lakers in a seven-game series since the Boston Celtics did it in 2008. They are not going to keep up their phenomenal three-point shooting record and hold their opponents below 100 points as they did during the playoffs, but nevertheless they will be difficult to beat. We haven't heard the last from Kevin Durant. Two years after a 23-win season, Kevin Durant and the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder are in the Western Conference Finals. Last year in their first playoff appearance since they moved to Oklahoma City from Seattle, they lost to eventual champions Los Angeles Lakers in the first round. They could be on a roll.
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